HELP, DL sleuths, I'm looking for a 70's song

'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep' by Lally Stott

no. The singer was male and it was a sad ballad

Danny Boon, Op??

R2 Oh no, I can't believe I got it wrong.

Not Jackie Blue, right? That was 1974

no, it's very plaintive and melancholic

'Cherokee People" by Paul Revere and Raiders ? It has a native American riff going on

winner?

no, it's much more plaintive and melancholic...duh duh...duh-duh-duh-duduh.....duduh du duduh...duhduhduh duduh.......daaaa....dannyboooo....danydanyboooo....

This reminds me of the time I was desperately trying to figure out the title of the song that I would later discover is Francis Lai's theme from "A Man And A Woman". It went on for several years, because NO ONE I sang it to had any idea what I was talking about, and I could only remember that it was used very briefly in one episode of "Will & Grace".

Keep us posted OP. Now I'm invested.

Fascinating thread.

Hum the tune into one of the song identification aps, OP.

no result R12

Try a kazoo OP.

[quote] "Hum the tune into one of the song identification aps, OP."

That's how a friend of mine finally figured out "Theme From "A Man And A Woman" for me, R12.

Convoy? or slower/faster?

Dust in the wind?

Is it Vincent, OP?

Danny's song?

They never say Danny in Danny's Song, dear.

R20 Didn't say they did!

I can't imagine why you would think it was that song for any other reason.

R22 You've got that problem

Sentimental Lady, perhaps?

[quote] You've got that problem

Yes, and I'm getting rid of you.

Just a guess.

Girls, girls! Let's not scare OP off, I want to know what the song is too now.

Same!

R26, does that sound like a "long, melancholic ballad?"

Jackie Blue?

Google the Dan Fogelberg catalog, OP.

Maybe Albert Hammond?

Now I’m intrigued by this thread and must get an answer, too!

This song better not suck, OP

Damn it, OP! We need better clues!

I doubt OP has any idea what he's talking about and likely doesn't even know the correct time period he's asking about.

Another guess.

Is that a man, R35?

Spinners: Games People Play

OP, you mention a Native American vibe. Could your song be Jim Pepper’s WITCHITI TO from the 1970’s?

Was Witchit to played all over the radio?

The reading comprehension in this thread is even more laughable than OP's post.

Are the lyrics in English, OP?

I think OP trolls us. We had a similar thread a month or so ago where OP gave us the tiniest little thread of info about a song.

It would be funny if the song OP was looking for turned out to be Danny Boy!

Long and melancholy ballad makes me think The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.

Or Sentimental Lady by Fleetwood Mac.

Same Auld Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg, maybe?

I’m just ignoring the Danny Boons because those aren’t the real lyrics, is that correct?

Sorry, didn’t see that R24 was way ahead of me with Sentimental Lady. But also by Fleetwood Mac, Bare Trees?

At some point there was a similar post on here and the answer turned out to be "Year of the Cat" so I'm just going to post it again.

OP, what are the main instruments in the arrangement?

EEP OPP ORK AHH AHH!

All I can hear now is The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell, though Buffy Saint-Marie sang it too. The song was not all over the radio, though. Also, man, woman, group?

Check out the list of Number Ones from the 70s -- it might trip your memory.

I've fallen down a rabbit hole of schmaltzy 1970s ballads. I might not forgive you, OP.

‘Feelings’. Morris Albert ?

"The World is Your Hometown," by Up with People, featuring the piping tones of Glenn Close?

Redbone ~ The Witch Queen Of New Orleans (1971)

Ok. I am now invested as well Roger whittaker. Durham town. (1969). But was still being played in 1970’s

Ok, I am invested as well. Roger Whittaker. Durham town. 1969 but still being played 1970

Sorry for double post. Arrrgh

R56 Unforgivable

* Total aside but I love that song r55! my dad played it when I was a kid. Lotsa sappy sad Roger Whittaker songs like the one about the river boat that I'm sentimentally fond of

OP if you don't get back here and update us, you are going to be forced to listen to 70s Rick Dees - Disco Duck - on repeat for 24 hours

Daddy Cool by Boney M

She's crazy like a fool What about it Daddy Cool

She's crazy like a fool What about it Daddy Cool I'm crazy like a fool What about it Daddy Cool

Daddy, Daddy Cool Daddy, Daddy Cool Daddy, Daddy Cool Daddy, Daddy Cool

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun

Has a bit of a native american vibe?

Witch-ay wo-man!

I just re-read your description and I posted Daddy Cool upthread. It's German, not Native American. And it doesn't have the syllables you mention, but I could see how Daddy Cool could sound like Danny Boon.

In related Datalounge music sleuthing, I was so happy when someone in the old Disco thread was able to identify a song that I'd been looking for years. The only part of the song I'd ever heard was the intro, and it had no lyrics so I couldn't search for it that way. It was the song used on The Facts of Life on the episode where Tootie's in a dance contest with a white boy. I linked the video of that scene and had my answer pretty quickly. Still grateful to that DLer and am listening to the song now and sending the poster my gratitude.

Hope you find your song too, OP!

[quote] Damn it, OP! We need better clues!

Why? You fucking idiots aren't even paying attention to the ones he's given you.

Top 100 ballads from thec1970's. Have at it boys.

[quote] I just re-read your description and I posted Daddy Cool upthread. It's German, not Native American. And it doesn't have the syllables you mention, but I could see how Daddy Cool could sound like Danny Boon.

Really? You read his description, which clearly said a melancholy ballad, and you still posted Daddy Cool.

R66 / R64 You are overly upset about this. I hope things improve for you, really.

My instinct says.....

We need more info. Tempo? Beat? Major or minor key? Can you name another song with the same vibe? Or a singer?

r66/r64 is HAVING A MOMENT TO GET HER SHIT TOGETHER.

Why, surely thaat was, "Tut-Tut, Danny Boone," from "A Passage To A Room With A View..."

My deepest apologies, R66. I didn't read the description fully before posting. I'm a caregiver for my mom, and as I was reading it, I heard a clatter in the kitchen, and I ran out there thinking she had fallen. When I came back, I posted the song that came to mind that sounded like Danny Boon. I then went back to read the original post for further clues and realized the song didn't fit all the criteria. I beg your forgiveness., as your approval and regard are of utmost importance to me. I promise I will never let it happen again.

Also, please die in the fieriest and greasiest of fires at your earliest convenience.

Could be Sara from Fleetwood Mac

1979, vaguely native american

Horse with no name

Try this again

I am not OP but I think you got it, r74!

Lyrics aside Horse with No Name and Wildfire fit the ballad/vibe.

I'd agree R74 but that was 1971. OP said late 70s.

The crazy thing about the 70s songs that I grew up with is that there were SO MANY "one hit wonders." Songs that I immediately recognize today and can sing along with and yet: who?

[quote] " daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh..."

So hard to believe no one recognizes the "tuh tuhs"!

Thank you, R43. That actually makes perfect sense.

Dany Boon was scammed by a fake Irish lord, so the song OP is looking for is obviously the original version of Danny Boy. It's the one [italic]they[/italic] have erased from our collective consciousness. OMG, I am literally shaking!!

I'll be back later with Poo Shoes and Miss Mandela FX for confirmation, but see if this jogs your memory:

Oh, Dany Boon, tuh pipes, tuh pipes are tuhtuh

From tuh tuh tuh, and down tuh tuhtuhtuh

The Clues:

1. long melancholic ballad,

2. Sung by a guy

3. sounds vaguely native american.

4. Played to death in the late 1970s.

I'm stumped by vaguely native american. Kindly elaborate.

Asking OP to kindly elaborate, R83, is literal violence!

A song could be played to death on "easy listening" stations in the late 70s, even if it came out in the early 70s.

I know this is true, because I know songs from early 70's The Carpenters that I only heard when my Mom drove us to kindergarten and elementary school in the late 70s.

And the songs probably weren't played to death. But to kids trapped in a car without control of the radio, it felt like "to death".

FM - no static at all. Maybe you were hearing “Fffff Mmmmm” and thinking it was a name

Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Fuck OP .

OP you witless butt boil. We've done all this work and where are you? Gnawing off a bunion, no doubt. Get in here and tell us who won??

Not a ballad but clearly Native American.

clearly this is it

This has to be it.

I suggested that at R68, R92. No response from OP.

Uh, does the OP know any WORDS in the song? I don't think any identification can be made with just "daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh,"

The OP is either a cloc or a troll. Probably both.

R94 I think troll. We had another thread recently where the OP couldn't remember a single thing about the song. I think at the end he admitted he made it up.

R94 Then OP is going to rot in hell for what he's done here.

hello sorry guys, not found; it was not rythmic at all, and the lyrics might not be english. I was a kid but it sounded native american. late 70's maybe very early 80's

Well, if the lyrics aren't in English, no one but no one will know it.

I remember something soundind like " daniel daniel boone", so I was thinking, maybe canadian, but I didn't find anything. C'mon, You all know that song if you were around in the late 70's early 80's. Dulh dududududuh dudududuluh dudududuluh daaaa daaaniel boone daniel daniel boonne

Dumbest thread ever, and that’s saying something.

One thing we ALL k ow, it wasn't this song;

Op, can you post a recording of you humming the song to this thread?

Did Fess Parker ding it? (Say that like crackhead Bob)

There might have been panpipes for tuluh tululululuh tululululuh tululululuh

Billy, Don't Be A Hero

Are you sure it wasn't an old black man from Alabama and not a native american?

A guess...

We’re you dropped on your head as a child OP?

If you say it was played on the radio a lot, then you could look at the charts of the years you believe you heard it.

No no that's not it. The closest is "Vincent " (starry starry night)..The intro is kind of similar t was not a pop song, not a folk song , rather a long, plaintive threnody

it's kind of a classic, it was still played regularly in the late 80's, along "look what they've done to my song" and such

Adult contemporary hits from 77

I think this is Indian.

it could be early 80's, but I really think it was 1978 or 1979

Maybe it’s on this list, OP.

Rot, OP

Fuck me. Now OP has moved into the 80s.

Grasping at straws.

NO, I'm just saying, it could be 1980. BTW I want the two disgusting daddies at R115 to spit-roast me

R113 I forgot about that song! Thanks!

I love it so much

There’s whores in this house

There’s whores in this house

Daniel Booooooone!

Daniel Booooooone!

[Quote]No no that's not it. The closest is "Vincent " (starry starry night).

How tf is Vincent vaguely native American sounding?

OP, as stated above kindly hum the tune here and post it to DL.

the melody is plaintive and sad/slow

R124 Fuck off already

Hum it, bitch.

daaaaaaaaaaaa danewbooo danew danew booooo....daaaaaaaaaaaaa danewboo danew danew booo......tutuh.....tututututuh...tututututuh....tututututuhh...ayeeeeeee ayawa

Now into the voice ap, dickhead.

This isn’t it but we can all bawl our eyes out now whilst we journey back into depressing songs of the 70s.

Maybe you misheard it or misremember it. I used to think a part of Karma Chameleon went "I call my lawyer".

Are you sure it was hugely popular? Maybe it was an obscure song that your local radio station just liked playing.

OP who the FUCK do you think we are? Your personal musical advisors? This is something you would go to someone as a paid service gurl. We are not your personal resource!

Thinking this is not gonna happen, but I have to admit I enjoyed street walking down memory lane

It was a famous song

another one that I used to play when I was a kid was a disco song "deep deep, deep down wowowow, deep deep, deep down, wowowowww deep down insiiiiiide " by some (black) sisters. Never could find it on the net

A toe tapper from the late 70s

It was the kind of song that you would play at night on the highway, in summer. " DDDDDDaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Danibooo, danidanibooooooo"

Can you compare it to another song?

Come closer, OP.

the only one that comes to mind is "Vincent".

r135 Are you talking about this song?

NO, it was 3 sisters the "so and so " sisters

Regarding the first song, you asked about.

I want the 10 minutes I wasted reading this thread back.

While I believe OP is trolling us, this does remind me that - when I was a kid in the late 70s - I’d chant “dee dee duh” over and over.

My parents hated it and asked where I heard it. Apparently, I told them it was “that song” but couldn’t name the song.

🤷🏽‍♂️

R145 I remember that song!

I'd rather be a snail than danniboo

Danni danniboooooooooo, danni danniboooooooooo

Chumbawumba

I get knocked down

Op is just having mixed up memories of this

OK imagine a mix of "vincent " and "el condor pasa"

This has got to be it, though years later

Try this one

R151 R148 We heard

Sleep Song

I bet it's this...I bet it is

tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh

The definitive version of Feelings

Thread closed

Found it

It is one of mine! Since they’re all identical, I’ll need to look up which one, and get back to you.

Maybe it's "Get Dancin"" by Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, which went:

Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da

Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da

Get dancing, dancing, dancing

Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da

Doo-doot, doo-doot, doo-doo-da

Get dancin'

The most rewarding thing about this extremely frustrating mission is stumbling across gems like this.

OP took it to the DL subreddit.

Is this it? This song is what immediately came to mind when reading OP’s description. Ozark Mountain Daredevils—“Jackie Blue”

Could it have been this?

It's...

OP, I posted exactly what you described in r135 in r141, I think you are trolling.

Timeline's not right, but part of this one might be it. Return to Innocence by Enigma

OP can't even give it away!

Walk on the Wild Side?

Spill, OP! I don't want to ruin the guessing game, but I do want to post a cover version involving the most unflattering pair of striped pants ever worn by a woman.

Everyone adores an exceptionally deep camel toe, even if it is just an optical illusion.

Are you American, OP?

Little bit of a native american vibe

[quote]I don't want to ruin the guessing game

Please do, this has gone on long enough.

Annie's Song by John Denver?

Cat's In The Cradle by Harry Chapin?

Father and Son by Cat Stevens?

Everybody's Talkin' by Nillson?

Did we ever identify the song for the OP ?

The camel-toe version

The unibrow version

The caftan version

the funky American version

it's not "mammie blue"it's daaaaa daaaaaniboooo dani dani booooooo

You had us all racking our brains for something that was a hit in France? Asshole.

R181. Are you sure it's not nanny nanny boo boo, stick your head in poo poo?

R181 Was the song in English???

R182 IT WAS NOT MAMIE FUCKING BLUE

“Return to Innocence”-Enigma

God damn it hasn't anyone figure this out yet

Daniel by Elton John?

He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by the Hollies (or Neil Diamond)?

using daaaaa daaaaaniboooo dani dani booooooo from the OP, the google search yields this ..behold !

Jackie Blue by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils

"Another Day" (Paul McCartney) shows up in several "sad ballads of the '70s" lists and the chorus contains "Du du du du du du, it's just another day Du du du du du du, it's just another day."

Maybe?

Once and for all, NOWHERE in "Jackie Blue' does anyone croon "daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh." No song ever recorded had anybody singing "daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh", dammit!

Me and a dog named boo

Mr. Blue

Baby's Got Blue Eyes

Behind Blue Eyes

That's all I've got, sorry.

Was it Jackie Blue, OP?

R183 Omg I forgot about that song - such a classic

"Tin Man" - America

More folk-rock and sentimental than American Indian and melancholy, but the "downy, down, down... " chorus has the ring of "Danny boon... tuh tuh" to it that OP describes. You couldn't swing a dead cat in the 70s and not hit this song.

R198 Has to be it

NO, I would know America

We Must Believe in Magic - Crystal Gayle

R200 You freak of nature, you need to hum it, record it, save as mp3, and post here. It's not that hard. No one will know who you are.

It might not be in english. I think it was a male voice. Godammit, a naitve/canadian plaintive song that became a hit in the 70's, must it be so hard ? DDDdddaaaaa......daniboooo....daniedaniebooooooooooo (panflutes ) tuuuutuuuu tuuuuutuuuuutuuuutuuuutuuu tuuuutuuuutuuutuuutuu tuuuutuuutuutuuutuuuuu

[quote]NO, I would know America

After reading your replies on this thread, I think it's fair to assume that no, you would not necessarily recognize an old hit by America.

Posting this just to be a little shit

Oh, please I know America : dudum dududum dudum dudum dududum I WeNt To tHe DeSeRt oN a HorSe WitH nO NaMe

R206 You realize your stupid "DDDdddaaaaa......daniboooo.... - daniedaniebooooooooooo (panflutes ) tuuuutuuuu tuuuuutuuuuutuuuutuuuutuuu tuuuutuuuutuuutuuutuu tuuuutuuutuutuuutuuuuu" makes no sense to someone who isn't "hearing" the same thing in your head as you do. Out of over 100 guesses here, you simply must provide better information. You deserve all the stupid replies you've gotten.

[quote]a naitve/canadian plaintive song that became a hit in the 70's

Highway Song, by Blackfoot

Indian Reservation, Paul Revere and the Raiders

Something by Redbone?

The accent is always on the DAAA, even in DDDAAAAAneeeboooo , it'snot so hard. And then tuh-TUH tuhtuhtuhTUHtuh etc . were you even born, in the 70's ???

I think you should definitely ask on Reddit's Tip of My Tongue board, and make sure you get more irritating with each reply, just like you have here.

"Cobwebs Under my Caftan"?

Could it be a Beatles song?

"It's not so hard," OP? Weird that you'd throw that out at people who are legitimately trying to help you dig up your song with clues like "DDDAAAAAAAAAA Daniboooooo flutes Canadian or native, maybe English maybe not, male voice but possibly not, '70s but possibly '80s. I think we've hit a stalemate.

The Beatles ? Noooooooooo for godsake nooooooooooo

Well the only song that goes through my mind is this one:

Finally found it

Absolutely not

OP, this song hits all your clues. Even the tuhtuh tuhtuh tuh tuh

You mis-heard the lyrics, it's not not dannyboo, it's ", and a dog named boo."

"Da da da, ich lieb dich nicht du liebst mich nicht aha aha aha"

It's something like da da da, de, da nuh nuh tah tah anne he he shama lama.

Why can't you fuckers guess it from my great clues???

Could it be "Danny Boon (Tuh Tuh Tuh Tuhn Tuh)," the B-side of "Greazy Ducktails," the 1971 single by Sha Na Na? It was a charting hit in the Wilkes Barre-Scranton radio market in Fall 1971.

R221 BINGO

Can you record you humming it and share the file with us, OP? Now I want to know, too.

OK, OP- you OWE me for the time I have invested in this quest- you must listen to this song

R223 It's been asked that about 20 times and it doesn't even reply to the request. Big time troll.

R224 Thank you that was it!!

Three sisters - The Roaches

Please stop feeding the stupid troll.

I am not a troll and R226 is not me , nor is R220 .I wouldn't know howto record my humming, I never used an MP3

Can you convert this into La la? I actually guessed one of these posts with just a few la las.

Why has the OP rejected r221? Is he butt-sore he asked an arcane question that actually got answered?

I met Bowzer (Jon Bauman) from ShaNaNa at the California Democratic Convention in Sacramento in 2012 or about. He's very involved in politics and social causes. He's only 74.

^I'm sorry, I didn't see r226. I apologize, OP apologize 😔.

I can’t find Danny Boon by Sha Na Na. I am sad.

So many fake OPs now. It's not lalalal. It's " DDaaaaaaaaaaaaa......Daaaaaaaaaaaaneeeeeeeee boooooon danee danee booonn ttuuhhtuuh tutututuhtuth tutututututuh tututututuh awyeeeeeeeee o awyeeee awyeawye ha...........

Shambala by Three Dog Night?

no no no it's not a song with the usual format, it's not rythmic, it's a nocturnal lament ...DAAAAAAAAAaaaaa DAAAAAAaaaaa neebooooo Danee Daneebooo

I’m pissed OP ended up being a troll.

I am NOT a troll

I hate OP *SO* much…FLAMES, flames..on the side of my face…

Fucking daniboon mother fucker.

La La Land

Could it be something by Poco?

no; DAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAneeeeebooooooo daneee daneee boooooo

This piece of shit?

R243 THAT'S THE TONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now , MORE MELANCHOLIC and DDDDDDDAAAAA DAAAANEEEEEE BOOOON DDDDDDDANEE DANEE BOOOONNNN

could be late 60's after all

Lmao R243!

OP you are truly retarded, and I mean that in the nice way

Is there such a song as "Danny Boo?" If there is, then that must be it.

Dollah make me hollah from Honey Boo Boo?

I hate myself and feel dirty after reading this thread.

Is it Klymaxx - Meetin in the Ladies Room ?

HOLY SHIT R251 - thread closed, that's it. THANK YOU

Here ya go

The Whalers? That don't sound like no reggae music!

OP can we have a recap of basic information for people just joining the conversation?

Did you hear this song on American radio or in some other country?

Did you hear the once once or multiple times?

What types of radio stations did you listen to during the time frame you heard the song? AM? FM? Pop? Rock? Easy Listening?

Is anyone else in your family alive who you can ask about the song, see if they remember it?

We'll politely ignore the fact that r252 is NOT the OP, per ignoredar.

R252 is not me, he's someone who wants to close the thread. It's not the ballad of Daniel Boone, I checked that years ago. RECAP I was a kid , possibly 9/10yo = late 70s early 80s, but it did play as a nostalgia piece well into the early/mid 90's on some AM/FM/EASY LISTENING stations, and was certainly a global hit = also in Europe, at least UK/FRANCE. I don't know what to say. If you were alive between 65 and 85, you've heard that song. even if you say at loud, plaintively Daaaaaaaaaaa daaaaneebooo danee danee boooo, without any kind of melody, it should ring a bell. Sorry for the haters. I wanna know

Jesus Christ, is this it??

This sure is melancholy, would make one struggle to hear what language it’s in, could sound like NA flute & says something like Danneeee up front and later.

1. Melancholic

2. Struggle to hear language

3. Says something like Dannnnee at start and later

4. Could sound like NA flute

R236 there is no way a Indian sounding, non-rhythmic, nocturnal lament was played on the radio in the late 70's early '80's with any kind of frequency such that people born from 1965 to 1985 would remember it.

OP needs to be sat down and forced to listen to those tacky compilations of "soft rock ballads" of the 60's, 70s, 80's until he finds his fuckin' song...

R257 Biko seems to fit the bill in every respect except for Daniboooooo. Was your song at all in this spirit?

OP What is your native language? You’d have to have understood the words to know it’s a ballad (unless someone explained the story, in which case, try to recall that).

Pass the Dutchie has some weird nonsensical sounding words that could be what the OP heard

R265 That has to be it!!

It's got to be. Nothing says long, plaintive, melancholic easy-listenin' ballad like "Pass the Dutchie,"

I'm surprised OP hasn't returned to just casually mention that he is actually deaf and didn't HEAR hear the song, but he's still absolutely sure it's tuntuntuntDANNYBOOOO and plaintive and native and totally a top 250 hit sometime between 1962 and 1995, so how hard could it be to identify?

[quote] "Oh, please I know America : dudum dududum dudum dudum dududum I WeNt To tHe DeSeRt oN a HorSe WitH nO NaMe"

My favorite America song isn't from the 70s. And I'll mention it, because this thread is pointless anyway. And also because Gerry Beckley (the blond) looked especially cute in the video. The epitome of "80s geek", and I love it.

[quote] but he's still absolutely sure it's tuntuntuntDANNYBOOOO

You dumb motherfucker, I never said it was tuntuntuntDANNYBOOOO. I SAID it was Dannyboon daaaaaanyboon tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh.

Get it right!

Dream Weaver?

R271 Finally - that really does have to be it

total shot in the dark but could it be Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan?

R270 still not me

I give up. Bye, losers!

Op…

Could you be talking about Midnight Blue?

There were two complete different songs that came out around the same time…Melissa Manchester or the one I linked a duet with Louise Tucker and Charlie Skarbeck.

On the one hand, I don't blame OP for being frustrated. Most of the guesses here are stupid as fuck. Female singers, wrong decade and upbeat songs. it's clear few of you know how to read.

On the other hand, I'd like to fill a PBS donor tote bag with oranges and beat the living shit out of OP for creating such an annoying thread and being willfully obtuse about it.

It is a conundrum, as they say.

I found it! Sorry I was off by a decade or so and it was daddy, not Danny. I'm so glad to have found it again, my late mother would sing me to sleep with this when I was a little boy.

[quote] it's kind of a classic, it was still played regularly in the late 80's, along "look what they've done to my song" and such

Never heard of "Look What They've Done to my Song"

What country are you in, OP?

I’m a twat.

R279 what ? look at what they've done to me song , Ma. Melanie Safka. Was the best selling act in the US in the early 70's. You don't know Melanie ? Folk legend Melanie ? Woodstock Melanie ? Oh God, it's hopeless then

Melanie = Janis = Joan Baez. Even Miley covered " look at what they've done to my song, Ma". it's a classic

I’m in love with you, R.278!

R259 HAS to be correct with Clannad. Right, real OP? I don't think you responded to that guess.

Gotta be

I still think it's could well be Biko by Peter Gabriel, as stated in R263. Tribal sound. Played everywhere. Released in 1980. Male voice. International hit. Indeterminate language. Plaintive for sure. Lots of lyrics that could certainly be heard as the syllables provided. I just want an official "no" from OP so that I can move on with my life.

I'll give you a no, Doom. No one was playing Biko as though it was a huge hit.

No, no, not Biko, not Clannad either. I'm sorry you're all so invested, so kind, but it's not even close. It's really , like, " Daaaaaa....daaaaneee boooon....danee danee boooonn". Let me try and find something that will help y'all

OK, it would be somewhat similar to this, but more plaintive, and the lyrics would go like this "Daaaa....daaaaannneee boooo"

Have you checked out any of the tracks on the Pure Moods or Buddha Bar complications, Op?

It predates the Buddha bar by a decade at least R290

OP could you type out your "lyrics" a few more times?

for R292 ! DAAAaa....daaanneeee booooon danee danee boon ...DAAAAA daaaneee booon daneee danee booon ....fluflu, flufluflufluflu flufluflufluflu flufluflufluflu...ayyyyaaaayyyy wayyy ayeyyyyy ayayaya ah........dudum duudududu-dum duuuudududu-dum duuuuudududu-dum

OP/R292 That's different than the original you posted "daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh..."

OP is full of shit. There is no song that sounds like the music in R289 that was a hit in the late 70s.

WHERE exactly in "Midnight Blue" does anyone warble "daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh?"

Call me Mr. Blue...by whoever the hell that was.

I am LOVING this thread! It's like reading a David Lynch script...backwards.

Run Joey Run

All roads lead to Cher.

^^Fuck. She is one sexy bitch. AND she knows it and loves it.

With all due respect, r296, if someone was singing the words daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh it would have been solved by now. The melody to Midnight Blue could fit Op’s piss poor description. Also their assertion that it was a hit in France…Midnight Blue was it was number 1 for 31 weeks. It was covered by a French group too.

And, clearly you haven’t read most of the thread…a good portion of the songs don’t fit daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh…but sure, be an asshole.

[quote]The Roaches

Oh, fucking DEAR.

[quote] The melody to Midnight Blue could fit Op’s piss poor description.

No, it couldn't. It utilized the melody of the second movement of "Sonata Pathétique" by Beethoven! Beethoven NEVER wrote anything that even remotely sounds like "daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh.tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh", for fuck's sake.

[quote] And, clearly you haven’t read most of the thread…a good portion of the songs don’t fit daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh…but sure, be an asshole.

I HAVE read through most of the thread, asshole. The troll who created is really getting his money's worth on this one. All these idiots like you who actually think there is a song out there that goes "daaa, daannny booon, danny, danny boon.....tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh." The troll must be laughing his ass off with glee at you saps.

Fuck you

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R215 That’s what I suggested too. There is an interlude with Da Dannyboooy dannybooooo and that drumming. We win. No matter what 🤝

[quote]I haven't heard it in decades, but it was played to death in the late 70's.

