Oz ,'Beneath You'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Top 30 songs of 1974 or my favorite song from each year 1974-2004.
When I first saw this, I thought you meant, the 30 biggest hits from 1974.
Before you decide to go that route, be aware that the 2 biggest hits of the year were "The Way We Were" and "Seasons in the Sun."
"Seasons in the Sun."
We had joy, we had fun
We went streaking in the sun
But the cops had the gun
And they shot us in the bun
At least that's how it went on our schoolyard.
At least that's how it went on our schoolyard.
I'll have to teach that one to Emmett.
The original was by Jacques Brel, of course. Rod McKuen did the translation into English. Terry Jacks, who had the big hit with it, was in a band called The Poppy Family (which my co-editor, Kim, wrote a big piece about in Scram).
Scrappy, if you ever got around to watching that Cassavetes movie I loaned you on tape, its got a Bobby Darin TV special on it afterwards with The Poppy Family.
Terry Jacks, who had the big hit with it, was in a band called The Poppy Family (which my co-editor, Kim, wrote a big piece about in Scram).
And your bubblegum book had a piece about the Poppy Family. "Which Way You Goin', Billy?" is a personal favorite -- great sound, but I keep thinking I'm missing something in the lyrics.
Boggling at Jacques Brel having written "Seasons in the Sun." But it all makes a weird kind of sense ...
Boggling at Jacques Brel having written "Seasons in the Sun." But it all makes a weird kind of sense ...
Hey, its about death. It might be less sentimental in French.
"My Way"? Also French.
My only opinion of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is very shallow. Every time I see a picture of the singer, I think she looks incredibly strange. There's something off about her face.
Never heard the Memphis Goons, Hec, but I think I oughta.
I had similar thoughts looking over the pictures at their web site, Alicia. There's some shots that make her look very attractive, and others that make her look completely wrecked.