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QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 28, 2013 -> 11:32 PM)

116. Girls Like You and the WACS in the Philippines - Surrender - Cheap Trick

119. Mr. Tally Man and Deadly Black Tarantula - Day-O - Harry Belafonte

 

2 down. . .

 

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Mar 1, 2013 -> 12:50 AM)
112.

For What It's Worth - (The GREAT) Buffalo Springfield

120.

Jailhouse Rock - The King

 

Oh, and 115.

Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon

 

111. is really familiar but I can't think of it.

 

and 3 more down. Yes, you definitely know 111.

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QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 28, 2013 -> 11:06 PM)
Stumped for sure, I only know a handful of BOC songs and that is definitely not one of them.

 

So. . . how about: Helpless People on Subway Trains

That's not ringing any bells.

I posted a youtube link above for Last Days of May. Check it out.

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OK, here's the song list amended with all the answers. Thanks for playing, this was fun! Now my problem is my brain keeps thinking of new songs, so I might have to put another list together and do this again if there's interest.

 

1. Vera, Chuck and Dave (When I’m 64; the Beatles)

 

2. Candy and Ronnie (Bennie and the Jets; Elton John)

 

3. Weird and Gilly (Ziggy Stardust; David Bowie)

 

4. Babs and Clean Willie (Hatian Divorce; Steely Dan)

 

5. Desmond and Molly (Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da; the Beatles)

 

6. Jean and Joan and who-knows-who (Evil Ways; Santana)

 

7. Harry and Guitar George (Sultans of Swing; Dire Straits)

 

8. Chino and Daddy G (My Old School; Steely Dan)

 

9. Billy and Ethell (Billy the Mountain; Zappa/Mothers)

 

10. Messrs K. and H. (Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite; the Beatles)

 

11. Rooster, Blinky, Poorboy and Willy (Down On the Corner; Creedence Clearwater Revival)

 

12. Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn (Hook; Blues Traveler)

 

13. Go-Cart Mozart, Early-Pearly, and Scott With a Slingshot (Blinded By the Light; Bruce Springsteen/Manfred Mann’s Earth Band)

 

14. The Miller and the Waiter (Whiter Shade of Pale; Procol Harum)

 

15. Katherine Kelly and the Government Boys (Machine Gun Kelly; James Taylor)

 

16. The King of Marigold and the Duchess of Kircaldy (Cry Baby Cry; the Beatles)

 

17. Silly Willy and Mademoiselle Kitty (Rock Show; Wings)

 

18. Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs (It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine); R.E.M.)

 

19. Paul, Davy and John at the Bar (Piano Man; Billy Joel)

 

20. The Gypsy Queen, Seven Virgins and a Mule (Karn Evil 9, First Impression Part 2; Emmerson, Lake, and Palmer)

 

21. A Banker, a Fireman, and a Pretty Nurse (Penny Lane; the Beatles)

 

22. Maria, Picasso and Bob Dylan (Mr. Jones; Counting Crows)

 

23. Mamma Leonie and Sgt. O'Leary (Anthony’s Song (Movin’ Out); Billy Joel)

 

24. Moses, Newton, Charles Darwin and Elvis (Man on the Moon; R.E.M.)

 

25. Mr. Farmer and Old Miss Mort (I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe); Genesis)

 

26. Suzanne and Jesus (Fire and Rain; James Taylor)

 

27. Blue Carary, Jason and Countless Screaming Argonauts (Birdhouse in Your Soul; They Might be Giants)

 

28. Rats, Bedbugs and People Dressed in Plastic Bags Directing Traffic (Shattered; the Rolling Stones)

 

29. Basie, Miller, Satchmo and Ella (Sir Duke; Stevie Wonder)

 

30. Twenty Hounds, Anne Marie and the Sheriff (Friend of the Devil; the Grateful Dead)

 

31. Brenda and Eddie (Scenes From an Italian Restaurant; Billy Joel)

 

32. Peggy Sue, Betty Lou and Mary Lou (Barbara Ann; the Beach Boys)

 

33. Peter Brown and the Man in the Mac (the Ballad of John and Yoko; the Beatles)

 

