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You got it right. "Working for the weekend" is the name of the song. Classic 80's song with cool cow-bell at the start of the song. So now you must challenge us dbflash. Greg

The hint helped.. Bob Marley at least it could be. Once I thought it might be Bob Marley I checked the Web and sure enough "it could be". Thing is it could also be Joe Cocker! Here is the Joe Cocker video of the song. Actually very good. I like Joe Cocker. Joe Cocker - Could You Be Loved Music Video http://theonenetwork.com/music_videos/joe_cocker/478/could_you_be_loved_300.html I did find a Bob Marley clip of the same song and after comparing the two Joe Cocker wins hands down! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001FY9/qid=1133684702/sr=8-12/ref=pd_bbs_12/102-3024108-5813701?n=507846&s=music&v=glance New challenge: ... Eurus ... ... Afer Ventus ... ... so the world goes round and round with all you ever knew They say the sky high above is <NAME_OF_SONG> ... ... if every man says all he can, if every man is true, do I believe the sky above is <NAME_OF_SONG> ... ... Boreas ... ... Zephryus ... ... if all you told was turned to gold, if all you dreamed were new, imagine sky high above in <NAME_OF_SONG> ... ... Eurus ... Afer Ventus ... ... Boreas Zephryus ... Hints: Released November 19, 1991 Celtic I have also included the artist picture as a hint.

Think we need a hint on this one. Sounds like it could be some raggie artist... The political overtone of the song.. "So go to hell if what you're thinking is not right". But I am not into raggie so I have no idea. Greg

Hint time: "The group" outsold every record in the history of recorded music within the first year of its release (over eight million copies sold) and therefore outgrew and outsold the standard of the music industry's "Gold Album" award. For this achievment, "The Group" was subsequently awarded: The Industry's Very First "Platinum Album"! "The group" toured extensively, appearing throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe, where they appeared at London's world famous Royal Albert Hall. The band also appeared on stage with: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Chicago, Janis Joplin, Steppenwolf, Canned Heat, Three Dog Night, Quicksilver, Yes, Creedence Clearwater, Rush, The Turtles, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills & Nash, & The Byrds, just to name a few! Past television performances have included: The Steve Allen Show, The David Frost Show, The Red Skelton Comedy Hour, Playboy After Dark, The Dating Game, Somethin' Else, and numerous performances on American BandStand, with Dick Clark. The Band also was invited by Atlantic Records to perform on May 14, 1988 at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Concert "It's Only Rock'n Roll" at Madison Square Garden, in New York City which HBO taped, and televised, world-wide via satellite. "The group's" music has been featured in movies like: Savage Seven, Manhunter, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Night Mare On Elm Street, and Fatal Instinct,as well as the TV series Wonder Years, Hardcastle & McCormick, Roseanne, Home Improvement, The Simpsons, and Unsolved Mysteries. References to the band and their music are still frequently heard, in hit movies like Ford Fairlane, Sybling Rivalries, and several times on top TV shows: Cheers, Letterman, Dennis Miller Show, Howard Stern and numerous others. In November '95 Ron Bushy appeared on Phil Donahue, and Unsolved Mysteries. In 1996 the group appeared in: American Journal, America's Most Wanted, and People Magazine. The band was booked to play at Woodstock, but were stuck at an airport. The drummer of this group played the most famous drum solo of all time. Pictures taken on April 27, 2005 at the Lagerhalle in Osnabrück, Germany. Greg

In case someone did not get the answer... It was 10,000 Maniacs....Like The Weather. Your song is by Elton John, "Madman Across The Water". I liked Tiny Dancer beter which if memory serves me is on the same CD. Here is one... All the words to the song are here with the name of the song not shown. <NAME_OF_SONG>, honey Don't you know that I'm lovin' you <NAME_OF_SONG>, baby Don't you know that I'll always be true Oh won't you come with me And take my hand Oh won't you come with me We'll walk this land And please, please, take my hand That's all the words but the song was 17 minutes and 10 seconds. Oh.. one more hint here.... The remastered CD has this song three times and there are only eight songs on the CD. Great CD though.... Yes, three versions of the same song. Stayed on the charts for 140 weeks, with 81 weeks in the Top Ten. To date the album has sold in excess of 30 million copies and remains an undisputed classic in the archives of rock with DJ's and audiophiles worldwide. The group is still touring. I am playing the remastered CD right now! Greg

