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Scarborough Fair



This song is also a fave of mine, although best known as a Simon & Garfunkel song, it's really an old ballad.

Don't Cry

Ok, having seen ELP and Yes, when Asia (formed from those 2 bands) got together, I had to see them with some pals. However, there was a connection to Iron Maiden, as the gal I started writing poems for loved this song, and my abortive pursuit of her is inextricably tied to this song, in my memory.

Mr. Blue Sky



If one saw ELP, then seeing ELO had to follow.

Touch And Go



Saw Emerson, Lake And Powell (the alternate version of ELP) in the mid-80s.

Tom Sawyer

Rush was a huge concert draw in the late 1970s and early 1980s. saw them while in HS.

Charlotte The Harlot

Saw Iron Maiden in my last year of high school, or maybe a year later. This song was relevant to me, apropos of the gal I first started poesizing for:



Here 'tis live:



The lyrics:

Giving a swish with your arse in the air,
Don't you know what they're saying?
Charlotte you're so refined
When you take all the love that they're giving.
Sticking with every man that you find,
Don't you know what they're after?
Charlotte you've got your legs in the air,
Don't you hear all the laughter?

Charlotte the harlot show me your legs,
Charlotte the harlot take me to bed.
Charlotte the harlot let me see blood,
Charlotte the harlot let me see love.

Taking so many men to your room,
Don't you feel no remorse?
You charge them a fiver,
It's only for starters.
And ten for the main course.
And you've got no feelings,
They died long ago.
Don't you care who you let in?
And don't you know you're breaking
The law with the service you're giving.

There was a time when you left me standing there,
Picking up pieces of love off the floor.
Well Charlotte you left me alone in there,
To make your ends as a bloody whore.
Well Charlotte you told me you love me true,
Picking up pieces of love yesterday.
Well Charlotte you're draws are off color too
'cause you're making love all day.

Giving a swish with your arse in the air,
Don't you know what they're saying?
Charlotte you're so refined when
You take all the love that they're giving.
Sticking with every man that you find,
Don't you know what they're after?
Charlotte you've got your legs in the air,
Don't you hear all the laughter?

Dr. Feelgood

Saw Motley Crue in the mid-80s. This song always reminded me of my dead blood-brother Paco:

25 or 6 to 4 & You're The Inspiration



Saw Chicago in their Big Ballad phase:

Stop



Saw Jon Butcher in the mid-1980s.

The Voice

After the rainout concert, in 1988, of Squeeze and The Smithereens, it was 20+ years till my next concert- in 2008 Jess and I saw Celtic Woman.

Sexy babes with terrific voice. Here is one of my favorite songs: