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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
This is a simple game, playable in seconds but also liable to send players down epic you-tube worm-holes in search of that half-remembered lyric. Or maybe that's just me...

All you need to do is post a song that is related in some way to the song immediately before it. It could be something straightforward like the same artist, or a word in the title. It could be something unusual, like a feature in the video or an evoked memory of a cherished time. If you think people might miss your association, just mention it in the post.

And so without further ado, here is the first song, one which evokes a cherished memory of my own:

Vicka & Linda Bull: I didn't Know Love Could be Mine

[ 03. July 2017, 01:54: Message edited by: simontoad ]
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
I will play: I want to know what love is, by Foreigner - the link being "know love", in case you missed it.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles (natch!)
 

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Posted by Og, King of Bashan (# 9562) on :
 
Hold My Hand by the kings of 1990s Southern College rock, Hootie and the Blowfish.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
"Blowing in the Wind" by Bob Dylan
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
"The Long and Winding Road" - Beatles again.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Thunder Road by Bruce Springsteen
 

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Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on :
 
Thunderchild from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds album
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
War, huh, yeah... What is it good for...Absolutely nothing by Edwin Starr
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Tom Lehrer - We will all go together when we go

Association is war. Only Lehrer could rhyme Te Deum with ICBM and make it work
 

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Posted by Latchkey Kid (# 12444) on :
 
I was Only Nineteen - Redgum
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
7-teen by The Regents
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
7-teen by The Regents
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
 

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Posted by Og, King of Bashan (# 9562) on :
 
Angel of Harlem, U2
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Never a huge U2 fan, but I saw them live in I am going to say 1985. They had such fierce energy back then.

U2 Gloria (live 1983)
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
That can surely only be followed with Gloria Gaynor - I will survive .
 

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Posted by MaryLouise (# 18697) on :
 
And with that Gloria Gaynor, we're into LGBTI anthems, aren't we?

One of the greatest, Judy Garland singing Over the Rainbow

[ 05. July 2017, 13:05: Message edited by: MaryLouise ]
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Speaking of Judy... "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" by John Fred and His Playboy Band
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby Stills and Nash
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
This is an obscure link, based on the last poster, rather than the suggestion, but I always think of Colin Stetson and Spindrift (and becasue it is pretty awesome, if you haven't heard it)
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Spinning Wheel written by David Clayton-Thomas, sung by Blood, Sweat, & Tears.
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
When Father Papered the Parlour by Billy Williams.

Everyone except Brits of a certain age will struggle to see that connection.

Thanks to a 1970s wallpaper advert, some of us can't hear Spinning Wheel without singing:

"What goes up
Must come down
Super Fresco makes things easy
It's by Graham and Brown"

So the link is wallpaper.

[ 05. July 2017, 22:16: Message edited by: Gill H ]
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Too funny and what a brilliant association!


Father Ted: My Lovely Horse
 

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Posted by Latchkey Kid (# 12444) on :
 
America: A Horse With No Name
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
The Name Game from 1964, Shirley Ellis. (Using the name "Chuck" was very popular on my school bus!)
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Game of Love by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Send The Marines by Tom Lehrer

"We'll give 'am all we got, John Wayne and Randolph Scott..."
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Send in the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim sung by Judy Collins
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Entrance Of The Gladiators

(Connection: Just listen to it)
 

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Posted by The Phantom Flan Flinger (# 8891) on :
 

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Originally posted by Gill H:
When Father Papered the Parlour by Billy Williams.

Everyone except Brits of a certain age will struggle to see that connection.

Thanks to a 1970s wallpaper advert, some of us can't hear Spinning Wheel without singing:

"What goes up
Must come down
Super Fresco makes things easy
It's by Graham and Brown"

So the link is wallpaper.

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
... I thought it was "Knights in White Satin" ...

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It wasn't just me then ...

How about A Whiter Shade of Pale, much beloved of the baby-boomers who got married in the 1970s?
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Horsing around with the word "pale"...

Johnny Cash: When The Man Comes Around
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
"Walk Like a Man" by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Love this song but always thought it was amusingly sung in a falsetto.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
How about Sweet Seasons by Carole King?
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
(Oh, I love that song.)

Candy Girl by New Edition.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Everyday I Write the Book
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman - The Banishing Book - I've just got rid of it as an earworm.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Forgot to say that may not be safe for work
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Paperback Writer by the Beatles was the next thing to come to my mind.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
I suppose this goes to Every Day I write the Book by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
And the book is read by Everyday People (Sly & The Family Stone).
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Well, Diff'rent Strokes for diff'rent folks.
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Could have done several songs from Avenue Q sung by 'Gary Coleman' but I went for this one (some strong language):

Schadenfreude
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 

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Originally posted by Gill H:
Could have done several songs from Avenue Q sung by 'Gary Coleman' but I went for this one (some strong language):

Schadenfreude

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Originally posted by simontoad:
The Gout Song

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Originally posted by mousethief:
And that's a Sign that the Five Man Electrical Band might understand.

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Though they might not like...


"...NO PARKING, TOW AWAY ZONE..."

(BTW, I remember that as being from Sesame Street, not The Electric Company, though more than one You Tuber attributes it to the latter)
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Cars by Gary Numan.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Aaaand back to the core. Drive My Car by the Fab Four.
 

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Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :
 
The Cars. Drive.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
There are cars and then there are cars. And then there is "The Little Nash Rambler (beep-beep!)" by the Playmates.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
"If you're on the highway and Road Runner goes..."
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Is the Road Runner on the Ventura Highway? by (in?) America
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
Is that the same as AC/DC's Highway to Hell?
 

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Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :
 
Which could be found by driving like a "BAT OUT OF HELL"
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
Bats always remind me of Ozzy Osbourne, so I have to go for Black Sabbath and Paranoid.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Does the Black Magic Woman (Carlos Santana) observe the Black Sabbath?
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Do you need to Paint It Black ? (Stones)
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
Do the brothers needs a Revolution that will not be televised, even if it is streamed on youtube?

(Gil Scott-Heron)
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Gil Scott Heron: Winter in America I was only marginally aware of this artist, and shall explore further. Thanks for making the association!
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Born in the USA - Springsteen
 

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Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :
 
Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Son of My Father - Giorgio
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
Clearly leads to Father Abraham by some psychotic, Childrens-leader-hating individual who I hate with a passion you cannot even imagine.

(I have no idea who it is by. I am not going to delve any further into this abomination of a song to find out)
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
George Michael: Father Figure Double Association

One of the comments about the Giorgio song was "I don't have a clue why I like this song"
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
Please sell no more drink to my Father

Those of you unfamiliar with this fine music-hall standard (made popular in the UK by Elsa Lanchester) may appreciate the chorus:
Please sell no more drink to my Father
It makes him so strange and so wild
Heed the prayer of my heart-broken Mother
And pity the poor drunkard's child.
 

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Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on :
 
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

Words by Ben Jonson

[ 19. July 2017, 15:00: Message edited by: Kitten ]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
What, These Eyes? Guess Who?
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 

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Originally posted by mousethief:
What, These Eyes? Guess Who?

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"Who me?"
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Tell me who the f*** are you?
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
Or as the Spice Girls put it more politely: Who Do You Think You Are?
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Perhaps in response: I Am, I Said (Neil Diamond)
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
I say, I say, I say...

My Old Man's A Dustman by Lonnie Donegan

[ 19. July 2017, 17:14: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Old Man River - Paul Robeson, just because
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
I think about that old man in the middle of the night when I go walking in my sleep.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Billy Bragg: God's Footballer I love Billy when he's in these gentle moods.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
The lightning seeds and David Baddiel with Three Lions

(I hope you appreciate these earworms)
 

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Posted by Kitten (# 1179) on :
 
The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tight Fit
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Tighter and Tighter by Alive and Kicking
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Also by Tommy James...

Sweet Cherry Wine
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
And more fruit "The Lemon Tree" by Will Holt, sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Subtle connection; you might have to think about this one a bit...

