Song within a Song
 

As promised, here is the new thread. The idea is to name a song whose lyrics contain the title of another song. (I had one in mind when I came up with the idea.) So far, I think there have been three responses:

Song: Approaching Lavender

Lyric:

The colors that surround you there will be the shade of Lavender
"SHADOWS" dancing everywhere, like flowers in the rain.

- Jesse Joe

Song: All I'm After

Lyric: All I'm after is to be the flame in your "TATTOO"

- Char

Song: Rosanna

Lyric: the fire glows "SOFTLY"

- JJ

Hope you have fun with the idea! :headbang:

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Song : Broken Dreams,

Lyric : There's an ocean in my mind
I'd give the world "If I could" find
A sailing ship and leave the past behind


The song "If I Could" from Album : "Back Here On Earth"

http://www.lightfoot.ca/backlist.htm

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Song : Affair On 8th Avenue,

Lyric: Her long flowing hair came "SOFTLY" undone
And it lay all around.


The song "Softly" from Album : "The Way I Feel"


http://www.lightfoot.ca/twiflst.htm

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another 'softy' here.....SFAWN - I hear your voice Softly calling

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oh, that is a good one...we'll wait for mandoann for official word

but "my name is jj and i approve of this answer"

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Keep politics out of this. (Vote No on Proposition 203)

Sponsored by the Unicorns for Unity

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Song: Brave Mountaineers

Lyric: When the world gets too heavy and the "SHADOWS" cross my mind.

And...

Song: Seven Island Suite

Lyric:There's a new wave that is breaking
In the wake of "A PASSING SHIP"

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Song: Rosanna

Lyric: Rosanna knows the ways of a man
But not The Way I feel


Lyric: Rosanna knows the times I keep
A fire Softly glows
And the Shadows lick the wall

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Wow, this is fun! :) Thanks to all for responding with some great examples!

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Finally......I think I thought of one.......

Song : Dreamland

Lyrics :

"So If You Need Me near you now
You can do it if you choose"

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THIS IS THREAD NUMBER 5000 !
woo-hoo..

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Are there prizes for the participants ?

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no

moderator gets a hefty raise tho..
;)

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Song: Now and Then
Here inside these walls that seem to move
A little closer every day ...

Walls

I think I hurt something trying to think of that one.....

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MEDIC !!!!!

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Hey, good job everyone, but please don't hurt yourselves!

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Another submission :

Song : Ordinary Man

Lyrics :

"It's that lonesome, Restless, feeling
That you feel under the gun"

MEDIC !!!!! ( maybe we should set up a triage )

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song: CRT

lyric: the railroad men grew Restless for to hear the hammers ring

those phrased titled answers you guys came up with are clever

rm, i was ignorant to prop#203...so i looked it up..if it flies, hope it won't mean they'll be taking Dora the Xplorer off the air

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Somebody with nothing to live up to
Who will mend my broken dreams

From Someone To Believe In.

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Here's my favourite, from Did She Mention my Name:

. . . and LOOKING AT THE RAIN do you remember if she dropped a name or two . . .

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Oh....that's excellent ! Are you ok ? That had to hurt.

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Oh I cried inside but I couldn't tell if it was for her or for me
So I grabbed my axe and we sang a song in two part HARMONY

from I Used To Be A Country Singer

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If there's is a reason you might try and forget
I'd like to find it cause I like to relive it

from Why I Should Feel Blue.

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Congratulations, Buzzard! You did it! You found the "SWAS" that started me on the idea. I'd like to say for your prize you get a free ticket to a GL concert plus a backstage pass :); I'd like to, but I can't! ;)

Maybe another raise for Char?

Now I have to find another SWAS....

Good job, everyone!

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Thanks Ann. Please take all of my prize money and use it to double, no triple, Char's salary as moderator.

Here's another SWAS for you - which Lightfoot tune contains the first five words of the Star Spangled Banner (in order)? Hands on buzzers.

And yes Ron, it did hurt!

Brian

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Hands on BUZZERS or BUZZARDS??
ack!

oh say can you see-my best friend is me..I'm a friend I can use..
from "A Long Way Back Home"

I love that saying..

thanks for the raise!! ..in triplicate x 0.00 = 0.000000
woo-hoo - NO taxes owing!
lol

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Great idea Ann, I'm glad it turned to a thread of its own, it's great ! My first submit:

Within "End of all Time" :

Is there anybody home, is there anyone in there
Who can tell me where I am ~gl

'Is there anybody home' excerpt from above is self-explanatory, but that never stopped me ! Same as song by same title wording as these in green here, within that song "End of All Time" - which I guarantee will after 3 - 4 listenings, will start creeping in your subconscious and you'll find yourself humming it etc,. while you do dishes, or whatever....

