Favorite Songs of the Week

[jstephens9]

Here's the words to a song I just recently heard called Neon Moon by Brooks and Dunn. Obviously I have been in and out of country music over time since I would have never thought a song that was new to me was actually released in 1991.

Neon Moon by Brooks and Dunn

When the sun goes down
On my side of town
That lonesome feeling
Comes to my door
The whole world turns blue

There's a rundown bar
Cross the railroad tracks
I've got a table for two
Way in the back
Where I sit alone
And think of losing you

I spend most every night
Beneath the light
Of this neon moon

If you lose your one and only
There's always room here for
the lonely
To watch your broken dreams
Dance in and out of the beams
Of a neon moon

I think of two young lovers
Running wild and free
I close my eyes
And sometimes see
You in the shadows
Of this smoke-filled room

No telling how many tears
I've sat here and cried
Or how many lies
That I've lied
Telling my poor heart
She'll come back someday
Oh, but I'll be alright
As long as there's light
From a neon moon

If you lose your one and only
There's always room here for
the lonely
To watch your broken dreams
Dance in and out of the beams
Of a neon moon

The jukebox plays on
Drink by drink
The words of every sad song
Seem to say what I think
This hurt inside of me
Ain't never gonna end

Oh, but I'll be alright
As long as there's light
From a neon moon

If you lose your one and only
There's always room here for
the lonely
To watch your broken dreams
Dance in and out of the beams
Of a neon moon

To watch your broken dreams
Dance in and out of the beams
Of a neon moon

To watch your broken dreams
Dance in and out of the beams
Of a neon moon

[jstephens9]

I like Kelly Clarksons version of "Because of You" the best....I am deliberately avoiding Reba's version so as not to ruin it!

 

Jess, I like Kelly Clarkson's version of "Because of You" too. In fact she sings on Reba's version of it as well. I couldn't avoid Reba's version on the trip to San Francisco. Everywhere I went it was playing so it became like the soundtrack for my trip. But I do understand what you mean about not ruining the other version. The first few times I heard Reba's version I wasn't even quite sure what was going on since her version sounds so much like Kelly's with a country music twang thrown in.

[ifyoucantfixit]

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Here is the song that has been going around and around in my head almost all the time for the last couple of weeks.  Play it five times in a row, and multiply that by a million to get a sense of the inside of my head.  I wake up with it.  Luckily, it's cute, but whew.

Holy cats and kittens...I would be a raving lunatic.....yikes   My little brother used to listen to a record when we wwere kids, and it made me want to whip babies....guh........IT was called Rooty Kazooty and his root
toot tooty kazoo
         

[jstephens9]

My sister used to do that. She would have like 5 or 6 records and yes they were 45s. She is a little more than 10 years older than me and that doesn't have anything to do with 45s by the way. I grew up with the 45s too. I even collected them. Like I was telling Eric in SF I have probably around 6,000 of them. Eric has about that many too. We were talking about that at Mel's while we were talking about jukeboxes. He is probably the first person I have ever met who also has always wanted a jukebox, but he has one and I don't. Anyway I got off the subject which is typical of my past week  So anyway my sister would play these same records over and over and over again. They became ingrained in my memory forever. She would literally play them until they were worn out. I actually still have these records. She gave me all of her records later on. Anyway, you can actually hear where the grooves are practically worn out. Now she had good taste. A lot of them were old Motown songs.

[BelAir]

Sugarland's "Stay" is a cover version right?  Do you remember who sang the original?

[smellykellyjay]

I used to participate in another place a lot in a place where people listed favorite songs and even gave links to videos of the songs on YouTube and similiar sites. I am going to try to recreate that here.

My most favoritest song this week is "Something to Brag About" by either Willie Nelson and Mary Kay Place or George Jones and Tammy Wynette, but there's not a trace of it on YouTube.  So, here's my second favorite, Swans by Unkle Bob, presented as I first heard it. . . 

[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=LuQ95uyaLSY[/youtube]

[smellykellyjay]

Here's the words to a song I just recently heard called Neon Moon by Brooks and Dunn. Obviously I have been in and out of country music over time since I would have never thought a song that was new to me was actually released in 1991.

Oh, honey!  I'm so sorry that you've been deprived.  Brooks and Dunn are great.  They bring back memories of my misspent youth.  I find their earlier stuff to be their best, but they're still churning 'em out.  Nothing beats "Neon Moon," but they do a great one called "He's Got You" that's in a similar vein. 

[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=73JTRlAxDtg[/youtube]

"If You See Her/If You See Him" by them and Reba McEntosh is a good melancholy one too. 

[youtube=425,350]http://youtube.com/watch?v=85C-ddRk7jM[/youtube]

[jstephens9]

Yes, REBA is GREAT!!! No doubt about that. I am learning about Brooks and Dunn as I now have three of their CDs  Also, my listing of my favorite songs of the week aren't on here yet, but I can say what #1 will be, "Taking Chances" by Celine Dion.

Also, Stay is a great song. I will have to think about who did it originally. I remember another version of Stay, but I'm not sure if the words are the same. I will get back to you on that one 

Jack

[ifyoucantfixit]

      Is this what you are looking for Jack....The Temptations Stay??
         

                        http://video.aol.com/video/music-the-temptations-stay/1456313

[jstephens9]

That's a great song Janice, but I don't think it is the same song that Sugarland does. Thanks for introducing me to this one though