Lemon Tree by Fools Garden
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
If we're still doing fruit, John Prine recommends, among other things, feeding up on peaches during your Spanish Pipedream where you also blow-up your TV and try to find Jesus.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Habanera (Love is a Rebellious Bird) from Bizet's Carmen set in southern Spain.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Speaking of habanera, an habañero is a Red Hot Chili Pepper.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
You might even say it's Hot, Hot, Hot.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Indeed it is, in the summertime. (Mungo Jerry)
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Are you saying it's summertime summertime sum sum summertime?
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Thanks! Now I know what this was based on...

Ken-L Ration Burger Time
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Did you say Time?
 

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Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :
 
Time, you say (The Timelords - Doctorin' the Tardis)
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
"Time" you say?

You say yes (and I say no) - Fab Four again.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
No. No. Just no no no no no no. Zombies.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Another one with lots of No no no, no no, no nonono...


Nobody But Me
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Nobody? Paul Simon
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Somebody ... to love (Queen)
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Queen Eleanor's Confession - whenever I see I post from Stercus Taurus, his sig sends this song, in the Fay Hield and Hurricane Party version (which is not online), running through my head.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Gee, I think she's swell. As do the Turtles.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Oh, the Turtles! Their songs always made me so Happy.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
How is the weather?

It's raining again.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Eeek! Rain? We might as well be dead. Fab Four again.
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Couldn't resist Here Comes the Rain Again by the Eurythmics.

I was working in the hotel where they stayed when they made the video. (claim to fame )
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Here comes the most widely played opera music ever.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
... after which, they say I do, I do, I do, I do, I do.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
After which they will honeymoon at Niagara Falls.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
If we're allowed instrumental pieces that brings me to Pat Metheny's As Falls Witchita, So Falls Witchita Falls all 20 minutes of it.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
This calls for the rather handsome Glen Campbell singing Wichita Lineman.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
(I used Beethoven's Ninth)

Onward...

"Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell
ETA: DOH!

[ 23. July 2017, 06:51: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Great Minds!

ETA: Beethoven's 9th has words!

[ 23. July 2017, 06:55: Message edited by: mousethief ]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
On the line theme, let's Drag it with Tommy James.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
All the mention of the rain, sunshine and snow in Draggin' the Line brings me to Weather Report's Birdland

(it's draggin' the line, not diggin' it, dang it)

[ 23. July 2017, 07:05: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
 

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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
From Birdland to Ignoreland by R.E.M.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
...to this land: "This Land Is Made for You and Me" by Woody Guthrie
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
And the parody...

(I hadn't heard this one since about forty years ago, sung to me by another kid in a church basement.)
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Charming man. Has a Shotgun.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Hey little sister...
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
Clearly we need to go to A Black version
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
One of the comments under that track: practically Taylor Swift at this point.

I understand that Taylor Swift is also a recording artist.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Glee Cast: Here Comes the Sun I think this might be a crime against humanity.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
One of the sexiest songs I've ever heard: "Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite" by John Dowland, keeping in mind that "come" had the same sexual meaning in the sixteenth century that it has now.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Ya make a dead man...
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
I wonder where the Rolling Stones got that line from? Maybe Bessie Jackson.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Oh my God, I think I'd better turn the heater down

 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Archie Roach: Love in the Morning
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Love on the Rocks, Neil Diamond
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Neil Innes: The Idiot Song

(Possibly offensive to the mentally challenged, though it could be argued he's riffing on the Holy Fool archetype)

[ 24. July 2017, 11:56: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Deny by The Clash
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Sharif don't like The Clash. But he does like to rock the Casbah.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Then you can kick back (having sent your camel to bed) inder the stars around "Midnight at the Oasis".
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Oasis told me She's Electric.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
We're gonna turn it on...
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Stetson:
We're gonna turn it on...

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Rise again, rise again; though your heart it be broken
And life about to end
No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again

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(One of my favourite songs)
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Skipping the allegory...

"Did he, did he, did he...?"
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Billy Bragg and Wilco: Christ for President Topical
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
I hear Jesus just left Chicago.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Jesus walks in Idaho according to the Oyster Band in Everywhere I Go
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Doesn't He take the bus?

(I hate to bring this atrocity into the thread -- even the title is grammatically wrong!)
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
According to Paul Simon it's Take the Bus, Gus as one of the 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
Doesn't He take the bus?

(I hate to bring this atrocity into the thread -- even the title is grammatically wrong!)

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Yeah. At least Kingsley Amis' exercise in celestial lese-majeste had enough theological background to acknowledge the Incarnation, while saying that it was not as big a deal as traditionally thought. Joan Osborne sings as if no one had ever thought of the idea of God becoming "one of us".

And the really sad thing is there probably are Christians out there who thought the song was blasphemous for suggesting God could ever be a person on Earth.

(This post is not meant as an entrant into the game.)

[ 31. July 2017, 08:58: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Osborn's song was actually written by a Christian (guy from Mister Mister or the Hooters, forget which) and the point was to get people to think about the idea of the incarnation.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Neil Young: Soldier

I always saw this song as incarnational, so much so that I once gave a sermon on it. Pity the congregation that must suffer a person in formation I formed my way out of ministry, to be clear.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
And then there's Buffy Saint Marie's Universal Soldier.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Couldn't find any other English-language songs mentioning that one particular Indian religion, so this will have to do.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Elvis Presley covering Sweet Caroline

I'm claiming double association: sweet and a cover version
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
There is only one Caroline
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Perhaps. But there is a Carolina in the pines.
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
But is it a Lonesome pine ?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
From the blue ridge Mountains of Virginia to The Hills of West Virginia by Phil Ochs
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Where you can Meet Virginia.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Might you meet Virginia in St. Louis?
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Well, this lyricist was from St. Louis, but you weren't likely to meet him there.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
This guy lived in St. Louis too! Although for a short time. But during that time, apparently, he cut this piano roll.
 

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Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :
 
(Yep, we've been to his house and listened to his player piano. Very cool, kid was inspired to grow up and come back to help out)
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Ahh, the theme from Sting! This is The Russians
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
How about not just Russians but Russians and Americans?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
David O'Doherty: Very Mild Superpowers
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The Kinks: Superman
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Donovan: Sunshine Superman
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Sunshine on My Shoulders can make me cry, especially if I forget my SPF lotion.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Just a few minutes ago I was listening to Sunshine of Your Love.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Leslie Gore sang of Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows. Then she came out as gay. Hmm.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The awfulness of this song is somewhat mitigated by the presence of Debbie Harry. How she manages to sell a totally convincing come-hither look to a non-living object is truly amazing.

(And screw you, Paul Williams)

[ 05. August 2017, 08:24: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
A Belgian frog, I claim.

Stromae: Formidable
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Picking up on the meteorological connection with that formidable song.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
And speaking of parks...
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
All my connections with McArthur Park link to Priscilla Queen of the Desert - so I Will Survive seems suitable for the cake.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Another one of those esoteric connections...
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
I try to play this game.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Try, Try, Try from Fly, Fly, Fly by the late great Larry Norman.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Galilee is also mentioned here...

Put Your Hand In The Hand
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Well, if we're talking about hands... I Want to Hold Your Hand.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
From the same show...

Let's Spend [Some Time] Together
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Oh, well, if we're trawling the Ed Sullivan show, Don't be Cruel.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
If you're going to spend some time, why not be a big spender ?

Oh no, cross post! I'll try again in a minute....

[ 05. August 2017, 19:59: Message edited by: Jemima the 9th ]
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Sometimes, apparently, one has to be Cruel to be Kind
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
That song sounds so sixties for 1979! Speaking of 60s and "kind", there's a kind of hush, Herman's Hermits opine.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Yes, it is pretty 60sish!

So, onto Hush by Kula Shaker Not exactly what one might term a megahit, but the sound of my student clubbing days...[gazes wistfully into middle distance]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
I like the Deep Purple version better. Not that these guys tried very hard to be different from DP.

