In an act of contrition, and as a labour of love and penance, and also because I REALLY want someone to post the full message again, here's my post from earlier. Also, I suspect no one will be of a mind to be posting lyrics tomorrow/later on today. So here's some to keep everyone going:
Several still un-got. (I hope you all - particularly needtoknow - realize that in a drunken act of love and guilt I have trawled through something like a gazillion pages of drunken christmas waffle to repost this). The un-got ones in bold.
There's some easy ones here. Needtoknow on quadruple points for every one she gets to assuage my guilt
The theme of mine is that if you take the first letter from either the song or the artist it spells out a special Christmas Message to my chums on this thread.
Enjoy
You led me away from home
Just to save you from being alone
You stole my soul, and that's a pain I can do without
70s
Maggie May by Rod Stewart got by Midge, so an M or an R
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
80s
Eurythmics, Sweet Dreams, got by needtoknow and then midge and then coffee. So E or S
Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
Told them how to do the bob and it was grand
They started going steady and bless my soul
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole
50s originally, more famous (I think) version in the 70s
Let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
And we'll do some carolling
Originally 50s (again!) but we’ll all know the version from the 80s
Lookin' back on how it was
In years gone by
And the good times that I had
Makes today seem rather sad
So much has changed.
70s
Yesterday once more by the Carpenters, got by Shiny. So a Y or a C
You came along just like a song
And brighten my day
Who would have believed that you were part of a dream
Now it all seems light years away
70s
Can't smile without you, Barry Manilow got by shiny, so a C or a B
Where the haircuts smile
And the meaning of style
Is a night out with the boss
80s
Happy Hour by the Housemartins, got by shiny. So an H or an H
Arrest this man
He talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radio
90s
Karma Police by Radiohead, got by FlouncingB, so a K or an R
You think I'd crumble?
70s
I will survive by Gloria Gaynor got by needtoknow and then midge, so an I or a G
For we have been through hell and high tide
I think I can rely on you
80s
Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger's seat?
80s
Hello, teacher! Tell me, what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me
80s but very successful cover in the early 00s
Mad world, Tears for Fears got by Needtoknow so an M or a T. Later artist not got. Could be the answer to the letter???
It's so sad when you're young
To be told
80s how come no one's got this one????
Feel so alive
I quit (I quit) my nine to five
70s
Lost in Music, Sister Sledge got by Needtoknow and then by shiny, so an L or an S
Ay arriba y arriba
Ay arriba y arriba
Por ti seré, por ti seré, por ti sere
Originally 50s, this version is 80s
La Bamba, got by shiny. She didn't name either artist though, so an L and then ? or ?
There’s a dark, thin, winding stairway
Without any banister
Which we'll throw him down, and feed him on
Cockroaches served in a canister
60s
You seemed so far away, though you were standing near
You made me feel alive but something died, I fear
70s
And the lovers that you sent for me
Didn't come with any satisfaction guarantee
So I return them to the sender
90s
Seems that I was busy doing something close to nothing
But different than the day before
That's when I saw her, ooh, I saw her
She walked in through the out door, out door
80s
Prince, Raspberry Beret got by Needtoknow and some considerable time later by Honey (who thought it was Little Red Courvette), so a P or an R
I see the people happy
So can it happen for me?
'Cause when I am unhappy
There's nothing that can move me
80s, probably my least favourite song ever by this person.
Sat in Your Lap by KB, got by FlouncingB. So an S or a K or maybe a B