If it were "played to death" in the late 70s' it would be easily identifiable. But it didn't exist, so no one can identify it. But the troll is enjoying the effort some of you are putting forth.

Two Tons o' White Fun would like to have a word with OP's manager.

Jesus Christ, this is still going on?

Dear Danny, I hope it never ends.

I am not a troll and if the song didn't exist, why would I take this search to the DL ? I thought, starting this thread, That it would be found in a few replies, maybe less than ten. If it was a random picture of a naked muscle bro, in 5 posts we would have his name, insta, onlyfans, twitter, facebook, a couple of full frontal and his tax receipt

I found the video!

Ignore the thread monitor, r312. There’s always one that sucks the air out of a fun thread.

No you didn't, R313, but you already knew that

So what is the answer to this? If it was such a popular song, someone here should know it.

[quote] So what is the answer to this? If it was such a popular song, someone here should know it.

So said I many replies ago. If it was a popular song, "played to death in the late 70s" it would have been figured out pretty quickly. But it doesn't exist so no one is ever going to find it. It's just a stupid hoax.

R309-- By George I think he's got it.

R318, OP already said at R181 that it’s not the right song, but I don’t care.

By letting this shit-show go beyond 300 posts, OP has forfeited her right to determine what’s right and what’s wrong.

With that in mind, here’s Julio’s:

[quote] He has this trauma for life. No punishment will be adequate for the evil bastard who shot him.

He wasn't even critically injured, you moron. I'm sure having money, to burn on clothes, drugs and cars and other respites will salve his soul immeasurably. Actually, you're the one who sounds like a bastard; a miserable bastard.

Oops, wrong thread. Sorry about that.

R309, I endorse your post whole-heartedly.

We're drifting now so far away from my song...why so much passion on this completely innocuous thread ? I never meant to bother anyone

Why is it so impossible for OP to hum the tune into a voice app and post it? The only possible reason is because he’s full of shit and sent everyone on a pointless quest for his own amusement.

R324 That's exactly why - big boring troll

Not Dannnnny Boon. But is Danny and not Elton’s Daniel.

Dedicated to R323

[quote] Why is it so impossible for OP to hum the tune into a voice app and post it?

If you guide me step by step, and I can't be traced, I will

OP, don't bother> None of us care anymore. We're just here to call you a cunt.

To start, take a comb and wrap it in a tissue R328…

I still care, OP. Many of us do.

OP found someone to assist with a voice app.

R328 I hate to use the word “retarded,” but you are. Do you know of a site called “Google?”

What if someone got it right but OP has them blocked

Enigma

Euro hipsters think American Indians are mystical

As he should have been. He said tuh but changed his story to dun and that's just unforgettable to blatantly lie so.

oh, R336, you forgot his dalliance with "flu."

I haven't blocked anyone. I only have friends here....don't I ?

Is it that one where the boy jumps off a bridge? You know, that one?

Yes R339!

The one that mentions the flu flu flu flu flu flu flu that was going ‘round that papa caught and died from last spring.

I know! It's that French disco song that that little baby sang!

This one?

Oh look…the poster who shit on everyone was redtagged.

What does 'redtagged' mean?

It’s the troll number that Muriel hands out. The term is a holder over from bygone days.

Yes, r341, that has to be it.

Dur danny dur danny d’etre boon dur d’etre boon tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh…

Who got tagged, R343? I must have them blocked.

Time in a Bottle?

Oh, fuck a Danny Boon.

Is it Chum Drum Bedrum?

My stomach hurts from laughing so hard at the stuff in this column and I can hardly anymore from laughing so hard my eyes are tearing up.

Shaun Cassidy - Da Doo Ron Ron

OP = Al Bundy

You know me girls, I'm not one to repeat gossip so I'll only say this once. I think OP is a jerk!

I’ve never bumped a thread before but it’s been a while and maybe someone will figure this out.

It hasn't been solved YET?!!

I thought she said it was "Me and You and a dog named Boo?"

Another sleepy, dusty Delta day and Op has not found his song yet...

No I haven't found it yet, but i've been banned from DL for WEEKS. thank you very much, some of you are seriously deranged and hateful

Tuh tuh tuh tuh tun, OP.

OP, I seem to be invested in this as well. I have suggested every song I could think of I'll keep checking back as I hope you find the answer.

Thank you kindly, R361

It’s this one. There’s nothing odd or creepy about it. Ts a totally normal song by normal people doing normal stuff

Danny Boon or ….chicka boom?

No no no , it's not that at all

We KNOW it isn't, OP. Because this song doesn't exist.

It exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist R366.

There you go, doesn't exist.

it DOES exist

I believe you OP.

This?

no, it's more like " Daaaah....daaaahneeeel boon...Daneeldaneelboon" tuh-tuh tuh-tuh-tuh-tutuh tuh-tuh-tuhtuhtuh

The “Aidal O’Boy” chorus sounds a bit like Danny Boy.

no no you're on the wrong track. It has a late 70's feel

Well now I know you are making this up because you said in the past it had a Native American vibe. That doesn’t mesh with the late 70s.

R375 it DOES

No; late 70s is pretty much disco. Native and folk sounds were not popular. Try again, troll.

The Carpenters maybe?

Your onomatopoeia is the beat to the song or what you recalled about the lyrics? I'm confused.

When I think of long and melancholy ballads from the 1970's I truly think of the Carpenters first. But, what musical genre are you referring to, OP? That would help a lot.

I am NOT a TROLL. I am NOT making this up. The song EXISTS. You are driving me CRAZY

Go back to Reddit.

YOU ARE DRIVING US CRAZY

[quote] "We're drifting now so far away from my song...why so much passion on this completely innocuous thread ? I never meant to bother anyone"

We were never close because you're a troll who started a thread that should've been closed ten minutes after it was opened.

OP, you know what you have to do if you want anyone on here to believe you. But you refuse to do it. So you deal with everyone thinking you're full of shit.

R383 What he said! Either record yourself humming it or STFU.

I don't know how!!! I don't even have an Mp3 recorder and I wouldn't know how to use it. Can someone be human and guide me ?

yes you do, you plug! you have a phone, don't you?

yes I do, so what do I do with it ?

Too easy....

R387 This took literally 5 seconds to Google, so the fact that you didn’t do that yourself makes me think you must be a troll, but just in case:

Android:

I'm not a troll, I'm Technology shy, that's all. Thanks, I will oblige

OP thanks for finally agreeing to record yourself. Geez, and you weren't banned. It was DL locking down the site for a month, which seems to be happening with greater regularity.

All this fuss over some tuh tuh tuhs.

OP you could also use a site like Vocaroo to record and share your interpretation of what it sounds like.

How about "Goodbye Girl" by David Gates?

Melancholic? 70s?

She's dead by the third verse. Can't get more melancholic than that....

Did Emma die from the flu, flu, flu R396?

[quote] YOU ARE DRIVING US CRAZY

For most remaining dataloungers that's not a drive. It's just a short putt.

OP, does it still have a Native American sound or have you given that one up?

It can't be any of Enigma's songs because they started in 1990.

Oh my god this is still going

Strange Magic by ELO?

Desperado

Bread’s If

Walking in The Rain by Sedaka?

Sultans of Swing!

Laughter in the Rain, you plug. And that's not a ballad.

Do you have access to Google where you are, OP?

[quote] Strange Magic by ELO?

Good guess, r402. The OP should listen to ELO’s catalog because it may be one of theirs.

Livin’ Thing

I've done the vocaroo thing, but then I have to post it on twitter or such social media thing (which I don't have anyways) and y'all have access to my data. What else can I do with the vocaroo recording ?

R408 First, it's anyway not anyways.

You don't have to post it on social media, doofus. Vocaroo can be anonymous. Are you able to read English - the instructions are on all of those sites.

OP is..limited.

I can't quite decide who's worse - this dumbass OP dragging this on for months, or all of us for falling for this stupid EST.

I love threads like this, real or not. Music brings everyone together as seen by how many posts and guesses there have been. Music is posted that has been long forgotten or brings up memories of the past. Some songs never heard of before. It also brings out the funny people in this forum. Music is the soul of everything.

Thanks OP!

R402 That's it! Thank you!!

There's nothing that sounds remotely like Danny Boon Tuh Tuh Tuh Tuh Tuh, flu flu flu in Strange Magic.

Op, you’re gonna get your ass handed to you if it’s really Strange Magic.

I'm sorry, OP, exactly where are the "Native American" influences in Strange Magic?

OP, where were you living when you heard the song frequently in the radio? Maybe it’s a country song and you confused that with Native American. I think country songs were more likely to get heavy play years after they came out than pop songs.

There are so many fake OPs, don't believe them, it's not strange magic. I am now a little confused, about the timeline. If it was an early 80's song I was living in Europe with my parents, So I'm not sure anymore. Thank you for your warm appreciation, R412

Christ you are a moron, OP

Sailing by Christopher Cross. IDK. Just adding my two cents to this whackadoo thread!

Well R419 that's your opinion, and I still think that I'm a fun guy, and quite sexy to boot. R420 My dear dear dear, No, it's not sailing. It's a song about Daniel Boone ,or with lyrics sounding like daniel Boone

[quote] and quite sexy to boot.

Well this thread suddenly got even sadder

Too sexy for your pants R421?

And too sexy for this song…whatever it maybe.

[quote] whatever it maybe.

Oh, dear!

OP is Esther from Orphan.

See, I'm a sucker. I really thought maybe it was Strange Magic. But then I was trying to picture your mom singing that to you, and it would be hard to sing that tune.

OP's mom burned his penis on the stove when he tried to sing any song from the 70s. That's why he can only say tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh, flu, flu, flu.

David Bowie - Golden Years

After 429 (well, 430) posts and counting, I'm surprised that this thread (not to mention OP) is still alive, especially since the elusive (perchance nonexistent) DanniBooooo is still tuh-tuh-taunting from under under the boardwalk, wheezing with laughter. It all began with the clue that the song was "played to death" in the '70s. May it RIP.

Can’t Gap Playlist Guy help out OP, the miserable wretch?

is this dead and buried?

No no, I've been very busy lately, but I'm still on the case

Daniwah!

Life in a Northern Town?

I love that song, r435. Totally forgot about it

Heard it today, r436…and thought it met some of the criteria. But one of my favorites too.

JFC, is this still a thing???

I am DYING after reading through this thread, late on a Sunday night when I should be asleep. Who gives a shit if its really a song, this thread is gold.

It IS a song, I'm going to hum it on record sometimes this week

“Telephone Line”, by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO).

La da da da de da da?

Soolaimon

Blue (Da Ba Dee)

I hope OP gets an ear worm from r444. 🤣

Put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up

Wonder if the guy spamming the thread with random novelty songs is the OP, trying to make things even more annoying than they already were?

Baby Ima Want You?

Native American sounding and tells a story. Is this it OP?

OP was your song ever performed on THE MUPPET SHOW?

R449 O M G. FINALLY. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

R451 is that the real OP?

Cherokee People?

No no no no that's not it. Sorry.

Indian Sunset - Elton John

Shot in the dark. Could it be "Oh Daddy" by Fleetwood Mac? It has everything: ballad/dirge, flute, ta tas...

You’ll never ever find it. Drop dead.