Not Shaker but Chaka as in Khan. Tell me something good, will you?
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
"Tell me that you love me", says Chaka Khan. Dusty Springfield says You don't have to say you love me
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Christie McVie, on the other hand, insists that you Say You Love Me.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Fleetwood Mac: Tusk
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
The Fleet Foxes - Montezuma
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Horrible Histories: Pachacuti
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Great choice!
But Dick Turpin is still the best HH song.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
I love the Dick Turpin song, but my candidate for the best is William Wallace
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
In line with the general theme, but mostly just because I really like the way it sounds...

Scotland The Brave
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Brave Sir Robin
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
The song that I disliked so much I broke the knob off of my car radio: Rockin' Robin with Michael Jackson et al.

 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Never did like MJ's preadolescent voice. So irritating.

Stormy Monday with Robben Ford is much more pleasant.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Free Nelson Mandela

(from Robben Island)
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Free Paul Rodgers.

(from Middlesbrough)

[ 07. August 2017, 15:49: Message edited by: mousethief ]
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
I want to break free
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Breaking Up is Hard to Do.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Come and I Will Sing You
from the album "The Hard and the Easy"
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
"I will serenade you..."
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Three dog night, you say? Well 3 is the magic number of dogs.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
I don't know that there is a number for a Black Magic Woman.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
One wonders if Black Magic Woman is distantly related to Devil Woman ?
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Which leads to the Rolling Stones and Sympathy for the Devil
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
"Made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands, and sealed his fate."

Oh, so in other words, you WERE there.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Yes. Yes, I was. And as I recall, he never said a mumblin' word.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
What Did Jesus Say? - The Jubilaires
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Whatever he said is alright with me.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
But is it all right now?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Gillian Welch: Everything is Free
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
So then what was Frida complaining about?
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The Flying Lizards want Money - I love the way these lines are delivered:
"the best things in life are free,
but you can give them to the birds and bees"
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
That is a great version of the song. But I quite like this one too "Think I'll buy me a football team"
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Bruce Springsteen thinks a Pink Cadillac is better than money.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
My God, they look so young!

The Stray Cats: Look at that Cadillac
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Ol' Bruce seems to have mixed feelings about Cadillac Ranch.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
David Essex also wanted Jimmy (James) Dean to Rock on (this video has a slide show of James Dean stills).
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Jackie thought she was James Dean for a day in this Lou Reed song.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
A song for rebels with serious causes:

Luke Kelly: The Rising of the Moon
 

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Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by balaam:
Jackie thought she was James Dean for a day in this Lou Reed song.

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This was the song that I almost had in my head, but couldn't quite get to the name!
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
That moon on the rise is a bad one, sez CCM.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The Man in the Moon must be out of his mind, according to The Full English
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Yeah, he hit my eye like a big pizza pie.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Did someone say pie?
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
This dirge is likely sung in the dark.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Which leads me to the Russian Contakion of the Departed
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Oh, those Russians.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Clever take-off by The Barron Knights
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
I'm leaving on a jet plane (this version by John Denver)
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Ain't got time to take a fast train?
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Is The City of New Orleans a fast train?
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
No, but Elizabeth Cotten's Freight Train is.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Pete Seeger: Casey Jones
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Further on the subject of labour strife...
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Further along the disease line.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Guess I'll make it an epidemiological hat trick...

Saturday Night Fever
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Saturday gives me the blues.
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
There are other thngs you can do on a Saturday
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Or you could just go to the Park.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
But I ain't got nobody.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
A cat named Frankenstein
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Did someone say Frankenstein?
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Maybe the cute little dropout?
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Well, the zoo is where it's all happening, so there's that.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
There are lots of Animals at the zoo -- practically a carnival of them.

(I really wanted the version with Itzhak Perlman narrating, but the complete work isn't available on Youtube. )
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
There are lots of Animals at the zoo -- practically a carnival of them.

(I really wanted the version with Itzhak Perlman narrating, but the complete work isn't available on Youtube. )

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quote:

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
And ya know everybody must get, well you know.

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But then they run the risk of missing it.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Missing you
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
In the simple present tense...

Miss You - The Stones
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Here it goes from Miss to "Mrs. Robinson."
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
What's my link?
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
From Joe to Babe.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Babe? Well, I Got You, Babe.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Boy, at some point she got her teeth done.

From Sonny to Sunny.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Sunny? You want Sunshine?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Cream: Toad
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Toad -> Frog
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Frogs may not think it's easy to be green, but Onions don't seem to have a problem with it.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Mmm! I love onions!
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Some of us prefer something colder and sweeter.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Did someone say Rocky?
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Or perhaps just a Rock.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Rock Me.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Old Crow Medicine Show: Rock me Momma like a Wagon Wheel
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
"I Was Born Under a Wanderin' Star" Wheels keep you moving.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
The Go-Betweens: Lee Remick
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Go now.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Mental as Anything: If you leave me can I come too?
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Mental as anything? I guess after that business with your dog...
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Paul Clayton: Boney was a Warrior
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
He tried to hold them back but they were stronger...
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Gimme Gimme Gimme

The song is the opening bit of this episode of the wonderful eponymous sitcom starring Kathy Burke and some random bloke. I don't know who recorded it, so I'm going to say The BBC Singers.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Gimme Shelter
 

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Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on :
 
Jumpin Jack Flash

(It's been a while and took me so long to remember how to do the link that I missed my first song choice window!)

[ 23. August 2017, 12:44: Message edited by: Chelley ]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Flash.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Flash Mob
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Mob boss.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
The Boss
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The other Bruce.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
I thought you meant this Bruce...
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
From one ballad to another
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Phil Ochs: The Ballad of Joe Hill
 

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Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on :
 
Is it a monster

(What's that coming over the hill?)

[ 24. August 2017, 19:21: Message edited by: Chelley ]
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Rocky Horror Cast: Hot Patootie Bless My Soul
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
I really love that Rock and Roll, girl.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Welch and Rawlings: I want to Sing that Rock & Roll
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Well, that works for me, because I love rock 'n' roll.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
B52's: Rock Lobster
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
I took a wild guess that there would, somewhere in the world, be a band with this name...

The Crustaceans - Lynx Tail
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Well the Lynx is wild, not feral. But it's a cat.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The Cat Came Back - (apparently available on Spotify and Amazon, but I am not linking those on my phone).
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Jefferson Airplane - Comin' Back To Me
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Could be an airplane, could be a jet plane.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
River of Jordan from Airplane/Flying High
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
DO call her Shirley.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Does she know the girl from Ipanema?
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Maybe the girl from Ipanema can give some tips to Georgie Girl.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
That was on my mind. Or something like it.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Theme from Carter Country

(Sounds more jazzy than down-home)
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Carter is also the Unstoppable Sex Machine, you know. Sheriff Fat Man
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Sorry -- I Shot the Sheriff.

(No, not Joe Arpaio, however...)

[ 27. August 2017, 23:03: Message edited by: Pigwidgeon ]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
With a shotgun?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Warren Zevon: Lawyers Guns and Money
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
That's what I want.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings: One More Dollar
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
One more night.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
ALL through the night
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
A Hard Day's Night
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Houston, we have a problem: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall .
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Further east, it was a Rainy Night in Georgia.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Eruption: I Can't Stand the Rain
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
And yet, here it comes again.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
John Fogerty saw it coming.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Tom Waits: Diamonds on My Windshield
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes.

[spelling? sheesh!]

[ 29. August 2017, 03:19: Message edited by: mousethief ]
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Bowie: Diamond Dogs
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Dogs of War
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
War? What's that good for?
 

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Posted by whitebait (# 7740) on :
 
Nothing Compares 2 U
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Bronski Beat: Smalltown Boy

Jimmy Somerville has the same haircut.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Lyrics connection.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Hunters & Collectors: The Slab

The connection here is with the lyrics, as this video was shot in Melbourne in the 1980's, and everything about it (including the song and the band) reminds me of what I was doing back then.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Speaking of 80s hometown nostalgia...

Rick Moranis singing Turning Japanese in the Edmonton river valley

From one of the seasons of SCTV filmed in Edmonton.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Cue Kyu.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Sad and sky filled
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
By an artist named Vincent...
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
This is a song by people living in Alice Springs, written and recorded by them in the town. Alice is the link...

