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Musical monday #69

Elie and I switch off hosting Musical Monday. For those who are unaware, I didn't start this. A blogger - now retired who went by "A Whispering Soul" started Musical Mondays. It was slightly different. I once asked him if he minded if I could use his idea. He didn't mind.

Anyway, you know the drill. Guess the songs and the theme. No Googling.

This week some are real and some are not. I've mixed them up.

1) and we fly just like birds of a feather
2) Swing-swing-swinging to the cabaret
3) Like a fool I start grinnin' 'cause my head starts spinnin'
4) your Gall Is Never Ending
5) Now I'm calling all citizens from all over the world
6) Look at our life now, tattered and torn.
7) Some guy brought sadness into your happy world.
8) He's double-dealin' with your best friend
9) I fell in love with you before the second show
10) Cruisin' on thru the junction, I'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound
11) Suddenly your sycophants, are chanting slogans at your door
12) A grip so tight, I couldn't tear it apart
13) Well it's all right, everyday is Judgment Day
14) So I made my mind up and made a sandwich
15) Playin' solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty-one
16) So let the wonder take you into space
17) She told me, It can break your heart, and leave you in misery
18) Everytime I find the nerve to say I'm leaving
19) There's a very strange vibration, piercin' me right to the core
20) she lost her home and her family and she won t be coming back
21) Orange birds and river cousins dressed in green
22) We can make it shine, we can take forever
23) The gentle, sweet singin' of leaves in the wind
24) Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much.

If you know the theme, you should be able to figure out the relationships among each group in the following

25) We could go walking through a windy park,
26) July is dressed up and playing her tune

27) No need to ever ask me twice oh no
28) I got six hundred miles to ride, To do one more show, oh no

These next two sets are double-dipping, I suppose
29) Shadows falling , baby , we stand alone
30) Make it shine, make it rain , baby I know my way

31) You feel you're not wanted anywhere
32) Your best friend wrote and told me, You had teardrops in your eyes
33) When I was 17, I did what people told me

34) But I learned somethin' from my blue eyed girl
35) She wanted her a real cowboy

Are these legal?
36) When you're crossing the ocean, I've got a boat to row
37) I had my world strapped against my back

Extra Credit:
EC1) If I could stick my pen in my heart
EC2) I'd have thought you'd have the decency to come and tell the truth to me

UPDATE:
Whoops 1) ... it didn't have much of a plot
Whoops 2) She took all my money, wrecked my new car.
UPDATE II;
Whoops 3) Just touch me and my troubles all fade
Whoops 4) Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down
Whoops 5) I've got my back against the record machine

Congratulations to Benjie for figuring out that the theme last time was Grammy Winners. Specifically I chose the category of "Record of the Year."

# Nel blu dipinto di blu, - 1959: Domenico Modugno - "Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)"Domenico Modugno
# A cement bag is dropping on down - 1960: Bobby Darin - "Mack the Knife"
# There are no gloomy skies - 1961 - Percy Faith and his orchestra, Theme from a summer place
# I'm crossin' you in style some day - 1962: Henry Mancini - "Moon River"
# I've been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan - 1963: Tony Bennett - "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
# A door marked "nevermore" that wasn't there before - 1964: Henry Mancini - "Days of Wine and Roses"
# Tall and tan and young and lovely - 1965: Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto - "The Girl From Ipanema"
# I'll take with me the warmth of thee - 1966: Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass - "A Taste of Honey"
# Love was just a glance away, - 1967: Frank Sinatra - "Strangers in the Night"
# We could float among the stars together, -1968: The 5th Dimension - "Up, Up and Away"
# candidate's debate - 1969: Simon and Garfunkel - "Mrs. Robinson"
# No more falsehoods or derisions - 1970: The 5th Dimension - "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In"
# silver girl - 1971: Simon and Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
# Or maybe we've just stopped trying - 1972: Carole King - "It's Too Late"
# Like the trembling heart of a captive bird - 1973: Roberta Flack - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
# embarrassed by the crowd, - 1974: Roberta Flack - "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
# If we both were born in another place and time - 1975: Olivia Newton-John - "I Honestly Love You"
# Said it before and I'll say it again while others pretend - 1976: Captain and Tennille - "Love Will Keep Us Together"
# Are we really happy here - 1977: George Benson - "This Masquerade"
# steely knives - 1978: Eagles - "Hotel California"
# I don't want clever conversation - 1979: Billy Joel - "Just the Way You Are"
# She musters a smile, For his nostalgic tale 1980: The Doobie Brothers - "What a Fool Believes"
# The canvas can do miracles - 1981: Christopher Cross - "Sailing"
# Her hair is Harlowe gold - 1982: Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes"
# Not quite a year since she went away, - 1983: Toto - "Rosanna"
# on't wanna see your face, you better disappear - 1984: Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
# second hand emotion - 1985: Tina Turner - "What's Love Got to Do With It?"
# We are the ones who make a brighter day - 1986: USA For Africa - "We Are the World"
# Look inside your heart, Ill look inside mine - 1987: Steve Winwood - "Higher Love"
# Poorboys and Pilgrims with families - 1988: Paul Simon - "Graceland"
# You might want to sing it note for note - 1989: Bobby McFerrin - "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
# You always walked a step behind. - 1990: Bette Midler - "Wind Beneath My Wings"
# Its cold and Ive nowhere to sleep,- 1991: Phil Collins - "Another Day in Paradise"
# Like a song of love that clings to me, - 1992: Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole - "Unforgettable"
# Time can break your heart - 1993: Eric Clapton - "Tears in Heaven"
# And I hope you have all you've dreamed of. - 1993: Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You"
# They drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks - 1995: Sheryl Crow - "All I Wanna Do"
# Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby? - 1996: Seal - "Kiss From a Rose"
# I would be the sunlight in your universe - 1997: Eric Clapton - "Change the World"
# She opened a book and a box of tools - 1998: Shawn Colvin - "Sunny Came Home"
# Love can touch us one time, And last for a lifetime - 1999: Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from 'Titanic')"
# Like seven inches from the midday sun - 2000: Santana featuring Rob Thomas - "Smooth"
# In the maze of her imagination - 2001: U2 - "Beautiful Day"
# And if your glass heart should crack - 2002: U2 - "Walk On"
# Instead of kneeling in the sand - 2003: Norah Jones - "Don't Know Why"
# Shoot an apple off my head - 2004: Coldplay - "Clocks"
# Any fool, any fool knows, That there's no, no way to win 2005: Ray Charles and Norah Jones - "Here We Go Again"
# My shadow's the only one that walks beside me - 2006: Green Day - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
# I'm still mad as hell - 2007: Dixie Chicks - "Not Ready to Make Nice"
# I ain't got seventy days - 2008: Amy Winehouse - "Rehab."