JimK Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Not sure if this has been attempted before. What I'm planning to do is collate our favourite verse (or one liners) from our collection or memories - you know something that really moves you or gives you goose bumps when you hear it. Please, not the whole song. Initially I was going to create a "Soul Wall" for myself but I think I might go bigger and attempt a publication if there's enough interest. I intend to acknowledge any input with your name (if you wish) and location. What would be nice would be: a. The verse. b. Song title & Artist. c. Reason why you chose that. d. Name, location. Do you think there would be any mileage in this venture? 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dean Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I'll grab an obvious one before anyone else does: a) "You've had your warning, Now I'm leaving walking away from you, HA! I don't want no woman always telling me what to do, if you think you're the boss I'll show you what I can do . . . . . " b) I'm Gone Eddie Parker C) Aged 54, moved in with my partner of a few years just 5 weeks ago. Successfully raised son (aged 23) daughter (17), by successful I mean well balanced human beings with respect for all. Fiercely independent lifestyle over many years, lots of partners some good, some not so. Losing myself in this tune on a floor felt like justifying my existence at different times. Hoping now my partner is cool with the 7" brown packages that will be dropping through our shared door! d) Not sure what you mean here, name and location of where the tune meant most? Any nighter with space on floor, but does have a special memeory of a quieter night at wigan, with space on the floor, having recently left a relationship. 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tezza Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) Jimmy Conwell - Too Much I'm Smoking more but enjoying it less I get a whole lotta sleep but i don't get enough rest. Can't recall when I first heard this but virtually the whole song is given with such emotion. Most of the lines are clever, humerous (in a strange kind of way) and thought provoking Edited September 3, 2013 by Tezza 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winnie :-) Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 When I feel the need - Marvin Gaye The whole song does it for me, but the third verse in particular just sends shivers up and down my spine ''When my arms reach out for something And I don't know what it is I just close, close my eyes And the first thing I visualise It's my sweet baby'' I think it's partly to do with the construction of the verse, but mostly to do with the absolute need we all have within us at times, to call on our partners for support, and knowing that they will supply it. It's the joy of love. From the moment I first heard it at Prestwich all those years ago, to present day it touches me, a truly great lyric IMO When I first heard it I wasn't with anybody, but yearned for that feeling, I now am and that fourth line applies constantly. I dedicate the thought, the feeling and the line to Jackie. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Winnie :-) Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 And I think it's a great idea for a thread Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Harry Crosby Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 somehow, someway, ive got to get you back, gotta chip at your heart, till I make it crack. PARIS-SLEEPLESS NIGHTS-DOC Wherever we were together, if this record came on. My old mate Tony coleby (r.i.p.) would lean over and sing this out loud. Happy days. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve S 60 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) I know you've seen me watching you baby, for quite some time And it's written all over my face, just what's on my mind I wanted to ask you for your love, in some sweet little way Oh but every time I see you girl, not a word can I say. I Can't Speak - Jimmie Bo Horne Great lyrics that really resonate, and just asks the question "What if....." Steve S, Cumbria Edited September 3, 2013 by Steve S 60 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Mickjay33 Posted September 3, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) These are the eyes that never knew how to smile Till you came into my life And these are the arms that long to lock you inside Every day and every night al Wilson show & tell me & the wifes wedding song brings a tear to my eyes everytime I hear it mick jay grantham Edited September 3, 2013 by mickjay33 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 off topic post removed Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ritchieandrew Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 "They turn their heads in pity & confusion wondering why I keep myself locked in seclusion" Freddie Chavez - They'll never no why - Look. Just about sums up the Northern scene from an outsiders viewpoint.!! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Polyvelts Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 "When you're sitting on your own and you feel the city lights surround you, And she's always on the phone but you just don't think that you can fight it" Odyssey 'Inside Out' I just really like it !!!! Hyson Green Flats, Nottingham 1982 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Back Street Blue Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Can't choose between..... "ever since I met you baby I've been walkin' into closed doors" (Frankie Beverly & the Butlers - if that's what you wanted")......and "in the middle of the night I wake up screamin'" (Soul Twins - quick change artist) both are some of the first lyrics I heard at my first niter and at exactly the right moment to benefit from heightened perception ( A. Liker - Riker Town) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
JimK Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 A tongue in cheek plea: I chewed my nails off one by one I've only got one to go And unless I see your face real soon Nails I'll have no more Heart Trouble - Parliaments Such clever writing by Sidney Barnes and George Clinton. Mr Barnes acknowledged their writing was at it's best around this time. Cheers me up no end (despite the fact he was dumped!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Epic Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 "Love is a smile you give me that makes my day seem brighter Love is your arms around me makes my troubles lighter" My mum's favourite Northern tune - I can still hear her singing along to this in the kitchen when I was a teenager. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest molly7989 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) Off Topic post removed.Regards,Dave Edited September 3, 2013 by molly7989 Off Topic Post Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
