Is it The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel?

No

I am familiar with Dio though I didn't know he was a God. I'm also familiar with Holy Diver. What I'm not familiar with is a track that got about as much airplay on AOR radio as the Beer Barrell Polka.


Putz!

You should be kicking yourself for taking us on a wild goose chase. I never would have used a Dio song, first of all. Only a handful of people on this board know who he is let alone have to pick out something by him in a game that is based on well know songs, not to mention Dio isn't Rock, it's Metal. If you would have said Metal, I'd have taken a look into Dio, since that's one of the bands I thought of when you were mentioning it was a reference to God. That's why I kept repeating "A rock song....?".

Good grief.

Such sore losers! :laughing:
First of all, re-read the explanation of the clue. I never said Dio WAS a god (though he was): the clue asked you to consider the existence of God. Dio is God in Latin. QED. As I say, most people here know Dio and Holy Diver is his most famous and successful album, so as Batty would say, go suck a dick. :)

Nobody said it had to get airplay. I don't know "Girlfriend is Better" (though I've heard of it) and no-one questioned that. As for "Harper ****ing Valley PTA"? Never heard of it. Ever. So again, eat me. :D

It's up to you to confirm, I can't elaborate. Metal is a subgenre of rock. Had you said "is it a rock song" and then followed that up with "is it a metal song" I would have said yes. I told you you were close with Van Halen. You can eat me too. :laughing:

You won't have any such complaints about the current one, if you think about it and ASK THE RIGHT ****ING QUESTIONS.

I get what you mean but I would keep metal and rock separate in the future for this thread. Also the Van Halen hint did more to confuse than help.

Yeah, noted for future reference. I guess Pet_Sounds also stumbled close to the answer, but his question wasn't specific enough.

So: let's put that one behind us and concentrate on the new one.
I'll give yaz another hint: don't bother with the 21st century, or indeed the first half of the 20th.

Has this song been mentioned on this thread before?

No (I'd have to check to be 100 percent certain but I don't think so. I'll get back to you. Say no for now. You might be on to something. Maybe.)

Confirmed: No, it has not been. At least, a search didn't show me that it had been.

American?

So, by that logic, if I pick a Blues song, and you ask me if it's a Metal song, I'll say yes. Got it.

Is it from the 1980s?

No
Not sure how to deal with this honestly: rock is such a wide genre. I sympathise. I guess don't use rock as a genre, use metal or blues or punk or whatever. Shrug. I feel your pain. Loser. ;)
Didn't I say discount the second half of the 20th century? So, no.

Okay, is it from the 20th century at least? (I swear if I win again I'm going to find a song from Ancient Rome)

Yes

As for ancient Rome? "Toga Party Biatches" is a real banger.

Is it from the 1940s?

No.
Further back.
I'll say no more.

No, if it's Metal and someone asks you if it's Rock, say no. Pretty ****en simple. Cheater.

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Is it Greensleeves?

Is it Strange Fruit?

****. My bad. I meant don't bother with the second half of the 20th ... ah well you know now: it's before 1940.
No
No

30s?

Strangesleeves? Green Fruit?

No
Someone hit grindy with a shoe! He's jammed in a repeating loop! Quick now, there's not much time! And his speech centres are becoming muddled.

1920s?

Hardly, since metal is not a subgenre of blues or vice versa.
Unbunch your panties man. Metal is a subgenre of rock, so it would be wrong to say that a metal song was not rock. If you want to implement that rule now, here just for this thread, fine, but it's certainly not correct. Dio would be a metal band, yes, but also a rock band. Anyhoo, let me know. And I ain't no
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No

Metal derived from rock which derived from blues. So my point stands. Cheater.

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You're just mad cuz I caught you cheatin.

I'm just mad cos of all these fumes.... uurrrggghhhhh

Over There?

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Huh?

Obviously that's a no. 'Over There' was a fight song during World War I.

Is this supposed to be a classical piece?

10s?

Oh. Then no.
Yes
Yes

Happy Birthday To You?

Now that's a fighting song.