To keep the thread alive I will take your last line as a challenge. Hope you don't mind. Challenge: Danny (Only one line but that will do fine). Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34) - Elton John Next challenge: A quiver in my lips as if I might cry. Well by the force of will my lungs are filled and so I breathe. Lately it seems this big bed is where I never leave. The band hails from Jamestown, New York. Greg

More good stuff... PBS Great Peformances Website: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/index.html The Cream Event: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/cream/index.html Cream Screen Saver for Windows and MAC http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/cream/screensaver.html Online Video's of Cream Event: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/dialogue/dialogue_cream.html All good stuff. Greg

"x" "y" "z" red light is the name of the song.. "x" is a number above 0 and below 2. "y" is a number above 1 and below 3. "z" is a number above 2 and below 4. So the name of the song is < your guess here >... red light. Could be like.... "4 5 6 Red Light" but that does not meet the hint above. ummmm what could it be? The group is the same group who did the last song guessed.... yummy,,... what was that group? Greg

Hint: Name change to part of song name not all of it. Just fill in the "x", "y" and "z" and you have it. Every time I try to prove I love you, "x" "y" "z" red light, you stop me, baby you ain't right to stop me, "x" "y" "z" red light, you stop me. Every time I make a move to love you, "x" "y" "z" red light, you stop me, baby every night you stop me, "x" "y" "z" red light. Second "yummy" hint: The song before this one is a clue... Greg

Ok HD fans. Grab that OTA HD Tuner and enjoy the Cream Reunion Concert. For those without PBS-HD the regular PBS standard definition stations are will also carry this event starting this week. Check local listing for times and stations. Great Performances Cream Reunion Concert The legendary '60s supergroup Cream, featuring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, reunites and returns 37 years after their last performance to London's Royal Albert Hall, for a series of shows on May 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th, 2005. Songs include "Sunshine of Your Love," "I'm So Glad," "Spoonful," and "White Room," as well as the offbeat "Pressed Rat and Warthog." (2005) High Definition (HD) program shown in 1080i, Letterbox The concert is one hour and thirty minutes. While it does not have all of the performace packed on the DVD release it is in HD format which is a real treat. This is also one way to find out if you want to break down and get the new Cream Reunion Concert DVD or not. Cream - Royal Albert Hall - London May 2-3-5-6 2005 Greg

Now that is a classic! 1910 Fruitgum Company - Yummy, Yummy, Yummy Here is another one! Since the name of the song is said so much I changed the name of the song to "NAME_OF_SONG". Can you guess who did this song? Every time I try to prove I love you, "NAME_OF_SONG", you stop me, baby you ain't right to stop me, "NAME_OF_SONG", you stop me. Every time I make a move to love you, "NAME_OF_SONG", you stop me, baby every night you stop me, "NAME_OF_SONG". Greg

