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Oliver Reed
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Robert Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938 - May 2, 1999) was an English actor known for his macho image on and off screen. His major films include Oliver!, Women in Love, The Assassination Bureau, The Devils, I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname, Tommy, The Three Musketeers, Burnt Offerings, The Brood, Castaway, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Lion of the Desert, and Gladiator.




Early life

Born in Wimbledon, London to sports journalist Peter Reed and his wife Marcia (née Andrews), Oliver was the nephew of film director Sir Carol Reed, and grandson of the actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree by his mistress May Pinney Reed. Oliver was dyslexic and was expelled from many different private schools. He was also a direct descendant of King William IV and his long-time mistress, Dorothy Jordan.


Career

Starting off as an extra in films in the late 1950s (Reed had no acting training or theatrical experience), Reed got his first notable roles in Hammer films Sword of Sherwood Forest, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (both 1960), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), Paranoiac, and The Damned (not the Visconti film, but an earlier English movie directed by Joseph Losey and released in North America as These Are the Damned) (both 1963). In 1964 he starred in the first of six films directed by Michael Winner, The System, (known as The Girl-Getters in the U.S.). He first collaborated with director Ken Russell in a biopic of Claude Debussy in 1965, after which came his famous role in Women in Love (1969), in which he wrestled naked with Alan Bates in front of a log fire; then the controversial 1971 film The Devils, and finally the 1975 musical film Tommy, based on The Who's 1969 concept album Tommy and starring its lead singer Roger Daltrey. In between those films for Russell, Reed played his memorable role of Bill Sikes in his uncle Carol Reed's 1968 screen version of the hit musical Oliver!, and the title role in the 1969 comedy Hannibal Brooks, again for director Winner.

Reed starred as Athos in three films based on Alexandre Dumas's novels, first in 1973's The Three Musketeers, followed by The Four Musketeers in 1974, and fifteen years later with The Return of the Musketeers. He starred in a similarly historical themed film, Crossed Swords (aka The Prince and the Pauper), as Miles Hendon alongside Raquel Welch in 1977, and returned to horror as Dr. Hal Raglan in David Cronenberg's 1979 film The Brood. From the 80s onwards Reed's films garnered less success, his more notable roles being Gen. Rodolfo Graziani in the 1981 film Lion of the Desert, which costarred Anthony Quinn and chronicled the resistance to Italy's occupation of Libya during World War II; and as the middle aged Gerald Kingsland, who is trapped for a year on a desert island with (a mostly naked) Amanda Donohoe in Castaway (1986). He also starred in the Iraqi historical film "Clash of Loyalties" in 1982 where he played a British General during the 1920 revolution in Iraq. His last major successes were Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) (as the god Vulcan), Treasure Island (1990) (as Captain Billy Bones), Funny Bones (1995), and his final role as Proximo in Gladiator, released after his death in 2000 (some footage depicting Reed's character was filmed after his death with a double digitally mixed with outtake footage taken before Reed's death).

When the UK government raised taxes on personal income, Reed initially declined to join the exodus of major British film stars to Hollywood and other more tax-friendly locales. During this time he began proclaiming himself as "Mr England", and turned down major roles in two hugely successful Hollywood movies: The Sting (1973) and Jaws (1975). His Daily Telegraph obituary noted that in the late 1970s Reed was finally obliged to relocate to the Channel Islands as a tax exile.

An anecdote holds that Reed could have been chosen to play James Bond. In 1969, Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman were looking for a replacement for Sean Connery, and Reed was a prime candidate. They ultimately decided against hiring him, however, because they felt his public, alcohol-fueled antics made him too much of a liability. After Reed's death, the Guardian Unlimited called the casting decision "one of the great missed opportunities of post-war British movie history ... He would also have spared us George Lazenby, and perhaps Roger Moore as well."

In 1959, Reed wed Kate Byrne. They had one son, Mark, before their divorce in 1969. He then lived with dancer Jackie Daryl, with whom he had a daughter, Sarah. In 1985, he married Josephine Burge, and stayed with her until his death.


Drinking and death

He was famous for his excessive drinking, and was once forced to leave the set of the Channel 4 television discussion programme After Dark after arriving drunk and attempting to kiss feminist writer Kate Millett. On another occasion he removed his trousers during an interview.

