What song am I thinking of?

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Hint #1:

perspiration stains

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Pump Up The Jam?

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

No Mike! But you were right about.... dancing (hint 2).

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

rHYTHM IS A DANCER!

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Not quite, gaz, but excellent guess.

Hint 3:

I met a boy I really liked

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:45 (twenty-two years ago)

"Leader of the Pack"?

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Nope. Syncretise your thinking, people!

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Hint # 4: willpower

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

"Will to Power"?

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

SWEAT! SWEAT! SWEAT! SWEAT!

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Adventures in success?

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:50 (twenty-two years ago)

gaz is too close for comfort. Drive it home, baby!

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:51 (twenty-two years ago)

relax by frankie goes to hollywood

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 13 November 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

No, Mr Scrubbins.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)

no idea, sorry ;-)

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Summer Nights?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry Geir!

gaz wins, cos he was closer. He had a tune by the right artist but not the right tune.

It's 'Kissing With Confidence' by Will Powers. That was Lynne Goldsmith and Steve Winwood I think. Anyway, check out the lyrics. Never before or since in the history of music has kissing sounded so unappealing:

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Will_Powers

http://www.winwoodfans.com/lyrics/kissing-confidence.htm

Kissing with Confidence

You may be a sharp dresser, you may be a fantastic dancer, you may be a lively conversationalist, but what happens at the end of the evening when the time comes to show how you feel? Unless you can kiss with confidence all your fancy dressing, dancing and talking won't get you a second date.

I'd meet a boy I really liked
I'd start to win his heart
Come the time to kiss good-night
I always fell apart

I'd giggle like I had no brains
Or else I'd start to cough
I thought my perspiration stains
Would turn a fellow off

She was nervous
She was too shy
She was breathless
Lips were too dry
Hands were shaking
Didn't know why

Do you want to kiss this person? Then be honest - what is keeping you from kissing with confidence? Worries. Some of them can be put to rest if you ask yourself a few simple questions before kissing.

Is your breath fresh?
Do your have spinach on your teeth?
Is your deodorant strong enough?

You may also find yourself worrying about what will happen once you are in the act of kissing. Will your stomach growl? Will your braces lock? Will you be able to prolong the kiss and still breathe?

Will I spoil it with my overbite?
Will our noses bump in the moonlight?
When our lips meet, will they fit right?

These worries are best cleared from the mind by the romance chant method, a technique which will also place your lips naturally in kissing position. Hableme el unico del mundo. Digame: comoe te hace ese sonido. Tan glorioso. Que aun hoba con anticipation de el. Me ha reducio a un bestia. Grunedo. Entusiomandose y paliptando. Practice this chant in the morning as you rise, in the evening as you retire and just before a date.

Once you have mastered these techniques there is only one worry left - will it go too far? It never will if you remain alert to these danger signals - heavy breathing, wandering hands, strong heartbeats. A nice way to maintain self-control without offending the other person is to say -- "I'm not ready to handle what I think is coming", then you both go home and daydream. Tomorrow you can start again fresh. Just remember - you can not get pregnant from kissing.

I put an end to worrying, I learned the way from Will
And showed me kissing with confidence was an acquired skill
When my boyfriends get too hot I can cool 'em down
Now I'm kissing with confidence everywhere in town

In the schoolyard
At the front door
In the laundromat
At the drug store

At the car wash
In the back yard
At the Dairy Queen
On a side street

In the basement
On the rooftop
At the drive in
At the stop and shop

On the back porch
At the candy store
On the boardwalk
By the seashore

In the balcony
At the malt shop
In the parking lot
On the blacktop

Once you can kiss with confidence, think of others these techniques will help. Do you know someone who drools when he kisses or burps or bites? Why not do them a favor and send them this record anonymously?

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)

what do i win colin?

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)

You will be kissed by Will Powers.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Or by Colin, mayhaps?
;)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't have anything material to give... so I will send wave after wave of psychic hippy love vibes instead. Will that do?

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:14 (twenty-two years ago)

are you sending them right now colin? cos i'm feeling a bit queasy...

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:19 (twenty-two years ago)

No gaz, tune out for a minute, that was me in the bathroom dispensing a wave of something else.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay, what song am I thinking of?
I'll give you a clue: it's called "happy birthday"

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:44 (twenty-two years ago)

oops, it's 'Happpy Birthday' by Altered Images.

My turn again. Who thinks the radio is better than the stereo?

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)

nobody?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)

oh shit sorry i forgot what thread i was on

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:48 (twenty-two years ago)

sports?

and isnt it my turn anyway?

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:57 (twenty-two years ago)

No gaz, The Members, and yes, sorry, it was your turn. Fire away.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:58 (twenty-two years ago)

clue: its about death

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:02 (twenty-two years ago)

"pink frost"?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:03 (twenty-two years ago)

no jim, nice try.
the singer is very nasal and high pitched.

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Is the singer in Leonardo's Bride?

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:13 (twenty-two years ago)

no colin, but interesting idea there...

released in 1992 by a US band the AMG describes as comedy rock and lo-fi.

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

They Might Be Giants?

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:21 (twenty-two years ago)

close! so close colin! i think this band is a wee bit cooler. maybe.

the song title has a reference to a word similar to "shove" and mentions a sort of flower.

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Push The Little Daisies! Ween! What's my prize?

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:25 (twenty-two years ago)

you get to turn this thread into Psuedo Echo pt 2?

or you get another turn?