Well after "thebes' posted the selection "Sting, "10 Summoners Tales" I had to play some of my Sting collection. Turned out I had two CD's in my storage area that had not made there way on to my computer. So tonight I ripped the following CD's. Fields of Gold- The Best of Sting 1984-1994 Ten Summoner's Tales At least the CD's were still in perfect shape! Don't know how I missed getting them on my system but they are there now. I had one of Stings CD's already on my system and some older Police CD's. Like I said... how I missed these two fine CD's I will never know. I still have a lot of music I have yet to rip to my computer system. One Sting CD I had on my system is right now my favorite. Sting - Brand New Day 01 A Thousand Years 02 Desert Rose 03 Big Lie, Small World 04 After The Rain Has Fallen 05 Perfect Love...Gone Wrong 06 Tomorrow We'll See 07 Prelude To The End Of The Game 08 Fill Her Up 09 Ghost Story 10 Brand New Day Greg's pick: A Thousand Years <== love the deep bass and mellow sound This CD is like no other CD from Sting. The following review really shows what I am talking about. Same Sting but when you hear songs like "Desert Rose" you know your in for an international event that can not be missed. http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/sting-brand.shtml Sting Brand New Day (A&M) by Chris Massey Since his first solo effort, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in 1985, Sting has been pumping out polished pop for 15 years. Many listeners miss the unpretentious, fun spunk of The Police, the trio he headed before embarking on his solo career; moreover, his new album, "Brand New Day," is more of the same Sting we've come to know over the last 15 years, with some added polish and chrome, but still Sting. Sting is as eclectic as ever before. The musical styles range from jazz to pop to French rap to even a country song -- "Fill Her Up" -- with guest musician James Taylor. If you want worldly music, you've come to the right place. "Desert Rose" is a haunting track featuring the vocals of French-Albanian Cheb Mami and is by far my favorite song. Mami's voice provides chilling and beautiful counterpoint to the clipped wings of Sting's voice, which almost manages to soar, but finds itself left behind in the desert, overcome by the rose of Mami's own pipes. This is true of most of the album -- Sting no longer seems to have the energy he had when he was with The Police. His vocals are subtle and smart throughout the entirety of the album but only the poppy polish of "After the Rain has Fallen" truly hints at what he's still capable of. Much of Brand New Day is full of light jazz punctuated by the flirtatious clarinet of Branford Marsalis. The song "Fill Her Up" starts out with country twangs and hick vocals and ends on a jazzy note. The album itself ends with the popular release, "Brand New Day," a good pop song, but indicative of the album as a whole: many tracks break free of the jazzy/poppy formula that we've all come to expect from Sting, but most of them ultimately fail to break free from the trappings of his muted vocals and his carefully, meticulously constructed pop cage. If you're still a fan of Sting and have enjoyed the architecture of his past "adult-comtemporary" music, you'll certainly find nothing to dislike about his newest offering. If, however, you miss his younger days, the carefree, simple days of The Police, you'll find Brand New Day as full of energy and as vibrant as a Saint Bernard in the rain. Greg

That's it... Bang-Shang-A-Lang

Looks like a hint is needed.... The group has five members. Here are the names of four of them. Reggie - Bass Guitarist Jughead - Drums Betty - Tambourine/Percussion Veronica - Organ/Keyboard The most famous song by this group is "Sugar, Sugar" which went to #1 on the pop chart. Greg

I was at work when I gave the "hint".... Ok... Here comes another one. I recall just walking down the street Trying to escape the city heat I saw her from the corner of my eye, eye, eye Yes she looked so good I thought I'd die

Human League - Greatest Hits Audio CD: Released November 7, 1988 01 Mirror Man 02 (Keep Feeling) Fascination 03 The Sound Of The Crowd 04 The Lebanon 05 Human 06 Don't You Want Me 07 Being Boiled 08 Love Action (I Believe In Love) 09 Louise 10 Open Your Heart 11 Love Is All That Matters 12 Life On Your Own Electronic pioneers The Human League were formed in Sheffield at the height of punk by computer operators Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh. Inspired by the likes of Kraftwerk, Roxy Music and disco producer Giorgio Moroder, they recruited Martyn's schoolfriend Philip Oakey as lead singer and local art student Adrian Wright to handle slides and other visuals. The group were swiftly signed by the influential indie label Fast Product to release their seminal debut single "Being Boiled" (1978) and were then snapped up by Virgin, for whom they produced two groundbreaking albums, "Reproduction" (1979) and "Travelogue" (1980). After the "Greatest Hits" compilation (1988), the group returned with "Romantic?" (1990), but with little commercial success. Dropped by Virgin, they finally bounced back into the UK Top 10 in 1995 with "Tell Me When" and the album "Octopus" (East West), but were dropped again within two years. Greg's pick: Track #5 Human

Try "AXE" it not only fits his Avatar but it is a solid hint. Greg

A great 80's classic. Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy She had one hell of a haircut in the video. Great drums. This should be an easy one: She's a very kinky girl The kind you don't take home to mother She will never let your spirits down Once you get her off the street She likes the boys in the band She says that I'm her all-time favorite When I make my move to her room it's the right time She's never hard to please Greg

Sure... had a lot of radio play in it's day. It is one CD that I do play a good deal even today. Three more hints. Steve Winwood is the singer. The group is Traffic. Oh.. The song title includes the word 'heaven' in it. Greg

No one has got my last one yet... These are the three line clue we started with: You ride on the swing in and out of the bars Capturing moments of life in a jar Playing with children, acting as stars Three line hint: Take extra care not to lose what up feel The apple you're eating is simple and real Water the flowers that grow at you heel Another hint: This song appeared on the groups most popular LP which at the time carried a different title. The LP was later changed to the name of this song. Greg

Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me - Oingo Boingo Next one: You ride on the swing in and out of the bars Capturing moments of life in a jar Playing with children, acting as stars

Actually he gave more than one line: Line-1: And I can't believe that anyone would Wanna do such a terrible thing Line-2: But why should I care ? Possible hint: Same group that did Weird Science if I am not mistaken. Greg

I had that one laying on my desk. It actually is on the Roxy Music EP DVD of all places. The DVD Jukebox section #5. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale. But hey.. This song had a lot of air play when I was in my youth. Great song. I took a snapshot from my DVD... Here is one: Baby you can drive my car. Yes I going be a star. Baby you can drive my car. And maybe I love you.

A few Christmas picks from Greg. Three classic CD's to enjoy! Burl Ives - Have a Holly Jolly Christmas Audio CD: June 1, 1995 =================== 01 A Holly Jolly Christmas 02 Christmas Is a Birthday 03 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 04 Christmas Child (Loo, Loo, Loo) 05 White Christmas 06 Christmas Can't Be Far Away 07 The Little Drummer Boy 08 Snow for Johnny 09 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 10 Winter Wonderland 11 Silver Bells 12 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * Greg's pick: Christmas Is a Birthday Who can not remember the songs of Burl Ives or at least Santa riding a Norelco electric shaver as Burl Ives sang. Every song a classic and every one a memory of day's gone by. Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The XMas Tree Audio CD: October 12, 1999 ====================== 01. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 02. Papa Noel 03. This Time Of The Year 04. Jingle Bell Rock 05. Christy Christmas 06. I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus 07. Winter Wonderland 08. Silver Bells 09. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 10. The Angel And The Little Blue Bell 11. Frosty The Snowman 12. Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day 13. Blue Christmas 14. A Marshmallow World 15. Strawberry Snow 16. White Christmas 17. Jingle Bells 18. Silent Night * Greg's pick: Silver Bells Christy Christma and I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus were both orignally released on 10/29/1956. Papa Noel and Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree were both released on 11/25/1958. Winter Wonderland and Jingle Bell Rock were both orignally release on 10/19/1964. Brenda Lee was able to bring the Christmas spirit to all the young rockers in the late 50's and early 60'. James Brown - James Brown's Funky Christmas Audio CD: October 3, 1995 ===================== 01 Go Power at Christmas Time 02 Let's Unite the Whole World at Christmas 03 Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto 04 Merry Christmas, Baby 05 Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year, Pts. 1 & 2 06 Soulful Christmas 07 The Christmas Song [Version 1] 08 Sweet Little Baby Boy, Pts. 1 & 2 09 Christmas Is Love 10 Please Come Home for Christmas 11 Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay 12 *** for Tat (Ain't No Taking Back) 13 Santa Claus, Santa Claus 14 Merry Christmas, I Love You 15 Signs of Christmas 16 Christmas in Heaven 17 Hey America * Greg's pick: Merry Christmas, Baby Nothing like the Father of Soul wishing you a Merry Christmas (Baby)! "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto" has both Christmas and the soul of James Brown with a great horn section to boot. Greg

I don't like what Sony did as well with XPC. If we look at this from the standpoint of "hard lesson learned" on the part of Sony I would say they hit a major PR nightmare they will not want to repeat. From that standpoint I think they will think hard about any technoligy they try to introduce in the future. In this respect Sony may be the safest place to buy from for some time to come. They don't want another PR blunder. We know what to look for in the Sony XPC series of CD's that were released should we fine one at Walmart for $0.99. If the CD say's it has copy protection then don't buy it. If buying online look for the XPC or copy protection in the description. If we buy one then return it. Sony has recalled all XPC CD's and you will be able to obtain non-XPC versions. There are 52 CD's in the list. http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/faq.html http://www.upsrow.com/sonybmg/ http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/titles.html It seems to me that XPC cost Sony a lot more in the long run then the money they thought they would be saving by using the technoligy. Think they will do it again? Sony is by means finished with cleaning up the mess that XPC has left. Open source issues with XPC for example: http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/11/18/open_source_codecs_found_in_xcp/index.html Now that XPC has hit the media and Sony had to issue a recall I would buy from them. From my standpoint it seems that is Sony did it again there would no longer be a Sony label. This is one point Sony should be very aware of right now as they scramble to reclaim customers confidence in their product. Greg