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Lyrics you love - a guessing game

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MrsGuyGarvey · 11/02/2015 21:03

Anyone fancy a game? Post some lyrics you love/resonate say why you love them and other posters guess what song they're from.

Mine is "it was cold and it rained and I felt like an actor"

Whenever it's cold and rainy (I live in the North, this is often) and I'm walking down the street I often feel like I'm in a film and it makes me think of this lyric.

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TwigTheWonderKid · 22/01/2016 14:42

Yay!

What about:
"Well I ought to leave but the rain it never stops
And I've no particular place to go."

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TheThinWhiteDuchess · 22/01/2016 17:52

Japan 'Ghosts'!!! Grin Love the choice!!!

"... Then listen now to what I say
Just get an electric guitar
And take some time and learn how to play
And when your hair's combed right and your pants fit tight
It's gonna be all right".

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TwigTheWonderKid · 22/01/2016 22:12

"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n Roll Star" by The Byrds and covered by just about everybody Smile

What about my username? Wink

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TheThinWhiteDuchess · 22/01/2016 22:24

Haha, yes, I meant to comment on your username, love it!!! I still don't think I have accepted that he has gone. Love you David, always have, always will. The most beautiful man ever! And yes, you are right, of course! Grin

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TwigTheWonderKid · 22/01/2016 23:14

I know Sad I spent all last week and most of this one going through the 7 stages of grief and also it set off a bit of a mid-life crisis but I must admit I've probably listened to more Bowie in the past two weeks than I have for a while so it's not all bad and his music will endure (though realising I will now never become Mrs David Bowie has been a hard thing to admit...)

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TheThinWhiteDuchess · 22/01/2016 23:50

Yeah, I totally agree with everything you have just said, I've been through exactly the same. I had a Blackstar tattoo on my wrist and cried whilst I was having it done, which was mildly embarrassing. We will always be Mrs Bowies in our dreams! Bowie has been with me for my whole life. The first time I ever saw him was when he did the original intro for The Snowman (yes, really!) and even at that age, I remember thinking, "Wow, who's that?!" Then I even wrote my university dissertation on him and everything. Blackstar is such an incredibly powerful and brave album to leave us with. Apparently (according to Mike Garson), in the 70's, a psychic told him that he would die when he was either 69 or 70.

Lyrics you love - a guessing game
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TheThinWhiteDuchess · 22/01/2016 23:59

Lou and David may be gone but Iggy is still with us. Have you heard Iggy's new single? The album, Post Pop Depression, is with Josh Homme and Dean Fertita from Queens of the Stone Age and Matt Helders from Arctic Monkeys! I love this ...

Lyrics you love - a guessing game
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TwigTheWonderKid · 23/01/2016 09:42

That's fab. I guess with Bowie and Reed gone he must be feeling like a marked man...

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TheThinWhiteDuchess · 23/01/2016 12:57

Yeah, he really must! I love the new song, can't wait to hear the album! I know you will have seen this but this is my favourite documentary of all time ever ...



"There’s a fly floating around in my milk and he’s… he’s a foreign body in it, you see, and he’s getting a lot of milk. That’s kind of how I felt - a foreign body and I couldn’t help but soak it up, you know. I hated it when I first came here, I couldn’t see any of it."
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TwigTheWonderKid · 26/01/2016 17:04

Love the fly in the milk analolgy. Blimey it's'a miracle that he came out of America alive, let alone with his sanity intact!

My DS's very fabulous teacher gave the class the lyrics of Starman for their handwriting practice today :-)

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Mindysgotswag · 27/01/2016 21:43

Was a way when we were young, that
Any man was judged by what he'd done
But now you pick them on the screen

Any ideas?

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TheThinWhiteDuchess · 27/01/2016 23:02

Haha, yes, it really was! Aaw, that is really sweet! It has been 17 days and I still can't believe he is gone Sad

YES, love the choice, it is David Bowie 'Somebody Up There Likes Me'!

How about?

"Oh, Ramona - if there was only something between us
If there was only something between us
Other than our clothes
Something in our skies
Something in our skies
Something in our blood
Something in our skies
Paddy, Paddy
Who's been wearing Miranda's clothes?"

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Mindysgotswag · 28/01/2016 00:28

The Heart's Filthy Lesson - Bowie




No friendly, non-threatening corporate lacky mucks in the totem
Lucy was in the sky with diamonds
Five dollars to hold them

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TheThinWhiteDuchess · 28/01/2016 12:09

Yes, it was! Smile Ha, and that is Aesop Rock, 'The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History'. Like it! Grin

How about?

"Caught between the twisted stars
the plotted lines the faulty map
that brought Columbus to New York
Betwixt between the East and West
he calls on her wearing a leather vest
the earth squeals and shudders to a halt
A diamond crucifix in his ear
is used to help ward off the fear
that he has left his soul in someone's rented car".

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alwaystimeforcoffee · 05/02/2016 10:11

thefutureofpolitics - Time for Heroes- The Libertines! :)

"Put your arms around me, what you feel is what you are and what you are is beautiful"

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TheThinWhiteDuchess · 06/02/2016 14:34

Hi alwaystimeforcoffee! I changed my username (massive Bowie fan) so sorry for any confusion! Yes, it was The Libertines! Grin And that is Goo Goo Dolls 'Slide'! Love the choice! Smile Have a lovely weekend!

"Won't someone give me a gun?
oh well it's for my brother
well he writes the line wrote down my spine
It says "Oh do you believe in love there?""

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Mindysgotswag · 06/02/2016 21:42

Suede - The Drowne

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Mindysgotswag · 06/02/2016 21:43

The Drowners?

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Mindysgotswag · 06/02/2016 21:46

Here's one...

No one is helpin', they just out for theirself
Outchea tryna make a way, hoping there's a better day
And when you think that you're done
And the storm is raging
Look through the clouds and you can see the sun

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TheThinWhiteDuchess · 08/02/2016 00:09

Yes, it was Suede 'The Drowners'!!! One of my favourite bands ever! Smile And that is August Alsina 'Look How Far I've Come'. Here is something equally obscure! ...

"So I told you 'bout the total eclipse now
But still it caught you unaware
But I'm telling you, hold on, hold on
Tomorrow will be there".

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Mindysgotswag · 08/02/2016 00:53

Klaus Nomi - After the fall?

Now. Let me see...

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Mindysgotswag · 08/02/2016 00:55

Making up a mess of fun
Making up a mess of fun
Making up a mess of fun
Lots of fun for everyone

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TheThinWhiteDuchess · 10/02/2016 13:57

Yes, it was!!! Grin Haha, I love it, that is The Banana Splits 'Tra La La Song'!!! Grin Erm ...

"In the Wonderland Zoo, we're the certain bears who
Stay at home every night, never quarrel or fight,
Aw, we don't even bite!
So don't yell ..."

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Mindysgotswag · 11/02/2016 18:57

Haha Grin. It's William Hanna - the Hair Bear Bunch! Fantastic!

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Mindysgotswag · 11/02/2016 19:01

Here's one then.....

We're Gobo Mokey Wembley Boober Red
Dance your cares away

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