I ask you very confidentially were
the Beatles and Eddie Cantor singing about this woman of a century ago? (2)
Buffalo once roamed, while deer and antelope played, in state where Stephen Foster lived; nowadays, horses rule the roost. (1)
A zombie in a bar thinks the moment is appropriate for loving, but receives semisonic vibrations that while he doesn’t have to go home, he can’t stay here. (2)
The Sharks would like to move here to see the spacious skies
and amber waves of grain. (6)
Where Elvis
went when he felt so lonely he could die; you can check out any time you like
…. (1)
But you can
never leave, in spite of all the beautiful women in beach attire. (1)
It’s full?
For the second time this month? Edith Bunker will be so happy that she’s liable
to break out singing the old Andy Williams standard. (2)
Annie and pals move from trials
and tribulations in the orphanage to a frenetic existence on the freeway. (1)
Who do you think you’re foolin’? Paul Simon, cruising in a B-52, found a large crustacean, not a narwhal or even a bikini whale! (2)
Mary Poppins prescribes the
ultimate bubblegum record to Archie.
(5)
Duke Ellington, swaying with the
beat because otherwise there’s no point, is comin’ for to carry me home. (2)
Is that light the dawn? No, this
den of iniquity in New Orleans is in flames.
(2)
Bach, or someone imitating him on the organ, has the horse
right here (his name is Paul Revere).
(2)
During the rehearsal for the Christmas play, the actors would not stop dancing to listen to Charlie Brown; maybe they were on LSD. (1)
From California to the New York Island, twirl across the floor, doing the Watusi, the mash potato, and hundreds more. (4)
When you’re weary, you have two options: build it up with pins and needles, or let me
lay myself down. (4)
Carl Perkins (or the Beatles) asks
you not to break his heart, while Dylan says not to give it a second
thought. (2)
Cyndi Lauper knows that women will
figure out how to enjoy themselves, with or without their daddies’
T-Birds. (3)
Do it following lunch? Some would every day, but the Moody Blues would only on the second day of the work week. (7)
If you’re Cream, you’ve been waiting so long to be with your partner. Stephen Stills has no use for such forbearance; he advises doing the expedient thing. (3)
The Lovin’ Spoonful ask if the
supernatural could be real; Heart does not doubt the existence of a guy with
special
powers, …. (2)
Mystical powers that might have
placed Andy Kaufman in orbit 238,700 miles away (but REM doesn’t believe either). (3)
In a foreshadowing of his death, Norman Greenbaum gets a
sniff of Nirvana, calls it God’s perfume.
(2)
A shepherd and her young sheep are
standing along the shores of the Mississippi, watching the big wheel keep on
turning. (2)
Michael Jackson orders us out,
NOW. Sinatra is much more
contemplative, looking back on his favorite ages. (1)
At first mistaken for a teenager
made famous by KISS, the eldest of the Von Trapp children is courted by a boy
one year older. (7)
Mozart pens a little tune about
the skies at night, and it becomes the national anthem. (2)
Sting stalks her relentlessly,
staying right with her even as she rises to sing at the seventh inning
stretch. (2)
Joe Cocker
can’t keep his voice from cracking singing about the one he loves; Madonna must
have had a hard time keeping a straight face singing about Austin Powers. (4)
Fantastick!
The Shangri-Las AND Aerosmith recall strolling on the beach, hand in hand, from
the kind of September until deep in December.
(6)
Gershwin is Queen for a day. (6)
Yes! The house landed right on top
of her. Now she’s sitting in the middle
of the road, stinkin’ to high heaven.
(3)
David Bowie
to a crusading Mrs. Banks: wham, bam,
thank you ma’am. (9)