Name the song
 

Time for a little game.

I say the relics or part of the song and you have to guess what it is. Once it has been guessed the person who gave the answer then gives some more lyrics or if they dont want to give any lyrics somebody else does.

Here are the lyrics to my first song. Its a good song and if you havent heard it a strongly recommend listening to it.


# The wall on which the prophets wrote
# Is cracking at the seams.
# Upon the instruments if death
# The sunlight brightly gleams.
# When every man is torn apart
# With nightmares and with dreams,
# Will no one lay the laurel wreath
# As silence drowns the screams.

# Between the iron gates of fate,
# The seeds of time were sown,
# And watered by the deeds of those
# Who know and who are known;
# Knowledge is a deadly friend
# When no one sets the rules.
# The fate of all mankind I see
# Is in the hands of fools.

# Confusion will be my epitaph.
# As I crawl a cracked and broken path
# If we make it we can all sit back
# and laugh.
# But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying,
# Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying.

Re: Name the song
 

Didn't I already guess that one today,,,, in the woods?

Fine then. Ill give you a new song (BTW for those who didnt know. My last song was by King Crimson and was called Epitaph) This one is VERY easy. It is constanylt voted the second greatest song ever, and when it isnt the second greatest it is the greatest song.

# Is this the real life
# Is this just fantasy
# Caught in a landslide
# No escape from reality
# Open your eyes
# Look up to the skies and see

Bohemian rhapsody.....

Try this one

How well I remember that terrible day
How the blood stained the sand and the water
And how in that town that they called Sulva bay
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter
Johnny Turk he was ready he primed himself well
He chased us with bullets he rained us with shells
And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell
Nearly blew us right back to Australia

Nobody? Windoze killa? Man you should know this one!

Is it on the "prehistoric" label? Then perhaps I'd know it. :cool:

I think it was originally penned sometime turn of the century.

Heh, I'm not THAT old ;)

Aye, but it's a pretty common song in some avenues. I'll give you a hint, it's by my favourite band...

Sounds like something Midnight Oil would write.

Wrong answer.

"waltzing matilda".

See if anyone can pick the owner of these lyrics.
Try to avoid searching the web. I would like to see if someone may know of the top of the head.


My eyes can see, my hands can feel
My ears can hear, my eyes can see
They can see everything, everything

A bird that flies, a bird that dies
And who knows why? But with my eyes
I can see everything, everything

And now the dawn is breaking
I see the dawn is breaking
And life seems very good to me
I see your face is smiling
Your bed looks warm, inviting
I feel your hand walk over me

I climb in bed beside you
The past is not behind you
You feel a little pain inside
And now our heads are whirring
It’s done, there’s no returning
You feel the little pain - it dies

My eyes can see, my hands can feel
My ears can hear, my eyes can see
They can see everything, everything

A bird that flies, a bird that dies
And who knows why? But with my eyes
I can see everything, everything
And who knows what it all means?

I don't think you will see many responses.

But then again response aren't Everything

Halfway there. You have goten the song name now for the artist.

sorry don't know, but i had to share this one.

feeling tired
by the fire
the long day is over

the wind is gone
asleep at dawn
the embers burn on

with no reprise
the sun will rise
the long day is over


that's the whole song by the way.

I think I should get extra credit for the way I layered it in...Don't you. I mean, was that not worth it?;)

I think I could join this one.. I can guarantee no one will know this one, if you do you win a biscuit.

#This songs made up, made second rate
#Cosmetic music, powderpuff
#Pop tunes, false rhymes, all lightweight bluffs
#Second-hand ideas, no soul, no hate
#Wasn't mean to be
#Built on complacency
#The nightmares ride away
#When you refuse to play
#Oh go and read a book
#It's so much more worth while
#Being a song-smith crook
#Study death in style
#Death in style

#This language used is all worn out
#A walking corpse that won't play dead
#Disease dragged on from bed to bed
#Pay for your twist, paid for shout
#Wasn't meant to be
#Built on complacency
#Open your eyes and see
#That lie is not for we

#Raise a rope and a knife
#Cut it out - the lie
#I don't want to decay
#Take the short cut away
#Oh go and read a book
#It's so much more worthwhile
#Being a song-smith crook
#Study death in style
#Study death in style

#Heard you calling through the drumbeat
#Answered with sticks and bones
#Scream, shout, and dance about the campfire
#You can hear the question, can you feel the reply?

