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'Cause the wind was my mother, the highway is my brother

"Born to Wander", Rare Earth. Fun fact: This song was playing on L.A. radio (either KRLA or KHJ, can't remember which) at 6:00 AM on February 9, 1971 when buildings, freeway overpasses, and anything not nailed down started wandering around - the Sylmar earthquake.

ETA: It was KHJ; the DJ was Charlie Tuna. On the aircheck, he says "I'm a little shaky this morning." Forty seconds later...

You can hear it here:

http://www.radiohof.org/charlie_tuna.htm

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"Born to Wander", Rare Earth. Fun fact: This song was playing on L.A. radio (either KRLA or KHJ, can't remember which) at 6:00 AM on February 9, 1971 when buildings, freeway overpasses, and anything not nailed down started wandering around - the Sylmar earthquake.

I grew up listening to the real Don Steele and Charlie Tuna

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"My name is Forrest" he'd casually remark,

Waiting for the bus with his hands in his pockets,

He kept on saying "Life is like a box of chocolates"

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Statue in the Square, meant so much when it first stood,

People come from far and near, blaspheme it, blaspheme every word..................

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"My name is Forrest" he'd casually remark,

Waiting for the bus with his hands in his pockets,

He kept on saying "Life is like a box of chocolates"

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Statue in the Square, meant so much when it first stood,

People come from far and near, blaspheme it, blaspheme every word..................

First one is "Gump" by Weird Al

Second one is "Strange Times" by the Black Keys

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  • 3 weeks later...

Pretty eyes, shinin' big and bright

A bundle of joy, she's outta sight

Long black hair and fancy clothes

She's got a reputation that everybody knows

Hint: Motown. Big with the Northern Soul crowd.

Time to pull the plug.

The Contours - Baby Hit and Run

This was an alternate take with Billy Gordon on lead; more hot and hard-edged than the released version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER00_iMFj4g

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They've got us on the run

With guns

And knives

We're fighting for our lives...

Hint: From a movie; better known as an instrumental in the USA (hit #27 Pop, #1 Adult Contemporary) but at least two different English artists recorded vocal versions.

Unplugging this one - I thought this would be easier since the movie's had something of a revival lately:

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass with Mike Redway - Casino Royale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io-jchlnvJM

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Mend this careless thread, it's gone askew,

Pull and see how much we can undo....

Pendulous Thread by Incubus.........

We all know the original artist, let's see who can guess who did a cover of it........

Haplessly passing your time in the grassland away,

Only dimly aware of a scent of unease in the air.....

Sheep by Pink Floyd, with an excellent cover by Col. Claypool's Frog Brigade..........

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TJ... are you the only one still playing this game? Looks like it! :lol:

Ok, here's one I hope hasn't been posted before. I'm not going to go through 200+ pages to check...

"And her face is like a sail,
Speck of white so fair and pale"...

    She's a Rainbow - Rolling Stones

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