Love Will Keep Us Together
It wasn't bad enough to cast dispersions on ye olde barbershop while I'm singing it; but you actually went and dissed the Manilow. Not good, my anonymous friend, not good. For attrition, you must say 10 "Mandy's" and 4 "I Write the Songs." For penance, you must spend all day thinking the tune to "Even Now". In fact let's all join in...
Even Now
When there's someone else who cares
When there's someone home who's
Waiting just for me
Even Now
I think about you as I'm climbin' up the stairs
And I wonder what to do so she won't see and
Even Now
When I know it wasn't right
And I found the better life than what we had
Even Now
I wake up cryin' in the middle of the night
And I can't belive it still could hurt so bad
[Throw your heads back and sing loud, Lady Flash]
Even Now
When I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why its still so hard without you
Even Now
When I come shinin' through
I swear I think of you
And how I wish you knew
Even Now
That's right, sing it loud and with two artistic modulations. And while we're at it, maybe I'll just tell you a little story of a girl whose name was Lola.
She was a showgirl.
Do NOT dis the lounge singer.
posted by The Warbler | 2/01/2006 01:26:00 PM
12 Comments:
Meet me at the Cocacabana where music and fashion were always the passion... 4:00 sharp
Man, this diet is getting to me - make sure you're at the COPA - unless, of course a chocolate cabana appeals to you as much as it does me - or perhaps it's the one sponsored by COKE. Anyway, don't be late!
I never really WANTED to be a showgirl.
I had bigger dreams.
Lola.
From the Desk of God.
Memo to: Warbler88
You're not allowed to dispense cruel and unusual human punishment for penance.
Have a nice day!
The Almighty
Lola, didn't the Kinks write a song about her? "Boys will be girls and girls will be boys ... oh oh oh my Lola, oh oh oh my Lola!"
I wrote the songs that made the whole world sing.
Why can't people just love me?
Gee, Barry, I know I can't smile without you. But I'm just One Voice. Maybe all these week-ends in New England are getting to me - I deserve a break today.
OK, Mandy was my favorite and it starts like a New England feeling and ends with "Oh Mandy..." That was Barry's first hit in 1975, enjoy:
I remember all my life
Raining down as cold as ice
A shadow of a man
A face through a window
Crying in the night
The night goes into
the morning's just another day
happy people pass my way
Philosophy 101: If Barry Manilow sings in the woods and no one's there to hear it, is he still richer than all of us put together?
Perhaps.
But then again, there's no accounting for bad taste. Look at chia pets.
Forget purgatory.
My defintion of hell is:
Being trapped between floors in a small elevator with Manilow on the Musak.
Just writing it here fills me with dread.
I must resolve to be a better person.
Barry Manilow saves another soul.
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