Post by WillowTheWhisp on Jan 25, 2010 8:17:21 GMT
These are some of my 'peculiar suggestions' which Coachman thought might be a bit too obscure. ;D
Same rules, one answer per person per day.
1. I’m sitting here, ticket in hand, waiting for a train to take me on to the next gig in a series of one-night only concerts - but I wish I was going home instead.
Answer: Homeward Bound, Simon & Garfunkel - Trev
2. She used to dream of driving a sports car through the Parisian streets with the wind blowing through her hair, but one day she woke up to realise it would never happen. She was stuck in a humdrum existence. Once her husband had left for work and she’d got the kids off to school she was alone with her dreams again and nothing to do but clean an already spotless house. The futility of her existence became too much for her and she reverted back to her childhood, singing nursery rhymes that her Daddy had taught to her, ignoring the ringing telephone. As the day drew to a close all memories and the sadness began to spin around in her head and she climbed onto the roof to escape from the noises in her head. Was she contemplating jumping? A hand reached out to her to guide her to safety.......she curtseyed to him as he led her through the gathered crowd to a long white car .............. and she finally saw herself at last as living her dream, driving through Paris......
The Ballad of Lucy Jordan. Marianne Faithfull. - Trev
3. People rush to catch the 8:30 train to get to work on time. The boss is a slave-driver. The only break they get is a mere five minutes, enough time to drink a cold cup of coffee and eat a slice of cake before back to work. Even at the end of the day they end up taking work home with them. The wages are grim but no-one dares ask for a pay rise even though some of them have been there for 50 years.
Matthew & Son, Cat Stevens. - Musky
4. You’ve stayed with me through all the bad times, all the dreams I had that never came true but this time it’s going to be different. This time we are going to make it. You can get rid of your old shabby clothes and buy yourself some of the finest things in town. Dry your tears. We are celebrating my success now. I know it’s been so hard on you but you’ve been true to me through it all, happy just to have my love. Now you can have anything you want because finally I am a success.
5. A lonely young girl lived in an isolated place in the Swiss mountains dreaming of one day finding love. Her father promised her that one day they would go down the valley to the village where she would probably meet a nice young man who would want to marry her and she would be happy. She grew sadder and lonelier and some people say her father never took her to the valley and she never found happiness but I prefer to think that she did find love.
Swiss Maid. Del Shannon. - Trev
6. There was just me and this other old guy on the train. We were both too tired to sleep and staring out into the darkness until eventually the old man began to speak. He said that he could tell by looking at me that my life wasn’t as good as it could be. He said he had a lot of experience reading people’s faces and would offer me some advice in exchange for the last drop of my whiskey and a cigarette. Then he told me that if you want to win the game of life you have to know how to play, when to take chances and when to walk away from situations. The secret to survival is knowing what is important to hold onto and what you are better off without, and most importantly don’t assume it’s all over until it is................. he drifted off into his final sleep but his words had given me some hope.
The Gambler. Kenny Rogers. - Trev
and for a bonus here's one I'm not even sure you'll get:
7. Steve was an engine driver in the old days of steam and the train was late by the time it reached Monroe, Virginia. He was told to try to make up time so they would arrive in Spencer on time. So he told the fireman to stoke up with more coal and they pulled out all the stops crossing the White Oak mountain range. But the train never got to Spencer. A telegram arrived explaining that the train had been travelling in excess of 90mph coming down a steep gradient when it had derailed. They found Steve’s body in the wreckage, his hand still on the throttle, he’d been scalded to death by steam.
Wreck of the old 97 by Johnny Cash. - Musky
Same rules, one answer per person per day.
1. I’m sitting here, ticket in hand, waiting for a train to take me on to the next gig in a series of one-night only concerts - but I wish I was going home instead.
Answer: Homeward Bound, Simon & Garfunkel - Trev
2. She used to dream of driving a sports car through the Parisian streets with the wind blowing through her hair, but one day she woke up to realise it would never happen. She was stuck in a humdrum existence. Once her husband had left for work and she’d got the kids off to school she was alone with her dreams again and nothing to do but clean an already spotless house. The futility of her existence became too much for her and she reverted back to her childhood, singing nursery rhymes that her Daddy had taught to her, ignoring the ringing telephone. As the day drew to a close all memories and the sadness began to spin around in her head and she climbed onto the roof to escape from the noises in her head. Was she contemplating jumping? A hand reached out to her to guide her to safety.......she curtseyed to him as he led her through the gathered crowd to a long white car .............. and she finally saw herself at last as living her dream, driving through Paris......
The Ballad of Lucy Jordan. Marianne Faithfull. - Trev
3. People rush to catch the 8:30 train to get to work on time. The boss is a slave-driver. The only break they get is a mere five minutes, enough time to drink a cold cup of coffee and eat a slice of cake before back to work. Even at the end of the day they end up taking work home with them. The wages are grim but no-one dares ask for a pay rise even though some of them have been there for 50 years.
Matthew & Son, Cat Stevens. - Musky
4. You’ve stayed with me through all the bad times, all the dreams I had that never came true but this time it’s going to be different. This time we are going to make it. You can get rid of your old shabby clothes and buy yourself some of the finest things in town. Dry your tears. We are celebrating my success now. I know it’s been so hard on you but you’ve been true to me through it all, happy just to have my love. Now you can have anything you want because finally I am a success.
5. A lonely young girl lived in an isolated place in the Swiss mountains dreaming of one day finding love. Her father promised her that one day they would go down the valley to the village where she would probably meet a nice young man who would want to marry her and she would be happy. She grew sadder and lonelier and some people say her father never took her to the valley and she never found happiness but I prefer to think that she did find love.
Swiss Maid. Del Shannon. - Trev
6. There was just me and this other old guy on the train. We were both too tired to sleep and staring out into the darkness until eventually the old man began to speak. He said that he could tell by looking at me that my life wasn’t as good as it could be. He said he had a lot of experience reading people’s faces and would offer me some advice in exchange for the last drop of my whiskey and a cigarette. Then he told me that if you want to win the game of life you have to know how to play, when to take chances and when to walk away from situations. The secret to survival is knowing what is important to hold onto and what you are better off without, and most importantly don’t assume it’s all over until it is................. he drifted off into his final sleep but his words had given me some hope.
The Gambler. Kenny Rogers. - Trev
and for a bonus here's one I'm not even sure you'll get:
7. Steve was an engine driver in the old days of steam and the train was late by the time it reached Monroe, Virginia. He was told to try to make up time so they would arrive in Spencer on time. So he told the fireman to stoke up with more coal and they pulled out all the stops crossing the White Oak mountain range. But the train never got to Spencer. A telegram arrived explaining that the train had been travelling in excess of 90mph coming down a steep gradient when it had derailed. They found Steve’s body in the wreckage, his hand still on the throttle, he’d been scalded to death by steam.
Wreck of the old 97 by Johnny Cash. - Musky
Patience
I had been telling my hubby about the time I was in Morecombe when the Moby Dick and Hotel was hit by lightening and burnt down. My parents, sister and myself had just come off the Moby Dick when lightening stuck