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It's "American Pie" - was that Don McLean???

Another Northern Cal Band
If no one's going to ask the next question...

Late sixties, name the band and song:


Darkness, Darkness
Be my pillow
Take my head
And let me sleep
>From the coolness of your shadow
In the silence of your deep

Darkness, Darkness
Hide my yearning
For the things that cannot be
Keep my mind from constant turning
Toward the things it cannot see now
Things it cannot see now
Things it cannot see

Darkness, darkness,
Long and lonesome,
As the day brings the pain.
I have found the edge of stillness,
I live in the depth of fear.
Darkness, darkness, be my blanket,
Cover me with endless night,
Take away the pain that flows away,
Fill the emptiness with bright,
Emptiness with bright,
Emptiness with bright.


Darkness, darkness, be my pillow,
Take my hand, and let me sleep.
In the coolness of your shadow,
In the silence silence of your deep.
Darkness, darkness, be my blanket,
Cover me with the endless night,
Take away the pain that flows away,
Fill the emptiness with bright,
Emptiness with bright, now now now
Emptiness with bright.
Oh yeah darkness
Emptiness, emptiness
Darkness yeah

Darknee darkness by

Jesse Colin Young 1968 / Youngbloods

New Question.....

here's the lyrics.....


I waited 'til I saw the sun
I don't know why I didn't come
I left you by the house of fun
I don't know why I didn't come

When I saw the break of day
I wished that I could fly away
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand

My heart is drenched in wine
You'll be on my mind
Forever

Out across the endless sea
I would die in ecstacy
But I'll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road alone

My heart is drenched in wine
You'll be on my mind
Forever

Something has to make you run
I don't know why I didn't come
Feel as empty as a drum
I don't know why I didn't come


.......name that tune....... and the artist?.... and the songwriter?.....

this will be an easy question if you watched the Grammys last night!

Hi P & L how's things ==============

Norah Jones ---- Don't Know Why ==== Come Away With Me

Try this one --- Singer with Brit Girl Band, Bananarama 1980s

went onto form a duo with Marcella Detroit around 1990

Siobhan Fahey and Shakespeare's Sister

Who sang these lyrics and what was the name of the song ?

Oh you graceful eagle
That soar in the air
How I enoy your chainless life
You are calling from your sky
Living under the sun
Just riding the winds up high

Hi hiama....

"Wings of Serenity", by Falconer???


New Question.......

here's the lyrics.......


You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and

.......I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
Well, you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and

.......I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and

.......I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you? Don't you?


.......name that tune.......

Hi P & L

Its Carly Simon You're so vain

I used to think she was singing your scarf it was Africa not Apricot !

Its meant to be about either Warren Beatty or Mick Jagger isn't it ?

Who sang:

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

loving spoonfull ---- summer in the city

On a CD -- black music for white people, singer plus composer

Liar, liar with your pants on fire
White spades hangin' on the telephone wire
Gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line
You'll never recognize yourself on heartattack and vine

Doctor, lawyer, beggar man, thief
Philly Joe remarkable looks on in disbelief,
If you want a taste of madness, you'll have to wait in line
You'll probably see someone you know on heartattack and vine

Tom Waits...1996
Tom Waits... Heartattack and Vine

Next question, Name the album

Sitting in a transit all night long
Playing clubs and rocking right on
The road's much too long since I've been wasting my time
Wish I was home again sipping my wine

And I'm gone, gone, gone, I don't care
'Cause I'm gone, gone, gone, I don't care
It's where I'm from, I'm on the road again

LA to London is a mighty long time
Eight hours flying can bring you down
Sitting near a suit who's a red-neck going,
Eyes are moving but there's no life showing

Now that I'm home again
Things are much better, biding my time with my little go-getter
No matter what they say, no matter what they do,
Gonna end up in the middle of that rock & roll stew
And I'll be gone, gone, gone ...

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

The wind knocks my window
The room it is wet
The words to say I'm sorry I haven't found yet
I think of her often and hope whover she's met
Will be fully aware of how precious she is

Ah my friends from the prison they ask unto me How good how good
Does it feel to be free

Artst and song title

dylan, ballad in D (or plain D)


The bad captain madman had ordered their fate.
He laughed and stomped off with a nautical gate.
The gate turned into a deroga tree
And his pegleg got woodworm and broke into three.

title, artist, whatever...

That'll be:-

Pressed Rat and Warthog from Wheels of Fire by Cream , lyrics by Ginger Baker and Mike Taylor

NIce one Mikey:-


Here's mine :-

This song is for the lovers out there
And the little light in the trees
And all the flowers have gingivitis
And the birds fly happily
We're together once again, my love
I need you back oh baby, baby
I can't explain just why
We lost it from the start

unfortunately, you are right AND you're wrong.

Most Consecutive Number 1s
7 - by The Beatles and Westlife.
The Beatles' stretch began with "A Hard Day's Night" in 1964 and lasted to "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" in 1966. The run was broken when "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" merely made the number 2 position the following year!
Westlife's stint began with their debut, "Swear it Again" in 1999 and ran through to "My Love" in November 2000 (though one hit was a 'duet' with Mariah Carey). It was broken by "What Makes A Man" which peaked at number 2 the following month.

Beatles fans are, however, quick to point out that "Ain't She Sweet" (which made number 29 in 1964) was recorded in 1961, well before their EMI contract. It was issued by Polydor to 'cash in' on the success of the fab four. Fans argue that this was not an "official" Beatles release. If this logic is accepted (though the track did make the charts), The Beatles run of successive number ones begins with "From Me To You" in April 1963 - making a total of 11.

Top female group is The Spice Girls (6 in a row from "Wannabe" through to "Too Much").

Hi mclain!! Welcome to A2K!!

I get the feeling that you are replying to a particular message, somewhere in this thread??? (I think I remember a question, earlier, about "consecutive number 1 hits".)

Anyway, you added some great trivia!! Thanks!!

Feel free to throw out a question!!


Hi hiama... are your lyrics from "Spank Thru" by Kurt Cobain???

New Question.....

here's the lyrics.....


Words are flying out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away ____ ____ ____

Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting thorough my open mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva - om

Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
That call me on and on ____ ____ ____
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they tumble blindly
as they make their way ____ ____ ____

Jai guru deva - om

Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of earth are ringing through my open views inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on ____ ____ ____


.......name that tune.......

You're right as always P & L well done:

Is it Across the Universe by Lennon & Mc Cartney ?