For all you romantics out there - B.J. Thomas - Hooked on a Feeling [image: Inline image 1]
Hooked on a Feeling - Original version, vinyl http://youtu.be/Wqt_iZBvtCo Greatest Hits Medley http://youtu.be/iKsC7ocz6no "I can't stop this feelin' deep inside of me Girl, you just don't realize what you do to me When ya hold me in your arms so tight You let me know everything's all right I-I-I, I'm hooked on a feelin' High on believin' that you're in love with me Lips are sweet as candy, the taste stays on my mind Girl, you keep me thirsty for another cup of wine I got it bad for you girl, but I don't need a cure I'll just stay addicted and hope I can endure All the good love when we're all alone Keep it up, girl, yeah ya turn me on I-I-I, I'm hooked on a feelin' High on believin' that you're in love with me All the good love when we're all alone Keep it up, girl, yeah ya turn me on I-I-I, I'm hooked on a feelin' I'm high on believin' that you're in love with me." On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > [image: Inline image 1] > > There are lots of worse things than getting stuck on a deserted island > with a beautiful woman like this! > > Huey Lewis & The News - Happy To Be Stuck With You > http://youtu.be/-8b0IKQxx2k > > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Richard Williams > <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight? >> http://youtu.be/_cS5aCozhcA >> >> The first time I heard Elvis was in 1953 in Abilene, Texas when I was >> about four years old. My mother took me to the Paramount theater and let me >> sit up front with her - she was about eighteen at the time. Later, when I >> was fifteen I started buying his records including this one I bought in >> 1960. Me and my first girlfriend used to listen to these Elvis songs all >> the time after school. At one time, I owned about a dozen Elvis albums on >> vinyl, since all sold. Now, I have a 2-CD set - The Essential Elvis >> Presley, RCA B000KX0HVY. >> >> This song, one of my favorites, is a very romantic song - a real >> tear-jerker! >> >> Read more: >> >> Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley >> by Peter Guralnick >> Little, Brown and Company, 1995 >> >> Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley >> by Peter Guralnick >> Little, Brown and Company, 1999 >> >> Music by Lou Handman and lyrics by Roy Turk. It was written in 1926, and >> first published in 1927. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Lonesome_Tonight<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Lonesome_Tonight%3F_%28song%29> >> >> "Are you lonesome tonight, >> do you miss me tonight? >> Are you sorry we drifted apart? >> Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day >> When I kissed you and called you sweetheart? >> Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare? >> Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there? >> Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again? >> Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight? >> >> I wonder if you're lonesome tonight >> You know someone said that the world's a stage >> And each must play a part. >> Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart. >> Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance >> You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue >> Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange >> And why I'll never know. >> >> Honey, you lied when you said you loved me >> And I had no cause to doubt you. >> But I'd rather go on hearing your lies >> Than go on living without you. >> Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there >> With emptiness all around >> And if you won't come back to me >> Then make them bring the curtain down. >> >> Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again? >> Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?" >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:15 AM, TurquoiseB <turquoi...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Richard Williams wrote: >>> > >>> > Very romantic dancing song! >>> >>> Speaking of romantic songs, here's one that has a cool story behind it. >>> Back when I used to live in L.A., there was a bar out in North Malibu that >>> I used to go to often to listen to a band called Billy and the Beaters. >>> They were without question the most FUN band in L.A. to see and dance to, a >>> modern version of the old Ray Charles band, with a horn section and great >>> players. And Billy himself was just the best -- great guy, great voice, >>> great songwriter, and fun. >>> >>> Anyway, he and his band were known around L.A., but their only album was >>> long out of print and they were just gettin' by on club dates, and then a >>> TV producer caught their act, loved it, and decided that one of Billy's >>> songs would be perfect as the soundtrack behind key romantic moments >>> between Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan on the TV show "Family Ties." >>> >>> The song, and the album it was on, had been out of print for several >>> years. But after the broadcast of the show fans were clamoring for it so >>> much that Rhino Records acquired the rights and released a "Best of Billy >>> and the Beaters" album, and the song itself ("At This Moment") shot to #1 >>> on the national charts and stayed there for 15 weeks. >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH4odHVfF5E >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
