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Song fragment in my head
« on: July 01, 2013, 11:52:45 PM »
it's bugging me.  I don't particularly like OR hate the song, I just want to figure out where it came from -- probably from one of the music/comedy variety shows back in the 70's.

"Don't be like the Lone Ranger" (repeated several times) then something about "stay down-to-earth with me"  Or that's what I remember, it might actually be totally different.  Any idea?   Sonny & Cher?  Captain & Tennille?  :lol:  My google-fu is usually pretty good but I'm striking-out.

ETA: and the tune resembles "Games People Play", but that's not it
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Re: Song fragment in my head
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2013, 12:28:20 AM »
"Don't get above your raisin',
Stay down-to-earth with me."

Or maybe a parody of that song?

Heard the original a hundred times, being the son of a Bluegrass junkie. The internets are seeming to suggest it's a Flatt & Scruggs tune, but a lot of results for the Ricky Skaggs cover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgPSyV8ki3Q
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Re: Song fragment in my head
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2013, 12:33:09 AM »
That's not it, but I like it :D  I wonder if that's where I picked up part of the lyrics tho'...  I'm sure I must have heard Flatt & Scruggs before; I used to listen to bluegrass a lot.

ETA: I'm listening to Ricky Scaggs, and the "stay down to earth with me" is right.  So it's a false memory, or a Frankenstein song, cuz there's nothing even remotely similar to "like the Lone Ranger" in it.
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Re: Song fragment in my head
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2013, 07:28:52 AM »
Don't get above your raisin'.  does that i mean shoudn't put them in my cereal anymore?   ???
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Re: Song fragment in my head
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2013, 09:13:22 AM »
Okay it's pieces reassembled by my subconscious: "Raisin'" (Ricky Skaggs version), "Games People Play" (probably Cher, rather than Joe South), and just the title "Don't Feel Like the Lone Ranger" (Sonya and the Sensations).  That is why couldn't remember any more lyrics.  Thanks, now I can put a stake thru its heart.

Another question, what is this cute little guitar that Ricky is playing?  http://youtu.be/fPYxj3QBkIs?t=4m  It has six strings (and all the tuning pegs are on the same side) but it's just a little bigger than a mandolin or a ukulele.  Might be a custom job.
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Re: Song fragment in my head
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2013, 10:34:28 AM »
oooh,  that's neat.   they used to have an acoustic called an "alto guitar", but I've never seen the electric version.
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Re: Song fragment in my head
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2013, 11:52:19 AM »
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Re: Song fragment in my head
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2013, 12:02:31 PM »
I don't know much about the old Lone Ranger
Still I look to find a raisin to believe
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Re: Song fragment in my head
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2013, 12:04:19 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on July 02, 2013, 11:52:19 AM
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Re: Song fragment in my head
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2013, 01:41:51 PM »
I had a dog named for that don't get above your raisin's song.

the funny part, He was purchased as a conformation show prospect from a crappy breeder (mom didn't realize it at the time of purchase) and, yep, he never got above his raisin's!
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