34. Billy Joe and Billy Mac (Take the Money and Run; Steve Miller Band)

 

35. Mamma, Big John and Emmy Lou (Powderfinger; Neil Young)

 

36. Jesus and Alvin Tostig (Levon; Elton John)

 

37. Liquid Len, Harold Demure and Bob the Nob (The Battle of Epping Forest; Genesis)

 

38. The Loader, the Miller and the Men With Their Crabtree Sticks (John Barleycorn; Traffic)

 

39. My Friend Rabbi Vole (Dr. Worm; They Might Be Giants)

 

40. Holly, Jackie, Little Joe and the Colored Girls (Take a Walk on the Wild Side; Lou Reed)

 

41. The Knights in Armor, the Archer, and the Chosen Ones (After the Gold Rush; Neil Young)

 

42. Mrs. Gray, Mr. Green and the Local Rock Group Down the Street (Pleasant Valley Sunday; the Monkees)

 

43. Nice Girls, Red Dogs and Baby Taking Off Her Clothes (Watching the Detectives; Elvis Costello)

 

44. Father Riley, Carmenita Scarfone and Toni Carbone (Catholic Girls; Frank Zappa)

 

45. Billy, the Driver and the Man From Across the Road With the Sunshine in His Eyes (And It Stoned Me; Van Morrison)

 

46. Sheepdog Bullfrog, Big Man and Wigwam (Hey Bulldog; the Beatles)

 

47. A Girl So Fair, Gollum, and the Evil One (Ramble ON; Led Zeppelin)

 

48. The Blacksmith, the Artist, Philosophers and Ploughmen (Closer to the Heart; Rush)

 

49. Haloween Jack and Tod Browning’s Freak (Diamond Dogs; David Bowie)

 

50. Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh (The Mesopotamians; They Might Be Giants)

 

51. B.B. King and Doris Day. Matt Busby (Dig It; the Beatles)

 

52. Bobby Dylan, the Beatles and Timothy Leary (The Seeker; the Who)

 

53. A Little Indian Brave and a Young Girl Whose Heart Was a Frown (Castles Made of Sand; the Jimi Hendrix Experience)

 

54. Felini, Antonioni and Roman Polanski (Manchester; John Savage/Hair Cast)

 

55. Lon Chaney, Jr. and the Queen (Werewolves of London; Warren Zevon)

 

56. A Strange Lady and a Man in Brussels (Land Down Under; Men at Work)

 

57. Some Underworld Spy or the Wife of a Close Friend (You’re So Vain; Carly Simon)

 

58. Stanley and the Girl From Clapham (Up the Junction; Squeeze)

 

59. Dr. Parkinson and a Protester Singing a Protest Song (Industrial Disease; Dire Straits)

 

60. Crowds of People Sitting on the Grass and a Policeman (Misty Mountain Hop; Led Zeppelin)

 

61. Dan, Magil and the Doctor (Rocky Raccoon; the Beatles)

 

62. Rosie, the Banker, the Lawyer and the Cop (The Fire Down Below; Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band)

 

63. The Ragged People and the Whores on 7th Avenue (The Boxer; Simon and Garfunkel)

 

64. A Divorcee in New York City and a Gin Soaked Bar-Room Queen (Honky Tonk Woman; the Rolling Stones)

 

65. Sweet Sweet Connie, Four Young Chiquitas in Omaha and the Hotel Detective (We’re an American Band; Grand Funk Railroad)

 

66. The Jester, the Marching Band and A Girl Who Sang the Blues (American Pie; Don McLean)

 

67. Cops in Cars and Another Lost Angel (L.A. Woman; the Doors)

 

68. The Captain, the Night Man, and Voices Down the Corridor (Hotel California; the Eagles)

 

69. A Wife and Kids in Baltimore Jack (Hungry Heart; Bruce Springsteen)

 

70. The Bubble-Headed Bleach-Blonde and the Boys in the Newsroom (Dirty Laundry; Don Henley)

 

71. People Talking, People Laughing, a Man Selling Ice Cream (Saturday in the Park; Chicago)

 

72. Your Low Rent Friends and All Those White Men on the Street (Kid Charlemagne; Steely Dan)

 

