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Writer in the Sun - Donovan



The days of wine and roses are distant days for me.
I dream of the last and the next affair and of girls I'll never see.
And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun,
The retired writer in the sun and I'm blue,
The retired writer in the sun.
Tonight I trod in the starlight, I excused myself with a grin.
I ponder the moon in a silver spoon and the little one 'live within.
And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun,
The retired writer in the sun.
The magazine girl poses on my glossy paper aeroplane
Too many years I spent in the City playing with Mr. Loss and Gain.
And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun,
The retired writer in the sun and I'm blue,
The retired writer in the sun.
I bathe in the sun of the morning, lemon circles swim in the tea
Fishing for time with a wishing line and throwing it back in the sea.
And here I sit, the retired writer in the sun,
The retired writer in the sun and I'm blue,
The retired writer in the sun.

Writer in the Sun. That's very sad, edgar, but we all enjoy your songs by Donovan. thanks, Texas.

Well, folks. It's been a long exhausting day for Letty, so it's time to say goodnight.

The Days of Wine and Roses
Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett

Laugh and run away
Like a child at play,
Through the meadowland toward a closing door,
A door marked Never-more,
That wasn't there before.
The lonely night discloses
Just a passing breeze
Filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The Days of Wine and Roses and you.

Goodnight, my friends,

From Letty with love

This Magic Moment
The Drifters
Written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman

Peaked at # 16 in 1960
Re-made by Jay & The Americans at # 6 in 1969


This magic moment, so different and so new
Was like any other until I kissed you
And then it happened, it took me by surprise
I knew that you felt it too, by the look in your eyes

Sweeter than wine
Softer than the summer night
Everything I want, I have
Whenever I hold you tight

This magic moment while your lips are close to mine
Will last forever, forever till the end of time

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm

<brief instrumental-strings>

Sweeter than wine
Softer than the summer night
Everything I want, I have
Whenever I hold you tight

This magic moment while your lips are close to mine
Will last forever, forever till the end of time


Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
Magic moment
Magic moment
Magic moment
FADE

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

edgar, I was looking back through my memory and decided that of all the things that I remember best, it is probably music and poetry. "This Magic Moment" is vaguely familiar, but it did give me pause for thought in that I was trying to recall the most magic moment in my life.

I suppose it was in high school when I had a wonderful weekend with a cadet from VMI. The Virginia Military Institute had an all male choir that was amazing and afterwards a dance was held in their honor at the local country club. I sang with the four piece band and became a twosome with a young man, Jim Keel. For that one weekend there was nobody else in the world except us. Later he died in a military plane crash.

I would love for our listeners to give us an inside look at the most "magic moment" in their lives.

Thinking about an old song now, folks:




(words & music by H. Williams - J. Kennedy)
I saw the harbor lights
They only told me we were parting
Those same old harbor lights
That once brought you to me.

I watched the harbor lights
How could I help it?
Tears were starting.
Good-bye to golden nights
Beside the silvery seas.

I long to hold you dear,
And kiss you just once more.
But you were on the ship,
And I was on the shore.

Now I know lonely nights
For all the while my heart keeps praying
That someday harbor lights
Will bring you back to me.

Letty speaks of Magic Moments. I can answer that all my "crushes" were magic moments, but can say without a moment's hesitation that my "most magic moment" was when the nurse put my newborn daughter into my arms.

And the birthdays for July 23 are:

