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AAAH WHat is this song??

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ImNameyChangey · 18/04/2015 23:41

I know this is AIBU but I am going mad with it! It's a song from the late70s or early 80s...something about Autumn...leaves...she's leaving him...going somewhere warmer...]

Not "All the leaves are brown"

It's got a haunting sort of cheesy-ness to it.

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WorraLiberty · 18/04/2015 23:43

Forever Autumn?

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 18/04/2015 23:43

The Mamas and the Papas - "California Dreaming".

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 18/04/2015 23:44

Oh... not that one then, no brown leaves...

LilQueenie · 18/04/2015 23:44

the carpenters california dreaming?

AlbertoFrog · 18/04/2015 23:44

It's not Forever Autumn is it? Justin Hayward? War of the Worlds?

That's my funeral song that is. Love it. Smile

MangoJuggler · 18/04/2015 23:45

Autumn Leaves by Ole Blue Eyes?

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ImNameyChangey · 18/04/2015 23:45

Worra YES!!! Oh my GOSH that is a relief! It's like a lovely scratch on an itch!

It was 1969 it was written though...so i was wrong!

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LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 18/04/2015 23:46

"Everybody's Talking" - Harry Nilsson?

WhitePhantom · 18/04/2015 23:46

Is this it - www.lyricsfreak.com/c/carpenters/california+dreamin_20168737.html ?

squoosh · 18/04/2015 23:47

I love Forever Autumn. Off to download it...........

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 18/04/2015 23:47

Worra has it! Grin

EmpressOfJurisfiction · 18/04/2015 23:47

Not exactly wrong, it was in the charts again in '78.

passthewineplz · 18/04/2015 23:48

Golden brown by the stranglers??

If not, is it a man or woman singing?

AmIthatHot · 18/04/2015 23:48

Gary Barlow did a version as part of the reworked War of the Worlds.

I liked it, apart from when he sang about darker days "draw-ring" near.

Still a beautiful song though

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 18/04/2015 23:49

Another one for California dreaming. Gorgeous song

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ImNameyChangey · 18/04/2015 23:49

Just read on Wiki that the original melody was written for a Lego commercial!

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WorraLiberty · 18/04/2015 23:49

Grin

It's a great song.

I've got it stuck in my head now...along with California Dreaming Angry

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ImNameyChangey · 18/04/2015 23:51

Now I've fallen down a 60s rabbit hole on Youtube and am listening to Jethro Tull! He was an impish fellow and no mistake! Grin

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SistersofPercy · 18/04/2015 23:52

Didn't thid have a revival in the 80s with David Essex? I remember school dance class to the war of the world's soundtrack and I loved that song.

PotOfYoghurt · 18/04/2015 23:52

We played the War of the World's soundtrack a lot when I was a child; as a result hearing Forever Autumn still slightly frightens me.

All I can hear is 'OOOOH-LAAAAAAA' Sad

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ImNameyChangey · 18/04/2015 23:54

Pot God Yes! OOOOOH LAAAAAA!

Shock
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ImNameyChangey · 18/04/2015 23:54

Tripod Sound

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passthewineplz · 18/04/2015 23:55

Ah! War of the worlds terrified me as a kid. New I rembered the song from somewhere, my aunt was obsessed with the album.

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ImNameyChangey · 18/04/2015 23:55

Martian War Call Ulla

Shock
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SistersofPercy · 18/04/2015 23:58

It was the Richard Burton narration I recall which terrified me, could have sworn David Essex did a version of that song but I can't find it.
Must make DD watch it, she'd love it.