1978

Rhiannon rings like a bell in the night,
And wouldn't you love to love her?
Takes to the sky like a bird in flight,
And who will be her lover?...
(Fleetwood Mac, Rhiannon)

Out on the wiley, windy moors, 
We'd roll and fall in green.
You had a temper like my jealousy, 
Too hot, too greedy...
(Kate Bush, Wuthering Heights)

Winding your way down on Baker Street, 
Light in your head and dead on your feet.
Well, another crazy day, 
You drink the night away, 
And forget about everything...
(Gerry Rafferty, Baker Street)

Take me now baby here as I am, 
Pull me close, try and understand.
Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe, 
Love is the banquet on which we feed...
(Patti Smith Group, Because The Night)

Summer loving had me a blast, 
Summer loving happened so fast.
I met a girl crazy for me, 
Met a boy cute as can be...
(Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, Summer Nights)

Sun is shinin' in the sky, 
There ain't a cloud in sight.
It's stopped rainin' everybody's in a play, 
And don't you know, 
It's a beautiful new day, hey, hey , hey!...
(Electric Light Orchestra, Mr Blue Sky)

Listen to the ground, 
There is movement all around.
There is something goin' down, 
And I can feel it...
(Bee Gees, Night Fever)

I know your eyes in the mornin' sun, 
I feel you touch me in the pourin' rain.
And the moment that you wander far from me, 
I wanna feel you in my arms again...
(Bee Gees, How Deep Is Your Love)

I have a mansion but forget the price, 
Ain't never been there, they tell me it's nice.
I live in hotels, tear out the walls, 
I have accountants, pay for it all...
(Joe Walsh, Life's Been Good)

The summer sun is fading as the year grows old,
And darker days are drawing near.
The winter winds will be much colder,
Now you're not here...
(Justin Hayward, Forever Autumn)

If you change your mind, 
I'm the first in line.
Honey, I'm still free, 
Take a chance on me...
(Abba, Take A Chance On Me)

You can dance, 
You can jive.
Having the time of your life.
See that girl, 
Watch that scene.
Diggin' the dancing queen...
(Abba, Dancing Queen)

Sam, you've been waiting much too long now, 
It looks like she's not coming home.
Sam, you've been loyal, true and faithful, 
All this time with being alone...
(Clout, Substitute)

Brown girl in the ring, 
Tra la la la la, 
There's a brown girl in the ring, 
Tra la la la la…
(Boney M, Brown Girl In The Ring)

I got chills they're multiplying, 
And I'm losing control.
'Cause the power you're supplying, 
It's electrifying...
(Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, You're The One That I Want)  

Ooh, it takes every kinda  people, 
To make what life's about, yeah.
Every kinda people, 
To make the world go 'round...
(Robert Palmer, Every Kinda People)

Aah, freak out! 
Le freak, c'est Chic! 
Freak out! 
Aah, freak out!... 
(Chic, Le Freak)

Oh, what, wow,
He's the greatest dancer.
Oh, what, wow,
That I've ever seen.
(Sister Sledge, He's The Greatest Dancer)

There was a lot of rocking going on that night, 
Cruising time for the young bright lights.
Just past the gasworks, by the meat factory door, 
The five lamp boys were coming on strong...
(The Boomtown Rats, Rat Trap)

I know it's late, 
I know you're weary.
I know your plans don't include me, 
Still here we are.
Both of us lonely...
(Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, We've Got Tonite)

She stood there bright as the sun on that Californian coast, 
He was a Midwestern boy on his own.
She looked at him with those soft eyes so innocent and blue, 
He knew right then he was too far from home...
(Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, Hollywood Nights)

I was walking down the street, 
Concentrating on truckin' right.
I heard a dark voice beside of me, 
And I looked round in a state of fright...
(10cc, Dreadlock Holiday)

You're as cold as ice, 
You're willing to sacrifice our love.
You never take advice, 
Someday you'll pay the price, I know...
(Foriegner, Cold As Ice)

