Scary thought....
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Scary thought....
Gimme a break..seventy-five years...no way?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7996979.stm
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7996979.stm
Slan,
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And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
W.B.Yeats
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
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Was that a monk on keyboard? (or maybe a Jawa?)
Yes, well...anyway, it has only been quite recently that I learned that the words were:
and her face at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale...
The popularity of certain songs does mystify. In that category: MacArthur Park.
Yes, well...anyway, it has only been quite recently that I learned that the words were:
and her face at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale...
The popularity of certain songs does mystify. In that category: MacArthur Park.
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So it's at least thirty-two years from its time at #1. I'm not gettin' the math, either.Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale is the most played song in public places in the last 75 years, according to a chart compiled for BBC Radio 2.
The song, with its distinctive organ riff, stayed at number one for six weeks in the UK in the summer of 1967.
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If you go back 75 years, considering all songs originating from 1934 on, there has been no other song played more in public.Nanohedron wrote:So it's at least thirty-two years from its time at #1. I'm not gettin' the math, either.Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale is the most played song in public places in the last 75 years, according to a chart compiled for BBC Radio 2.
The song, with its distinctive organ riff, stayed at number one for six weeks in the UK in the summer of 1967.
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Aha. Good thing I'm not your accountant, don't you think?emmline wrote:If you go back 75 years, considering all songs originating from 1934 on, there has been no other song played more in public.Nanohedron wrote:So it's at least thirty-two years from its time at #1. I'm not gettin' the math, either.Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale is the most played song in public places in the last 75 years, according to a chart compiled for BBC Radio 2.
The song, with its distinctive organ riff, stayed at number one for six weeks in the UK in the summer of 1967.
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What's even funnier is that "White Christmas" made the top 10. Do people listen to it year round or something?
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When I paint my masterpiece.
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The words of Whiter Shade ..have been debated about for years..everybody hears something different..emmline wrote:Was that a monk on keyboard? (or maybe a Jawa?)
Yes, well...anyway, it has only been quite recently that I learned that the words were:
and her face at first just ghostly, turned a whiter shade of pale...
The popularity of certain songs does mystify. In that category: MacArthur Park.
I happen to like, for my sins, MacArthur Park..it would fit very nicely in a musical..which one is debatable but In can honestly see it towards the end of Phantom....just when it all comes together...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHS8hj4TdT8
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Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
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Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
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You're laughing at me.dubhlinn wrote:...can honestly see it towards the end of Phantom....just when it all comes together...
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Never...emmline wrote:You're laughing at me.dubhlinn wrote:...can honestly see it towards the end of Phantom....just when it all comes together...
I am serious...
Interpretation can be a strange thing but I would have no problem placing McArthur alongside the Phantom...
Probably depends on how ye see Mac....or how I interpret the Phantom.
I can put forward a good argument for the gorgeous "Don't cry for me Argentina" and the sentiment behind Irish rebel stuff...
Depends on where you're sittin' ..
Wonder, ask, guess, amaze,dazzle, bewilder.... yes .. but never would I laugh...at you.
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And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
W.B.Yeats
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
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I grew up with that song and still haven't the foggiest notion, what it's about...
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I think that "Pale" tune is still great.
But then I like the soggy cake song and the phantom too.....
skipping the light fandango.....
But then I like the soggy cake song and the phantom too.....
skipping the light fandango.....
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The weirdness of some songs carries them forward on a wave of disbelief, or perhaps confusion. I quite like "Whiter Shade of Pale". Seems to go with "Leyla" somehow.
Your list reminded me of two songs, both, translations from the French - or possibly Italian. You'll know the ones I mean, maybe.
One has a sort of refrain that goes "Chips, Chips! Sheboom, sheboom."
And the other one has a line in the refrain that goes
"...a cute cute in a stupid-assed way..."
Your list reminded me of two songs, both, translations from the French - or possibly Italian. You'll know the ones I mean, maybe.
One has a sort of refrain that goes "Chips, Chips! Sheboom, sheboom."
And the other one has a line in the refrain that goes
"...a cute cute in a stupid-assed way..."
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Are you referring to Paolo Conte's Via Con Me?IB wrote:One has a sort of refrain that goes "Chips, Chips! Sheboom, sheboom."
Are you referring to Marc Almond's Jacky?IB wrote:a cute cute in a stupid-assed way
To find songs, stick the words in Google and follow the string with the word lyrics. Check the various hits to see if you can find a match to what you were thinking of. Follow up on YouTube to see if you can find the match you wanted.
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Can't youtube at work - but thank you for the suggestion.
I generally try a quote around the words and the word "word". "Lyrics" is a better suggestion. The quotable words are too brief to show up much. Your results sound more than likely.
I generally try a quote around the words and the word "word". "Lyrics" is a better suggestion. The quotable words are too brief to show up much. Your results sound more than likely.
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"Whiter" is one of those songs in which some really powerful music (yes, I really think that ) is completely wasted on completely goofy lyrics. It should be a song about, you know, something important. Something epic and tragic. The lyrics don't do the music justice.
I feel that way about lots of late '70's and '80's music. You hear this powerful, world-ending kind of music and it's great...until you listen to the lyrics. Another juvenile break-up song. ho hum.
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I feel that way about lots of late '70's and '80's music. You hear this powerful, world-ending kind of music and it's great...until you listen to the lyrics. Another juvenile break-up song. ho hum.
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