BushMob Crew: Know Your Rights
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
You gotta fight for your right to party
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Phil Ochs: What are you Fighting for?
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
And it's 1, 2, 3, what are we fighting 4?
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
2 4 6 8 motorway
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Paul Kelly: From St Kilda to Kings Cross
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Paul Simon (and Garfunkle) taking the bus up the New Jersey turnpike from Pittsburg with Kathy.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Anyone who's driven on the New Jersey Turnpike knows that it's the Highway to Hell.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Then it's clearly the expresway to your heart. (nothing personal)

[ 03. September 2017, 06:44: Message edited by: mousethief ]
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Yothu Tindi: Superhighway
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Yothu Yindi ... doh
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Supercalifragilisticexpialodocious
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
You can do magic!
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
So could Puff!
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
The Beatles: The Magical Mystery Tour
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
The King's Singers - Madrigal History Tour
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Squeeze - King George Street.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Another song about someone leaving their regular abode(though for considerably less sympathetic reasons)...

The Way - Fastball
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Tom Jones: Delilah

I post this because the previous song reminded me of it, really really really reminded me of it
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Yeah, now that you mention it...

"But where were they going without ever knowing the way?"

"I felt the knife in my hand, and she laughed no more."

They do scan pretty closely.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by simontoad:
Tom Jones: Delilah

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The same basic set-up, but with a happy ending...
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Easy then to see things... like correct street numbers...
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Shades of gray? I prefer A Whiter Shade.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
"I'm a real gone pale-face and that's no illusion..."
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Billy Bragg: Accident Waiting to Happen
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Well yeah, shit happens even to the Supremes.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy: It's a Happening Thing
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
There's something happening here...
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The Happening - The Supremes
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross - My Mistake (was to love you)
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Windows Error Remix

(slightly vulgar text; double click)

[ 11. September 2017, 14:36: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Problems with windows go waaay back.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Bob Dylan would like you to go away from his window too.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Bob Dylan: Gotta Serve Somebody
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Do You Want Somebody to Love? - Jefferson Airplane
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Can anybody find me somebody to love?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Billy Bragg: A Lover Sings
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Sing Sing Sing
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Paul Kelly: Rally Round the Drum
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Paul Kelly with Vicka Bull: My Man's got a Cold
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
A person can develop a cold.
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
A person can develop film.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Billy Bragg: Must I paint you a picture?
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Would that be Pictures of You?
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Were those pictures taken on Kodachrome?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Paul Simon: Homeless
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
A song that I've always thought implied a non-domiciled condition...

Bottle Of Wine - The Fireballs

(though I guess he does have a bed)
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Gillian Welch - Tennessee

Association is with booze, as the chorus runs in part:

It's beefsteak when I'm working
and whiskey when I'm dry

There's various other references to booze, in the the context of the temptations of the flesh.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Long distance information get me Memphis...
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Or just dial the Operator.

(Is there such a thing anymore? There certainly aren't telephone dials.)
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
I wonder if Ray in L.A. is the same guy as Billy Joel's friend who moved out there?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
The Beatles: A Day in the Life
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
I read the news today, oh boy...
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Billy Bragg: It Says Here

A song that skewers the right-wing press in Britain, over and over again. My favourite skewer:

Could it be an infringement of the freedom of the press to print pictures of women in states of undress?
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Thematic connection...

Dirty Laundry - Don Henley

(Interesting video. You have to question how effective a satire really is, when the supposed targets of the satire so gleefully take the ball and run with it.)

[ 22. September 2017, 16:59: Message edited by: Stetson ]
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Connection: 1930s headgear.

Which has never been worked quite as successfully by anyone as by Michael Jackson in Smooth Criminal

(It's the long version; Greatest. Pop. Video. Ever. Made. and more than worth ten minutes of anyone's life )
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Tom Waites: Romeo is Bleeding

Romeo has been quite naughty.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Garbage: #1 Crush (Romeo & Juliet version

I really don't know why this version got canned. I loved it.

[ 24. September 2017, 01:29: Message edited by: simontoad ]
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Pursuant to the theme of romantic subservience...

The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Ollie Olsen: Win/Lose from Dogs in Space

I seem to be on a soundtracks thing.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
From another Australian soundtrack...

Skinhead from Romper Stomper

(Double-click, as possibly NSFW. Normally I wouldn't post a neo-nazi song, but I'm pretty sure that one was made up for the movie, which is anti-nazi.)
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Next you'll be saying that Springtime for Hitler isn't seriously pro-Nazi.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Mel Brooks: The Inquisition
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
More politically incorrect(and rightly so) Spaniards...
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Cortez the Killer

These two have been my favorite musicians for a good long while now. I'm starting to think this is it for my music taste from here to eternity. Anyway, I love their version of the Neil Young classic.
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
Dancer Romancer by The Burning Hell.

Another 2 person band, singing about misfortune.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Echoes of Zion: Atlanta's Tragic Monday
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
From a tragic Monday to a much less serious Manic one
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Or perhaps Monday Monday.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
The Easybeats: Friday on My Mind
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Pixies: Where is my mind
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
The Game Of Love ~ Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Bending minds leads to Madness: I like Driving in my Car
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Whether driving or parked, I feel safest of all in cars.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Don't keep asking me Y Reg.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Alexei Sayle: Ullo John Got a New Motor
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Gang Show: Crest of a Wave

Link is Sayling.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
The Headstones - Smile And Wave
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Is Bette Midler's The Rose made of stone?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
The Black Sorrows: Harley and Rose
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Matt Monro - Born free.

Connection - Don Black.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
The Specials: Free Nelson Mandela
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

I don't mind Jimi's vocal, but I do quite like this solo version.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Howling Wolf: Little Red Rooster
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Seekers "Red Rubber Ball" (The song is good. Sorry about the dorky animation. )
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Ray Charles - I got a woman

A good Pentecostal boy, just like The Killer
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Bess, You Is My Woman Now - George and Ira Gershwin
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Ella & Louis: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
"The Thing", by Phil Harris.

Novelty song. Lyrics on the left side. Music sample on top. Recordings of it from the Dr. Demento radio show are on the right.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Wild Thing - The Troggs
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Simple Minds - Speed your Love to me

(Because Iggy starts the best music show on Australian TV - rage - and this song ends it).
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Simple Gifts (Shaker Hymn)
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
That's a lovely song.

Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch: I'll Fly Away
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
The best version of that song is from the TV show Treme.
Which leads my mind inevitably to ...
John Butler Trio - Gov did nothing
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Nothing's gonna change my love for you
(Truly awful song, I'm sorry.)
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Sweet of you to apologise*

Nirvana - All Apologies

*on a thread which recently featured Midler's 'The Rose', which is an abomination, I don't think you have much to apologise for.

[ 27. October 2017, 01:49: Message edited by: Dark Knight ]
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
Nothing to apologize for when you're wearing your Famous Blue Raincoat, nor sorry for linking to the Jennifer Warnes version from the album of the same name, written by the great Leonard Cohen.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
"Love Is Blue" was a favorite of mine in middle school.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Tom Waites: Blue Valentines
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Bob Dylan - It's all over now, Baby Blue
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Au contraire. It ain't over til it's over
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Over There: WW1 US Recruitment Song
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Rod Stewart - Sailing
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Kenneth McKellar - Song of the Clyde.
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Paul Warfield - Old Man River
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Ferry Cross The Mersey - Gerry & The Pacemakers
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Roxy Music: Love is the Drug

My fave Brian Ferry song. Also the song which led me to believe he was Russian, for some reason. I believed that for at least a year.

[ 07. November 2017, 05:56: Message edited by: simontoad ]
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
Somewhat less benign than love...

Laryssa Campbell - Cocaine Blues
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Gillian Welch: My Morphine

Seems opiate problems are not new...
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
I'll assume the audial connection is obvious to anyone who listened to My Morphine...

The Lonely Goatherd
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Ah well, if we're on to the work of Julie Andrews,
A spoonful of sugar
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
I'll see your Spoonful of Sugar and raise you Sugar Sugar by The Archies (in reality a group of session musicians using multi-track recording).
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
I prefer the Rolling Stones' Brown Sugar.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Ike & Tina Turner River Deep Mountain High because I once read that Mick Jagger based his dance moves on Tina Turner's.
 