Again , Congratulations MandoAnn, excellent thread idea ! very fun..... ( just a hint - after about post # 300 they need dancing girls or a monkey and a kid or something, a good dramatic crisis, anything...lol...to come through to ease the sweat of intense thinking that you can subtly ..actually hear....lol.. its kind of a whirrrrrrscreech....grind, rewind....scriiiiiicccccchwhirrrrrrrrrrBANG GOT IT ! -sound, followed right away by the victorius sound said to be "a match (Ohio Blue Tip) lighting... as discussed in the the infamous 'were you there GL moment' in the end of the AOL alt.musc.lightfoot pre-corfid days , when Tele kidd I think it was amidst many previous conclusions of same, became famous within the GL clan for the "sound" in Cabaret - where the song seemingly splits into a whole new song part. with a kuishh! sound of a can opening, then a moment of quaffing, then a satisfied "unhh" of some beverage that tasted good, there was much speculation, Government was monitering us, their cryptanalysts thought we were on to something....the sound....besides the Blue Tip Match, many said a lighter (Zippo, of courshe). others said a can of beer - Budweiser by the fizzle... I said a can of Diet Pepsi Lime, because of the heady , yet understated, upon swirling it around in your mouth to obtain the character, the bouquet, and that lolligagging, it ultimately ws the definative character of Lime bubbling without sugar that produced, in my mind "It has the giggling sparkle of Swiss Maidens, blushed yet pleased by the attention of the rural swains" ...lol and it actually, I noticed, made into the Stonewall TJ157 vistory of "Cabaret' - by showing astutely a collage of the afore mentioned theories. he showed a Bic lighter, a match, A can of Bud open, and some beer poured into a short cocktail glass or double/triple shot glass in some bars, and the person making that long first drag off the cigarrette..... he played it perfect..and addressed all theories of the sound.....lol..... anyway......the sound of "thinking" in here was reminiscent of 'Lyrics quizzers' where we were honoured by your introduction of the stand-alone thread-worthy nature of the game idea, were encouraged to make it its stand-alone game - i think first by Jesse Joe (very astute call , Jesse) and..here it is again: CONGRATULATIONS ! very good idea, Ann...

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ditto

holy, you guys are quite good at the SWAS challenge:)

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Hands on BUZZERS or BUZZARDS??
ack!

oh say can you see-my best friend is me..I'm a friend I can use..
from "A Long Way Back Home"

I love that saying..

thanks for the raise!! ..in triplicate x 0.00 = 0.000000
woo-hoo - NO taxes owing!
lol[/QUOTE]

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Hands on BUZZERS or BUZZARDS??
ack!

oh say can you see-my best friend is me..I'm a friend I can use..
from "A Long Way Back Home"

I love that saying..

thanks for the raise!! ..in triplicate x 0.00 = 0.000000
woo-hoo - NO taxes owing!
lol

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Song: Brave Moutaineers

Lyric: And I need to be there
When the world gets too heavy and the Shadows cross my mind
Like brave mountaineers
We never were much bothered by time

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I think Char's due for another raise, so I've got a challenge:

Name a song title on TWIF which is contained in the lyrics of two songs from IYCRMM (and name the two songs;)).

Char will be waiting for your response!;)

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Would that be "walls" from The Way I Feel?

Correct songs 1) Your Love's Return (lyrics "Climbing your windows and walls)

and

2) Cobwebs and Dust (lyrics "tear down the walls, tear down the walls)

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It would be, Linda! Wow, you did it in 9 minutes; I'm very impressed!:clap:

Hope you enjoy your raise, Char! ;)

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Time for a new SWAS challenge:

Name a song title contained in the lyrics of a song which is the title track on an album....

Char's waiting patiently for her raise....

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i can't remember if the rules to this edition are GL tunes only or not

if not, then I Used to Be a Country Singer (i did, lol)

"So I grabbed my axe and we sang a song in two part HARMONY"

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or from prior submission, WALLS is the title track from DSMMN:

Your Love's Return ...."climbing your windows and WALLS"

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those two are fine SWASs :) but my intention was that one song would be the title song from the album/CD (i.e. the album title). Does that make sense?

Thanks for your effort, sorry for the confusion! :(

p.s. As far as I'm concerned, it just needs to be one GL's recorded...

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i think you're right...i guerss i was giving the 'lead' track

is it one that hasn't been provided already cos i know Shadows has already been given in two different occasions ... and i can't take credit

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hi jj,

I don't think it's been given yet; I'm keeping a spreadsheet of entries and this song pair isn't there, unless I missed some LOL!

So U "used" 2 B a Country Singer? :headbang: