The Beatles Bible - Topic: A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 vonbontee on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66758 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66758 Closest thing to a likely candidate I've found so far is a John Denver song called "Tools" from 1971.

]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:51:00 +0000 Zig on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66757 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66757 Did a search on a lyrics site...not sure if anything on this page fits your bill.

http://www.lyrics.net/lyrics/r.....bit%20stew

]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:47:01 +0000 vonbontee on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66754 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66754 I would think the most famous Tull song is definitely "Aqualung" - at least here in North America.

For some reason, Jethro Tull was the first thing I thought of, and I felt that there was a Tull song I subconsciously knew had a reference to rabbit stew - but then I realized that I was thinking about "The Hare that Lost its Spectacles", a skit/story on one of their albums. That wasn't the right answer...but I am going to get very little done today, for thinking about a possible answer to this!

]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:17:03 +0000 Funny Paper on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66732 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66732 Thanks Egroeg, but I'm fairly familiar with Jethro Tull, and I would have recognized their sound.  I doubt it was them.

If you've never heard the most famous Jethro Tull song, it's pretty cool -- one of the only rock-pop songs in 5/4 time, by the way:

Another distinction for a "rock" band: the leader, Ian Anderson, played the flute (often rather jazzily).

 

]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:02:55 +0000 Egroeg Evoli on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66705 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66705 I found a British band that uses acoustic guitar and some of their songs are folksy. They're called Jethro Tull. One of their songs, The Rattlesnake Trail, mentions the words "rabbit" and "stew," but not together. It was the closest thing I could find.

]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:26:38 +0000 Funny Paper on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66695 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66695

mja6758 said
Mmmm... I'll think further on it. Being late-80s that you heard it, opens up a whole new slew of possibilities. There was a movement going on over here (UK) at that time known as Crusty - a kind of folk-punk, and lots of those bands could often sound like British folk bands from an earlier era, when people like Fairport were first bringing in rock influences. I know a lot of those involved, some of them - like The Levellers - personally. I will wrack my brains. I'm assuming we're talking male vocalist? Prefer Funny Paper to ...]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:40:57 +0000 mja6758 on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66658 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66658 Mmmm... I'll think further on it. Being late-80s that you heard it, opens up a whole new slew of possibilities. There was a movement going on over here (UK) at that time known as Crusty - a kind of folk-punk, and lots of those bands could often sound like British folk bands from an earlier era, when people like Fairport were first bringing in rock influences. I know a lot of those involved, some of them - like The Levellers - personally. I will wrack my brains. I'm assuming we're talking male vocalist? Prefer Funny Paper to metaxy as a ...]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:00:05 +0000 Funny Paper on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66657 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66657

mja6758 said
Looking at it closer, got the date well wrong, much earlier than I thought, the question was asked by metaxy, 31 July 2005, and the site was, Spencer: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). It becomes a running conversation through the comments, so there may be an eventual answer in there somewhere.

Ah right, I remember that now, that was me.  I recall some woman in the comments said she was from England and knew about Fairport Convention, but she couldn't help me with my question.  Wow, I've been searching for this song longer than I thought.  ...]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:38:38 +0000 mja6758 on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66655 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66655 Looking at it closer, got the date well wrong, much earlier than I thought, the question was asked by metaxy, 31 July 2005, and the site was, Spencer: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). It becomes a running conversation through the comments, so there may be an eventual answer in there somewhere.

]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:48:42 +0000 Funny Paper on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66654 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66654

mja6758 said
there was an American asking if anyone could identify a Fairport Convention track that mentioned "rabbit stew" and was played on US radio during the '70s on another site in 2008.

That could well have been me.  I forgot where I would have done that.  And now I do remember Fairport Convention as a potential candidate.  I combed through their discography from Wikipedia, then sampled every song title that might have been it -- to no avail.

]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:27:53 +0000 mja6758 on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66646 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66646 I thought the most likely candidates would be Fairport Convention or Jethro Tull, so tried a Google Search - which unfortunately didn't turn up anything definitive. However, there was an American asking if anyone could identify a Fairport Convention track that mentioned "rabbit stew" and was played on US radio during the '70s on another site in 2008. Unfortunately there was no good answer given, but provided that wasn't you five years ago under a different webname, it may point to the song you're looking for being by Fairport Convention. Fairport Convention certainly fit every other part of your description, ...]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:54:03 +0000 meanmistermustard on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66632 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66632 This one? A complete and utter guess as i have no idea what song you are referring to but it does mention Rabbit Stew. 

]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:33:54 +0000 Funny Paper on A non-Beatles song I have been trying to track down for YEARS http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66631 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/a-non-beatles-song-i-have-been-trying-to-track-down-for-years/#p66631 I'd like to know what band recorded this song I remember, and what album it's on.

Unfortunately, I can't offer many details, because my memory is so vague of the song.  Mainly, I remember that I really liked the song, and I would love to hear it again.

It seems many members of this forum have a lot of musical knowledge about a lot of music outside the Beatles, so I thought I'd tap that reservoir.  Believe me, I've Googled extensively, with no results.

Anyway, the following is all I know:

1) It was some band that sounded sort of in the folk-pop genre

2) ...]]> Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:44:22 +0000