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Posted by John3000 (# 18786) on :
 
Jimmy Somerville - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

I've always liked that video which seems to be a cheesy celebration of humanity
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
It is indeed, a feat of cheesy magnificence. Love it.
From Jimmy Somerville to Green Day - St Jimmy
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Cold Chisel: Cheap Wine

For lead singer Jimmy Barnes.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Is that cheap wine Red Red Wine?
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
Is that cheap wine Red Red Wine?

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quote:

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Originally posted by simontoad:
Phil Ochs: I aint Marching Anymore

So many songs to choose from. It took me an hour to settle on this reaction to the previous.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:

quote:

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Originally posted by simontoad:
Phil Ochs: I aint Marching Anymore

So many songs to choose from. It took me an hour to settle on this reaction to the previous.

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[And very appropriate for Veterans/Remembrance Day.]

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[I can't help but notice, though, that he avoids discomforting his liberal audience by omitting any reference to Hitler in his condemnation of World War II.]
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
I know what the King would say to all this commentary, rather than playing the game.

Elvis Presley - A Little less conversation
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Talking Heads: Stay up Late
 

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Posted by WatchingGodWork (# 18866) on :
 
After Midnight, Eric Clapton
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldaur
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Abba - Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight)
 

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Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Primal Scream - Rocks because the first time I heard it on the radio, I honestly thought it was ZZ Top. (Tenuous, moi? )
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
D-Generation: Things of Stone and Wood Melbourne Cliches

A parody song, rock/stone...
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (of course!)
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
In which Sir Bob asks "How does it feel?" which is the first line of New Order's Blue Monday
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
lol, nice associating there.

Duke Ellington: Memphis Blues
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Forgive me for breaking the chain, but the song I'm associating with today, the day the Australian population voted resoundingly for marriage equality


Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Love will find a way.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Billy Bragg Sexuality
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Yay Australia!

From one Bill to a pair of Bills.
Billy Bragg & Bill Bailey - Unisex Chip Shop

(Contains the immortal first line "I used to buy my chips from an oppressive chip shop regime". Genius.)
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
A newer one from Our Billy, same old theme sadly.

Billy Bragg: Saffiya Smiles
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Gilbert O'Sullivan - I've never been short of a smile .
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Short People - Randy Newman
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Shane Nicholson - Short Fuse
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Who wears short shorts? The Purple People Eater (Sheb Wooley)
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Prince - Purple Rain
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Gotta love the Swedes.

Stockholm Academic Mens Choir: It's Raining Men
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
It also rains in Africa (Toto).

That's the original, but I like this version (be sure your volume is up a little at the beginning).
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
For another chorale arrangement with rhythms (and their Swedish Folk Song is worth checking out too), there's Bah'ari Gibb (so annoyed they were sold out when they played London recently).
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Bahari Gibb was obviously Barry Gibb's name when he was following the Maharishi in the early 1970's.
Bee Gees: I've Just Got to get a Message to You
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Would that message be, like The Police one, in a bottle? Busked on the streets of London.
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
NWA - Fuck tha Police
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The Clash - I Fought the Law
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Judas Priest: Breaking the Law
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Pierce the Veil - King for a Day for another bank based video.
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Rammstein - Ich Will

ETF: terrible German spelling

[ 04. December 2017, 13:54: Message edited by: Dark Knight ]
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Ich Liebe Dich
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
That's not what I heard ...
Puddle of Mudd - She Hates Me

 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 

(I hate) Everything About You - Ugly Kid Joe
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Well, if She Hates Me... She Loves You (The Beatles, of course).

Sorry for the cross-post!

[ 05. December 2017, 13:32: Message edited by: Pigwidgeon ]
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
and she's leaving home.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by jrw:
and she's leaving home.

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Then she must be Homeward Bound.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Paul Kelly: Leaps and Bounds
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Time to get Christmassy.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Sweet: Fox on the Run
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Born to Run Bruce Springsteen
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
Run, rabbit run, rabbit run, run, run as performed by Flanagan and Allen
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Airplane!: River of Jordan
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Jordan Bellowhead.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Shirley Caesar: Jordan River
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Down in the river to pray Alison Krauss
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Springsteen: The River
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
No one does working class angst/coming of age/ realising the world is a really tough place for most of us better than the Boss.

Well - except maybe this bloke:

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - Working Class Hero
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
When it comes to class observations, there's always the mighty JC.
Pulp - Common People
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Which, as an 80s teen, leads me to:

Love of the Common People - Paul Young

(And yes, I know it's a cover.)
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
That song talks about the challenges of family life, which is a fruitful source of material for pop music.

It brings to mind Level 42's Running in the Family.
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
Family? We are Family!
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
But maybe not quite like this family:

When You're An Addams
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Ah, the Addams family and Souxsie and the Banshees both had an influence on the goth subculture.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Ella Fitzgerald: It's too darn hot from Kiss me Kate.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
That's to be expected if you take Trains to Brazil.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Then maybe you should take the train to The City of New Orleans instead, though it can be hot and very humid there as well.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Tom Waites: I Wish I was in New Orleans
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
From Waites to Weights.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
The Way it is weight is / way it is....gettit?
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
God's away on business: get a job.

(Also thinking of the UK's new leaky ship, and still grooving on Tom Waites)
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
And since it's almost Christmas -- Away in a Manger, of course (with the heavenly Choir of King's College Cambridge).
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
The Pogues: Fairytale in New York

One of my faves at Christmas.
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Greatest Christmas song ever.

Paul Kelly - How to make gravy is a close second.
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Wow, never heard that song before. Excellent.

If we're talking Christmas songs by someone called Kelly...

Frank Kelly's Twelve Days Of Christmas

(Hilarious, very Irish take on the story, from the 'Father Jack' actor. It's not Christmas till I've heard this.)
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Father Ted Crilly and Father Dougal McGuire: My Lovely Horse

I wanted to stick with Chrissy, but I just couldn't let the opportunity go by.
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Mention of horses makes people of my age go all nostalgic about White Horses.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
More horses... Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses? (U2).
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Back to Christmas, because reindeer are better than horses.

Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Zoom - Fat Larry's Band.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
{Slight detour back to reindeer. Then proceed from the correct one, just above this. We apologize for the inconvenience. Free refreshments available.}


"Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" (Metro Lyrics).

This is really fun. Various media forms exist, including a cute TV cartoon show.
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
You're alright, GK. Horses were the detour.

Billy Mack - Christmas is all around
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Okay, if we're staying Christmassy then Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and everybody on the ship too while we're at it.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Staying Christmasy...

"The Marvelous Toy", written by Tom Paxton.

Covered by Peter, Paul, and Mary, and also by John Denver. (Paul sang the PPM version, and really got into it. Lots of fun!)
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Another child's toy? Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
This is a much more wholesome song about a child's explorations: Come Away Melinda
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
While choosing a Harry Belafonte song, I came across this: Harry Belafonte v Animal
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Thank you for that! But over here we still have One day left of 2017.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Joe Jackson: Be My Number Two
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
So many songs I could link to after that, but I won’t...
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Commodores - Three Times a Lady
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
The Four Seasons (Vivaldi -- not Frankie Valli).
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Delius - On hearing the first cuckoo in spring.
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Hoping for five cuckoos in that song or something ...


The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 miles)
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Very tenuous association - songs with numbers in the title. Maybe I just wanted an excuse to listen to

39 from Night at the Opera by Queen
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Mozart: Queen of the Night's aria.
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues. No contest really.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
The Outlandish Knight by lots and lots of people, but in this version, Bellowhead.