1301 - Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria
1626 - Sabbatai Zevi, Jewish false Messiah (d. 1676)
1649 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)
1777 - Philipp Otto Runge, painter (d. 1810)
1796 - Franz Berwald, composer (d. 1868)
1865 - Max Heindel (born Carl Louis von Grasshoff in Denmark); Christian occultist, astrologer and mystic (d. 1919)
1884 - Emil Jannings, actor (d. 1950)
1886 - Salvador de Madariaga (d. 1978), League of Nations disarmament chief
1888 - Raymond Chandler, American author of crime stories and novels (d. 1959)
1892 - Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975)
1893 - Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (d. 1990) (Menninger Clinic)
1894 - Arthur Treacher, English character actor (b. 1894)
1899 - Gustav Heinemann, politician, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1976)
1906 - Vladimir Prelog, Croat chemist, Nobel Prize (d. 1998)
1918 - Pee Wee Reese American professional baseball player (d. 1999)
1921 - Calvert DeForest, actor (on David Letterman's late night shows)
1923 - Witto Aloma, Major League Baseball player (d. 1997)
1933 - Bert Convy, American game show host, actor and singer (Snoop Sisters, Win, Lose or Draw)(d. 1991)
1936 - Don Drysdale, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1993)
1936 - Shiv Kumar Batalvi, Punjabi revolutionary (d. 1973)
1936 - Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Supreme Court justice
1938 - Bert Newton, actor, TV show host
1938 - Götz George, actor
1940 - Don Imus, American talk radio host
1942 - Myra Hindley, Moors murderess (d. 2002)
1943 - Tony Joe White, R&B singer-songwriter
1947 - David Essex, rock and roll singer
1947 - Gardner Dozois, science fiction author
1950 - Alex Kozinski, Circuit Judge
1951 - Edie McClurg, actress (Cinderella, 1985)
1957 - Theo van Gogh, film director (d. 2004)
1961 - Woody Harrelson, American actor (TV Cheers, Natural Born Killers, The People vs. Larry Flynt, White Men Can't Jump)
1961 - Martin Gore, musician, songwriter (Depeche Mode)
1965 - Slash (born "Saul Hudson"), guitarist (Guns N Roses)
1968 - Gary Payton, NBA player
1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor
1970 - Thea Dorn, German writer
1971 - Alison Krauss, bluegrass singer, fiddler
1971 - Dalvin DeGrate aka Mr. Dalvin, R&B singer
1973 - Nomar Garciaparra, baseball star shortstop
1973 - Monica Lewinsky, Congressional intern
1974 - Maurice Greene, American athlete
1974 - Terry Glenn, NFL wide receiver
1976 - Judit Polgár, Hungarian Chess Player.
1978 - Stefanie Sun, Singaporea songstress
1980 - Michelle Williams, singer
1983 - Rebecca Cartwright, Australian actress
1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, actor (Harry Potter movies)

While searching singer/songwriter Teddy Randazzo, I came across what are called Respect Pages. There are bios and death dates of many famous singers there.
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Respect2001.html

Ah, Raggedy. Thanks so much for your celeb updates and your magic moment. That is so dear. I have been having some problem with my personal equipment here in the studio, so I will check back later to review the celebs.

edgar, thanks for that information. Hard to believe that Marvin Gaye was killed as well as his brother.

From Marvin:

by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
-originally charted at # 2 by Gladys Knight and the Pips in 1967


Ooh, I bet you're wond'rin' how I knew
'bout your plans to make me blue
With some other guy you knew before
Between the two of us guys you know I love you more
It took me by surprise I must say
When I found out yesterday
Dontcha know that I

Heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Oh I heard it through the grapevine
Oh I'm just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey yeah
(Heard it through the grapevine)
(Not much longer would you be my baby, ooh, ooh, ooh)






I know a man ain't supposed to cry
But these tears I can't hold inside
Losin' you would end my life you see
'cause you mean that much to me
You could have told me yourself
That you love someone else
Instead I

Heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Oh I heard it through the grapevine
And I'm just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey yeah
(Heard it through the grapevine)
(Not much longer would you be my baby, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)



People say believe half of what you see
Son, and none of what you hear
But I can't help bein' confused
If it's true please tell me dear
Do you plan to let me go
For the other guy you loved before?
Dontcha know I

Heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Baby I heard it through the grapevine
Ooh I'm just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey yeah
(Heard it through the grapevine)
(Not much longer would you be my baby, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)


Honey, honey, I know
That you're lettin' me go
Said I heard it through the grapevine

FADE
Heard it through the grapevine

Well, Bob. We appreciate your updates on both Tony Joe White and the heat wave that people are dealing with. I do believe the planet is collapsing in on itself.

