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Lyrically Speaking 12-4-07
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:11 am
by traininvain
LS #2…………………………………………1982
OK, this year we'll take a trip back to 1982, my first year of what would become 20 years in the record business. As I recall the two big albums that year were John Cougar's American Fool & Asia's Asia. None of those two artists songs are part of the game today, but we have two #1's and three other top 10 hits amongst our other top 40 hits, along with one song that couldn't quite break into the top 40, but went on to 'bigger' things down the road....
Good luck and have fun!
1. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
Either with or without you
2. You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove
3. Now the feeling is beginning to grow
And the meaning is something you only know
If you believe it take my hand and I’ll take your heart
4. If you judge a book by the cover
Then you'd judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me, I go from one extreme to another
5. Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to loose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
6. On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well, by seventy-six, we'll be a-okay
7. Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
8. I saw your eyes
And you touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
9. You can dress in pink and blue just like a child
And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile
We’ll be there in just a while
If you follow me
10. After all you've done for me
All I really want to do is
Take the love you've brought my way
And give it all right back to you
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:18 am
by littlebeast13
1. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
Either with or without you
Don't You Want Me - Human League
2. You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
3. Now the feeling is beginning to grow
And the meaning is something you only know
If you believe it take my hand and I’ll take your heart
4. If you judge a book by the cover
Then you'd judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me, I go from one extreme to another
The Look of Love - ABC (Love this video)
5. Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to loose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
6. On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well, by seventy-six, we'll be a-okay
7. Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
8. I saw your eyes
And you touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
Space Age Love Song - Flock of Seagulls (Boy, you're really digging into the vault! No wonder I'm having so much trouble with a year in the 80's!)
9. You can dress in pink and blue just like a child
And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile
We’ll be there in just a while
If you follow me
10. After all you've done for me
All I really want to do is
Take the love you've brought my way
And give it all right back to you
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:29 am
by mellytu74
Good luck and have fun!
1. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
Either with or without you
2. You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove
3. Now the feeling is beginning to grow
And the meaning is something you only know
If you believe it take my hand and I’ll take your heart
4. If you judge a book by the cover
Then you'd judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me, I go from one extreme to another
5. Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to loose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
6. On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well, by seventy-six, we'll be a-okay
7. Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
8. I saw your eyes
And you touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
9. You can dress in pink and blue just like a child
And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile
We’ll be there in just a while
If you follow me
10. After all you've done for me
All I really want to do is
Take the love you've brought my way
And give it all right back to you
1. Don't You Want Me, Baby - No clue on artist, although I should know
2. Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
3. Do You Believe in Live - Huey Lewis
4. Nope
5. Nope
6. Steely Dan song? Don't know the name, though
7. Rock the Casbah - The Clash
8. Nope
9. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
10. Nope
Re: Lyrically Speaking 12-4-07
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:49 am
by minimetoo26
I thought this would be a slam dunk, since this was when I graduated from high school, but alas....
traininvain wrote:LS #2…………………………………………1982
1. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
Either with or without you
Ick! Don't You Want Me, The Human League
2. You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove
I can't pull this, but I think I'm blocking it because it sucks. I could be wrong....
3. Now the feeling is beginning to grow
And the meaning is something you only know
If you believe it take my hand and I’ll take your heart
It's Huey Lewis and the News, but I can't think of the title. Happy to be Stuck With You doesn't seem to fit and it's later than 82. I think...
4. If you judge a book by the cover
Then you'd judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me, I go from one extreme to another
The Look of Love, ABC
5. Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to loose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
Can't place it
6. On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well, by seventy-six, we'll be a-okay
Familiarish, but can't pull it.
7. Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
Rock the Casbah, The Clash. Fun one!
8. I saw your eyes
And you touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
Nope, but the lyrics are pretty generic-looking.
9. You can dress in pink and blue just like a child
And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile
We’ll be there in just a while
If you follow me
Steppin' Out, Joe Jackson. GREAT album!
10. After all you've done for me
All I really want to do is
Take the love you've brought my way
And give it all right back to you
OMG!! I had forgotten about this! I loved this tape, and I'll have to see if they ever made a CD. I loved Cynical Girl. Someday, Someway, Marshall Crenshaw.
