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Musical monday #81

I'm sorry but Musical Monday #81, is not yet ready to go. Hopefully, later today, though more likely overnight. In the meantime, here's background to Seasons in the Sun. You wouldn't believe who recorded it first - but never released it.

OK, here's the first installment. You know the drill, guess the songs and the common element. No googling. (Not surprisingly) a lot of these are country songs.

1) You'll cry and cry and try to sleep
2) who's car is parked next door
3) Why does she get the best of you
4) Leaving me alone and hurt
5) 'bout your plans to make me blue
6) You hit once, Then break away clean
7) Then somebody hangs up when you answer the phone
8) Saw your head turned a bit too far to the right now
9) But that look's all over you
10) And I just happened to find your name and number...
11) With flaming locks of auburn hair
12) Every form of refuge has a price
13) Till her husband came clean with the help of Jim Beam
14) Over the river where we weren't well-known
15) Take a chance tonight and untie the knot
16) And I dare not drown my sorrows in the warm glow of your wine
17) Now I won't need no chains to tie me down
18) No one gets to get it for free
19) Your mama and daddy say it's a shame
20) Cause she's got her own obligations and so, and so do I
UPDATED:
(I think that 23 and 24) are pretty sick, actually)
21) Maybe it's time that you earned
22) Call up, ring once, hang up the phone
23) But I was proud to go, And do my patriotic chore
24) And that ain't too cool
25) I put 2 and 1 together and you know that's not an easy sum
26) A room full of noise and dangerous boys
27) Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem
28) So if you don't wanna cry like I do
29) A-leavin' me home with a hand full of bills
30) And the storm will wreck our home
31) You mustn't think you failed me
32) The Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal
33) And he knows that she knows
34) I got up to wash my face
35) Oh, what a birthday surprise,
36) Why'd you slip around secretly
37) I've never called and checked your story
38) I've been listening to your dreams and getting very low
39) I bought a novel, some perfume
40) tracks too small for Andy to make.
41) I pour myself a drink somewhere.
42) Through these walls so thin
43) Finally the waiter said, "Should I bring another chair."
44) I never see his face in the early morning light
45) And would you cry if I told you that I lied
46) She said, "Home James" and he hit the gas
47) Told me you were goin' out for a soda pop
48)I just threw my last bottle at the jukebox
49) I've got to admit I do some looking too

Here are the answers to Musical Monday #79. As Gail noticed, it was a list of the top songs of the 70's. It was inspired by Elie's Musical Monday #70. It's also 30+ years since Elie and I became friends.

Benjie, however, pointed out that they were #1 songs of the 70's apparently ranked by weeks at #1, but not the actual Billboard top 70. This was my source, so if I mislead anyone, sorry about that.

Originally I was going to do the top 50 of 1979, but the results were just too awful.

The answers to Musical Monday #80 should be posted later today.

1)Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone
2)And I'm glowin' in the dark
Night Fever - Bee Gees
3)Let me pour you a good long drink
Tonight's the Night - Rod Stewart
4)Give me more, drag me across the floor
Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
5)Just one try, and you too will be sold
Le Freak - Chic
6)Is it just destiny, destiny?
My Sharona - The Knack
7)And the moon and the stars were gifts
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
8)If i'm not feeling any less sour
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
9)I never understood a word he said
Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
10)I'm sailing right behind.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon and Garfunkel
11)Cause our love's no mystery
Best of my Love - Emotions
12)We must bring salvation back
I'll Be There - Jackson 5
13)But I look around me and I see it isn't so.
Silly Love Songs - Wings
14)Or steal my daddy's cue
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
15)But you call yourself by different names
Bad Girls - Donna Summer
16)You were light and breezy
It's Too Late - Carole King
17)embarrassed by the crowd (This song is related to another song - or two - in this list. How?)
Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
18) And sock it to you again
One Bad Apple - Osmonds
19)The things you are to me and not some puppet on a string
I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
20)The New York Times effect on man.
Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
21) And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B. J. Thomas
22)he's so nervous avoiding all the questions.
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart
23)Until the night closes in
Kiss You All Over - Exile
24)I'll stay on the bus
Tie A Yellow Ribbon - Dawn
25)You both kicked off your shoes. (Is this the easiest one?)
American Pie - Don McLean
26)So they sprinkled moondust in your hair
Close To You - Carpenters
27)Me minus you is such a lonely ride
Reunited - Peaches and Herb
28)I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about the sorrow.
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees
29)Really want to go with you
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
30) And when the cupboard's bare
My Love - Paul McCartney and Wings
31) You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows
Without You - Nilsson
32) You put the sparks to the flame
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
33) Nothing but blues skies
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
34) Girl you ought to be on T.V., on Soul Train
Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor
35) Sedaka is back (Is this unfair?)
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain and Tennille
36) I know your eyes in the morning sun
How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees
37)Dialed about a thousand numbers lately
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
38)Like a rose under the april snow
Evergreen - Barbra Streisand
39) I should have changed that stupid key
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
40)The sooner we begin the longer we've got to groove
Boogie Oogie Oogie - Taste of Honey
41)This morning I woke up with this feeling
I Think I Love You - Partridge Family
42) Twice on the pipe
Knock Three Times - Dawn
43) watched yourself gavotte
You're So Vain - Carly Simon
44) And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
45) All day long, wearing a mask of false bravado
Baby Come Back - Player
46)I knew the curve of her face
Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
47)I roller skated to your door at daylight
Brand New Key - Melanie
48)It made me sad to think it was dead
Horse With No Name - America
49) Smiles we gave to one another
The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
50) Someone left the cake out in the rain (Not the original)
MacArthur Park - Donna Summer

51. Long nights crying by the record machine
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
52. I ain't ready for no family ties
Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis
53. It's hurtin' me more each minute that you delay
Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond
54. Blood's thicker than the mud
Family Affair - Sly & Family Stone
55. No wind, no rain
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
56. Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Seasons in the Sun Terry Jacks
57. Cause she's got her own obligations and so, and so do I
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
58. Sparkle someone else's eyes
American Woman - Guess Who
59. For there's Basie, Miller, Sachmo
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
60. Induction, then destruction
War - Edwin Starr
61. There seems to have been some disturbance here.
Streak - Ray Stevens
62. collect up all the cream
Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr
63. If I have things you need to borrow
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
64. Up, up to the sky
Fly Robin Fly - Silver Convention
65. Down where Lexington cross 47th Street
Island Girl - Elton John
66. Hypnotizing, mesmerizing me
December 1963 - Four Seasons
67. The answer is easy if you take it logically
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
68. I can see it, your face is glowing,
Having My Baby - Paul Anka
69. When the final act is over
He Don't Love You - Dawn
70. The lie is on her lips - such an evil child
Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka