Old School Songs (Really old, old school)

[Anonymous]

Our wedding song was Memories are Made of This, by Dean Martin - it was one of the top songs of 1955, but isn't as familiar as many of his classics.

Sweet, sweet memories you gave-a me
You can't beat the memories you gave-a me

Take one fresh and tender kiss
Add one stolen night of bliss
One girl, one boy
Some grief, some joy

Memories are made of this

Don't forget a small moonbeam
Fold in lightly with a dream
Your lips and mine
Two sips of wine

Memories are made of this

Then add the wedding bells
One house where lovers dwell
Three little kids for the flavor

Stir carefully through the days
See how the flavor stays
These are the dreams you'll savor

With his blessings from above
Serve it generously with love
One man, one wife
One love through life

Memories are made of this
Memories are made of this



Read more: Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This Lyrics | MetroLyrics

I was obsessively listening to old music in my office for weeks, trying to pick a song for us, and had almost settled on Bobby Darin, You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You (but hesitant because worried it would be insulting to single friends), when I stumbled across this song. My young, cynical office mate (who I was driving slowly mad, I admit) spun around in his chair and shouted "THAT'S IT!" And so it was. We have Sweet Memories engraved in our rings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok btw "Cant' take my eyes off you" used to be DH and my song! LOVE IT

Must also report here that my cockatoo dances to "Shot through the Heart"

Well this may be TOO old school for you but we had a 1940s theme wedding and big band music. Awesome; we all were in costume and Humphrey Bogart greeted guests; we had gambling. Total supper club vibe. There are FANTASTIC songs out there.

At that time (we got married 15 years ago) Time/Life had a CD series--one CD for every year of the 40s, the top hits then. OMG. Awesome. The collection might be still out there or on ebay. "Slow Boat to China" (from that version, other versions are not as good--it's Kay Kyser's version with a woman and a man singing) was my favorite song…sassy, visual!

Jo Stafford's beautiful "Haunted Heart" and the classic (also visual)"Moonlight in Vermont." Haunted Heart for years was my absolute fave.

Now moving forward in time, you can't go wrong with Frank Sinatra's Duets CD. Dean Martin "Volare" such a classic.

IMHO all kids should be exposed to the original (Astrud Gilberto's) Girl from Impanema!

Ahhh, a Renaissance Woman. You are a woman after my heart. Your wedding sounds it was a blast from the past! A lot of folks don't know that Kay Kyser was actually a man. Kay was his nickname.

[Anonymous]

Johnny Mathis for romance! I love 'Misty'. Can't believe he's 78 years old. The good ones are ageless!

[Anonymous]

Lauryn Hill remade Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You. I've always liked this version.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Normally during our commute to school, my teens like to listen to the contemporary pop. I go along to get along. This morning, I decided I wanted to listen to my Sirius XM 60s and 70s old school music. Frankie Valli’s ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ came on the radio.

You serious old schoolers out there know these songs and their beautiful lyrics. I looked in the rear view mirror and see my teen girl in tears. Long story short, she has a school girl crush on a boy, and the lyrics were the catalyst that brought out her feelings. One has to be made out of stone not feel something when you hear a song that says can’t take my eyes off you, you're just too good to be true. Sigh and clutch the heart……..

I'm no prude, not by a long shot even though I'm an older mom. My kids cringe when I dance and sing to Call Me Maybe or Swagger Jagger. Yep, I know all the words.

So, where are today’s lyrics like some of the fabulous old school songs? I mean older old school. The lyrics that touch your heart and bring tears to your eyes over some one you like/love.

Sorry. I can't unhear/unsee Denise Richards singing this song. Plus Frankie Valli's voice kind of bugs me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Normally during our commute to school, my teens like to listen to the contemporary pop. I go along to get along. This morning, I decided I wanted to listen to my Sirius XM 60s and 70s old school music. Frankie Valli’s ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ came on the radio.

You serious old schoolers out there know these songs and their beautiful lyrics. I looked in the rear view mirror and see my teen girl in tears. Long story short, she has a school girl crush on a boy, and the lyrics were the catalyst that brought out her feelings. One has to be made out of stone not feel something when you hear a song that says can’t take my eyes off you, you're just too good to be true. Sigh and clutch the heart……..

I'm no prude, not by a long shot even though I'm an older mom. My kids cringe when I dance and sing to Call Me Maybe or Swagger Jagger. Yep, I know all the words.

So, where are today’s lyrics like some of the fabulous old school songs? I mean older old school. The lyrics that touch your heart and bring tears to your eyes over some one you like/love.

Sorry. I can't unhear/unsee Denise Richards singing this song. Plus Frankie Valli's voice kind of bugs me.

It's not about you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Normally during our commute to school, my teens like to listen to the contemporary pop. I go along to get along. This morning, I decided I wanted to listen to my Sirius XM 60s and 70s old school music. Frankie Valli’s ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ came on the radio.

