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THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
Isn’t it about time we started applying ourselves to answering some of rock’s great unanswered questions?
When will the good apples fall on my side of the fence?
Who put the bomp in the bomp-a-bomp?
Who put the benzedrine in Mrs Murphy’s Ovaltine?
Will you still love me tomorrow?
Why Why Why (Is it So Hard?)
Maybe we could answer these titular questions with titular answers, sort of Answer Songs To Question Songs.
I’m sure some of you sharper-witted scribes up there can come up with much funnier Q+A songs but, to get the ball rolling, here’s a few for starters…
Baby What You Want Me To Do? Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick.
Where Have All The Flowers Gone? Down Along The Cove
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[...] Ask Me No Questions…… Over at the estimable Rocksbackpages they are asking the question whether some of rock’n’roll’s great question songs [...]
added this to my blog- seems like fun…..
Are We Ever Gonna Have Sex Again?/New Year’s Day (Amy Rigby/U2)
Who’s Been Sleeping Here?/The Girl Of My Best Friend (Stones/Elvis)
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?/Why (Dylan/The Byrds)
Have You Ever Seen The Rain?/I Can’t Stand the Rain (Creedence/Ann Peebles)
Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass?/The Human Being Lawnmower (Buck Owens/MC5’s)
Did I Shave My Legs For This?/Baby We Got A Date (Deana Carter/Bob Marley)
Are You Drinkin’ with Me Jesus?/She’s Acting Single I’m Drinkin’ Doubles (Jello Biafra/Gary Stewart)
Is This Love?/Maybe Baby (Bob Marley/Buddy Holly)
Ever Fallen In Love?/ Love Is Just A Four Letter Word (Buzzcocks/Joan Baez)
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing in The Shadows?/Mama Tried (The Stone/ Merle Haggard)
Who Knows Where The Time Goes?/God Only Knows (Fairport Convention/ The Beach Boys)
Yes, I knew you clever folks out there would come up with much better answer songs than I could.
Some of those suggestions have the ring of real conversation. I can hear an exchange like …
Q have You Ever Seen The Rain?
A. I Can’t Stand The Rain.
… working in Reservoir Dogs.
Thanks Paul, and esp. for adding this to your own blog!
I can’t resist making a token effort at this:
Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? (Beatles)
Health & Safety (Fascinating Ada)
What Do You Want? I Wish I Was Skinny (Adam Faith/Boo Radleys)
When Will I Be Loved? Six O’Clock (Everly Brothers/Lovin’ Spoonful)
What is love? More than I Can Bear (Howard Jones/Matt Bianco)
I’m trying to think of an answer song for What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted …
Life On Mars? Maybe Baby
Okay, that’s just off the top of my head. But this thread puts me in mind of a Peter Cook and Dudley Moore sketch from Not Only But Also. It was a spoof of Murder In The Cathedral, with the dialogue made up of popular song titles like “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” and “Please Release Me.” Anyone remember that?