Better than last one, but still no great shakes....
Re: Lyrically Speaking 12-4-07
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:54 am
by ToLiveIsToFly
LS #2…………………………………………1982
1. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
Either with or without you
Human League - Don't You Want Me
2. You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove
Steve Miller - Abracadabra
3. Now the feeling is beginning to grow
And the meaning is something you only know
If you believe it take my hand and I’ll take your heart
Huey Lewis and the News - Do You Believe in Love
4. If you judge a book by the cover
Then you'd judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me, I go from one extreme to another
ABC - The Look of Love (so far so good)
5. Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to loose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
So much for the perfecto
6. On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well, by seventy-six, we'll be a-okay
Nope
7. Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
Clash - Rock the Casbah
8. I saw your eyes
And you touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
I can almost but not quite pull this one
9. You can dress in pink and blue just like a child
And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile
We’ll be there in just a while
If you follow me
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
10. After all you've done for me
All I really want to do is
Take the love you've brought my way
And give it all right back to you
What a great song! Marshall Crenshaw - Someday Some Way
Re: Lyrically Speaking 12-4-07
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:10 am
by NellyLunatic1980
1. "Don't You Want Me", Human League
2. pass
3. "Do You Believe in Love", Huey Lewis and the News
4. pass
5. pass
6. pass
7. "Rock the Casbah", the Clash
8. pass
9. "Steppin' Out", Joe Jackson
10. pass
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:33 am
by starfish1113
1. Don't You Want Me - Human League - #1
2. Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band - the second #1
3. Do You Believe in Love - Huey Lewis and the News - Top Ten
4. The Look of Love - ABC
5. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - Missed Top 40
6. I.G.Y. - Donald Fagen
7. Rock the Casbah - Clash - Top Ten
8. Nope
9. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson - Top Ten
10. Nope
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:51 am
by eyégor
1 Don't You Want Me - The Human League - #1
2 Something by The Steve Miller Band - Top 10?
3 Do You Believe In Love - Hughie Lewis & The News - #1
4 The Brain- She Freezes - The Troll Town Singers
5 Nope
6 again, the nope
7 Rock the Casbah - The Clash - I knew The Clash had to be here somewhere - Top 10
8 No again - Sob
9 Steppin Out - Joe Jackson - Top 10
10 Someday, Someway - Marshall Crenshaw - missed top 40
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:54 am
by eyégor
Ze Brain - she unfroze too late - boo hoo
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:49 am
by mikehardware
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5. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five?
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7. Rock the Casbah - The Clash
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Re: Lyrically Speaking 12-4-07
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:25 pm
by mrkelley23
traininvain wrote:LS #2…………………………………………1982
OK, this year we'll take a trip back to 1982, my first year of what would become 20 years in the record business. As I recall the two big albums that year were John Cougar's American Fool & Asia's Asia. None of those two artists songs are part of the game today, but we have two #1's and three other top 10 hits amongst our other top 40 hits, along with one song that couldn't quite break into the top 40, but went on to 'bigger' things down the road....
Good luck and have fun!
1. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
Either with or without you
2. You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove
3. Now the feeling is beginning to grow
And the meaning is something you only know
If you believe it take my hand and I’ll take your heart
4. If you judge a book by the cover
Then you'd judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me, I go from one extreme to another
5. Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to loose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
6. On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well, by seventy-six, we'll be a-okay
7. Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
8. I saw your eyes
And you touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
9. You can dress in pink and blue just like a child
And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile
We’ll be there in just a while
If you follow me
10. After all you've done for me
All I really want to do is
Take the love you've brought my way
And give it all right back to you
1. Don't You Want Me -- Human League
2. Abracadabra -- Steve Miller Band
3. Do You Believe in Love -- Huey Lewis & the News
4. When Smokey Sings -- ABC
5.
6. IGY? Steely dan
7. NAMESAKE ALERT!!!!
Rock the Casbah -- The Clash
8.
9. Steppin' Out -- Joe Jackson
10.
That's all I got.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:35 pm
by tanstaafl2
Ah, 1982. A slow year by my standards but I might have known this rather unusual offering.
Now I've got a terminal daydream
Something that you'll never know
I keep it right here in my backpack, mon
And take it where ever I go
Perhaps not one everyone would remember though.
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:36 pm
by ghostjmf
1. Don't You Want Me/Human League
6. Asia?/Steely Dan
Re: Lyrically Speaking 12-4-07
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:47 pm
by fantine33
Obviously by 1982 I was listening to (gulp) Country AND Western!
traininvain wrote:LS #2…………………………………………1982
OK, this year we'll take a trip back to 1982, my first year of what would become 20 years in the record business. As I recall the two big albums that year were John Cougar's American Fool & Asia's Asia. None of those two artists songs are part of the game today, but we have two #1's and three other top 10 hits amongst our other top 40 hits, along with one song that couldn't quite break into the top 40, but went on to 'bigger' things down the road....
Good luck and have fun!
1. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
Either with or without you
Don't You Want Me Baby - The Human League
2. You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove
Abracadabra - Steve Miller
5. Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to loose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
I'm a Cute Little Penguin - Grandmaster Flash
7. Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:29 pm
by fantine33
I've now been singing the Greatest Hit of
The Human League
for hours. Thank you, traininvain.
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:25 am
by peacock2121
I heard # 1 recently - on a TV show, I think and I do not know it.
Nor do I know any of the other ones.
My goal is to know at least 10 by the end of the month.
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:20 pm
by Vails
Hi TiV! Too late for this?
1. Don't You Want Me ... Human League
2. One of the worst songs ever. Ever! Abracadabra ... Steve Miller Band
3. Do You Believe in Love ... Huey Lewis and the News
4. Human Nature ... Michael Jackson (guess)
5. Wow, I never bothered to know what this song was called. The Gap Band, right?
6. Was this really 1982? Jeepers, I'm old. I.G.Y. ... Donald Fagen
7. Rock the Casbah ... The Clash
8. P.Y.T. ... Michael Jackson (guess)
9. Stepping Out ... Joe Jackson
10. Hard to Say I'm Sorry ... Chicago (guess)
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:01 am
by traininvain
I'll be scoring this one too later tonight(fingers crossed), and posting some comments about both the songs and the year, but here are the answers anyway...
LS #2…………………………………………1982
1. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew Id find a much better place
Either with or without you
#1 Don’t You Want Me Baby – The Human League
2. You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove
#1 Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
3. Now the feeling is beginning to grow
And the meaning is something you only know
If you believe it take my hand and I’ll take your heart
#7 Do You Believe In Love – Huey Lewis & The News
4. If you judge a book by the cover
Then you'd judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me, I go from one extreme to another
#18 The Look of Love – ABC
5. Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to loose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
#62 The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat Melle Mel
6. On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well, by seventy-six, we'll be a-okay
#26 I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World) – Donald Fagen
7. Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
#8 Rock The Casbah – The Clash
8. I saw your eyes
And you touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
#30 Space Age Love Song – A Flock of Seagulls
9. You can dress in pink and blue just like a child
And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile
We’ll be there in just a while
If you follow me
#6 Steppin’ Out – Joe Jackson
10. After all you've done for me
All I really want to do is
Take the love you've brought my way
And give it all right back to you
#36 Someday Someway – Marshall Crenshaw
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:37 pm
by SportsFan68
I'm glad I dint post the only one I knew. RadioDude played #1 just the other day, so I recognized it.
I recognized 2 and 3 after I saw the titles, but I never heard them just from looking at the lyrics.
How about 1956? I bet I could get a couple of those.
"You ain't nothin but a houn dog......." My older brother started singing that one years after it was popular for some reason and got it banned at CasaSprotsMom.
Then he started in on Cielito Lindo but never got busted for that. Ay ay ay ay.............
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:00 am
by traininvain
Tried to post this four hours ago, so let's try this again...
LS #2…………………………………………1982
1. I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew Id find a much better place
Either with or without you
#1 Don’t You Want Me Baby – The Human League
I love this song, it always reminds me of an girlfriend from the past, unfortunately it ended for much like the song discribes. 
2. You make me hot, you make me sigh
You make me laugh, you make me cry
Keep me burnin' for your love
With the touch of a velvet glove
#1 Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
Never really thought that this was that great of a song, but there is something about it. IIRC this is one of the few songs to make it to #1 twice in the same year. Pretty sure that it dropped out of the #1 spot after being there for few weeks to the #2 spot and then about a week later made the move back to #1 again for another week.