Reed's drinking bouts fitted in with the "social" attitude of many rugby teams in the 1960s and '70s, and there are numerous anecdotes such as Reed and 36 friends drinking, in an evening, 60 gallons of beer, 32 bottles of Scotch, 17 bottles of gin, four crates of wine and one bottle of Babycham. He subsequently revised the story that he drank 106 pints of beer on a 2-day binge before marrying Josephine; "The event that was reported actually took place during an arm-wrestling competition in Guernsey about 15 years ago, it was highly exaggerated." Steve McQueen told the story that in 1973 he had flown to the UK to discuss a film project with Reed and suggested the pair go to a nightclub in London. This led to a marathon pub crawl during which Reed threw up on McQueen. Reed was often irritated that his appearances on TV chat shows concentrated on his drinking feats, rather than his latest film. He was happiest in the company of hospital porters and gardeners rather than with the rich and famous, although drummer Keith Moon (of The Who) was a very close friend up to Moon's death.

In latter years, Reed could often be seen quietly drinking with his wife Josephine Burge, at the bar of the White Horse Hotel in the High Street in Dorking, Surrey, not far from his home in Oakwoodhill. He had sold his larger house, 'Broome Hall', between the villages of Coldharbour and Ockley some years previously.

He died suddenly from a heart attack during a break from filming Gladiator in Valletta, Malta, reportedly after drinking three bottles of Captain Morgan's Jamaican rum, eight bottles of German beer, numerous doubles of Famous Grouse whiskey, and beating five much younger Royal Navy sailors at arm wrestling at a bar called "The Pub." (The owners have since added "Ollie's Last Pub" to the sign.[1]) His funeral was held in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland. The song "Consider Yourself" from Oliver! was played at the funeral.

Carol Lynley
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Carol Lynley (born Carole Ann Jones on February 13, 1942 in New York City) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model under the name "Carolyn Lee", and when she started acting (after appearing on the cover of Life magazine at 15), she discovered that another actress had already registered the name, so she modified it.

Early on, Lynley distinguished herself in both the Broadway stage and Hollywood screen versions of the controversial drama Blue Denim (1959), in which she and co-star Brandon De Wilde had to deal with an unwanted pregnancy. In 1959, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Newcomer - Female".

She is also known for her roles in Hound-Dog Man, Return to Peyton Place, Under The Yum Yum Tree, Bunny Lake is Missing, Harlow, the original version of The Poseidon Adventure, and the pilot television movie for Fantasy Island.

Married to Michael Selsman between 1960 and 1964, Lynley has a daughter, Jill, (born 1962), and was involved for 18 years in an on-again-off-again relationship with talk show host David Frost.

She posed nude for Playboy magazine in March 1965.

Among her many roles, Carol Lynley holds a special place as Gail Foster, the Las Vegas girlfriend of Carl Kolchak in the original Night Stalker TV movie.

Stockard Channing
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Birth name Susan Antonia Williams Stockard
Born February 13, 1944 (age 62)
New York City, New York, USA
Height 160 cm (63 in)
Years active 1969-present
Spouse(s) David Rawle (1980 - 1988)
David Debin (1976-1980)
Paul Schmidt (1970-1976)
Walter Channing (1963-1967)
Notable roles Betty Rizzo, Grease, 1978,
Sheila in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, 1985,
Abbey Bartlet, The West Wing, 1999-2006,
Judy Shepard in The Matthew Shepard Story, 2002
Emmy Awards

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
2002 The Matthew Shepard Story
Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series
2002 West Wing
Tony Awards

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
1985 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

Stockard Channing born on February 13, 1944 in New York City, United States, is an Emmy and Tony Award winning American actress.




Biography

Early life

Stockard Channing was born as Susan Antonia Williams Stockard to Lester Napier Stockard and Mary Alice English, a wealthy couple. She is an alumna of The Madeira School and graduated in 1965 from Radcliffe College where she studied history and literature. She then decided to pursue an acting career, starting in the Boston theatrical community, but eventually working in New York and Los Angeles.


