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A rather silly but enjoyable song that I heard recently and that was played over and over in our high school cafeteria in the 70's. If you heard it back then, it will all come back to you!


Ballroom Blitz

Are you ready, Steve? Aha.
Andy? Yeah! Mick? OK.
Alright, fellas, let's go!

Oh it's been getting so hard
Livin' with the things you do to me, aha
Oh my dreams are getting so strange
I'd like to tell you everything I see
Oh, I see a man at the back
As a matter of fact his eyes are red as the sun
And a girl in the corner let no one ignore her
'Cause she thinks she's the passionate one

Oh, yeah, it was like lightning, everybody was frightening
And the music was soothing, and they all started grooving

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
And the man at the back said
Everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said
Boy, I wanna warn ya, it'll turn into a ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz, ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz

I'm reaching out for something
Touching nothing's all I ever do
Oh, I softly call you over
When you appear there's nothing left of you, aha
Now the man in the back
Is ready to crack as he raises his hands to the sky
And the girl in the corner is ev'ryone's mourner
She could kill you with a wink of her eye

Oh yeah, it was electric, so frightfully hectic
And the band started leaving, 'cause they all stopped breathing

Refrain

Oh yeah, it was like lightning, everybody was frightening
And the music was soothing, and they all started grooving

Refrain

It's it's a ballroom blitz, it's it's a ballroom blitz
It's it's a ballroom blitz, yeah, it's a ballroom blitz

giselle wrote:A rather silly but enjoyable song that I heard recently and that was played over and over in our high school cafeteria in the 70's. If you heard it back then, it will all come back to you!


Ballroom Blitz

Yes, it does come right back! It was a song that was very over played, so much so, that even if you liked it, you wanted it to stop.

Here's what's playing in my mind today, thanks to a friend's comment bringing it to mind.


"Hallelujah"


I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time
You let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving to
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a god above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not a cry you can hear at night,
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

"Hallelujah" is a brilliant Leonard Cohen song, I love his music … I thought his original would be the definitive version of this song but the kd lang version is pretty amazing, here it is on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWbovE

This is my newest favorite and is very stuck in my head. It makes me smile everytime I hear it.

All The Things That I Want by Because of Lily

Don't have the lyrics, so you'll have to listen - which is better anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-wfBkPLLK8

There's a great song, with a fun story attached to it, playing in my head tonight. I was trying to tell a friend that an acquaintance of mine was somewhat famous, having joined a band that is played on the radio. And because it's Friday at the end of the day and because I have a terrible time with recall I could not remember the band's name. Well the name of the band is Old Crow Medicine Show and it is their song - Wagon Wheel that I've got spinning. The guy I've met a few times is Chance McCoy.


Wagon Wheel

Headed down south to the land of the pines
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
Starin' up the road
Pray to God I see headlights

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
I can see my baby tonight

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
Hey mama rock me

Runnin' from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
My baby plays the guitar
I pick a banjo now

Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain't a turnin' back
To livin' that old life no more

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
Hey mama rock me

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly
Had a nice long toke
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee

And I gotta get a move on before for the sun
I hear my baby callin' my name
And I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh
At least I will die free

So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
Hey mama rock me

If you want to listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHutGIIGtbM

I heard the young man who wrote the song talk about how the song got written. It was actually a tune stared by Bob Dylan. Dylan only wrote the chorus and melody and the guy who ended up finishing the song was young and naive enough to think he could just pick it up and finish it. Well he did and it is great.

Oh Susanna!!!

A song by A.R. Rahman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjkZDoZd6GY

"Angel on My Bike" by the Wallflowers. These boys are my favorite, and they are often playing in the background when I get lost in writing. (They're probably on my mind today because I saw they're playing near Portland and I'm trying to decide if I should go.) Anyway, here's an acoustic version of the song that is just beautiful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PhEd0CflC8

I also enjoy The New Pornographers (Neko Case is amazing): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHWWWa8EvzI