Anyone know who sang this song???

[Laurajean1014]

How does your light shine on the road to Shangri La?
On the road to Shangri La?

It's a late 70's song and it sounds like the same band that did "Ole black water" or maybe that song that was about how the guy went to a party and everybody was really weird (it was light being in a hollywood movie......)?

Sorry, this is all I know - can any one guide me???

 

[Cindy's Mom]

Three Dog Night

 

[4chitlins]

I believe it was 3 Dog Night

 

[Laurajean1014]

Is it "road to shangri La?" Is that the name of the song?

 

[wdw4us2]

How does your light shine on the road to Shangri La?
On the road to Shangri La?

It's a late 70's song and it sounds like the same band that did "Ole black water" or maybe that song that was about how the guy went to a party and everybody was really weird (it was light being in a hollywood movie......)?

Sorry, this is all I know - can any one guide me???

It's actually "How does your light shine on the road to Shambala ." which is also the title of the song. It is by Three Dog Night.

 

[Laurajean1014]

I found it:


Thank you all!


Shambala

Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain
With the rain in Shambala
Wash away my sorrows, wash away my shame
With the rain in Shambala

*Ooooh... yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah*

*This part repeats twice after each verse

Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind
On the road to Shambala
Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind
On the road to Shambala

How does your light shine
In the halls of Shambala
How does your light shine
In the halls of Shambala

I can tell my sister 'bout the flowers in her eyes
On the road to Shambala
I can tell my brother 'bout the flowers in his eyes
On the road to Shambala

How does your light shine
In the halls of Shambala
How does your light shine
In the halls of Shambala
Tell me how, how does your light shine
In the halls of Shambala
Tell me how, how does your light shine
In the halls of Shambala

With various "oooo's," "yeah, yeah, yeahs," and "Shambala" until the
fadeout.

 

[brerrabbit]

Bonus question:

What is the significance of the bands name, or what does it mean?

 

[Stitch Inside]

Bonus question:

What is the significance of the bands name, or what does it mean?

I think 3 dog night means it's cold and requires 3 dogs in your bed to keep you warm. What do I win?

 

[Stitch Inside]

All these years and I never knew it was "take that pearl."
But I still love this song.

Eric Burdon and War---Spill The Wine

Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that pearl
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that pearl

I was once out strolling one very hot summer's day
When I thought I'd lay myself down to rest
in a big field of tall grass
I lay there in the sun and felt it caressing my face

And I fell asleep and dreamed
I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie
And that I was the star of the movie
This really blew my mind, the fact that me,
an overfed, long-haired leaping gnome
should be the star of a Hollywood movie

But there I was, I was taken to a place, the hall of the mountain kings
I stood high upon a mountain top, naked to the world
In front of every kind of girl, there was
black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones...

Out of the middle came a lady
She whispered in my ear something crazy
She said:

Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that pearl
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that pearl

(spoken)

I thought to myself what could that mean
Am I going crazy or is this just a dream
Now, wait a minute
I know I'm lying in a field of grass somewhere
so it's all in my head
and then.. I heard her say one more time:

(sung)

Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that pearl
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that pearl


(spoken)
I could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my back
As she disappeared, but soon she returned
In her hand was a bottle of wine, in the other, a glass
She poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glass
And raised it to her lips
And just before she drank it, she said:

(sung)
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that pearl
Spill the wine and take that pearl, Spill the wine and take that pearl