macca Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 "The love we shared honey/will long be remembered/love me, love me tender/all my love, I'll surrender to you baby, ooh' baby etc". That glorious middle eight or bridge or whatever musicians call it in Sweet Lover by Fortson & Scott. Gets me every bloody time! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest BENSON BOY Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Pick any line,just a great tune. Lainie Hill---Time marches on Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Geordiejohnson Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Its got to be... Its almost like eating beans by the pound then wrap me up in adhesive tape from the waist down.....blowing up my mind..the exciters Mes thinks there'd be more than minds being blown up with all those beans mind you that song is full of one liners...dynamite and nitroglycerine is like a fire cracker but bad for you....not arf.... what with mountain climbers and ovens this track is a poetic wonder Geeooooordie 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2013 I have loads - here's my first pick. Daybreak I Need Love Love the lyrics, love the vocals, love the record. Takes me back to all over in the early 80's - magic! I need love Someone who understands I need someone To show me how I wanna a trip to heaven I need someone to turn me on I want to see that wonderland They say its grand when you're in love Where is the love that I need Someone to show me how I want to get that feeling ...................that feeling known as, yeah yeah...................... Peter 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Its got to be... Its almost like eating beans by the pound then wrap me up in adhesive tape from the waist down.....blowing up my mind..the exciters Mes thinks there'd be more than minds being blown up with all those beans mind you that song is full of one liners...dynamite and nitroglycerine is like a fire cracker but bad for you....not arf.... what with mountain climbers and ovens this track is a poetic wonder Geeooooordie Good shout Geeeeoooooordie lad! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tony A Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Its got to be... Its almost like eating beans by the pound then wrap me up in adhesive tape from the waist down.....blowing up my mind..the exciters Mes thinks there'd be more than minds being blown up with all those beans mind you that song is full of one liners...dynamite and nitroglycerine is like a fire cracker but bad for you....not arf.... what with mountain climbers and ovens this track is a poetic wonder Geeooooordie I always thought it said (compared to you) that's what I've sung anyway. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Tony A Posted September 3, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) We used to walk, laugh and talk, solve the problems of the world. + the rest of the record. Still love it. Soon You'll see a tear paint my cheek, like a clown. Edited September 3, 2013 by Tony A 6 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulman Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Hi Jim Good to meet you today. Mine would be something I want on my headstone. "In this world that spins around, I've been up and I've been down, I have pounded every street, 'till my hearts cried to my feet, but I know somewhere there's room for me" Jesse Davis "there's room for me" revere picture sleeve and for sale at a grand. Never taken off but it will and watch it rise in price! Best Steve 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 We used to walk, laugh and talk, solve the problems of the world. + the rest of the record. Still love it. Soon You'll see a tear paint my cheek, like a clown. Great shout Tony. Peter 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tony A Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Great shout Tony. Peter Still tugs at the heart, what's left of it. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Can we have two? Here I sit here in this old lonesome room With nothing but the smell of sweet perfume One silk stocking lying on the chair a yellow ribbon that you wore in your hair Can't get over these memories, can't get over these memories You all know what it is Peter 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Byrney Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Fantastic Four. live Up To What She Thinks. Reason, it's bob on how I feel about my wife in a cocky grinny way , was the record played as we signed our marriage register and I used the words in my speech, not a dry eye in the house: ' sorry if I sound conceited but I think I'm better than you, if you had this girl of mine I think you'd be bragging too. She makes me feel so superior, she says no man can get next to her. So I tell you what I'll do, and I'll tell you what you would do, said I'm going to live up to what she thinks. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Wicked Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) so you think my heart is made of stone and when you're near me there's no reaction well your'e wrong opening lines of 'Not on the outside' Linda Jones cracks me up every time I hear it Edited September 3, 2013 by wicked Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Swifty Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Can we have two? Here I sit here in this old lonesome room With nothing but the smell of sweet perfume One silk stocking lying on the chair a yellow ribbon that you wore in your hair Can't get over these memories, can't get over these memories You all know what it is Peter Tie a Yellow Ribbon ?? 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Barry Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 "Oh I try too hard now baby To get you to see things like me Oh oh ay - it just ain't easy Tryin' to live in the world today!" "My, my my oh my little baby Why do you wanna leave me baby And keep on running away? Bits n Pieces - Keep On Running Away A big run to the floor record for me at Wigan. First and last verses of a record that still has the power to make this bloke cry. The combination of the screaming falsetto lead, falsetto's are normally used in a 'sweet' way and the to and fro-ing of the male and female backing singers, coupled with THOSE horns and drum patterns...simply play after play to this present day, it slays me. I've never heard anything that comes near it for screaming passion...Anything. Great thread. 