Guess The Song

How to Play
-- The first person (that would be I) must post a line or two from a song of their choosing.
-- Everyone elses' job is to try and work out which song it is originated from by posting on this thread.
-- once the questioner has confirmed a correct answer, the person who correctly guessed the song first them gets the opportunity to post a line of their own choosing...

Rules
-- The line must be easily recognisable from one particular song; not something that could be from any one of a number of songs.
-- Try to keep them amusing and original in order to keep the fun rolling.

Le's go!

"And the sign said 'long-haired freaky people need not apply'"

The song is called Signs by 5 Man Electrical Band

"Captain America's been torn apart, Now he's a court jester"

No it isn't!

Fatboy Slim... Don't Let The Man Get You Down

That's the one LB

"And it's only a day away
We could leave tonight
You could sleep along the way
Dream in black and white"

...an oldie but a goodie

Metropolis...

Correct Legend. (not so obscure after all...)

Woo My turn...

"Eat all the grass that you want; accidents happen in the dark"

kill rock n roll

Correct.

" stoned pimp , stoned freak , stoned out of my mind "

I don't recognise any of these lyrics except Legend's Captain America reference (it was Guns n Roses Paradise City).

I never referenced Captain Americ... oh right, I see

" stoned pimp , stoned freak , stoned out of my mind "

"Cowboy" - Kid Rock

Correct Linebreaker

Ok, I'll have a go with...

"Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously"

It sounds like a Doors song but I know it's not...

Almost the right era LB.

I'm thinking this is the hardest of the games. There's a couple of posters I'm certain would know it immediately but if they don't see it they won't answer it. And with hindsight I didn't choose the best line so here's a chunk more

"Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet ?
We sit here stranded, though we're all doin our best to deny it
And Louise holds a handful of rain, tempting you to defy it"

Is it a Bob Dylan song ? im sure iv'e heard it before , but dont know the song

completely stumped swanny... late 60s or early 70s?

handful of rain ....................Savatage.

Around the time The Doors formed LB, 1966.

Correct Kenny, it is a Bob Dylan song.

Like A Rolling Stone?

Visions of Johanna.................Bob Dylan.

Correct Laurie,

well played Laurie , your turn to post one

OK ready:
Jan jumped out of bed,
said there's someplace I gotta go,
She took a gun out of the draw
and said its best if you dont know..........

not much action here's a clue.
came out in the late 80's.

The band that did this song had band members from both the USA and the UK.

This song was released in 1988,the same year that one of the band members died.

the band member that died had the initials R.O.

Thanks for all the clues... but I'm still none the wiser.

Gets a bit boring if it drags on too long:

Tweeter and the Monkey Man,,,,,,,,,,,,,, The traveling wilburys, vocals by Bob Dylan.

You have a go Linebreaker.

And the band member that died in 1988 was Roy Orbison.

Miss the Big O... I remember the Stones song 'Monkey Man' but this one must have slipped my mind.

"Five names that I can hardly stand to hear
Including yours and mine, and one more chimp who isn't here
I can see the ladies talkin', how the times are getting hard
And that fearsome excavation, on Magnolia Boulevard..."

Linebreaker.
This wouldn'y be a Steely Dan number would it?

Yes it is, laurie... you know the song?

linebreaker
I cant't for the life of me remember the title.

"Bad Sneakers"

You have a go now, mate.

cheers Mate, have a go at this:
" They got cars big as bars,
They got rivers of gold,
But the wind goes right through you
its no place for the old."

Oh man I know that, I know I do!!!

It'll come to me ...

Fairytale of New York? - Pogues w/Kirsty

Gregers, Laurie will confirm but I'm certain that's right.

It is Fairytale of New York. Definate.

"Seasons come and go, but I will never change"

That would be easy if I could remember the name of the song.

Tinie tempah.......

Going to rap through it in my head!

Written in the stars!

Correct