Old bastards' lyrics quiz - not for you kids...

[Trufflehound]

For Hiney only


When she finished her laundry she was all in a quandary
And made it for the street like a hare
Her escape was so urgent, she forgot her detergent
And dropped all her clean underwear

??

Little Does She Know - Kursaal Flyers

and it was 1976...


Yes, i know I'm not Hiney...

 

[sully]

Love it. But...have listened to it too much over the years so I feel the same way about it as I do about sardines: nice but I've seriously overindulged in the past. Although, like McCartney without Lennon, Fagen can be a bit syrupy without Becker.

Tend to agree with all that.

The Nightfly was the first CD I ever bought, way back in the 80s and got played to death on the basis that I only had three CDs. The Nightfly, Hotel California and Flesh + Blood

 

[The Large One]

Just like Pagliaci did
I try to keep my sadness hid
Smiling in the public eye
But in this lonely room I cry

Year: 1967

 

[Parson Henry]

Just like Pagliaci did
I try to keep my sadness hid
Smiling in the public eye
But in this lonely room I cry

Year: 1967

Argentina's world cup song?

(Posted when the question had 1966 )

 

[Man of Harveys]

Tears of a clown, Smokey Robinson

 

[The Large One]

Argentina's world cup song?

(Posted when the question had 1966 )

Could have been 1966 - not 100% sure. Was only an album track, and an obscure one at that, and only released in UK in 1970. When it went to No.1 here, it was released in US also going to No.1.

 

[The Large One]

Tears of a clown, Smokey Robinson

Tcha! Nothing gets past you.

I tell you what I'll do (what will you do?)
I'd like to go there now with you
You can miss out school (won't that be cool?)
Why go to learn the words of fools

 

[Stinky Kat]

what will we do there. well get high

 

[cheeseroll]

what will we touch there,
(we'll touch the sky)

 

[tedebear]

it's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful

 

[The Large One]

A truly maudlin one now...

Like a drum my heart was beating
And your kiss was sweet as wine
But the joys of love are fleeting
For Pierrot and Columbine
Now the harbour light is calling
This will be our last goodbye
Though the ******** ** ****
I will love you till I die

1965.

And for those who know this, how many will have it running through their heads for the rest of the day?

 

[Gwylan]

NOw the carnival is over

The Seekers

 

[The Large One]

NOw the carnival is over

The Seekers

And is it stuck in your head?

 

[Gwylan]

It IS.

You bastard.

 

[Hiney]

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big fat tyres
and everything

 

[readingstockport]

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big fat tyres
and everything

Highway Star, Purple.

 

[Hiney]

Highway Star, Purple.

Good lad

 

[Dover]

OK then what about.....


Company, always on the run.
Destiny, with the rising sun.
I was born with a six gun in my hand.
Behind a gun. I will make my final stand.

Circa 1974

 

[Kent Seagull]

Bad Company?

 

[Dover]

Spot on Kent Seagull.