Red, gold, and green — red, gold, and green

Last week ended a streak of Friday 10s with a lot of lyrics identified. Instead, we wound up with one solitary lyric identified by John. If you want to know what the other 9 lyrics (and the bonus point!) were, you can see the answers now at the original post and on a YouTube playlist.

Among the unidentified songs was Lonnie Donegan’s “Puttin’ on the Style.” These days, familiarity with Donegan is a kind of specialist knowledge — but in his time he was a huge pop cultural force, helping introduce the British isles to skiffle (as filtered through a British folk lens) and touching off the creation of literally thousands of local bands. The staff of some of those bands would eventually coalesce into a group called… let me check my notes… “The Beatles?”

10 more lyrics! Get in the comments to identify the titles and the artists. You’ve got to get at least close, and if you identify a cover version (that I can find), I’ll give you credit! And remember, do it off the top of your head — no searching, no asking an LLM, no turning to the guy in the cubicle next to yours and saying, “Hey, does this sound familliar–?”

1. Don’t come back any time, you’ve already robbed me blind
2. You’re pissin’ me off, but your hair is so luxurious
3. So I’ve got to hang out all my hangups
4. Money don’t grow on trees – I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed
   Cage the Elephant, “No Rest for the Wicked” 📺
   Identified by Thud
5. You float like a feather in a beautiful world
6. Just keep me stuck inside your head like your favorite tune
7. Man down — call an amberlamps, tell him, “Breathe, bro”
8. Hit the ferry as it casts away — Hudson River be rockin’
9. You don’t wanna see my hand where my hip be at
10. When I said “Joe sent me,” someone laughed out loud

Featured photo by Ron Lach