I didn't post last part, it says the name of the song in it which could give it away.

Nice hymn sounds kind of villagey

You're going to have to go either country or new gospel.

Try this on for size....


They shot him dead at the Nine-Stane Rig,
Beside the Headless Cross,
And they left him lying in his blood,
Upon the moor and moss.

another hint:
She bathed him in the Lady-Well,
His wounds so deep and sair,
And she plaited a garland for his breast,
And a garland for his hair.

Not a clue...
How about:
Well the snot has caked against my pants
It has turned into crystal
There's a bluebird sitting on a branch
I think I'll take my pistol
Because he's on my land...

If I might correct you...
The song you quoted was [And] The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
about one Ozzie's experience in the first world war.
Waltzing Matilda is about a vagrant on the run throwing himself into a water hole and drowning.
I don't know which is the more miserable.

Quite correct, it is "The band played Waltzing Matilda". Thanks for the catch. I must be starting to take shortcuts...or I was tired one. Either way, clumsy of me.

these threads/questions are far too easy. A simple google search would give you the exact song. *goes to search on google*


Annnnd...here it is: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...e-Stane+Rig%2C

I know it was already solved but whatever... :cool:

But the point is to not to use google.

Thanks for killing the thread william:mad:

Did anybody take my advice about King Crimson??

Here are some new lyrics. Please dont cheat but if you are that low then fine...

# My favorite inside source
# I'll kiss your open sores
# Appreciate your concern
# You'll always stink and burn

Slightly Off-topic, but KC RULES! I'm going to see them on the 8th at the Orpheum.

Talk
it's only talk
Arguments
agreements
advice
answers

Articulate announcements
It's only talk

Talk
it's only talk
Babble
burble
banter
bicker bicker bicker
Brouhaha
boulderdash
ballyhoo
It's only talk
Back talk

Rape Me - Nirvana

Elephant Talk.... KC again.

How about this?

E




X




P




O




S ?

I'll stop there, or it will be too easy. Hint - Phil Collins played drums on the track.

just a guess but - something by genesis?!
My last housemate was a prog freak, but I can't remember titles...

No, it isn't, but some more clues - it's by an ultra-famous guitarist, played the frozen-rope guitar loop on Bowie's track Heroes and is married to the voice of Brum (UK-only kids show...).

I feel like I should know that but I have no idea.
He was from Southport, too (my housemate, not the guitarist) Small world...

Exposure - Robert Fripp.

Try this one


one verse only to lower the google fetchers...


"and then they called softly: Papa Ghede"

tom waits
 

This is funny, cause I thought it was Tom Waits' "Waltzing Matilda." I always thought it was his song, not a cover...
Thanks for the post!

I think we listen to different types of music, Wiliam.

You think?:p

I'd play, but if I didn't know it, I can usually find anything on Google, and would most lilkely Google it & cheat :p

"....and looking very relaxed, Adolph Hitler on vibes....."

I haven't heard Waltzing Matilda in years! Brings back memories of Australia :cool:

Re: tom waits
 

"Tom Traubert's Blues", Waits uses the chorus only from Waltzing Matilda, quite deliberately - freshly kicked out by his woman he's out on the street with his suitcase.

Maybe we could work up some interest in this odd niche taste in music to pass on to the wee ones that follow after us? After all, from what I've seen, a lot of them could use some taste.;)

Sounds like it could be part of The Cowboy's Lament.

King Crimson have a new CD out - The Power to Believe. I'm listening to it now via my single-ended class-A valve amp through large transmission-line speakers. There is some extraordinarily deep bass on several tracks, and the whole album seems to be superb.

Too easy...

``The Intro & the Outro'' by the Bonzo Dog Band (or do you say Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band?)

--
We are Normal and we want our Freedom!

Actually, I guess it kind of does. How peculiar. Although you have to admit, that a lot of america's citizens, did come from europe. Odd that a lot of the ditty's in my birth area sound like dirges, and there is the slight brogue to the speech. Not so odd when you consider that they are descended from scots who fled the U.K. though. Everything is part of a pattern if you look close enough.