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Tie a Yellow Ribbon ?? Now feck off! I was going to try this one "There's a guy called Pete, who liives on............................" Peter Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I've never heard anything that comes near it for screaming passion...Anything. Great thread. Bang on Barry. Hope yer well mate. Peter 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Swifty Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Now feck off! I was going to try this one "There's a guy called Pete, who liives on............................" Peter Noooooooooooooo............... 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) Noooooooooooooo............... It brings tears to my fecking eyes every time our kid. And I can't get it out of my fecking head! LOL peter Edited September 3, 2013 by Peter99 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Swifty Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Just hung up the telephone, I've heard all about you, your new boyfriend couldn't wait to tell me, Huh, that you and I are through, Don't try to spare my feelings........ just get out (and let me cry) GET OUT - HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES -LANDA First time I heard this in a sweaty talc/Brut smelling club it gave me goosebumps and still does to this day Swifty 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest in town Mikey Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Wont type it out but the opening verse to My Dearly Beloved by Jack Montgomery. One of my best mates favourite song that was played at his funeral. And for a long time after, if this was played, I could close my eyes on the dancefloor and see him dancing to it. Time passes by and the vision is gone. but the song can still bring a lump to my throat. 1985 (Funeral) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Wont type it out but the opening verse to My Dearly Beloved by Jack Montgomery. One of my best mates favourite song that was played at his funeral. And for a long time after, if this was played, I could close my eyes on the dancefloor and see him dancing to it. Time passes by and the vision is gone. but the song can still bring a lump to my throat. 1985 (Funeral) Ah, good lad Mikey. Peter Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kegsy Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) Don't need no woman to help me starve to death.... Can you dig it. There's a thousands other too. Edited September 3, 2013 by Kegsy 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I wake in the morning there you are in my mind again.. cluttering up my thoughts for the day... It's always that way.. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I wake in the morning there you are in my mind again.. cluttering up my thoughts for the day... It's always that way.. Yep, lovely Barry. Great record. Peter Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Bit of a short cut - hope that's ok. But this aint too shabby either is it Garfield Fleming - Don't Send Me Away. Great lyrics throughout the record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzDXIrf_vGo Peter Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Peter99 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 And of course Mr Charles Johnson I never had a love so good - sublime soul music, beautiful lyrics. I was engaged to a lovely girl at the time and this always reminds me of her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6QQ4yeNsWw Peter Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
MrsWoodsrules Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 A verse that does it for me, every time...... Sitting here with a broken heart, wishing you'd come home. Sitting here with a broken heart and I just can't go on. You give me HEART TROUBLE, and my life just ain't worthwhile. Without your love, I can't even force a smile....... Heart Trouble, Parliaments. I like it......, I like it a lot........(in voice of Dumb and Dumber's Jim Carrey!) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
JimK Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 I was talking with someone tonight who mentioned Al Wilson's The Snake. Initially I thought, how many people think "I was sick of that track 20 years ago". However, the thread is about how a verse or couple of lines affect you or make you stop and think. With this 45 it was the lines "Oh shut up silly woman, said that reptile with a grin. You knew darn well I was a snake BEFORE you took me in". That doesn't half some up how some of our past partners have tried to change the person they fell for,,,,,, Leads me onto Bobby Hebb!!!! Sheesh!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Petebangor Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I just want to fall in love No games no deals just love Just plain and simple love The Spinners Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 First song that came into my head..........Timi Yuro - It'll Never Be Over For Me........pick any verse you want. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Petebangor Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Passing seasons all but fade away. 36 years ago I first heard that, and still makes the hairs on my neck stand up 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Petebangor Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 First song that came into my head..........Timi Yuro - It'll Never Be Over For Me........pick any verse you want. Good shout. It's one of the most heart wrenching songs ever...... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Petebangor Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I'm walking down this lonely avenue...... 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dean Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 (edited) I'll grab another bite at this cherry! Prepared to be honest . . . Been reading a bit at the moment about whilst venues like wigan were not the place for "picking-up" the opposite sex, many relationships came out of long-term friendships and mutual experiences: It would be 1981, a long friendship with Cathy (second name witheld out of respect!) led to a longer affair and relationship that all began with these words: "Yah!, So we share our lovers embraces, Yah! In the dark of hidaway places, Yah! Where no eyes recognise our faces, Me here hiding lying, But these Stolen Hours are such golden hours, I'd be willing to pay any price for these moments of our paradise" Patrice Holloway - Stolen Hours. Also reminds me of JB (Phil Woods RIP), who smiled at the significance of that with me every time we heard it after those times. And for a brief time paradise it was, all-nighters and stolen passion, . . . . . . still in touch after all these decades, that's the scene we had/have. Some apology for the sentimentality, but only a half-hearted apology. The lyrics of these songs have been the soundtrack to our lives. Edited September 3, 2013 by Dean 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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