OP you need to keep updating this so we know if you found it

I haven't found it so far

Wait, are you sure it’s “ daaaaaaaaaaaa danewbooo danew danew booooo....daaaaaaaaaaaaa danewboo danew danew?” or maybe daaaaaaaaaa danewbo danew danew booooo....daaaaaaaaaaaaa danewboo danew danew

Forget an ear worm, I hope a tapeworm crawls up OP's ass and has to be pulled out through his piss slit.

Found it

This song tells a story about Native Americans. Not from the 70s, and no Danny Boon, but it does sort have a "tun tun tun tun" in the background.

Kaw-Liga!

No, it's not a country song, it's more new-agey

OMG R462 Finally. Thank you

r466, you've been pretending to be the OP for weeks. Can you stop being such a spaz? Is there a pill you're supposed to be taking?

R467 Sweetheart, please tell me you are not taking this thread seriously. Oh my goodness.

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

(aka Danny Boon dadadadada)

I can't believe I'm still earnestly participating in this thread, but Pink Moon absolutely fits

no it's not Pink Moon I'm sorry, the words are really Daaa daaanneeboooon, daneedaneeboooon

Could it be aboriginal? Daaa daaanneeboooon, daneedaneeboooon tuh tuh etc is the sound a didgeridoo makes.

Could it be OP is so full of shit, he may have been reincarnated as a port-a-potty at a construction site?

I never thought it would be like this. The song exists. It's a well known song. I don't know what to say. It's so out of control now, so many posters think I'm making it up. I'm not

OP, it's over. We just want to torture you now. '

And we will.

So it’s a plaintive ballad sung by a man which has a new-agey Native American vibe and it was really popular in the late 70s.

Not RnB Not rock

Is this correct?

yes R476

And was a hit in the UK/France.

again, correct, did you find it ?

The song can’t possibly be that well known if all of these people have not been able to find it after several weeks. Have you considered that maybe you’re not remembering the song correctly (it’s easy to misinterpret lyrics) or it’s way more obscure than you think it is? And where is the recording you promised?

R480 He “can’t figure out how to make a recording” - still.

This toe tapper was played daily.

Troll thread. There is no song.

I think it is probably more da da neee e e e ew booo danewwwwww danewwwwww bo....da da newboo da new da new” rather than daaaaaaaaaaaa danewbooo danew danew booooo....daaaaaaaaaaaaa danewboo danew danew.

you forgot the tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuuuuuuuh

And the flu flu flu flu flu flu

At this point, OP needs to just post his phone number so someone can call him and he can hum this “popular” song into his landline rotary phone.

My number is 860-5309 which coincidentally is the name of the song!

Thank you, R487

Yikes, it’s 867-5309

Christ, no wonder he can't find this song.

da da neee e e e ew booo danewwwwww danewwwwww bo.. da da newboo da new da new” tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuh tuuuuuuuh flu flu flu flu flu flu

Dust in The Wind by Kansas

I just opened Google hummed into it song I wanted to identify since the late 1990s and that everyone claimed was Cotton Eye Joe and I knew wasn’t.

I have now discovered it is Swamp Thing by The Grid.

Thanks for reminding me to do this, OP.

OP was it from a spaghetti western, like a Morricone song? Or some whispery Enya type stuff

this song has a lot of nonnnon nonnno rather than Tuh tuh tuh tuh tun but it could be the song Op is looking for.

Nino Ferrer Le Téléfon

That song "Good Morning Starshine" has some weird words towards the end

could this be it ?

I'm sorry, I couldn't post for weeks ? WTF? what happened ?

r498 did you figure out the song yet?

NO, I didn't have time to listen to all your propositions, I've been quite overwhelmed by the wonderful success of this thread

OP, you need to use something like Bongo Cat to tap out the tune using numbers and letters on your keyboard and then come back and tell us.

OK R501; I'l try that

R498 As for what's going on with extended primetime, we're discussing it here...

Has anyone seen the Manvox thread about this thread? It's brutal.

OP was it an Enigma song? Chanty?

I think OP gave up and left. oh well, it was sort of fun strolling down memory lane. I heard tunes I have not heard in forever.

I'm here, sorry I just lost my job, I don't have that much time.

Sorry, OP, that sucks. Hope you find a new, and better one.

thank you. I'm in trouble actually. I'm over 50 (even though you'd never guess)

So the first thing I thought of was 'Daddy Cool', has that been definitively ruled out?

Daddy Cool is melancholic how ?

[quote]Something by Redbone?

That's what I thought. A couple of their other hits were linked earlier, but I was thinking specifically of this one. Native American-influenced group. '70s. Indecipherable lyrics, including "Boo-lah rooka hook and chain" and "Boom boom like a shi shi hand." Not a long melancholic ballad, but it's...rueful.

OP, your song description skills suck and your inability to understand and utilize song identification apps baffles, but I'm concerned about your job loss. Let us know what's going on and if anyone here can help (DL has helped other older job-seekers in the past).

THKS R513, I was too busy curating 2 extremely successful threads to concentrate on my job.

Maybe OP's job required utilizing song identification apps.

Suite Judy Blue Eyes

Danny Danny Boon, tuh, tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuh

I guess we will never know…i have the sadz.

more dah, dah, dah , dah ,dah, dah than tuh, tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuh ..but still.....

I no longer care. OP's terrible description skills means he'll be forever in the dark.

I came across this on youtube and thought of OP- I know the whole thread was a sham but it was fun hearing everyone's contributions

It's time to resurrect this thread. OP, you moronic fuck, what say you?

Yeh what r521 said. Danny boooooooooo

tuh tuh, tuh tuh tuh tuhtuh tuh tuh tuhn tuhtuh

flu flu flu flu flu

OP did someone already guess "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye?"

Just saw this on Netflix--some French stand-up act with... Dany Boon.