The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

I need excitement, oh i need it bad



John Peel's favourite song!

The drummer looks rather happy....



1978.



Are teenage dreams so hard to beat
Everytime she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good

I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

I'm gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over cos i'm all alone
I need excitement oh i need it bad
And its the best, i've ever had

I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

The Supremes - I Hear a Symphony

Woke up to this song the other day...


"I Hear a Symphony" is a 1965 hit song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, "I Hear a Symphony" was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks, from November 14, 1965 to November 27, 1965. In the United Kingdom, "I Hear a Symphony" made it to number fifty, and then dropped off the charts for two weeks before re-entering at number thirty-nine

Lead vocals by Diana Ross
Background vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers.
 (wikipedia)




You've given me a true love
And every day I thank you love
For a feeling thats so new
So inviting, so exciting

Whenever you're near
I hear a symphony
A tender melody
Pulling me closer
Closer to your arms

Then suddenly, I hear a symphony
Ooh, your lips are touching mine
A feeling so divine
till I leave the past behind
I'm lost in a world
Made for you and me

Whenever you're near
I hear a symphony
Play sweet and tenderly
Every time your lips meet mine now baby

Baby, baby
You bring much joy within
Dont let this feeling end
Let it go on and on and on
Now baby, baby
Those tears that seem my eyes
I cry not for myself
But for those who never felt the joy we felt

Whenever you're near
I hear a symphony
Each time you speak to me
I hear a tender rap so dy of love now

Baby, baby
As you stand holding me
Whispering how much you care
A thousand violins fill the air

Now baby, baby
Don't let this moment end
Keep standing close to me
Ooh, so close to me, baby, baby
Baby, baby
I hear a symphony
A tender melody

The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack

How come we haven't had anything by The Shangri-Las yet?
Here's their well known 1964 hit Leader of the Pack.




Is she really going out with him?
Well, there she is. Let's ask her.
Betty, is that Jimmy's ring you're wearing?
Mm-hmm
Gee, it must be great riding with him
Is he picking you up after school today?
Uh-uh
By the way, where'd you meet him?

I met him at the candy store
He turned around and smiled at me
You get the picture? (yes, we see)
That's when I fell for (the leader of the pack)

My folks were always putting him down (down, down)
They said he came from the wrong side of town
(whatcha mean when ya say that he came from the wrong side of town?)
They told me he was bad
But I knew he was sad
That's why I fell for (the leader of the pack)

One day my dad said, "Find someone new"
I had to tell my Jimmy we're through
(whatcha mean when ya say that ya better go find somebody new?)
He stood there and asked me why
But all I could do was cry
I'm sorry I hurt you (the leader of the pack)

He sort of smiled and kissed me goodbye
The tears were beginning to show
As he drove away on that rainy night
I begged him to go slow
But whether he heard, I'll never know

Look out! Look out! Look out! Look out!

I felt so helpless, what could I do?
Remembering all the things we'd been through
In school they all stop and stare
I can't hide the tears, but I don't care
I'll never forget him (the leader of the pack)

The leader of the pack - now he's gone

Air - Playground Love

The nostalgic modern love song by excellence.
Yes you're right I have no clue what to write about this song everyone knows.



I'm a high school lover, and you're my favorite flavor
Love is all, all my soul
You're my playground love

Yet my hands are shaking
I feel my body reeling
Time's no matter, I'm on fire
On the playground love

You're the piece of gold
That flashes on my soul
Extra time, on the ground
You're my playground love

Anytime, anywhere,
You're my playground love.

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Baby Baby

I think I already posted something by Frankie Lymon... but.. I like his voice, and the lyrics to this song.

The Teenagers' first single, 1956's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", was also their biggest. After Lymon went solo in mid-1957, both his career and those of the Teenagers fell into decline. Lymon eventually fell into heroin addiction, and died in 1968 at the age of 25.
(wikipedia)

Fame, fatal fame...it can play hideous tricks on the brain.

Baby-baby, how I want you
Baby-baby, how I need you
Baby-baby, you're the only one,
two, three, four

Baby-baby, how I miss you
Baby-baby, long to kiss you
Baby-baby, say you want me too,
three, four, five

You're my favourite number, all that counts is you
I'm so glad it's you I want
I'm so glad you want me too

Baby-baby, want to bring you
Baby-baby, a wedding ring too
Baby-baby, soon will be three,
four, five, six
Stop!

Baby-baby, when I'm near you
Baby-baby, I go right to
Baby-baby, heaven number seven,
eight, nine, ten

Baby-baby, in your arms dear
Baby-baby, all your charms dear
Baby-baby, I appreciate
nine, ten, eleven

You're my favourite number, all that counts is you
I'm so glad it's you I want
I'm so glad you want me too

Baby-baby, hold me tight dear
Baby-baby, with all your might dear
Baby-baby, till the clcok strikes nine,
ten, eleven, twelve
Go home!
That's all, bye-bye..

Linda Scott - I've Told Every Little Star

1961 hit single, appeared in David Lynch movie Mulholland Drive

Why haven't I told you

Oh, baby, I've told every little star
Just how sweet I think you are
Why haven't I told you

I've told ripples in a brook
Made my heart an open book
Why haven't I told you

Friends ask me "am I in love"
I always answer "yes"
Might as well confess
If the answers yes

Maybe, you may love me too
Oh, my darling, if you do
Why haven't you told me

Friends ask me "am I in love"
I always answer "yes"
Might as well confess
If the answers yes

Maybe, you may love me too
Oh, my darling, if you do
Why haven't you told me

Doris Day - Please Don't Eat The Daisies

Supposing it showers, while you're eating flowers...

From the 1960 homonymous comedy, starring Doris Day and David Niven.



After the first April Showers
Flowers appear everywhere,
and as they bloom,
their fragrant perfume,
tell us that spring's in the air.

Please, please don't eat the daisies,
don't eat the daisies, please, please.

Here I am waitin' and anticipatin'
the kisses that I'll get from you.

Please, please don't eat the daisies,
don't eat the daisies, please, please.

I'm so romantic that I'm gettin' frantic
wonderin' what you're gonna do.

Please, please don't eat the daisies,
don't eat the daisies, please, please.

Do you love me,
Do you love me not?
That's what I'm longin' to know.
Do you love me,
Do you love me a lot?
You'll prove it by lettin' the daisies
grow.

Please, please don't eat the daisies,
don't eat the daisies, please, please.

Supposin' it showers
while you're eatin' flowers
The hours will be wasted away.

Please, please don't eat the daisies
today...
don't eat the daisies...