Here's the 3rd part of this thread of mine, for songs I heard in Washington state in 2009 that would be nice to identify. The 2nd part of this thread was very successful, in my opinion: I found 2 new ones, thanks to IDs people came up with. Again, these are relatively low priority to me, though, so please don't knock yourself out over them.
(1) "it's only love" [IDENTIFIED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE]
high-range male singer in a band like Journey or Jefferson Starship (same kind of vocals, style, and instruments)
lyrics I wrote down: "it's only love"
This was played in an Office Depot store. That chain has their own in-store music programming.
This post is a long shot but it was a good, moving song that would be great to find.
Here's the most recent Google search string I used:
lyrics "it's only love" -beatles -adams -"simply red" -nicks -zz -elvis -vassar -perry -crow -sade -def -nova -hilton -turner -maura -cocker -dobson -cheap -buffy -taylor
UNHEARD:
It's Only Love (The Ben Taylor Band)
It's Only Love (Dark Illumination)
HEARD BUT UNLIKELY:
It's Only Love (Bryan Adams)
It's Only Love (Bryan Adams & Tina Turner)
It's Only Love (Cheap Trick)
HEARD AND NOT:
First Love (The Maccabees)
It's Only Love (The Beatles)
It's Only Love (Buffy)
It's Only Love (Joe Cocker)
It's Only Love (Sheryl Crow)
It's Only Love (Def Leppard)
It's Only Love (Amy Dobson)
It's Only Love (Tyler Hilton) - Beatles remake
It's Only Love (Mimi Maura) - Beatles remake
It's Only Love (Elvis Presley)
It's Only Love (Heather Nova)
It's Only Love (Simply Red)
It's Only Love (Stevie Nicks)
It's Only Love (Steve Perry)
It's Only Love That Gets You Through (Sade)
It's Only Love (Phil Vassar)
It's Only Love (ZZ Top)
(2) "nothin' but" [IDENTIFIED]
V I chord progression
whistled intro
male singer
lyrics I wrote down: "nothin' but", "deep in ?our ?minds", "?lassie ?oh ?mine"
Other songs played that day in the same Burgerville, to give an idea of their repertoire:
All Night Long (Lionel Richie, 1983)
Right As Rain (Adele, 2008)
Nightshift (The Commodores, 1985)
Peg (Steely Dan, 1977)
To Be Still (Alela Diane, 2009, "To Be Still" album)
It's All Over (Sugar Ray, 2001, "Sugar Ray" album)
Stop Running Away (Brenda Russell, 1990, "Kiss Me With The Wind" album)
(3) "I don't want you"
male singer
lyrics I wrote down: "I don't want you, I don't want you.", "I don't love you anymore", "and I"
This was played in a barbeque restaurant that was playing only classic oldies from the '60s, so almost certainly this song is from the '60s. Other songs played that same place that same day:
Daddy's Home (Shep & The Limelites, 1961)
Where The Boys Are (Connie Francis, 1960)
Lightning Strikes (Lou Christie, 1965)
Surfer Girl (The Beach Boys, 1963)
Windy (The Association, 1967, "Insight Out" album)
Memphis (Johnny Rivers, 1964)
(4) "take another drive for a while"
female singer
lyrics I wrote down:"take another ?drive for a while", "what do I do", "situation's callin' for more than I got", "even though I know", "leads to happy families", "I'm sure"
Those should be a sufficient number of lyrics, but I must have some of them wrong, or maybe the song is obscure, or something, since I'm having a hard time finding it.
Here are the results of my Google searches so far...
lyrics "leads to happy families"
1 match, 0 lyrics
lyrics "situation's callin' for more than I got"
0 matches
lyrics "situation's calling for more than I got"
0 matches
lyrics "situations calling for more than I got"
0 matches
lyrics "calling for more than I got"
0 matches
lyrics situations "happy families"
26,800 matches
lyrics "more than i got" "happy families"
2 matches, 0 lyrics
lyrics situation "even though i know"
4,590,000 matches
lyrics situations "even though i know"
1,290,000 matches
lyrics "more than i got" "even though i know" "i'm sure"
9 matches
"for a while" "more than i got" "happy families"
4 matches, 0 lyrics
"for a while" "more than i got" "happy" "i'm sure"
146,000 matches
situation "for a while" "more than i got" "happy" "i'm sure"
146,000 matches
situations "for a while" "more than i got" "happy" "i'm sure"
46,100 matches
lyrics situations "for a while" "more than i got" "happy" "i'm sure"
8,050 results
"situation's calling for more than i got"
0 results
"situations calling for more than i got"
0 results
"situation calling for more than i got"
0 results
"situation is calling for more than i got"
0 results
NOT:
Circus (Britney Spears)
Circus Song (Don McLean)
(5) "don't make me forget you"
This is another long shot. It was played in a camera store.
male singer, middle range vocals
lyrics I wrote down: "don't make me forget you"
This had a distinctive, live, early '70s mildly distorted guitar sound, like played through Fender amps, like you might hear in a live recording by The Rolling Stones, Traffic, Eric Clapton, Ballin' Jack, It's A Beautiful Day, etc. The speed was like pop or slow rock, the guitar distortion was like pop or blues, and the band had a relatively primitive sound without keyboards, strings, vocal harmonies, female vocalists, etc.