Ca plane pour moi, 
Ca plane pour moi.
Ca plane pour moi, moi, moi, moi, moi, ca plane pour moi, 
Hou-hou-oou-oou! Ca plane pour moi...
(Plastic Bertrand, Ca Plane Pour Moi)

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl, 
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there.
She would merengue and do the cha-cha, 
And while she tried to be a star...
(Barry Manilow, Copacabana)

Ooh wah, ooh wah cool, cool kitty, 
Tell us about the boy from New York City.
Ooh wah, ooh wah c'mon kitty, 
Tell us about the boy from New York City...
(Darts, The Boy From New York City)

Love is in the air everywhere I look around, 
Love is in the air every sight and every sound.
And I don't know if I'm being foolish, 
Don't know if I'm being wise...
(John Paul Young, Love Is In The Air)

Come on come on, hurry up Harry come on.
Come on come on, hurry up Harry come on.
We're going down the pub, 
We're going down the pub...
(Sham 69, Hurry Up Harry)

You don't bring me flowers, 
You don't sing me love songs.
You hardly talk to me any more, 
When I come through the door at the end of the day...
(Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond, You Don't Bring Me Flowers)

So many destinations faces going to so many places, 
Where the weather is much better and the food is so much cheaper, 
Well, I help her with her baggage for her baggage is so heavy,
I hear the plane is ready by the gateway to take my love away...
(The Motors, Airport)

Thanks for the times that you've given me, 
The memories are all in my mind.
And now that we've come, 
To the end of our rainbow...
(Commodores, Three Times A Lady)

Once had a love and it was a gas, 
Soon turned out had a heart of glass.
Seemed like the real thing, but only to find, 
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind...
(Blondie, Heart Of Glass)

I know a girl from a lonely street, 
Cold as ice cream but still as sweet.
Dry your eyes Sunday girl, 
Hey, I saw your guy with a different girl...
(Blondie, Sunday Girl)

Don't know why, 
I'm surviving every lonely day.
When there's got to be, 
No chance for me...
(Yvonne Elliman, If I Can't Have You)

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six, 
He thinks of all the lips that he licks.
And all the girls that he's going to fix, 
She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle...
(Elvis Costello And The Attractions, I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea)
 
I hear him before I go to sleep, 
And focus on the day that's been.
I realise he's there when I turn my light off, 
And turn over.
Nobody knows about my man, 
They think he's lost on some horizon...
(Kate Bush, The Man With The Child In His Eyes)

And this is the complete Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel from 1977.
Years later he also wrote Mercy Street for his album So, 
After he read the tragic Anne Sexton's poem 45 Mercy Street. 
Simply because I like it and it reads like pure poetry...
 
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill, 
I could see the city light.
Wind was blowing, time stood still, 
Eagle flew out of the night.
He was something to observe, 
Came in close, I heard a voice, 
Standing, stretching every nerve.
Had to listen, had no choice.
I did not believe the information, 
Just had to trust imagination.
My heart going boom, boom, boom, 
Son, he said, grab your things, I've come to take you home, 
Hey, back home.

To keep in silence I resigned, 
My friends would think I was a nut.
Turning water into wine, 
Open doors would soon be shut.
So I went from day to day, 
Though my life was in a rut.
'Till I thought of what I'll say, 
Which connection I should cut.
I was feeling part of the scenery, 
I walked right out of the machinery.
My heart going boom, boom, boom, 
Hey, he said, grab your things, I've come to take you home, 
Hey, back home.

When illusion spin her net, 
I'm never where I want to be.
And liberty she pirouette, 
When I think that I am free.
Watched by empty silhouettes, 
Who close their eyes but still can see.
No one taught them etiquette, 
I will show another me.
Today I don't need a replacement, 
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant.
My heart going boom, boom, boom, 
Hey, I said, you can keep my things, they've come to take me home.