Career

One of Stockard Channing's earliest roles was as The Number Painter's victim, in a series of segments on Sesame Street. She made her Broadway debut in Two Gentlemen of Verona in 1971. After brief appearances in 1971's The Hospital and 1972's Up the Sandbox, she landed her first lead role in the acclaimed 1973 television movie The Girl Most Likely To.... In 1975, she starred alongside Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson in Mike Nichols' The Fortune. In 1978, at the age of 33, she took on the role of high school teenager Betty Rizzo in the hit musical Grease, and played Peter Falk's unpretentious but determined secretary in Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective. On the basis of these successes, CBS offered her the lead in two short-lived television sitcoms, Stockard Channing in Just Friends 1979 and The Stockard Channing Show 1980.


In the 1980s and 1990s, Stockard Channing continued to work in television and film. During that decade, she also appeared in the John Guare comedy, House of Blue Leaves on Broadway. She would later return to another John Guare piece, Six Degrees of Separation for Hollywood. In 1990, she played a giant cockroach in Michael Lehmann's Meet the Applegates.

In the late 1990s, Stockard Channing provided the voice of Barbara Gordon in the animated series, Batman Beyond. She has also lent her voice to narration in such Discovery Channel series as "Walking With Prehistoric Predators" in 1998 and "Walking With Dinosaurs".

In 1999, Stockard Channing took the role of First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the television series The West Wing. She was a recurring guest star for the show's first two seasons; however her increasing importance and noted chemistry with Martin Sheen, who played her husband President Josiah Bartlet saw her become a main cast member of the show in 2001. In the show's seventh and final season (2005-2006), her appearances significantly decreased due to her other role on CBS comedy television seriesin Out of Practice, alongside Henry Winkler. She was, however, seen on The West Wing's last episodes in April-May, 2006. Out of Practice was cancelled by CBS after one season.

Other Awards

Stockard Channing has won numerous acting awards for various works, including the 1979 People's Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Supporting Actress, the 1989 CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Dramatic or Theatrical Special (for Tidy Endings), the 2003 London Critics Circle Film ALFS Award for Actress of the Year (for The Business of Strangers), and the 2003 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries (for The Matthew Shepard Story).


Personal life

Channing has been married and divorced four times, to Walter Channing (whose surname she kept), Paul Schmidt, David Debin and David Rawle. Since 1988, she has been in a relationship with cinematographer Daniel Gillham, whom she met on the set of A Time of Destiny. The couple reside in Maine, when she is not working in Los Angeles or New York City. In a 2002 interview, Channing jokingly said of the relationship: "The only one that wasn't a marriage lasts 15 years

Actual Newspaper Headlines (collected by journalists)

1. Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
2. Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
3. Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted
4. Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
5. Survivor of Siamese Twins Joins Parents
6. Farmer Bill Dies in House
7. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
8. Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?
9. Stud Tires Out
10. Prostitutes Appeal to Pope
11. Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
12. Soviet Virgin Lands Short of Goal Again
13. British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands
14. Lung Cancer in Women Mushrooms
15. Eye Drops off Shelf
16. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
17. Reagan Wins on Budget, But More Lies Ahead
18. Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim
19. Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66
20. Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax
21. Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told
22. Miners Refuse to Work after Death
23. Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
24. Stolen Painting Found by Tree
25. Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies
26. Two Sisters Reunited after 18 Years in Checkout Counter
27. Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years
28. Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One
29. Drunken Drivers Paid $1000 in `84
30. War Dims Hope for Peace
31. If Strike isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While
32. Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
33. Enfields Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
34. Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge
35. Deer Kill 17,000
36. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
37. Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge
38. New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
39. Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
40. Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
41. Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy
42. Arson Suspect is Held in Massachusetts Fire
43. British Union Finds Dwarfs in Short Supply
44. Ban On Soliciting Dead in Trotwood
45. Lansing Residents Can Drop Off Trees
46. Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
47. New Vaccine May Contain Rabies
48. Man Minus Ear Waives Hearing
49. Deaf College Opens Doors to Hearing
50. Air Head Fired
51. Steals Clock, Faces Time
52. Prosecutor Releases Probe into Undersheriff
53. Old School Pillars are Replaced by Alumni
54. Bank Drive-in Window Blocked by Board
55. Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
56. Some Pieces of Rock Hudson Sold at Auction
57. Sex Education Delayed, Teachers Request Training
58. Include your Children When Baking Cookies
59. 4-H Girls Win Prizes for Fat Calves

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors. edgar and dj, thanks so much for the songs and their import. Always love to see you both in our wee studio, right folks?

Hey, hawkman. Great to see you again, Boston, and what a wonderful list of misleading headlines. How do people from other countries ever, EVER learn the English language?

Wonderful bio's today, and I hope our Raggedy can put face to name later on.

Here's a wonderful jazz ballad by Christina Aguilera to start the day, listeners:

Be hold the way our fine feathered friend
His virtue doth parade
Thou knowest not my dim witted friend
The picture Thou hast made
Thy vacant brow and Thy tousled hair
Conceal Thy good intent
Thou noble upright, truthful, sincere
And slightly dopey gent

You're my funny Valentine
Sweet comic Valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Unphotographable
Yet you're my favorite work of art
Is your figure less than Greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?
But don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little Valentine stay
Each day is Valentine's day!

Seein' as how this is Tennessee Ernie Ford's birthday why not play a song I'll sing tonight at karaoke






Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons



Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said "Well, a-bless my soul"

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake* by an ol' mama lion
Cain't no-a high-toned woman make me walk the line

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you, then the left one will

You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

Hey, hawkman. Love to hear you sing that one, and perhaps you don't recall, but that's our dj's song.

Found this one by Tennessee(not Williams)


There it stands in the corner with the barrel so straight
I looked out the winder and over the gate
The big fat rabbits are jumpin' in the grass
Wait 'till they hear my old shotgun blast

Shotgun boogie, I done saw your track
Look out Mr. Rabbit when I cock my hammer back

Well, over on the ridge is a scaly bark
Hickory nuts so big you can see'em in the dark
The big fat squirrels, they scratch and they fight
I'll be on that ridge before daylight

With a shotgun boogie, all I need is one shot
Look out bushy-tails, tonight you'll be in the pot

Well, I met a pretty gal, she was tall and thin
I asked her what she had, she said a Fox four-ten
I looked her up and down, said boy this is love
So we headed for the brush to shoot a big fat dove

Shotgun boogie, boy the feathers flew
Look out Mr. Dove when she draws a bead on you

I sat down on a log, took her on my lap
She said wait a minute bud, you got to see my pap
He's gotta sixteen gauge choked down like a rifle
He don't like a man that's gonna trifle

Shotgun boogie, draws a bead so fine
Look out big boy, he's loaded all the time

Well, I called on her pap like a gentleman oughter
He said no brush hunter's gonna get my daughter
He cocked back the hammer right on the spot
When the gun went off I outrun the shot

Shotgun boogie, I wanted weddin' bells
I'll be back little gal, when your pappy runs out of shells

Good morning WA2K.

Here's wishing Kim a Happy Birthday.



and a good day to all.

Well, there's our Raggedy with a wonderful photo of lovely Kim. I really haven't read Bob's bio thoroughly, but I recall seeing her in Liebestraum, and that is the first time I saw Kevin Anderson. <sigh>

I know that there are English lyrics to Liszt's lovely classical piece, but I cannot locate them, unfortunately; however, let's take a look at Kevin anyway:



In the early days of coal mining, before the unions, a coal miner was paid in script and the only place he had to redeem the script was in the company store; hence, most miners did "owe their soul".

Hi Letty, Hi everybody again..

ATC



Set me free..
Stop tearing up my heart
tearing me apart
Set me free..
can't break your heart
set me free

I see when you're driving along the highway
is love life that is shining in your eyes
I remember everything you have told me
come on..

leave me all alone
why don't you go home ,go
so you don't know how happy I will be
I don't need your love
I don't want your love
so come on and set me free

Set me free..
Stop tearing up my heart
tearing me apart
Set me free..
can't break your heart

Set me free..
stop messing with my mind
you're wasting time

set me free..
can't break your heart
set me free

If you've never wanted to feel my lovin
then let me just keep walking on my way
do you ever think you can change your love life
your life

now is the best time to leave it all behind
you really want to make me feel so blue
I don't need your love
I don't want your love
so come on and set me free


now I did it all go wrong
I thought love would go on and on and on and on
want you change
want you change your life

set me free


Who is gonna set me free?