73. A Young Man in a T-Shirt and People and More People (Pink Houses; John Cougar Mellencamp)

 

74. Lola, Tony and Rico (Copacabana; Barry Manilow)

 

75. The Jailer Man and Sailor Sam (Band on the Run; Wings)

 

76. No One Here But Me and a Hundred Billion Castaways (Message in a Bottle; the Police)

 

77. Joan, Rose and Valerie (Maxwell’s Silver Hammer; the Beatles)

 

78. The Preacher and the Teacher and Dear Missus Perkins (China Grove; the Doobie Brothers)

 

79. Pretty Women out Walking With Gorillas and Jeanie With Her New Boyfriend (Is She Really Going Out With Him?; Joe Jackson)

 

80. Long Ones, Tall Ones, Short Ones, Brown Ones, Black Ones, Round Ones, Big Ones, Crazy Ones (Spill the Wine; Eric Burdon and War)

 

81. A Yellow One that won't accept the Black One that won't accept the Red One that won't accept the White One (Everyday People; Sly and the Family Stone)

 

82. A Child of God and Billion Year Old Carbon (Woodstock; Joni Mitchell/CSNY

 

83. Jo Jo and Loretta (Get Back; the Beatles)

 

84. A Shadow on the Door of a Cottage on the Shore and Contestants in a Suicidal Race (Synchronicity II; the Police)

 

85. Judy, Trudy, Little Donna and Zero (This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ to Glide; the Kings)

 

86. A City Boy and a Singer in a Smokey Room (Don’t Stop Believin’; Journey

 

87. Mummy Dear Mummy Dear and the Girls in California (Breaffast in America; Supertramp)

 

88. Mama, That Girl With a Diamond Ring and the Girl With the Red Dress On (What’d I Say; Ray Charles)

 

89. Mama, Lawman and Hangman (Renegade; Styxx)

 

90. Mama, Scaramouche and Beelzebub (Bohemian Rhapsody; Queen)

 

91. Some of the People in My Life and Just Another Face That I Know From the TV Show (Turn It On Again; Genesis)

 

92. Say Hey Willie, Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio (Centerfield; John Fogerty)

 

93. Carmen and the Devil, Luke and Miss Moses (The Weight; the Band)

 

94. A Guy With a Ticket to Mexico and a Hip Woman Walking on a Moving Floor (Coming Into Los Angeles; Arlo Guthrie)

 

95. Granny, Good Old Ernie, Biggles and All the Sportsmen (Thick As a Brick; Jethro Tull)

 

96. Father McKenzie and All the Lonely People (Eleanor Rigby; the Beatles)

 

97. Johnny, Maggie and the Man in the Trench Coat (Subterranean Homesick Blues; Bob Dylan)

 

98. Susie and Sam (Muskrat Love; America/Captain & Tennille)

 

99. The DA Man, Charlie, and a Tall Walking Big Black Cat (Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress; the Hollies)

 

100. Jesus and Joltin’ Joe (Mrs. Robinson; Simon and Garfunkel)

 

And the first round of Bonus Songs. . .

 

101. Nobody on the Road, Nobody on the Beach (The Boys of Summer; Don Henley)

 

102. A Mexican Beauty and All of Those Tourists Covered With Oil (Margaritaville; Jimmy Buffett)

 

103. Harry and Sue (Taxi; Harry Chapin)

 

104. My Faithful Handyman and a Satanic Mechanic (Sweet Transvestite; Richard O’Brien/Rocky Picture Show Cast)

 

105. The Swans That They Live in the Park, Mabel, and a Girl That Looks Quite Like You (Badge; Cream)

 

106. Fat Cats Driving Around in Jeeps Through the City and Some Little Jerk on My Back (Middle of the Road; the Pretenders)

 

107. Tin Soldiers and Her Dead on the Ground (Ohio; CSNY)

 

108. The Men on the Chessboard and the Red Queen (White Rabbit; Jefferson Airplaine)

 

109. Andre, Chiang Ching and Lin Tai Yu (Games Without Frontiers; Peter Gabriel)

 

110. A Girl That Lives Up the Block and a Friend Was a Big Baseball Player (Glory Days; Bruce Springsteen)

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