BeerBorg

Both ya's gone shy now?

Ok, since I only knew the punk rock versions of your song lets go for this.

"Now it's 1984,
Knock knock on your front door,
It's the swede denim secret police,
they have come for your uncool niece!"

OR in the case of the Jazz version (yes their is one)

"Now it's 1984,
Are you ready for the 3rd world war?
You will meet the secret police,
they will draft you and jail your niece!"

There are actually other versions of this song, all mentioning various former governors of a certain state.

California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys
or
We've Got a Bigger Problem - Dead Kennedys

One, or both?

Both.

California Uber Alles jazzy slowed down version became "We've got a Bigger Problem Now" on a later album. They were no more a fan of the what they considered the far left or right - anyone who they considered a threat to personal freedom and social justice. This song is a perfect example since it morphed from a song about Jerry Brown to Ronald Regan. There were live performances and alternative universe performances (Jello Biafara getting on stage or in the studio with Ministry or Lard or DOA or other bands) where Pete Wilson and Gray Davis also got the treatment.

This is the jazzy (Ronald Regan) version that became "We've got a Bigger Problem Now" in studio:



Your up!

The colors of a rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are there on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands sayin how do you do

What a wonderful world- Louis Armstrong and many others.

I'm sitting here lonely like a , a broken man
I serve my time the, the best i can
Walls and bars they surround me
But i dont want no sympathy

Inside looking out - Grand Funk Railroad

Lets try this:

"Now renegades are the people,
with their own philosophies,
They change the course of history every day,
people like you and me.

We're the renegades, we're the people,
with our own philosophies,
We change the course of history every day,
people like you and me."

Renegades of Funk - Rage Against the Machine!

"Well, I don't think I can handle this
A cloudy day in Metropolis
I think I'll talk to my analyst
I got it so bad for this little journalist
It drives me up the wall and through the roof
Lois and Clark in a telephone booth
I think I'm going out of my brain
I got it so bad for little Miss Lois Lane"

Jimmy olsens Blues- The Spin Doctors

Maybe tomorrow
When he Looks down
On every green field
and every town
All of his children
and every nation

Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James And The Shondells

I've listened to preachers
I've listened to fools
I've watched all the dropouts
Who make their own rules
One person conditioned to rule and control
The media sells it and you live the role

Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne

Try this one:

"You get a shiver in the dark
It's a raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie - double four time
You feel alright when you hear the music ring"

Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits

All over the road, technicolor man!
Oh, you got pollution
It's dead, it's in the middle

Man, don't skunk me, someone gotta know this old song.

I think it's called "Dead Skunks" or "Dead Skunk" or something along those lines... but I have no clue who sang it.

mashani wrote:I think it's called "Dead Skunks" or "Dead Skunk" or something along those lines... but I have no clue who sang it.

Close on the name, but not there.

This was the only chart record for ___________. The song led to a stint as the guitar-playing Captain Spaulding on the M.A.S.H. TV series.