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:27 (twenty-two years ago)

'nother turn please!

Hint #1: It's about relieving boredom in a small town by doing something illegal.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)

"escape via cessnock"?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)

doh!
(incidently this idea has just been nicked by mono as 20 questions.)

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)

mono has spies on ILx. clem is a lurker!!

― the surface noise (electricsound), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:36 (twenty-two years ago)

No, gaz.

Hint #2: it involves burning stuff.

Hint #3: the trouble with music (cryptic, vey cryptic)

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:39 (twenty-two years ago)

"V.F.D." by Michelle Shocked

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Hint #3: the trouble with music (cryptic, vey cryptic)

too cryptic, I'd venture.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)

kerosene by big black?

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)

gaz you LEGEND!!!!!

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I still don't get the third hint.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

the bastards at mono have put in a link!!!!

(me neither kenan, and you can have my next turn)

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 03:45 (twenty-two years ago)

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I have no idea. Sounds like Randy Newman.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 13 November 2003 22:00 (twenty-two years ago)

killing joke?

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 22:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey. Do I look like Alex In NYC? :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 13 November 2003 22:07 (twenty-two years ago)

http://home.online.no/~knhongro/Geir/Geir.jpg http://www.befria.nu/djuren/bilder/gorilla.jpg

― Hmmmm..., Thursday, 13 November 2003 22:13 (twenty-two years ago)

it was the classical composer bit.

was the song a big hit geir?

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Quite a hit, yes. At least in the UK (and I think it was noticed in the US too). Speaking of the late 70s here

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:20 (twenty-two years ago)

joe jackson?

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

"Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street"

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:27 (twenty-two years ago)

"From my window I'm staring while my coffee grows cold"

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Zappi and gaz has it :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

you go zappi

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:46 (twenty-two years ago)

erm, ok i'll go with the song i'm listening to right now!
clue 1. its from a 70s film, and an actress from the film is singing it.

― zappi (joni), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee (cos I was thinking about watching Grease earlier)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:57 (twenty-two years ago)

was the film a musical?

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

clue 2. some of the lyrics come from a poem by George Peele (1558-1596)

i like the idea of grease lightning being written in the 16th century though!

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

the film is not a musical in the usual sense, but the soundtrack is very important.

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:01 (twenty-two years ago)

clue 3: this should be a link to the poem

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:08 (twenty-two years ago)

clue 4: steve coogans brother recorded a version of this song.

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:11 (twenty-two years ago)

(i'm trying really hard not to make this too easy)

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:14 (twenty-two years ago)

(seems to be working....bwah ha ha)

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

i got no idea. brain not working.

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Steve Coogan's brother is in the Milltown Brothers. They did some Dylan covers. I also give up though.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:22 (twenty-two years ago)

clue 5. the actress who's singing the song is probably more famous for her looks, and being married at one time to a famous actor/comedian, this is the only time i've ever heard of her singing.

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

english or american?

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:30 (twenty-two years ago)

who the actress? neither!

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

did mention the film is british?

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh, is it Britt Ekland?

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:35 (twenty-two years ago)

aha!

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Is is Britt Ekland in The Wicker Man

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

bugger - xpost. And I got it before I read clue 5.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:36 (twenty-two years ago)

"The song at the well"

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Steve Coogan's brother was in the Mock Turtles, not the Milltown Brothers.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

'willows song' from the wicker man.
if you buy the cd reissue they've rerecorded the vocal, so its not britt singing, but it is her in the film. to check my clues i discovered a disturbing amount of buffy fan fiction out there.

ailsas turn!

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:41 (twenty-two years ago)

that should be 'in the course of checking'. of course.

― zappi (joni), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

No, I defer to N. as he has outed me as an idiot.

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)

(and he claims to have known the Britt Ekland one before me and I believe him)

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm going to have to insist you do it, because I am going to bed and probably won't be on ILM again for a few days. I was telling the truth, though.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:46 (twenty-two years ago)

But I am going to bed too, and I can't be bothered pretending I am thinking of a song when all I am thinking of is sleep. Next person to thread to take over please...

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 14 November 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

ha ha MY TURN THEN...(I'll try to make it a lot easier than these others before, especially for anyone who knows my taste [hint #0?])

Hint #1: "atomic holocaust? enjoy!"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 November 2003 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Nobody? Really?

Hint #2: This song was this band's biggest hit (1986).

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 November 2003 16:02 (twenty-two years ago)

If nobody answers after this I'm just gonna assume nobody cares about this game anymore.

Hint #3: HORNS!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 November 2003 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

If there are no answers or even attempts at answers by 3:00 I'm posting tubgirl.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Hint #4: BLACK PEOPLE WOT PLAY GEETARS

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Hint #5: BLACK PEOPLE WOT GOT MOHAWK

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Hint #6: "Johnny goes to Sally's house to kiss her goodbye, then decides to spend the night..."

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Look, I COULD say it but that would be boring. See if someone else gets it.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm guessing it's probably a song by fishbone!!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

HINT #7: PARTY AT GROUND ZERO A B-MOVIE STARRING YOU AND THE WORLD WILL TURN TO FLOWING PINK VAPOR STEW!!!!

― nickalicious must be either A) having an acid flashback or B) coffee-buzzin'! (n, Friday, 14 November 2003 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm just gonna go ahead and let Sonny ask the next question.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

i think the song is party at ground zero by fishbone!

1, the singer of this song is an asshole and its protagonist gets killed

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Saturday, 15 November 2003 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

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