Navigator, welcome back. We have missed you here my friend. That song is lovely, but you are right, it is sad. I am not familiar with ATC, but I see that I should be.

As we all know that you like Eiffel 65, here is one for you, honey.

World in a World:


When the world will fall apart,
And it feels like there's no air,
There's a place where you can run
To see your problems left behind.
When your faith seems locked away,
And the grey is all you see,
There's a place waiting for you
And that nobody can invade.

Your world in the world.
Where there's nothing wrong.
Your world in the world.
Where you feel at home.
Your know this world
Will never,
Never let you,
Never let you down.
Your world in the world.
Where it never rains.
Your world in the world.
Where you put your friends.
Your know this world
Will never,
Never let you,
Never let you down.
Your world in the world.

When the world is just a haze
And you can't work out this maze.
There's a place where you can go
To feel that everything's alright.
When the going starts to hurt
And you feel you're on the floor.
There's a place waiting for you
And that nobody can invade.

Your world in the world.
Where it never rains.
Your world in the world.
Where you put your friends.
Your know this world
Will never,
Never let you,
Never let you down.
Your world in the world.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL !
hbg



" JOHN AND FREDDY " (bab ballad by w. s. gilbert - courtesy of the british library)

(btw if you are waiting for a2k to respond , why not consider visiting the british library - lots of great stuff to kep you occupied legally :wink: )

>>> ENTER : THE BRITISH LIBRARY

Welcome back, hbg. Love your black and white valentine from the British library, so I did a bit of searching for that saint who started it all, and here's what I found.

Putting the Right "Spin" on the Saint

To make the chaste Saint more appealing to lovers, the Church may have "embellished" his life story a little bit. Since it happened so long ago, records no longer exist. But if it didn't happen this way, it certainly makes for a better story...

According to one legend, Valentinus ignored a decree from Emperor Claudius II that forbade all marriages and betrothals. Caught in the act, Valentinus was imprisoned and sentenced to death for secretly conducting several wedding ceremonies.

While imprisoned, the future Saint cured a girl (the jailer's daughter) of her blindness. The poor girl fell madly in love with Valentinus, but could not save him. On the eve of his execution, Valentinus managed to slip a parting message to the girl. The note, of course, was signed "From your Valentine." Love it!

for your enjoyment : another valentine from the british library >>>
hbg

Great, hbg. Ain't nuttin' like the old ones. Ah, come one and let's get mushy:

Oracle Band

If there were no words…no way to speak
I would still hear you
If there were no tears…
No way to feel inside, I'd still feel for you

And even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
..You would still have my heart until the end of time
You're all I need, my love, my Valentine

All of my life...I have been waiting for
All you give to me
You've opened my eyes
And showed me how to love.. unselfishly

I've dreamed of this a thousand times before
But in my dreams I couldn't love you more
I will give you my heart
Until the end of time...
You're all I need, my love, my Valentine
La-ra-la-la

And even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time
'Cause all I need.. is you, my Valentine oh oh
You're all I need, my love.. my Valentine who-oh

some love songs


ummm, well, some songs i love

Portions for Foxes
Rilo Kiley

There's blood in my mouth 'cause I've been biting my tongue all week
I keep on talkin' trash but I never say anything
And the talkin' leads to touchin'
and the touchin' leads to sex
and then there is no mystery left

And It's bad news
Baby I'm bad news
I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news

I know I'm alone if I'm with or without you
but just bein' around you offers me another form of relief
When the loneliness leads to bad dreams
and the bad dreams lead me to callin' you
and I call you and say "C'MERE!"

And it's bad news
Baby I'm bad news
I'm just bad news, bad news, bad news

And it's bad news
Baby it's bad news
It's just bad news, bad news, bad news

'Cause you're just damage control
for a walking corpse like me - like you

'Cause we'll all be
Portions for foxes
Yeah we'll all be
Portions for foxes

There's a pretty young thing in front of you
and she's real pretty and she's real into you
and then she's sleepin' inside of you
and the talkin' leads to touchin'
then touchin' leads to sex
and then there is no mystery left

And it's bad news
I don't blame you
I do the same thing
I get lonely too

And you're bad news
My friends tell me to leave you
That you're bad news, bad news, bad news

That you're bad news
Baby you're bad news
and you're bad news
Baby you're bad news
and you're bad news
I don't care I like you
and you're bad news
I don't care I like you
I like you


Thirteen
Garbage

Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe Friday I can
Get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you

Won't you tell your dad, "Get off my back"
Tell him what we said about "Paint It black"
Rock 'n Roll is here to stay
Come inside where it's okay
And I'll shake you.

Won't you tell me what you're thinking of.
And would you be an outlaw for my love
If it's so, then, let me know
If it's "no," well, I can go.
I won't make you.

Won't you let me walk you home from school
Won't you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe Friday I can
Get tickets for the dance
And I'll take you


Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
The Decemberists

and here i dreamt i was a soldier
and i marched the streets of Birkenau
and i recall in spring
the perfume that the air would bring
to the indolent town
where the barkers call the moon down
the carnival was ringing loudly now
and just to lay with you
there's nothing that i wouldn't do
save lay my rifle down

and try one, and try two
guess it always comes down to
all right, it's okay, guess it's better to turn this way

and i am nothing of a builder
but here i dreamt i was an architect
and i built this balustrade
to keep you home, to keep you safe
from the outside world
but the angles and the corners
even though my work is unparalelled
they never seemed to meet
this structure fell about our feet
and we were free to go

and try one, and try two
guess it always comes down to
all right, okay, guess it's better to turn this way

and here in spain i am a spaniard
i will be buried with my marionettes
countess and courtesan
have fallen 'neath my tender hand
when their husbands were not around
but you, my soiled teenage girlfriend
or are you furrowed like a lioness
and we are vagabonds
we travel without seatbelts on
we live this close to death

and try one, and try two
guess it always comes down to
all right, okay, guess it's better to turn this
but i won, so you lose
guess it always comes down to
alright, it's okay, guess it's better to turn this way

Cupid
Sam Cooke

Cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Now I don't mean to bother you but I'm in a mess
There's danger of me losing all of my happiness
For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist
And this you can fix

So...

Cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Cupid with your arrow make a love storm for me
I promise I will lover her until eternity
I know between the two of us her heart we can steal
Help me if you will

Cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Cupid, don't you hear me
Calling you
I need you
Cupid
Help me

Ah, dj, if you love them, we love them even if we don't know them. Thanks, Canada.

My word, edgar. I know that one, Texas. Humming the melody right now. Good old Sam.

Hey, let's hear one about the St. Valentine's Day massacre

Artist: Paper Lace

The Night Chicago Died

In the heat of a summer night
In the land of the dollar bill
When the town of Chicago died
And they talk about it still

When a man named Al Capone
Tried to make that town his own
And he called his gang to war
With the forces of the law

I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night it really was
Brother what a fight it really was
Glory be

I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw
Yes indeed

And the sound of the battle rang
Through the streets of the old east side
'Til the last of the hoodlum gang
Had surrendered up or died

There was shouting in the street
And the sound of running feet
And I asked someone who said
Bout a hundred cops are dead

I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night it really was
Brother what a fight it really was
Glory be!

I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw
Yes indeed

And ther was no sound at all
But the clock upon the wall
Then the door burst open wide
And my daddy stepped inside
And he kissed my mama's face
And he brushed her tears away

The night Chicago died
The night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw
Yes indeed

The night Chicago died
The night Chicago died
Brother what a night it really was
Brother what a fight it really was
Glory be

The night Chicago died
The night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw
Yes indeed

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
The Hollies

[Written by B Scott and B Russell]

The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows when
But I'm strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

So on we go
His welfare is of my concern
No burden is he to bear
We'll get there
For I know
He would not encumber me
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

If I'm laden at all
I'm laden with sadness
That everyone's heart
Isn't filled with the gladness
Of love for one another

It's a long, long road
From which there is no return
While we're on the way to there
Why not share
And the load
Doesn't weigh me down at all
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

He's my brother
He ain't heavy, he's my brother...