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Post by beth on Jan 31, 2009 20:47:50 GMT
C'mon, RiotGirl, don't be mean. My 13 yr old loves Brown Eyed Girl. Good for VM - it has terrific shelf life. p.s. Lin and Trubble both have lyrics up on pg. 3. Beth, in the interests of 'not being mean' I will freely admit that Brown Eyed Girl is NOT such a hideously bad song that my reaction to it is fully to be expected. It's not VM, it's me. And oh Lord, I hate that song. I really, really hate it. In my ears it sounds like bland American/Irish don't-frighten-the-horses RUBBISH. But each to her own; Chacun a son gout; one man's poison another man's fish etc. Thanks for being so objective and thoughtful. If you like edgier music, I can see how you wouldn't like VM. I have my dislikes, too - Dave Matthews Band for instance (shudder). Here's a gimmee for you if you'll bother with it. If not, it won't last. Too easy (another cliche lol ) I saw her today at a reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she would meet her connection At her feet was her footloose man
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 1, 2009 9:40:03 GMT
and you, my brown eyed girl, you-oo-oo my brown eyed girl.... got that one at least! I posted my answer I thought... mambo de la luna - Kirsty McColl. sha-la-la...
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Love is a temple Love is a shrine Buy some love at the five and dime A little bit of love From the counter store Get it on credit if you need some more. I wish someone would answer this one. If this is the song I'm thinking of, it's Annie Lennox and, I thought, "Love is a temple" or "Temple of Love" was the title - but maybe not, since you left that part in. Beth Are you thinking of the Annie Lennox (I think it was with the Eurythmics) 'Love is a stranger' . . Love is a stranger in an open car, etc.? I don't know who the lyric is. I'll guess Sisters of Mercy 'Temple of Love' because the name fits, but I know that's wrong. ALSO, it has to be an American artists, as a UK artist would not be singing about the 'five and dime'.
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 1, 2009 10:39:21 GMT
I saw her today at a reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she would meet her connection At her feet was her footloose man I didn't have a clue on that one, so I googled it. I wouldn't have got that one. For the reasons I have previously given to Jumbo. (And there's a clue for everyone else.)
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 1, 2009 13:01:55 GMT
Beth, in the interests of 'not being mean' I will freely admit that Brown Eyed Girl is NOT such a hideously bad song that my reaction to it is fully to be expected. It's not VM, it's me. And oh Lord, I hate that song. I really, really hate it. In my ears it sounds like bland American/Irish don't-frighten-the-horses RUBBISH. But each to her own; Chacun a son gout; one man's poison another man's fish etc. Thanks for being so objective and thoughtful. If you like edgier music, I can see how you wouldn't like VM. I have my dislikes, too - Dave Matthews Band for instance (shudder). Here's a gimmee for you if you'll bother with it. If not, it won't last. Too easy (another cliche lol ) I saw her today at a reception A glass of wine in her hand I knew she would meet her connection At her feet was her footloose man you're right. that really is too easy. it's the best stone's song ever, and the highbrows have to like it since it is the london symphony orchestra. you can't always get what you want
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 1, 2009 13:05:42 GMT
a REALLY simple one
one pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 1, 2009 13:09:42 GMT
Jim, if that's an oldie called "I Understand", I can't imagine anybody else knowing it. It's only chance I do. When we were kids, my sister took piano lessons. Her teacher gave her one "pop" song a month if she did well with her Bach. She had this sheet music, and it stayed in the piano bench the whole time I was growing up. I promise I probably won't know any other obscure lyrics you have. very good hon, you're absolutely right. i don't know if they were the original, but, the g-clefs did it before freddy. freddy and the dreamers actually had two versions. as i said, i spent a bunch to put it on cassette, because it hadn't been available in the u.s. for five years, and the cd had to be imported from holland. that meant that i had to get a cd player, and a couple other things to put it on cassette. i also had the line wrong. it's "your love for me, why not reveal" instead of "might not be real" although that goes better with the song, and, for the girl i intended it for, the most apt. what sucked was that there are 19 songs on the cd, and i didn't like any of the rest of them. my favorite version. i made an hour tape of it over and over again, and one time i went for a drive, 120 miles up and down the coast, and never took that tape out of the radio: That's quite a saga - between those two songs. "I Understand" is a vicious little ear-worm song anyway, so I'll bet you were semi-tranced after all that repetition. Did she come back, or did you just have to get over it? i sent her a dozen roses, which brought big time rain and i ended up at the shrink. a couple months later everything was cool and we were back to friends. we had to be, we worked together, which was one of the obstacles to begin with since it was the county
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Post by Big Lin on Feb 1, 2009 13:19:42 GMT
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbits! AT last one I know!