I didn't know that Tony White wrote "A Rainy Night in Georgia." Brook really did that song well, no? I thought that he did a novelty song called "That's All it Takes to make a Hit Record", but I have not been able to find it.

Meanwhile, listeners, hold this thought:

Thought for Today: ``I'm a self-made man, but I think if I had it to do over again, I'd call in someone else.'' - Roland Young, English actor (1887-1953).



07/22/05 20:00

Love it!

Back later, listeners, with a song for one of Raggedy's celebs, and it turns out to be more synchronicity

Well, folks. I couldn't locate the song that I wanted, so this one will have to do:


Walk me out in the morning dew my honey,
Walk me out in the morning dew today.
I can't walk you out in the morning dew my honey,
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today.

I thought I heard a baby cry this morning,
I thought I heard a baby cry this today.
You didn't hear no baby cry this morning,
You didn't hear no baby cry today.

Where have all the people gone my honey,
Where have all the people gone today.
There's no need for you to be worrying about all those people,
You never see those people anyway.

I thought I heard a young man morn this morning,
I thought I heard a young man morn today.
I thought I heard a young man morn this morning,
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today.

Walk me out in the morning dew my honey,
Walk me out in the morning dew today.
I'll walk you out in the morning dew my honey,
I guess it doesn't really matter anyway,
I guess it doesn't matter anyway,
I guess it doesn't matter anyway,
Guess it doesn't matter anyway

I suspect that The Grateful Dead meant to say "mourn".......

Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)
Written by Eric Carmen
Lead Vocal: MARIE
Produced by Jai Winding
Released on 'Messin' With The Boys' (1980)
Also released on 'Young & Wild' (1998)

Well, I know it sounds funny
But I'm not in it for the money, no
I don't need no reputation
And I'm not in it for the show.

I just want a hit record
Wanna hear it on the radio
Want a big hit record
One that everybody's got to know.

Well, if the program director don't pull it
Then it's bound to get back the bullet
So bring the group down to the station
You're gonna be an overnight sensation.

Oh yeah.

I've been trying to write the lyrics
Non-offensive but satiric, too
If you can get up in the A slot
It's just bound to make a mint for you.

And I wanna a hit record
Wanna hear it on the radio
Want a big hit record
One that everybody's got to own.

Well, if the program director don't pull it
Then it's bound to get back the bullet
So bring the group down to the station
We're gonna be an overnight sensation.

Fit the words to a good melody (melody)
Amazing that success has been ignoring me
So long (making music so long)
So long (so long, for so long).

Melody!

Here it comes
Here it comes.

Hit record, yeah
Hit record, yeah.

Want a hit record, yeah
Want a hit record
Hit record, yeah
Wanna hear it on the radio.

Want a hit record, yeah
Big hit record
Hit record, yeah
I wanna hear it, wanna hear it on the radio.

Want a hit record, yeah
Want a hit record
Hit record, yeah
Wanna hear it on the radio.

Want a hit record, yeah
Big hit record
Hit record, yeah
One that everybody's got to own.

Hit record, yeah
Want a hit record
Hit record, yeah
On the ra-ra-ra-radio.

I want a hit record, yeah
Big hit record
Hit record, yeah
On the radio.

I want a hit record, yeah
Big hit record
Hit record, yeah
On the radio.

I want a hit record, yeah
I want a hit record
Hit record, yeah
On the ra-ra-ra-radio.

I want a hit record, yeah
Big hit record
Hit record, yeah
On the radio.

I want a hit record, yeah
Big hit record
Hit record, yeah
On the radio.

Bob, that is great! Reminds me of "I'm Sixteen and I Got a Bullet"..<smile>

However, listeners, I don't think that is the song to which I referred. The one that I was thinking of went something like:

First you get yourself a group,
etc.

That's all it takes,
To make a hit record.

Ah, well. Perhaps one day.

Now I'm off to find the bullet song.

