Re: Quickie TD-ish quiz whilst we wait for a TD to be posted
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:09 pm
Damn. Holly Holy misses by one letter.
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Thanks for doing this, Paul. Unless you object, I'll take over keeping this running list current and place it in the first post.Paucle wrote:Combined:
Cherry Cherry- Neil Diamond
Da Doo Ron Ron, The Crystals
Do Wah Diddy Diddy- Manfred Mann
Fun Fun Fun -Beach Boys
Green Green- New Christie Minstrels
Knock Knock (Who's There?) by
Louie Louie, by the Kingsmen
Monday, Monday
Mony Mony (Tommy James)
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye?
OOOH Baby Baby- Smokey Robinson
Please Please Me - The Beatles
Stop Stop Stop - the Hollies
Sugar Sugar (Archies)
Summertime Summertime by ??
To Our Children's Children's Children -- The Moody Blues (if you count albums)
Turn! Turn! Turn! -- The Byrds
Up, Up and Away
left off Woppy's add since it does not appear to be top 40.
OK, your job -- should you decide to accept it -- is to come up with other such records which miss by a single letter.alietr wrote:Damn. Holly Holy misses by one letter.
Gee, thanks. I guess I'll ask my grandmother whether she knows of any.seaborgium wrote:I posed the question to my mom, and she came up with "Up, Up and Away."
Sure, go for it.Paucle wrote:you can keep it updated, sure! I'll sell you the rights for the permission to add 4 more!
"Green Green" by New Christy Minstrels
"Green Green Grass of Home" by Tom Jones
Ah, yes. The song that apparently encouraged my family to buy a Rambler as our first car. I don't think we ever got it up to 120, though.Rex Kramer wrote:"Beep Beep" by the Playmates
Rex
Ding, ding, ding! 'twas already pre-approved.plasticene wrote:How about "In the Year 2525?" Judges?
"Please Please Me" as well.seaborgium wrote:I really like it because the repeated word actually makes a semantic difference.billy pilgrim wrote:That 'To our childrens' childrens' children' answer wins hands down.
I'm going to say "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by the even-greater-and-only-slightly-less-bizarrely-dying Marvin Gaye, but it doesn't count against my 4 because it was obvious once billy pilgrim posted.billy pilgrim wrote:PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! James Brown
Mercy Mercy Mercy-The Buckinghams
Yummy Yummy Yummy- No idea who did it.
Ohio Express, who also did Chewy Chewybilly pilgrim wrote:Yummy Yummy Yummy- No idea who did it.
Paucle wrote:Ohio Express, who also did Chewy Chewybilly pilgrim wrote:Yummy Yummy Yummy- No idea who did it.
ABBA's too late for the party, Peggles. They didn't come around until the mid 70's.
Retroactive rule: more than 5 doesn't count.MarkBarrett wrote:What if the word is repeated six times?
Somehow, I had 1910 Fruitgum Company associated with that.Paucle wrote:Ohio Express, who also did Chewy Chewybilly pilgrim wrote:Yummy Yummy Yummy- No idea who did it.
One might argue that M - which is the phonetic of the lyric- is not a word. Nor is Um.RandyG wrote:Retroactive rule: more than 5 doesn't count.MarkBarrett wrote:What if the word is repeated six times?
Good one!
Judge Judy would agree. Many times I've heard her say, "Um is not a word." Randy put it on page one so that's good enough for me.billy pilgrim wrote:One might argue that M - which is the phonetic of the lyric- is not a word. Nor is Um.RandyG wrote:Retroactive rule: more than 5 doesn't count.MarkBarrett wrote:What if the word is repeated six times?
Good one!