The New 1970s Lyrics Game

Mr Blue Sky - ELO

Nice follow up clean

All the years combine
They melt into a dream
A broken angel sings
From a guitar

All the years combine
They melt into a dream
A broken angel sings
From a guitar

Stella Blue  --  Grateful Dead



All right, look at my shoes
Not quite the walkin' blues
Don't fight, too much to lose
 

All right, look at my shoes
Not quite the walkin' blues
Don't fight, too much to lose

Runnin' Blue - The Doors

It's a sad song we always seem to be singing to each other
You and me, sweet and slightly out of key
Like the sound of a running down calliope

Tule's Blues - WZ

Nice choice Rhino.

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When your spine is cracking and your hands, they shake,
Heart is bursting and you butt's gonna break.
Your woman's cussing, you can hear her scream,
You feel like murder in the first degree.

When your spine is cracking and your hands, they shake,
Heart is bursting and you butt's gonna break.
Your woman's cussing, you can hear her scream,
You feel like murder in the first degree.

Ventilator Blues - The Rolling Stones


Did-did-did-did-you see the frightened ones?
Did-did-did-did-you hear the falling bombs?
The flames are all long gone, but the pain lingers on.

Gooldbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd


Oh its been such a long long time
Look like I can't get you off my mind
But I can't, just the thought of you
Turns my world    

 

Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore

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Going into the 90s for this one.  The artist is primarily associated with the 60s and 70s.


You wanna make Van Goghs
Raise 'em up like sheep
Make 'em out of Eskimos
And women if you please
Make 'em nice and normal
Make 'em nice and neat

You wanna make Van Goghs
Raise 'em up like sheep
Make 'em out of Eskimos
And women if you please
Make 'em nice and normal
Make 'em nice and neat

Turbulent Indigo - Joni Mitchell

Great choice, mj!
My wife is a huge Joni fan so I am very familiar with this tune.

Going to the 80s for this connection:

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in crooked line

Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls.


Rhino, I think Turbulent Indigo, while very melancholy, is one of Joni's better albums.  She was (and still is, I believe) very jaded with the male-dominated recording industry, and the lack of recognition she received as one of the most influential recording artists out there.

I think the following lyrics from the song Sex Kills exemplifies her frustration.

I pulled up behind a Cadillac;
We were waiting for the light;
And I took a look at his license plate-
It said, "Just Ice."
Is justice just ice?
Governed by greed and lust?
Just the strong doing what they can
And the weak suffering what they must?
And the gas leaks
And the oil spills
And sex sells everything
And sex kills ...
Sex kills ...

Here's a JBFH selection for y'all.

When I wake up in the mornin' light
I pull on my jeans and I feel all right
I put my blue jeans on, I pull my old blue jeans on

Jeans On - David Dundas


One day, I'm gonna write a poem in a letter
One day, I'm gonna get that faculty together.

 

    

One day, I'm gonna write a poem in a letter
One day, I'm gonna get that faculty together.

Blue Jean - David Bowie


I don't know when I've been so blue
Don't know what's come over you
You've found someone new

Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle


I think we can make it
Wouldn't you give your heart to a friend  

I think we can make it
Wouldn't you give your heart to a friend  

Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester

Rhino, I think Turbulent Indigo, while very melancholy, is one of Joni's better albums.  She was (and still is, I believe) very jaded with the male-dominated recording industry, and the lack of recognition she received as one of the most influential recording artists out there.

Great point, mj!
I like that parrt of her songwriting - shows lots of edginess!
Kinda like Alannis did - to a much smaller degree - on Jagged Little Pill.

This connection is too good to pass up:
You were the restless one
And you did not care that
I was the trouble boy
Lookin' for a double dare
I won't apologize for the
Things I've done and said

Midnight Blue - Lou Gramm. Had a feeling that was coming. Good one.


Look over yonder, what do you see
The sun is arising most definitely   

Look over yonder, what do you see
The sun is arising most definitely  

Crystal Blue Persuasion  --  Tommy James & The Shondells 

But my dreams, they aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance that's never free