Hit Single
Joe Jackson

You might have seen me hangin' around
I never miss one night I could be on the town
I used to be another one like you
Always running home to that special one or two
And when I think of all the years of finding out
What I already knew
Now I spead myself around
And you can have 3 minutes too
'Cause I'm a hit single
Lookin' out for number one

I got a line or two that never fail
And every time you look around I'll be there on your tail
I'm nothing special but I don't give in
Before you know it I'll be there right underneath your skin

And if you think that being serious and smart
Gets you where you should be
You must be not only joking
But way too heavy for me

'Cause I'm a hit single
Goin' straight to number one

And when I die and go to pure pop heaven
The angels will gather around
And ask me for my whole life story
And ask for that fabulous sound
But I know they're gonna stop me
As I start going through every line
And say please not the whole damn album
Nobody has that much time

Please . . .

Just the hit single
You gotta love that number one

Box Set
Barenaked Ladies

I never thought that you would love me the way that you do.
I never thought that you would love me half as much as I do.
You say you wanna know everything about me. Well here you go.
You say you couldn't live your life without me. I don't know.
But if you want it girl, you've got it,
it's all right here,
in my box set.

I never thought that words like product could ever leave my lips,
but something happened to me somewhere that made me lose my grip.
Maybe it's a lack of inspiration that makes me stoop,
or maybe it's a lack of remuneration; I can't recoup.
But if you want it folks, you got it;
it's all right here in my box set.

Disc One
it's where we've begun, it's all of greatest hits,
and if you are a fan then you know that you've already got 'em.

Disc Two
it was all brand new, al album's worth of songs,
but we had to leave the whole disc blank 'cause
some other label bought 'em.

Disc Three
This is really me in a grade school play;
I had about a hundred thousand lines but of course I forgot 'em.

I never thought there'd be days like this, there was always someone at my door.
I never thought I would ever miss, and the crowd would always holler for more.
But now it seems all that people want is what I used to be,
and every time I try to do something new,
all they want is 1973.

I never thought I'd be regretful of all my past success.
But some stupid number one hit single has go me in this mess.
You can put it on every compilation - that's all right.
You can hear it on the oldies radio station every night.
And if you want it again, you got it
it's right here in my box set.

Disc Four
Never released before, and you can tell why.
it's just some demos I recorded in my basement.

Disc Five
I was barely alive, I was hacking up a lung,
so they had to use a special computer as my replacement.

Disc Six
A dance remix, so I can catch the latest trend
and it'll make you scratch your head and wonder
where my taste went.

So now my fans are crying sellout,
they say that I've lost my touch.
They say I should just get the hell out,
before I do too much.
Hear my songs in an ad for a bathroom cleanser -
they say it's greed,
And now I'm wondering where my friends are in this time of need.
But if you change your mind and buy it,
I hope you enjoy my new box.

I hope you enjoy my new box,

Well, listeners. Here's our dj again with his totally awesome songs. Both Box Set and Hit Single are perfect, Canada.

Sorry, folks, The only "bullet" song I could find was by TuPac, and that's too ironic to play.

I noticed in passing that the Japanese are making robots that will care for the elderly. The future has finally come to our planet, no?

and on the home front:

Armstrong wins the last time trial of his career, all but guarantees seventh Tour win

By JOHN LEICESTER, AP Sports Writer
July 23, 2005

AP - Jul 23, 12:28 pm EDT
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SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) -- As if Lance Armstrong had anything left to prove, as if his crowning achievement really needed an emphatic stamp, cycling's greatest champion gave his best performance Saturday -- claiming the stage win he lacked and all but guaranteeing a seventh consecutive Tour de France victory.

Go, Lance!

Is that "Sixteen with a bullit,
"Got My finger on the trigger gonna' pullit" ?


Speaking of Tony Joe White, and CCR. I have them both listed in my or Funk, topic, as FFunky.

I feel like breaking out in song....Mi,Mi,Mi.Miiiiii.... oops. times up at the old library computor

Boo. Are you back for real? Wonderful! Yes, That's the song; I was spelling it wrong (or correctly<smile)

Do you know the entire thing?