Showing posts with label Gerry Rafferty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gerry Rafferty. Show all posts

Thursday, January 31, 2013

ATF: Baker and Main

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



Baker Street
Gerry Rafferty
Windin’ your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people
But it's
Got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're tryin'
You're tryin' now
Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're cryin'
You're cryin' now

Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door
He's got that look on his face
And he asks you
Where have you been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything
He's got this dream about buyin' some land
He's gonna
Bive up the booze and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he'll always keep movin'
You know he's never gonna stop movin'
Cause he's rollin'
He's the rollin' stone
And when you wake up it's a new mornin’
The sun is shining
It's a new morning
But you're goin’
You're goin’ home



Main Street
Bob Seger
I remember standin’ on the corner at midnight
Tryin’ to get my courage up
There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown
I loved to watch her do her stuff
Through the long lonely nights
She filled my sleep
Her body softly swayin’
To that smoky beat
Down on Main Street
Down on Main Street

In the pool halls
The hustlers
And the losers
I used to watch 'em through the glass
Well I'd stand outside at closin’ time
Just to watch her walk on past
Unlike all the other ladies
She looked so young and sweet
As she made her way alone
Down that empty street
Down on Main Street
Down on Main Street

And sometimes even now
When I'm feelin’ lonely and beat
I drift back in time
And I find my feet
Down on Main Street
Down on Main Street
Down on Main Street
Down on Main Street
Down on Main Street
Down on Main Street

Lyrics From: [A-Z Lyrics Universe]

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Gerry Rafferty vs. Andy Gibb


NOTE: The way it is usually done here is to present two versions of the same song, or match a song with a parody of it.  I was all set to do this again, but the Foo Fighters’ version of the Gerry Rafferty classic, Baker Street, is quite simply awful.  So, after wrestling with it for a lot longer than I probably should have, it was suggested that I could help right a horrific wrong by placing Baker Street ahead of Andy Gibb’s Shadow Dancing, which is where it truly belongs instead of having to settle for number two on the U.S. Hot 100 back in 1978 on account of far too many teeny-boppers shadow dancing when they should have been in the kitchen learning how to be a proper wife.  (Yes, that last part was meant as a joke.  Kinda.)

 


Baker Street
Gerry Rafferty
Windin’ your way down
On Baker Street
Light in your head
And dead on your feet
Well another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert
Makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people
But it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

You used to think
That it was so easy
You used to say
That it was so easy
But you're tryin'
You're tryin' now
Another year
And then you'd be happy
Just one more year
And then you'd be happy
But you're cryin'
You're cryin' now

Way down the street
There's a lad in his place
He opens the door
He's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything
He's got this dream
About buyin' some land
He's gonna give up the booze
And the one night stands
And then he'll settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he'll always
Keep movin'
You know he's never gonna
Stop movin'
‘Cause he's rollin'
He's the rollin' stone
And when you wake up
It's a new mornin’
The sun is shinin’
It's a new mornin’
And you're goin’
You're goin’ home

 


Shadow Dancing
Andy Gibb
You got me lookin’ at that
Heaven in your eyes
I was chasin’ your direction
I was tellin’ you no lies
And I was lovin’ you
When the words are said
Baby I lose my head
And in a world of people
There's only you and I
There ain't nothin’ come between us
In the end
How can I hold you
When you ain't even mine
Only you can see me through
I leave it up to you

Do it light
Takin’ me through the night
Shadow dancin’
Baby you do it right
Huh huh
Give me more
Drag me across the floor
Shadow dancin’
All this and nothin’ more

All that I need is just
One moment in your arms
I was chasin’ your affection
I was doin’ you no harm
And I was lovin’ you
Make it shine
Make it rain
Baby I know my way
I need that sweet sensation
Of livin’ in your love
I can't breath when you're away
It pulls me down
You are the question
And the answer am I
Only you can see me through
I leave it up to you

Do it light
Takin’ me through the night
Shadow dancin’
Baby you do it right
Huh huh
Give me more
Drag me across the floor
Shadow dancin’
All this and nothin’ more

And in this world of people
There's only you and I
There ain't nothin’ come between us
In the end
Ah, how can I hold you
When you ain't even mine
Only you can see me through
I leave it up to you

Do it light
Takin’ me through the night
Shadow dancin’
Baby you do it right
Huh huh
Give me more
Drag me across the floor
Shadow dancin’
All this and nothin’ more

Do it light
Takin’ me through the night
Shadow dancin’
Baby you do it right
Huh huh
Give me more
Drag me across the floor
Shadow dancin’
All this and nothin’ more

Lyrics From: [Sing365.com]

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