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Post by trubble on Feb 1, 2009 17:26:46 GMT
I wish someone would answer this one. If this is the song I'm thinking of, it's Annie Lennox and, I thought, "Love is a temple" or "Temple of Love" was the title - but maybe not, since you left that part in. Beth Are you thinking of the Annie Lennox (I think it was with the Eurythmics) 'Love is a stranger' . . Love is a stranger in an open car, etc.? I don't know who the lyric is. I'll guess Sisters of Mercy 'Temple of Love' because the name fits, but I know that's wrong. ALSO, it has to be an American artists, as a UK artist would not be singing about the 'five and dime'. It is Eurythmics. You want more clues to the title or want me to reveal? More lyrics from the same song: Love is a temple Love is a shrine Buy some love at the five and dime A little bit of love From the counter store Get it on credit if you need some more. I'll be the figure of your disgrace A criss cross pattern upon your face A woman's just too tired to think About the dirty old dishes in the kitchen sink. I wish I was invisible So I could climb through the telephone When it hurts my ear And it hurts my brain And it makes me feel too much Too much too much too much. Don't cut me down When I'm talking to you 'Cause I'm much too tall To feel that small.
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Post by riotgrrl on Feb 1, 2009 19:01:27 GMT
Clue Trubs?
I'll guess Angels & Airwaves, but i don't think i'm right.
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 1, 2009 22:39:18 GMT
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbits! AT last one I know! you got it, although i think it was a little before your time
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Post by beth on Feb 2, 2009 4:29:45 GMT
I can see by your eyes you must be lying When you think I don't have a clue Baby you're crazy If you think that you can fool me
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Post by Big Lin on Feb 2, 2009 15:54:36 GMT
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbits! AT last one I know! you got it, although i think it was a little before your time It certainly was, Jim, but I grew up listening to my Dad's collection of stuff from the sixties, seventies and early eighties. He used to really fancy Grace Slick as a teenager though apparently his favourite was Dusty Springfield!
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Post by mindy on Feb 2, 2009 16:29:28 GMT
Some say love- it is a flower, and you- it's only seed. It's the heart, afraid of breaking That never learns to dance It's the dream, afraid of waking That never takes the chance It's the one, who won't be taken Who cannot seem to give And the soul afraid of dying That never learns to live
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 2, 2009 19:13:41 GMT
you got it, although i think it was a little before your time It certainly was, Jim, but I grew up listening to my Dad's collection of stuff from the sixties, seventies and early eighties. He used to really fancy Grace Slick as a teenager though apparently his favourite was Dusty Springfield! "wishing and hoping" was a great song, but, grace slick was a fox. i was never into blondes, although, i would have gave marianne faithful serious consideration
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 2, 2009 19:14:53 GMT
Some say love- it is a flower, and you- it's only seed. It's the heart, afraid of breaking That never learns to dance It's the dream, afraid of waking That never takes the chance It's the one, who won't be taken Who cannot seem to give And the soul afraid of dying That never learns to live the rose, by any number of people, but bette midler is probably the best known
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Post by mindy on Feb 2, 2009 21:17:44 GMT
Some say love- it is a flower, and you- it's only seed. It's the heart, afraid of breaking That never learns to dance It's the dream, afraid of waking That never takes the chance It's the one, who won't be taken Who cannot seem to give And the soul afraid of dying That never learns to live the rose, by any number of people, but bette midler is probably the best known Good Job Jumbo! I thought that was a pretty easy one. I think Bette Midler sings it best.
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Post by iamjumbo on Feb 2, 2009 21:54:45 GMT
the rose, by any number of people, but bette midler is probably the best known Good Job Jumbo! I thought that was a pretty easy one. I think Bette Midler sings it best. her version is probably my favorite one:
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Post by beth on Feb 3, 2009 1:38:03 GMT
[quote . It is Eurythmics. You want more clues to the title or want me to reveal? More lyrics from the same song: Love is a temple Love is a shrine Buy some love at the five and dime A little bit of love From the counter store Get it on credit if you need some more. I'll be the figure of your disgrace A criss cross pattern upon your face A woman's just too tired to think About the dirty old dishes in the kitchen sink. I wish I was invisible So I could climb through the telephone When it hurts my ear And it hurts my brain And it makes me feel too much Too much too much too much. Don't cut me down When I'm talking to you 'Cause I'm much too tall To feel that small. I don't know. Just can't come up with a title - mental block perhaps, but it's no use.
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Post by beth on Feb 3, 2009 1:40:28 GMT
We need to go back and total up the points and post them before things go much further. If nobody else wants to do it, I'll try to get a round 2-it tmorrow.
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Post by trubble on Feb 3, 2009 8:54:04 GMT
You have placed a Chill in my Heart. uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MMY7YFmlAowYou got it though, Beth.
I'll leave one to guess too:
What's with these homies, dissing my girl? Why do they gotta front? What did we ever do to these guys That made them so violent? Woo-hoo, but you know I'm yours Woo-hoo, and I know you're mine Woo-hoo, and that's for all time
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