GIMMIE FIVE!

[Newt]

A Horse with No Name - America
Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
Dark Horse - George Harrison
King Horse - Elvis Costello
Beer for my Horses - Toby Keith with Willie Nelson


Next 5: Songs with the word 'thing' in the title

[Flick James]

Do the Right Thing (Redhead Kingpin)
My Favorite Things (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
That Thing You Do (The Wonders)
Ghetto Thang (De La Soul)
It's a Love Thing (Keith Urban)

Next: Gimme five songs that were the title tracks for the albums on which they appeared.

[Allhallowsday]

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" THE BEATLES
"Strange Days" THE DOORS
"Raw Power" THE STOOGES
"For Your Pleasure" ROXY MUSIC
"Back To Black" AMY WINEHOUSE  

Next, five songs that were title tracks but ended up on different albums than the albums that took those titles...    (not so easy)

[alandhopewell]

Easy:
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT- Manfred Mann (B. Springsteen)
DAYDREAM BELIEVER- The Monkees (N. Diamond)
ONE- Three Dog Night (H. Nilsson)
THE SHOW MUST GO ON- Three Dog Night (L. Sayer)
ELI'S COMING- Three Dog Night (L. Nyro)

    I'm talikng about songs that were hits for the performer, but were written by someone else, 4-X, I WRITE THE SONGS, by Barry Manilow; he didn't write that one.

Next: 5 songs involving a breed of bird in the title (chicken, crow, parakeet, etc.)

[Flick James]

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" THE BEATLES
"Strange Days" THE DOORS
"Raw Power" THE STOOGES
"For Your Pleasure" ROXY MUSIC
"Back To Black" AMY WINEHOUSE  

Next, five songs that were title tracks but ended up on different albums than the albums that took those titles...    (not so easy)

A little tougher, but I've got it licked:

"Frank's Wild Years" (Tom Waits), song is on Swordfishtrombones
"Almost Blue" (Elvis Costello), song is on Imperial Bedroom
"The Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin), song is on Houses of the Holy
"Sheer Heart Attack" (Queen), song is on News of the World
"If You Want Blood, You've Got It" (AC/DC) song is on Highway to Hell

[retrorussell]

Easy:
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT- Manfred Mann (B. Springsteen)
DAYDREAM BELIEVER- The Monkees (N. Diamond)
ONE- Three Dog Night (H. Nilsson)
THE SHOW MUST GO ON- Three Dog Night (L. Sayer)
ELI'S COMING- Three Dog Night (L. Nyro)

    I'm talikng about songs that were hits for the performer, but were written by someone else, 4-X, I WRITE THE SONGS, by Barry Manilow; he didn't write that one.

Next: 5 songs involving a breed of bird in the title (chicken, crow, parakeet, etc.)

They were all songs written by the artist in parentheses, and performed as big hits by the artist/group after the hyphen.

[Flick James]

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" THE BEATLES
"Strange Days" THE DOORS
"Raw Power" THE STOOGES
"For Your Pleasure" ROXY MUSIC
"Back To Black" AMY WINEHOUSE  

Next, five songs that were title tracks but ended up on different albums than the albums that took those titles...    (not so easy)

A little tougher, but I've got it licked:

"Frank's Wild Years" (Tom Waits), song is on Swordfishtrombones
"Almost Blue" (Elvis Costello), song is on Imperial Bedroom
"The Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin), song is on Houses of the Holy
"Sheer Heart Attack" (Queen), song is on News of the World
"If You Want Blood, You've Got It" (AC/DC) song is on Highway to Hell

Oops, forgot to post a new one:

Gimme 5 novelty songs from 1970 or before.

