Okay, here’s the song fragment I warned you about. Please help me identify the song and artist.
Thanks for any help.
UPDATE:
DGuzman nailed it!
I had misheard the lyrics, just as D did when she was younger.
Thank you so much for your help!
If anyone has a song fragment they want identified, there’s a fair chance one of the musical geniuses hearing it will be able to help you.
And now…
Patti Smith – Because The Night
I’m going to guess Cheap Trick, Dream the Night Away, and a poor recall:
It’s 5 o’clock, I think I’ll find my way downtown
I try to turn my mind off, but I don’t know how
Let me dream the night, dream the night away
Don’t make me dream the night, dream the night away
How can I help but hate the way I feel?
Make sense of memories that won’t make them real?
Whoa!
Dream the night, dream the night away
Dream the night, dream the night away
Regards,
Tengrain
Thanks a lot for taking a stab at this, Tengrain.
I should have mentioned that the singer was female (though Robin Zander *is* certainly capable of hitting the high notes).
You know, Splotch, I think you just MIGHT be thinking of “Because the night” by Patty Smith (or Natalie Merchant’s version)–I had always thought the words were “the night, the night” when I was a kid and my big sis Raquel (her real name) played it OVER AND OVER. And the melody you sang sounded like that too.
Maybe?
Hot damn, d!
That’s it!!!
YAY!!! I’m so glad I could help.
Thurston Moore said the B-side to that Patti Smith song is his favorite song ever.
Just thought you should know. I have no idea the title of the song he mentioned, however.
grant, cool! According to Wikipedia, it looks like the b-side was “God Speed”.
You reminded me, I have been a-hankerin’ to listen to Daydream Nation — I’ll haveta load it on my iPod for the long car ride on Sunday.
Just curious, did you catch SY at this past Pitchfork Festival? I was going to go, but ended up not making it.
dg —- should be on “name that tune”
Wow, I briefly thought of Because the Night but then thought no, it’s not that. Dguzman heard something extra. Good sleuthing!
I love this song!
dr mvm, I thought you prolly would.
And all this time I thought the night belonged to Michelob.
Shows you what I know.
Regards,
Tengrain