3. Now the feeling is beginning to grow
And the meaning is something you only know
If you believe it take my hand and I’ll take your heart
#7 Do You Believe In Love – Huey Lewis & The News
I believe that eyegor said that saying something bad about Huey Lewis is like kicking a puppy, I agree.
4. If you judge a book by the cover
Then you'd judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me, I go from one extreme to another
#18 The Look of Love – ABC
I was never really a fan of this group let along this song, but I heard it about a week ago on the radio and thought, 'hey that's a pretty good song'.
5. Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to loose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under
#62 The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat Melle Mel
Didn't make a big mark on the charts, but in the grand scheme of things...
6. On that train all graphite and glitter
Undersea by rail
Ninety minutes from New York to Paris
Well, by seventy-six, we'll be a-okay
#26 I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World) – Donald Fagen
Great song, great album. I remember driving home one night hearing it on the radio and immediately heading to the record store to pick it up so I could play it at the bar later that night. Good video too and I.G.Y does stand for The International Geophysical Year which took place over 1957-58..
7. Now over at the temple
Oh, they really pack 'em in
The in crowd say it's cool
To dig this chanting thing
#8 Rock The Casbah – The Clash
Not their best song, but a damn good one. Still politically on the mark some 25 years later, unfortunately.
8. I saw your eyes
And you touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
#30 Space Age Love Song – A Flock of Seagulls
I was never a big fan of I Ran, but this song is just perfect in its simplicity. The lyrics in the clue are basically the lyrics in the song, as a matter of fact that last line is the chorus.
9. You can dress in pink and blue just like a child
And in a yellow taxi turn to me and smile
We’ll be there in just a while
If you follow me
#6 Steppin’ Out – Joe Jackson
Another great song from a great album. I've been lucky enough to see Joe Jackson a couple of time live, good stuff. On a side note, I heard one of the songs from Mike's Murder on the radio yesterday.
10. After all you've done for me
All I really want to do is
Take the love you've brought my way
And give it all right back to you
#36 Someday Someway – Marshall Crenshaw
I'm always surprised that Marshall Crenshaw didn't make it bigger. I LOVE this song, it should have been a Top Ten hit! I got to see him once live at the Bottom Line in NYC at a WNEW breakfast show, my firend and I headed home in my van blasting Rockin' Around in NYC in NYC. Another side note, I heard Cynical Girl on the radio yesterday.
Scoring:
starfish1113..........8
ToLiveIsToFly........7
mrkelley23...........6
Vails....................6
eyégor.................5
NellyLunatic1980...4
littlebeast13..........4
minimetoo26.........
5
mellytu74.............4
fantine33..............2
mikehardware.......2
ghostjmf..............1
peacock2121........0
Edited to correct my mistake and update mini's score.
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:11 am
by minimetoo26
traininvain wrote:Scoring:
starfish1113..........8
ToLiveIsToFly........7
mrkelley23...........6
Vails....................6
eyégor.................5
NellyLunatic1980...4
littlebeast13..........4
minimetoo26.........4
mellytu74.............4
fantine33..............2
mikehardware.......2
ghostjmf..............1
peacock2121........0
Did you miss my answer to #10 that ended up lost outside the quote? I think I actually got 5. Don't die of shock...
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:59 am
by traininvain
minimetoo26 wrote:traininvain wrote:Scoring:
starfish1113..........8
ToLiveIsToFly........7
mrkelley23...........6
Vails....................6
eyégor.................5
NellyLunatic1980...4
littlebeast13..........4
minimetoo26.........4
mellytu74.............4
fantine33..............2
mikehardware.......2
ghostjmf..............1
peacock2121........0
Did you miss my answer to #10 that ended up lost outside the quote? I think I actually got 5. Don't die of shock...
Sorry mini, I did see it the first time, but when I was scoring I guess I missed it. You are now correctly scored.
BTW, I did see your quote of both Elvis Costello
& Joe Jackson somewhere in a post (although, for the life of me I can't remember where), didn't want you to think I hadn't noticed, very cool.