[Allhallowsday]

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" THE BEATLES
"Strange Days" THE DOORS
"Raw Power" THE STOOGES
"For Your Pleasure" ROXY MUSIC
"Back To Black" AMY WINEHOUSE  
Next, five songs that were title tracks but ended up on different albums than the albums that took those titles...    (not so easy)

A little tougher, but I've got it licked:
"Frank's Wild Years" (Tom Waits), song is on Swordfishtrombones
"Almost Blue" (Elvis Costello), song is on Imperial Bedroom
"The Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin), song is on Houses of the Holy
"Sheer Heart Attack" (Queen), song is on News of the World
"If You Want Blood, You've Got It" (AC/DC) song is on Highway to Hell

I was thinking of "Houses of the Holy" a LED ZEP title song that's on Physical Graffiti.  There's also THE DOORS "Waiting for the Sun" which is on Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe...  

Oops, forgot to post a new one:

Gimme 5 novelty songs from 1970 or before.

"Leader of the Laundromat" THE DETERGENTS (1965)
"Purple People Eater" SHEB WOOLEY (1958)  
"Ahab, the Arab" RAY STEVENS (1962)
"Dinner With Drac" JOHN ZACHERLE (1958)
"Monster Mash" BOBBY "BORIS" PICKET & THE CRYPTKICKERS (1962)


Gimme five records that went to #1 but never should have made it... 

[retrorussell]

Excellent theme, AHD!
BTW, I did Purple People Eater Sunday for karaoke. 
My nominations for the latest 5:
Rapture- Blondie
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me- Mac Davis
Everything Is Beautiful- Ray Stevens
Billy, Don't Be A Hero- Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
Disco Duck- Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots

Next 5:
Songs with the word "Kid" in them.

[Flick James]

"The Kids are Alright" - The Who
"Kids In America" - Kim Wilde
"Kids" - MGMT
"Cisco Kid" - War
"New Kid In Town" - Eagles

Next: Gimme five songs that contain whistling (musical or non-musical)

[Mr. DS]

Patience (GnR)
Scorpions (Winds Of Change)
Jungle Love (Steve Miller)
Blow My Whistle (not sure who did this one, it was on a dance game I played once)
Girls, Girls, Girls (Motley Crue)

Next five, songs where the leader singer screams the word "yeah"

[alandhopewell]

Easy:
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT- Manfred Mann (B. Springsteen)
DAYDREAM BELIEVER- The Monkees (N. Diamond)
ONE- Three Dog Night (H. Nilsson)
THE SHOW MUST GO ON- Three Dog Night (L. Sayer)
ELI'S COMING- Three Dog Night (L. Nyro)

    I'm talikng about songs that were hits for the performer, but were written by someone else, 4-X, I WRITE THE SONGS, by Barry Manilow; he didn't write that one.

Next: 5 songs involving a breed of bird in the title (chicken, crow, parakeet, etc.)

They were all songs written by the artist in parentheses, and performed as big hits by the artist/group after the hyphen.

     Got it-but what I was looking for was someone who was known as a singer / songwriter, who had a hit with a song he / she didn't personally write.

[Flick James]

Patience (GnR)
Scorpions (Winds Of Change)
Jungle Love (Steve Miller)
Blow My Whistle (not sure who did this one, it was on a dance game I played once)
Girls, Girls, Girls (Motley Crue)

Next five, songs where the leader singer screams the word "yeah"

Well, I'm assuming you want songs where the word was actually screamed (or at least yelled), not sung, yes? Otherwise it would be too easy.

"Rain King" - Counting Crows (screams "yeah!" at the end of the song)
"Shout" - The Isley Brothers ("yeah yeah!" "yeah yeah!" is screamed by some random band member)
"I Put a Spell on You" - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (screams "Whoa Yeah!" just before the sax solo)
"I'm Just a Bill" - Schoolhouse Rock (when the bill get signed into law, the bill shouts "Oh Yeah!")
"Baba O'Riley" - The Who (Daltrey's iconic scream of "yeah" at the end of middle synth part)

[Flick James]

Oops, sorry again.

Next: Gimme five songs that end abruptly (no fade out or drawn out sustained notes)

[retrorussell]

Good choice!

Hey Deanie- Shaun Cassidy
5.7.0.5.- City Boy
Destroyer- Kinks
And She Was- Talking Heads
Whip It- Devo
NEXT: 5 sad songs (or cornball, perhaps) in first-person narrative about them or someone they know dying or dead.