[ 06. January 2018, 20:40: Message edited by: Jemima the 9th ]
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Back to nights rather than knights

In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 
Tomorrow is a Long Time (His Bobness, of course)

I think I've played right - I'm a virgin. See line 2.
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Some of you will know that as well as being a wonderful musician Bob Dylan is also a painter. He's apparently written more than one song about Vincent van Gogh, but AFAIK Don Maclean's song is more famous.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
From "Starry, Starry Night" to "Good Morning, Starshine."
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Also from Hair, although not this version
Steve Carrell and the Cast from the 40-year-old-Virgin: The Age of Aquarius
 

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Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
This is the dawning of the cage and aquarium ( They Might Be Giants
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 
aquariums are usually aqua, I guess ... (and do I confess that I love 'em?)
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
It's been a good year for the roses - Elvis Costello
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Nina Hagen is cool! I present 'Blumen Für Die Damen' (='Flowers for the Ladies').
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Kissing tiny flowers, it's Led Zeppelin.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
One of my very favorite songs.

Gillian Welsh: Acony Bell
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Nirvana - In Bloom
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
You can 'sell the kids for food' as Nirvana suggests or have
Rippy the Gator eat them.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
From alligator to Crocodiles.
 

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Posted by Zappa (# 8433) on :
 
crocodiles rock
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
What did you expect?

Classic Queen!
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
A little smaller than a rock: Like a Rolling Stone by Zappa's buddy.
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
References to songs I don't need to click on because I know them makes me say I Hate You. (Monks, 1966 which are a different band than The Monks)
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
Monks, 1966 which are a different band than The Monks

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And even more different... The Monkees - Daydream Believer.

(I do apologize if this causes earworms for anyone.)
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
"Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees!"
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
A monkey? How about a Funky Gibbon?
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Speaking of Gibbons ...

O clap your hands by Orlando Gibbons


 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
I have always been a woman who arranges things,
For the pleasure and the profit I derive;
I have always been a woman who arranges things- like luncheon parties, daffodils and lives

I put my hand in here, I put my hand in there

The song is from Hello Dolly, Best version: Carol Channing, though am told by a globe trotting acquaintance that Bette Midler is wowing them on Broadway now.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Helen Reddy: I am Woman
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Ready, Steady, Go!
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Go, tell it on the mountain
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Is this the song, aleihs? Let is stand as my response if not.

Paul Oakenfield: Ready Steady Go
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Posting to clear confusion from my cross-post above Association is Mountain: Denver, among others...


John Denver: Take Me Home Country Roads

[ 13. January 2018, 01:51: Message edited by: simontoad ]
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Bewildered old lady from OZ.
[1] Yes, Ready Steady Go was the song. Didn't know who it was by.
[2] Go tell it on the Mountain is a Gospel Song {I think]. Sung by lots of people , usually en masse[ as opposed to in mass!]
[3] Rocky Mountain High is a great song. Didn't know any one but John Denver sang it.
[4] Now I don't know what we are up to: If it is Rocky Mountain High, then
High Hopes
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Bewildered old lady from OZ:
And if it's Take me home, Country Roads, then


The Road to Gundagai Every country singer in Australia. Slim Dusty will do nicely
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Following up on "road"... Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore.


 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Pete Seeger: Waist deep in the Big Muddy
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Deep River
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
But Geordie can't swim.
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Geordie, where's yer trousers?
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Keep your feet still Geordie, hinny,


Alex Glasgow [from the record of When the Boat comes in]
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
George - Findlay Napier.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Another George sang My Sweet Lord.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Mac Davis and Kenny Rogers: O Lord It's Hard to be Humble
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Back to the Beatles: A Hard Day's Night
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Lunchbox's song 'Bills' is about feeling the pressure to work hard.
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
Short Skirt Long Jacket.

"I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity
Who uses a machete to cut through red tape. With fingernails that shine like justice. "
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Cake for the Birthday Girl.
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
If I'd known you were coming, I'd have baked a cake
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Mother Goose: Baked Beans
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
What goes with beans? Spam!
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Spamelot? Camelot, I know it sounds a bit bizarre, but
"In Camelot, Camelot, That's how conditions are".
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Rick Wakeman - Guinevere (from his 'King Arthur' album).
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Chris Cross: Arthur's Theme
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Kris Kross : Jump Jump
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
The House of Pain with 'Jump Around'.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Jumpin Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
After all that jumping, you need Home For A Rest.

(by Spirit Of The West).
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
"Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back
no more , no more, no more"
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
after HOME FOR A REST which snuck in whilst I was typing:

then, beloved of Nellie Melba, so often repeated :

HOME, SWEET HOME
which leads me through an obscure mental process to Peter Allen and repeated ad nauseam through the Qantas ad:
I STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME
Never fails to bring a tear to the eye.
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
I only know that song from the musical 'The Boy From Oz' - and Hugh Jackman played the lead on Broadway.

So I could post all sorts of songs from the lovely Mr 'Huge' Jackman (or Jack Human as a friend calls him). Do I go for Les Mis? Or The Greatest Showman? No, I'll go back to when I saw him on stage in London, prior to when Hollywood came calling. And my goodness, the testosterone reached up to the back row.

Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
From Hugh Jackman to Hugh Cornwell - Skin Deep by The Stranglers.
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Hugh Jackman[lovely man] was the replacement for the definitive Peter Allen as played by Todd McKinney, in the run of The Boy from OZ when premiered in Australia.. The producers wanted a NAME for Broadway and so Hugh got the job.

Returning to nos moutons:
I've got you under my skin
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
UB40 & Chrissy Hynde - I Got You Babe
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Get your hankies ready...

That’ll Do

From ‘Babe: Pig in the City”

Randy Newman knows how to write a tear-jerker. Add in Peter Gabriel’s beautiful vocals and the Black Dyke Mills Band (who are not what you’re thinking...) and


 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
"that'll be the day"

Can't recall whether I'll cry or die
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Don't cry or die -- It's a Beautiful Day (U2)!
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
On various occasions both Bono and the Edge have performed with Wyclef Jean, who tells us in this cool song that he'll be going away for a while....
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
"GOING HOME, GOINGHOME, I AM GOING HOME"
to the tune from Dvorak's the New World Symphony;

best version I have heard is an Australian tenor called David Hobson with a backing choir from South Africa and drum accompaniment.

Absolute Magic. Real Tearjerker.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by aliehs:
"GOING HOME, GOINGHOME, I AM GOING HOME"
to the tune from Dvorak's the New World Symphony;

best version I have heard is an Australian tenor called David Hobson with a backing choir from South Africa and drum accompaniment.

Absolute Magic. Real Tearjerker.

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Do you have a link?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Here's a song about the struggle of a seasonal agricultural worker to earn enough to be going home.

Gillian Welch: One More Dollar

There's a fair chance I've posted this before - one of my very favorite songs.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
From Gillian Welch to Bruce Welch - The Frightened City by The Shadows.
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
From a 'Frightened City' to a 'Dirty Old Town'....
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
When you are weary, leave your troubles Behind and Go Down Town .

Petula Clark mid 60's

In answer to the enquiry about the David Hobson track: thee CD was called "In my father's house", re released in 2013, and I believe it's available on I tunes. Just Google David Hobson tenor. It5's a great CD co -written with David Herschfelder who wrote the music for "Shine". about David Helfgott. Seem to be a collection of Davids, doesn't there? Maybe the next singing group?
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
If you're going DownTown, you might end up Down in the tube station at midnight
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Jam might be found in a Pantry - Here's an early track from John.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Otis Redding: Down in the Valley
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
"Down by the Sally Gardens, my love and I did meet."
By Yeats?
Sung by lots . Think Peter Pears,in a Cecil Sharp arrangement

Always wondered what this had to do with Salvation Army till I realised it was Sally as in willows.
Has this thread come to an end? Doesn't show up in the Circus listing 26th January. Or maybe I just can't see it.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Aled Jones: Did you not Hear My Lady (out in the garden there) Handel was involved too.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Peter Skellern - You're a lady .
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Luck, Be a Lady Tonight from 'Guys and Dolls.'
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
There are lots of songs about being lucky or out of luck, but I don't know most of them. Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' song was a very catchy hit, although the content is questionable.
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Shout Hallelujah, come on

Get Happy, get ready for the judgement day
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
If we're lucky, there will be peace.