You serious old schoolers out there know these songs and their beautiful lyrics. I looked in the rear view mirror and see my teen girl in tears. Long story short, she has a school girl crush on a boy, and the lyrics were the catalyst that brought out her feelings. One has to be made out of stone not feel something when you hear a song that says can’t take my eyes off you, you're just too good to be true. Sigh and clutch the heart……..

I'm no prude, not by a long shot even though I'm an older mom. My kids cringe when I dance and sing to Call Me Maybe or Swagger Jagger. Yep, I know all the words.

So, where are today’s lyrics like some of the fabulous old school songs? I mean older old school. The lyrics that touch your heart and bring tears to your eyes over some one you like/love.

Sorry. I can't unhear/unsee Denise Richards singing this song. Plus Frankie Valli's voice kind of bugs me.

Three pages and the first negative comment. That's pretty good for DCUM but inevitable even for a nice thread like this one.

[Anonymous]

Billy Vera & the Beaters - At This Moment

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nights In White Satin. The music at the end is so haunting and beautiful!

This was the Moody Blues finest moment! Good one.

[Anonymous]

PP here...can't beat Don Henley and Billy Joel for lyrics.

Fine example, Henley's "Last Worthless Evening"

(try not to cry. resonated with me about the time I met my now husband and was on the rebound)

I know you broke up with him
And your heart's still on the shelf
It's been over two years for me
And I'm still not quite myself
You can't be with someone new
And you can't go back to him
You're beginning to realize
That it's sink or swim

I see you around sometimes
And my heart just melts
You're lookin' like if you had your wish
You'd be somewhere else
And it just breaks my heart
To see you here this way
Someday I'll get the nerve
To walk up to you and say

This is the last worthless evening
That you'll have to spend
Just gimme a chance
To show you how to love again
This is the last worthless evening
That you'll have to spend
'Cause I'll be there
When your broken heart is on the mend

Every night it's the same old crowd
In smokey rooms
You catch a faint glimpse of love sometimes
But it never blooms
I've been around this block a time or two
And I've made some big mistakes
But girl I promise you, I promise you

This is the last worthless evening
That you'll have to spend
Just gimme a chance
To show you how to love again
This is the last worthless evening
That you'll have to spend
'Cause it won't be long
'Till your little heart is on the mend

People inside their houses
With the shades pulled down

God knows, we could use some romance
In this sleepy bedroom town
I know you're still afraid to rush into anything
But there're just so many summers
And just so many springs

And this is the last worthless evening
That you'll have to spend, baby
Just gimme a chance, gimme a chance
To show you love again
This is the last worthless evening
That you'll have to spend 'cause it won't be long
'Til your little heart is on the mend

That you'll have to spend
Just gimme a chance to show you how
To love again
This is the last worthless evening
That you'll have to spend 'cause it won't be long
'Til your little heart is on the mend

[Anonymous]

Oh - try not to cry to another Henley work, On My Wedding Day - he's a master craftsman and an English major.

For my weddin' I will dress in black
Never again will I look back
All my dark angels we must part
For I have made a sanctuary of my heart

To want what I have to take what I'm given with grace
For this I pray on my wedding day.

For my wedding I don't want violins
Or sentimental songs about thick and thin
I want a moment of silence and a moment of prayer
For the love we'll need to make it in the world out there

To want what I have to take what I'm given with grace
For this I pray on my wedding day
On my wedding day

Well I dream and my dreams are all blowin light
That's what I wanted for my life
And if it hasn't always been that way
Well I can dream and I can pray
On my wedding day

So what makes us any different from all the others
Who have tried and failed before us
Maybe nothin, maybe nothin at all
But I pray we're the lucky ones
I pray we'll never fall

To want what we have to take what we're given with grace
For these things I pray on my wedding day
On my wedding day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh - try not to cry to another Henley work, On My Wedding Day - he's a master craftsman and an English major.

For my weddin' I will dress in black
Never again will I look back
All my dark angels we must part
For I have made a sanctuary of my heart

To want what I have to take what I'm given with grace
For this I pray on my wedding day.

For my wedding I don't want violins
Or sentimental songs about thick and thin
I want a moment of silence and a moment of prayer
For the love we'll need to make it in the world out there

To want what I have to take what I'm given with grace
For this I pray on my wedding day
On my wedding day

Well I dream and my dreams are all blowin light
That's what I wanted for my life
And if it hasn't always been that way
Well I can dream and I can pray
On my wedding day

So what makes us any different from all the others
Who have tried and failed before us
Maybe nothin, maybe nothin at all
But I pray we're the lucky ones
I pray we'll never fall

To want what we have to take what we're given with grace
For these things I pray on my wedding day
On my wedding day

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[Anonymous]

My favorite heartache song.....One Less Bell To Answer by The Fifth Dimension.

[Anonymous]

OK, you outed me as a sappy, lyric-loving English major!

I am my own jukebox.

I thought everyone paid attention to lyrics, meanings and symbolism, but I know that I am in a nerdy minority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nights In White Satin. The music at the end is so haunting and beautiful!

This was the Moody Blues finest moment! Good one.

+1 "Oh, how I love youuuuu...."