Most popular themes of 50s/60s song lyrics?

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:19 am

Season songs - "Crazy Lazy Hazy Days of Summer".

Week day songs - Jeez! I forgot one of my all time favourites - "Lazy Sunday Afternoon".

Mental health - "Goin' Out Of My Head Over You".

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:20 am

Just remember, Howard...when you had the "hots" for Petula Clark, she was in her youth as well...

Hmm...there may be some hope, after all...

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:42 am

Mmm... i wonder to which category "Mad about love" would qualify?..
Oh yeah... "Glad all over"... mental health?..
Animal: "Bumble bee" and... eh... "I'll be dog gone".

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:05 am

Why does the thought of two skeletons rattling around together pop into my head, Dane?

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:53 am

It ain't how old your skeleton is, it's how you make it rattle...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:41 pm

'Zackly!!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:05 am

Mmmm... skeleton songs? I don't know any...

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:47 am

Skeleton and The Roundabout - Idle Race UK 60'S band who included Jeff Lynne who went on to greater things

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:06 am

Uh... looks like you have one for everything, Roy...

What about "flower" songs - just to move on to a "gentler" topic? "Rose's are red, Violet's are blue", huh? Anything else?
("roses" and "violets", of course... still cannot manage to be a good lady...)

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:20 am

Like I said Sheena as Richard Harris once sang The Yard Goes On Forever. Songs about flowers abound, songs just about roses are plentiful.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:45 am

Okay, so looks like "Plants/Flowers" is a popular topic too? Albeit, must admit, probably most of them would also belong to "Lovesong" category...
How about... no, no "birth" but "Songs about kids"?

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:26 am

Mmmm... let's throw in some more?
"Name" songs - "Good golly miss Molly", "Long tall Sally", "Short fat Fannie", "Sorry Suzanne", etc - "Tell Laura i love her" will also belong here, as well as to "Love" and "Death" categories...
"Revolution" songs, wide category within the "Political" - the Beatles spring to mind immediately, and "Declaration of independence 1965" too, albeit this one may also belong to "Hair songs" category...

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:14 am

Forgot the title of this death song, memory of which was prompted by Sheena's contribution above -

"A young girl...a young girl of 16...lying here by the road...DEAD"

- Noel "Girl From Uncle" Harrison

Actually saw him lip sync it in dead seriousness on Shindig or some such show.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:52 am

...and how about "colourful" songs - "Mellow yellow", "Green river" etc?

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:04 am

Jerry

Cher did a version of Young Girl too