The Armed Man - Karl Jenkins
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
How about

Lay Down Your Arms And Surrender To Mine - Anne Shelton
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
"Put your arms around me, honey, Hold me tight"
Think the song is I never knew a girl like you. No idea who sang it
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Alternatively:
" When I am laid, am laid in earth ,
May my bones create
Not marble, not marble in thy breast"


Dido's Lament from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Dame Janet Baker
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Otherwise known as "When I am laid by Henry Purcell"...

Which of course leads to another Dido

Thank You - Dido
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Which inevitably reminds me of the first time I heard that song, in a sample, from:

Stan - Eminem

Be warned - that clip is potentially triggering, contains disturbing domestic violence related content.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
STANd by your man - Tammy Wynette
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Tammy Wynette: D-I-V-O-R-C-E
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Diamonds are a girl's best friend

well in a divorce you can always keep the diamonds!

the incomparable Marilyn and Jane Russell in whatever film it was, Gentlemen prefer Blondes, perhaps?
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Darn it, missed my chance but I’ll post it anyway. I was tempted to post the Billy Connolly parody of D.I.V.O.R.C.E. but instead I went to this fun pastiche from Starlight Express:

U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.

Now, as for diamonds, I will grant you a boon:

Hi Ho Silver - Jim Diamond
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
I like John's version: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

Also, my headphones have developed a fault. They lasted about 10 years but....

[ 30. January 2018, 09:26: Message edited by: simontoad ]
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
And that, of course, inspired Judy in Disguise in Glasses.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
John Hegley - Song about cleaning your glasses.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
He should, of course, be singing I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash).
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Not if the glasses have not been cleaned properly. Blur - Tender
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
During the Britpop era Blur were famously the bitter rivals of Oasis. Thanks to them, we Gen xers thought we'd 'Live Forever'. Youthful folly....
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Folly indeed. As Queen sang...

Who Wants To Live Forever?
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
That would depend on whether you were Forever Young (Rod Stewart).
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Young Ones

Cliff [before he was Sir Cliff] Richards and the Shadows.
Shades of the early 60's- We're all going on a Summer Holiday
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve: Subterranean Homesick Blues

This is a clip from The Young Ones, a British TV show I watched as a teenager.
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Twelve green bottles

And successively down to no green bottles
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Twelve? We only get ten in the UK. Lucky Ozians.

How about a bottle of white or a bottle of red?

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Prefab Sprout - Billy.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
William it was really nothing The Smiths
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Nothing Has Been Proved - Dusty Springfield and the Pet Shop Boys
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
'NOTHING IN THE WORLD CAN TAKE ME AWAY FROM MY GUY'

My Guy- can't remember who sang it, maybe Diana Ross and the Supremes?
Anyway one of the American Motown groups.
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
Mary Wells was the original artist and the line is Nothing you could say could tear me away from my guy - the work of Smokey Robinson.

[ 02. February 2018, 11:21: Message edited by: L'organist ]
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Was Smokey's wife Mrs. Robinson?
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Which reminds me of a childrens' nursery near me. Their sign has cute little bunnies on it, and their name is 'Bright Eyes Nursery'

Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Thank you for the information about Mary Wells.

From the last post:
Run, Rabbit, Run Rabbit, Run, Run, Run

Immortalised in the version from Dad's Army.

Stupid Boy.

Ian Lavender touring with his reminiscences when I was in Middlesbrough in 2016 at the Little Theatre.
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
The Sun has got his hat on
- another song with lyrics by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
I am in a mood for gloom, and so associate this song with the very dark Mr Siegal by Tom Waites. It contains the line, "I shot the morning in the back with my red wings on, told the sun it better go back down..."
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Cheer up , person from Romsey; it's a beautiful day in Geelong.

In fact:
I've got the sun in the morning , and the moon at night
No idea where it's from; maybe a bit of Rogers and Hammerstein?
Especially appropriate with the super orange moon, which was also blue, coupled with an eclipse. Astronomers were chortling with delight.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by aliehs:
In fact:
I've got the sun in the morning , and the moon at night
No idea where it's from; maybe a bit of Rogers and Hammerstein?

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It's from "Annie Get Your Gun" -- Google is your friend.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
If Annie gets her gun, do we know if she's ok, Annie?
Smooth Criminal
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Tony Christie imagines himself as a criminal in 'I did what I did for Maria'.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
This Maria?
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
B]THE LONELY GOATHERD[/B]

Now this may seem a little of a stretch, but I thought;
"What do we do about a problem called Maria?" from Sound of Music,
and then: Climb every Mountain ,
and then : Edelweiss,
but ended with the lonely goatherd.
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
That lonely goatherd wasn't from Manchester by any chance, was he?
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
I assume you mean Manchester, England.
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
[B]AND DID THOSE FEET, IN ANCIENT TIMES, WALK UPON ENGLAND'S MOUNTAINS GREEN?[/B

Words by William Blake, Music by Hubert Parry[I think],and beloved by many. It's the trumpets at the end that always get me..
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
The trumpets we aren't hearing, because you didn't link to the song (like everyone else does).

All we hear is the Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Whereas a link might have let us hear The Sound of Music.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Yes, links are good. PM me if you need any Help: The Beatles working out how to do it. I know things are a bit slow in Geelong

[ 06. February 2018, 00:07: Message edited by: simontoad ]
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Sorry about that. I am technologically challenged; in fact I have managed to turn my desktop screen sideways and have sent to my computer guru for help, as I have pressed every button in sight to no avail.
From HELP by the Beatles to Hymn 46 in the Australian Hymnal GOD OUR HELP IN AGES PAST.
Isaac Watts 1674 to 1748, based on Psalm 90. Music usually St Anne, but no compose mentioned.

From a sideways world temporarily
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Weird Al Yankovic - Amish Paradise
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
From Paradise to

"Take my Hand, I'm a stranger in Paradise"
KISMET borrowed from Borodin.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Stairway to Paradise
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Sade: Paradise
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Fauré - In Paradisum.
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Indeed Faure's "In Paradisium" is heavenly.
But if we are talking about heavenly things,
The golden evening brightens in the west,
soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest;
sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest. Alleluia, Alleluia.

[ to be sung quietly but with gusto]

FOR ALL THE SAINTS ETC VERSE 6
William Walsham Howe 1823-1897 Tune : Sine Nomine
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Commonly known to organists who play it as "Pom For All The Saints" (because there's a big POM! before the congregation come in).

So from a Pom song to an Aussie one...

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Not a gum tree, probably, but Shadows and Tall Trees (U2).
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
and speaking of tall trees, and the mighty gum, did you know there was an Aussie Group called Red Gum? as for me:
"Give me a home amongst the gum trees
with lots of plum trees [ 2+ lines] ....and an old rocking chair."
Used as the theme for a long running Gardening Program called Burke's Backyard. Said eponymous Burke is now under scrutiny for nastiness.
But the song lives on.

Oh by the way, I am now right side up!
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
'Give me a home among the gum trees' would be followed by (if successful) a Move.
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
and of course MOVE means transport; so back to Flanders and Swann:

"A TRANSPORT OF DELIGHT"

wherein is celebrated the London \ Double Decker Bus. "Hold very tight please, [ding ding]"
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
can I follow myself ? On the assumption I can, and linking with "ding, ding"


'Ding went the strings of my heart'

The trolley song.

Judy Garland: [ Meet me in St Louis maybe?]
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
I've got no strings
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
All that wooden bastard ever does is tell me Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac

[ 12. February 2018, 13:07: Message edited by: Dark Knight ]
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
"But I don't have a wooden heart"


Elvis Presley song translated from the German.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Lano & Woodley: Bouncy Rabbit

One naughty word at the end.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Run, rabbit, run.
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Rabbit rabbit rabbit
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Dear God, that song was awful.

Anyway, I don't know much about rabbits - but I know they Jump - Van Halen
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Jump - for my love
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
I jumped - and now I'm Free Falling - Tom Petty
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Birds don't usually fall, but here's Free Byrd (Lynyrd Skynyrd).
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
It had to be -

The Birdie Song!
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
As it's getting near to Eurovision time, here's the 1959 UK entry

Sing Little Birdie
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
OK, this gives me a chance to include an amusing Japanese yodelling song about a magic chicken.
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
Which leads to You can do magic from one-hit wonders Limmie & Family Cookin'
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
That'll impress Nick Drake.
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
I struggled listening through that, thinking that guy sounds like a Creep - Radiohead
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
From CREEP to BEEP

as in that little Nash Rambler.

"Beep, beep,
beep, beep",
His horn went
"Beep, beep, beep"
..........
"Hey Buddy how do I get this car out of second gear?"
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Beep beep, I’m a sheep 🐑


 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Billy Thorpe with Lobby Lloyd: Be bop a Lula
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
all I can think of is the LAST line:

SHE'S MY BABY NOW, "
repeat last three words ad nauseam.

Dammit, I'm going to be humming that all afternoon. Thank you Simon Toad
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Avoiding the temptation of a million songs with the word 'Baby' in them. That would just be putting Baby in a corner, and nobody does that.

I've Had the Time of my Life

(Incidentally, I once saw one of those 'Top 30 movie quotes' TV programmes on German TV when I was in a Dusseldorf hotel. In German, the famous quote is "Mein Baby gehoert zu mir" - "My baby belongs to me". Um ... not quite so iconic!)
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Let’s do the time walk again
 

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Posted by not entirely me (# 17637) on :
 
https://youtu.be/Boyl6Iaw2Y4
Time and ticking clocks!
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Reckon I will stick with the time theme.

One Week - Barenaked Ladies
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
Yes - Turn of the century.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Turn! Turn! Turn! (Pete Seeger)
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Aswad and 'Don't Turn Around'.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
OK, I detected a ska type of beat there, which can only mean one thing:

The Specials: Ghost Town
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
"GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY'
 

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Posted by not entirely me (# 17637) on :
 
I stumbled on the tingly original of ghost riders...and instantly thought https://youtu.be/AKC8pSFg1Vw
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Horsey horsey don’t you stop


 

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Posted by not entirely me (# 17637) on :
 
I’m intrigued to see how anyone can recover this thread. Can I try with Wild Horses?!?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Here's a song about a man and his mule:

Gillian Welch: Hard Times

This version is a little overproduced, but beggars can't be choosers
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Hard Times, by Charles Dickens, features the annoyingly saintly Stephen Blackpool.

Hence a song about The Blackpool Belle
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Sounds like they're on a beach holiday, and as for me, 'I do like to be beside the seaside'.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Then it must be time to go Surfin' USA with the Beach Boys.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Hoodoo Gurus: Like Wow Wipeout
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
BOMBORA!

Had to dig deep for that; can't remember who by but used to be on Countdown.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
The Atlantics: Bombora

I thought that one deserved a link - the classic surf sound.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
The Cruel Sea: This is not the Way Home
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Show me the way to go home.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Homeward Bound (Simon and Garfunkel)
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Or, alternatively, 'She's Leaving Home'.
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
But, maybe, one day she'll be Back for Good - Take That

<with sincere apologies >
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
With all the Russian investigations ongoing, could that be Back in The USSR?
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
RASPUTIN

Was that Hot Chocolate? or Abba?
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Dick Gaughan: Think Again This song is also known as Do You Think that the Russians want War, at least by me...
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Rasputin was of course Boney M (who specialised in history lessons to a catchy beat).

Mention of Russians takes me to:

Russians - Sting
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Somebody might have come up with this (I haven't been following for a while) but how about "Flight of the Bumblebee" for Sting?

[ 18. February 2018, 11:28: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Another insect pollinator: 'Love is Like a Butterfly.'
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Muhammad Ali The Black Superman

He stings like a bee!
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
That old black magic
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Old Man River that Old Man River
he must know something but he don't say nothing,
That Old Man River, he just keeps rolling along.
You and me, we sweat and strain,
Bodies all aching and wracked with pain:
"Tote that barge, lift that bale";
Get a little drunk and you land in jail.
I'm so weary and sick of trying.
And Old Man River, he just keeps rolling along.

Paul Robeson in Showboat
Yes I do know there shouldn't be "g' at the end of a lot of the words
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Moon River

Of course!
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Kev Carmody: River of Tears
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
It may or may not refer to the Jordan river, but I'm taking it anyway.
Bellowhead - Jordan
 

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Posted by jrw (# 18045) on :
 
All these rivers - this all goes much deeper than some would like to say.
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
How about a waterfall ? (Stone Roses)
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Free Fallin' (Tom Petty)
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
That song always reminds me of Barry Manilow's 'Mandy'. They're both about a man who realises that he's abandoned a good, loving and devoted woman for the sake of what? A bittersweet, hollow freedom?
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
..and if you have Freedom, do you need a

TREATY


Yothu Yindi amongst others

And the answer is YES!!!!
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Yes - wonderous stories.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Ranch Romance: Yes Yes Yes
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
which leads me to: I believe in

YESTERDAY

The Beatles of course. I believe the tune was called "scrambled eggs" before they worked out the lyrics.
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
I prefer to think about Tomorrow - Silverchair
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Or, Tomorrow
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
This was Jay Z's version of a famous song from 'Annie': 'Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)'
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Associating Annie with the great Bob Dylan is an example of Dirty Deeds done dirt cheap - ACDC
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
It's all about the Price Tag - Jessie J.
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Sorry, I just had to jump back in with the Flying Lizards and the ridiculously cool 'Money'.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Pink Floyd sang about Money too.
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Only one obvious answer:
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY

ABBA .

Now I have a request which has nothing to do with the thread.
Does anyone out there know the words to what I call the Geometry song, which I used to sing but can now only remember fragments. Each verse refers to a geometrical figure:- a circle, a square, a rectangle and finishes with a triangle. In that order The last verse[ the triangle] goes something like this:
couple of lines, then :
Triangular the relationship,that now has ceased to be:
Triangular the garment thin, which fastens with a safety pin,
The prize I had no wish to win , a lasing memory,
My true love gave to me
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
maybe two: If I were a Rich Man performed by Bryn Terfel
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Yeah, but Money Changes Everything.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
I thought it was Love Changes Everything.
 

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Posted by simontoad (# 18096) on :
 
Love, and a smile: Billy Bragg: Saffiyah Smiles
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Beautiful song, toad. Thankyou.

Solidarity forever - Peter Seeger
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
Paul Robeson singing 'Joe Hill'.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
But I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino).
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Of course, because Love Is Blue.
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
No, Love is a Bourgeois Construct - The Pet Shop Boys

(This is not the official video, but it's a lot of fun!)
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
From thee King and I by Rogers and Hammerstein?


Love is a many splendoured thing
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 

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Originally posted by aliehs:
From thee King and I by Rogers and Hammerstein?

Love is a many splendoured thing

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Not from The King and I or even by Rodgers and Hammerstein. It's the title song from Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing -- with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Well, thank you. I didn't [obviously ] know that.
But while we are still with LOVE


Black, black, black, is the colour of my true love's hair

Appalachian song
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
If she's naturally blonde, then I guess you can always Paint it Black (Rolling Stones).
 

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Posted by Jemima the 9th (# 15106) on :
 
Another song about Black Hair this time by Nick Cave.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair - this version by Sam Cooke, because it's what came up on YouTube. The version in my head is far more lively.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Speaking of women and "brown" here's Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (Herman's Hermits).
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Speaking of tenuous associations, here's Golden Brown - The Stranglers

(At least this is a good song ...)
 

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Posted by SvitlanaV2 (# 16967) on :
 
A strangler is quite likely to be a Psycho Killer....
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
Here's another tenuous connection:

STRANGE FRUIT

Even stranger when you think it was written by a New York Jewish Man.
I think Lady Day sang it
 

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Posted by Dark Knight (# 9415) on :
 
Another absolute gem of a song.

Bad Apples - Briggs are strange fruit.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Nancy Kerr / Shake the Chains - Poison Apples (it's about Alan Turing - from her intro to the song).
 

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Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on :
 
POISON IVY

repeated several times
Possibly early 60's or late 50's?
 

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