Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 20:52:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #163 (GOLQ163) From: Bob Bluestein GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #163 (GOLQ163) Greetings, oldies fans, Welcome to GOLQ163! There is no particular theme to this quiz. It is intended to be more challenging than usual. If you do not have the official GOLQ Rules (a posted copy of the rules should follow a posted copy of this quiz on most sites), you may read them by pointing your web browser at: http://world.com/~marc/golq There have been no changes to the general rules since the last quiz. If you want GOLQs and their results and answers sent directly to you by e-mail, send a message to golq-request@world.com consisting only of the word "subscribe" in the body, not the subject, of the message. Best of luck to all - have fun! Bob Bluestein ======================================================================== Answers must be received by 5:00 PM EDT (GMT - 4) on Tuesday, October 3, 2000. E-mail early because you can't be sure of how long it will take for your message to reach me. E-mail, DO NOT POST, answers to: bob@egh.com I will acknowledge receipt of entries via e-mail. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within a couple of days, you may call me at +1 781.646.6196. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #163 Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969 Due 5:00 PM EDT (GMT - 4), Tuesday, October 3, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When you were a tender and callow fellow #01) Yeah, bring back Aw, bring back Oh, bring back my bonnie to me, to me #02) Have I told you lately that I love you? Well, if I didn't, darlin', I'm sorry Did I reach out and hold you in my loving arms, oh, when you needed me? #03) You done started back doin' the things you used to do #04) Seems I've got to have a change of scene Every night I have the strangest dream #05) And the ice creams are all melting on the streets of bloody fear While the beggars stain the pavements with fluorescent Christmas cheer #06) When you said you loved me (When you said you loved me) And we could not be parted (We could not be parted) Right then I built my world around you (Built my world around you) I'm so thankful that I found you #07) Suddenly all my silly thoughts disappear She comes to me softly with crackers and beer Winkin' and blinkin' and blowin' my ear Runnin' away with my mind #08) Life is just a book of pages You've still got so many to fill in Don't put down what's happening around you Just because they told you it's a sin #09) I spent seventeen years in West Virginia Eight more years just a-runnin' free But the girls back home in the blue gingham dresses Only heard one thing from me #10) When he takes me in his arms The world is bright, all right What's the difference if I say I'll go away When I know I'll come back on my knees someday #11) Don't run away Stay with me, girl Without you all my world would tumble down And all my dreams would crumble 'round me Shadows would always follow me I need your love #12) By the flickering firelight Anyplace is all right Long as you are there #13) Nothing else to make but breakfast and love We'll hang a little sign that just says, "Paradise, Population 2" #14) I look at your pretty face And I fall in love with you, fall in love with you every time I see you #15) The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang #16) The world was dark, and God made stars to brighten up the night But God who put the stars above, I don't believe made those lights #17) Heaven knows I've missed you Count every leaf on a willow tree Count every wave on the stormy sea #18) Regrets, I've had a few But then again too few to mention I did what I had to do #19) I'm livin', livin', livin' life With all its ups and downs I'm givin', givin', givin' love And smilin' at the frowns #20) They lived right down the road from us In a shack just like our shack The people worked the land together And we learned to count on each other When you live off the land you don't have the time To think about another man's color #21) Trousers draggin', slowly draggin' through the street Yes, I'm walkin', but I'm walkin' without feet I'm not finding fault at all With what's too big and what's too small #22) Said that he would come back In a year or two Told me not to cry He'd always be true He said, "Fear not, my sweet But have faith in me For I'll return From o'er the sea" #23) Oh my angel Come back to me And I will love you Till eternity #24) They'll tell you that their love is true Then they'll walk right over you Now, girls, you should know these things right off the bat #25) ----------------------- T I E - B R E A K E R S ----------------------- Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the moonshine? Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind? #T1) But I still love you I've been hurt Like this before, yeah You're not teaching me a new thing #T2) ======================================================================== PUZZLER ======= ROCK 'N' ROLL A-Z ----------------- Submission of an entry for this section is optional. Your participation or performance has no bearing whatsoever on your quiz score or ranking. Here's a quick hodgepodge of rock 'n' roll-related trivialities ... can you identify these people or items? A) Author of line upon which Gene Pitney's song title "True Love Never Runs Smooth" is based B) Bach's cantata "Sleepers Awake" is the basis for this song's melody C) Cropper, Jackson, and Dunn were 3/4 of this group D) Documentary "Eat The Document"'s singer/songwriter subject E) Everly Brothers' backup band on "('Til) I Kissed You" F) Female who was originally half of Caesar & Cleo G) Group at one point named the Beefeaters H) His autobiography was "Beatle" I) Instrument played by Dave Clark J) Jimmy, Joe, or Tom's last name K) Kansas City-born composer of "Magic Moments," "This Guy's In Love With You," and "Wishin' And Hopin'" L) Label on which Ernest Evans mainly recorded M) Model who first brought Mary Hopkin to Paul McCartney's attention N) Notable songwriter whose efforts included "MacArthur Park," "Up - Up And Away," and "Worst That Could Happen" O) On 11/26/69, this group's "goodbye" concert was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall P) Philadelphia 50s-60s Rapp(?!) singer Q) Quartet that starred in the movie "Head" R) Robin's twin (born 12/22/49) S) Scotland's Marie Lawrie T) Trio whose first singles, "I Want A Guy" and "Buttered Popcorn," failed to chart U) U.K. group who toured with Tommy Roe in '63 V) Very first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame W) Who's coming, according to a Laura Nyro song title X) Xmas single released, but not charted, in November, 1964 by a former Crown Electric (of Memphis) truck driver Y) Youngest female singer to have a #1 song in the 60s Z) Zodiac sign of Florence LaRue and Ron Townson ======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please fill in the following information (append at the end of each line): Name(s) = E-mail address = Age(s) [will be published if provided] = Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers = ------------------------------------------------------------------------