Lyrically Speaking - 1/31/20
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:41 pm
Every Monday since June 2014 I've featured a different song on my blog. The most enduring of the music series I've run on Mondays has been the Dusty Vinyl Archive, where I give exposure to a song I believe has unfairly been buried in an age where there's too much homogeneity between corporate radio playlists of stations that play pre-2000 music. Every time an overplayed song like "Don't Stop Believin'" or "Smells Like Teen Spirit" airs yet again, another great hit song from the past dies. You can fill out a baseball schedule with the 162 DVA posts I have done in the past... and here are 20 of my favorites in this game. How many of these great overshadowed, or just plain lost, 70's, 80's and 90's songs can you pick out?
1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist...
1. Help me, help me
Cause you know
I'm not that strong
Help me, help me, darling
I've been lonely for too long
2. Do you hear me
Do you care
Do you hear me
Do you care
3. Coming over the airwaves
The man says I'm overdue
Sing along, send some money
Join the chosen few
4. You set my lips on fire
You won the key to my heart
You've got a special way to move me
Can't stop now let's do it again
5. And you lack the one that is devotion
Not always there in your hair in a daze.
Just too mixed up in your own emotions;
Your vanity will always be your greatest thing
6. Baby, it's no good
We're just askin for trouble
I can touch you but I
Don't know how to love you
7. She doesn't know your name
And your heart beats like a subway train
Ooh, it makes you wanna die
8. Lonely sidewalks, silent night
Bring the evening, deep inside
Hold me, darling, touch me now
Let the feeling free tonight
9. You know your voice is a love song
It`s a catcall from the past
There`s no ice in your lover`s walk
You don`t look twice
Cause you move so fast
10. I like black and white
Dreaming in black and white
You like black and white
11. I never had a head for solitare
It`s so unfair
That I`d should have my chance and lose
Feel like I`ve been used
12. All alone tonight, I'm calling out your name
Somewhere deep inside this part of you remains
Images of love take me back in time
13. Feeling neglected, used and rejected
You need a shoulder to lean upon
Maybe you picked him, found your next victim
Don't worry, someone will come along
14. Fat cats, big ass rats
Jumping to the beat
Black, black oil and crack
In a big black limousine
15. If you dont like what you got, why dont you change it?
If your world is all screwed up, then rearrange it
16. If I was you, and you were me
You wanna be winning
If you want something bad
You gotta wanna give your all
17. There's a fire beneath my skin
There's a fever that makes me ill
Got a love, a love that kills
I've got twenty four hours to live
18. It's okay you want to shine
But once you step across that line
No matter where you hide
I'm coming after you
19. Back in the race
I'm movin' in cause I am getting closer
I'm diggin' in
I want it more than anything I've wanted
20. Been six months
She hasn`t shut up once.
I`ve tried to explain,
She`s driving me insane.
Kroxquo Bonus: Name a song with artist that you like that seems to have been lost to the ages.
Image Bonus: Show me something you like non-music related that seems to have been lost to the ages.
1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist...
1. Help me, help me
Cause you know
I'm not that strong
Help me, help me, darling
I've been lonely for too long
2. Do you hear me
Do you care
Do you hear me
Do you care
3. Coming over the airwaves
The man says I'm overdue
Sing along, send some money
Join the chosen few
4. You set my lips on fire
You won the key to my heart
You've got a special way to move me
Can't stop now let's do it again
5. And you lack the one that is devotion
Not always there in your hair in a daze.
Just too mixed up in your own emotions;
Your vanity will always be your greatest thing
6. Baby, it's no good
We're just askin for trouble
I can touch you but I
Don't know how to love you
7. She doesn't know your name
And your heart beats like a subway train
Ooh, it makes you wanna die
8. Lonely sidewalks, silent night
Bring the evening, deep inside
Hold me, darling, touch me now
Let the feeling free tonight
9. You know your voice is a love song
It`s a catcall from the past
There`s no ice in your lover`s walk
You don`t look twice
Cause you move so fast
10. I like black and white
Dreaming in black and white
You like black and white
11. I never had a head for solitare
It`s so unfair
That I`d should have my chance and lose
Feel like I`ve been used
12. All alone tonight, I'm calling out your name
Somewhere deep inside this part of you remains
Images of love take me back in time
13. Feeling neglected, used and rejected
You need a shoulder to lean upon
Maybe you picked him, found your next victim
Don't worry, someone will come along
14. Fat cats, big ass rats
Jumping to the beat
Black, black oil and crack
In a big black limousine
15. If you dont like what you got, why dont you change it?
If your world is all screwed up, then rearrange it
16. If I was you, and you were me
You wanna be winning
If you want something bad
You gotta wanna give your all
17. There's a fire beneath my skin
There's a fever that makes me ill
Got a love, a love that kills
I've got twenty four hours to live
18. It's okay you want to shine
But once you step across that line
No matter where you hide
I'm coming after you
19. Back in the race
I'm movin' in cause I am getting closer
I'm diggin' in
I want it more than anything I've wanted
20. Been six months
She hasn`t shut up once.
I`ve tried to explain,
She`s driving me insane.
Kroxquo Bonus: Name a song with artist that you like that seems to have been lost to the ages.
Image Bonus: Show me something you like non-music related that seems to have been lost to the ages.
