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- GrimsbyFan
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Song Theme: Looking For A Longer Commitment (Not Just A 1-Night Stand)
The King/Goffin song sets the theme. Can you add to the list?
Will You Still Love Me Tomottow - The Shirelles
"Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure?"
Will You Be Staying After Sunday - Peppermint Rainbow (I guess this would actually be a 3-night stand)
"Your lips are mine on Friday night
The next two days you hold me tight
But when it's done, you always run, and I'm alone."
Stay Awhile - Dusty Springfield
"Treat me right, must you run now
For the night's just begun now, oh
Honey please, won't you stay awhile with me?"
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Re: Song Theme: Looking For A Longer Commitment (Not Just A 1-Night Stand)
It's maybe a bit different from the examples that you gave, but "I'm Into Somethin' Good" by Earl-Jean (covered by Herman's Hermits) has the lines "When he walked me home and he held my hand / Knew it wouldn't be just a one-night stand / 'Cause he asked to see me next week and I told him he could". Also, I think that the overall sentiments of "Sharing The Night Together" by Dr. Hook might fit with this theme.
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Re: Song Theme: Looking For A Longer Commitment (Not Just A 1-Night Stand)
Good ones, Lorne
In a similar vein, Poor Side Of Town by Johnny Rivers has the lyrics:
"To him you were nothin' but a little plaything
Not much more than an overnight fling"
Also, The Peppermint Rainbow had a follow-up to Will You Be Staying After Sunday titled Don't Wake Me Up In The Morning Michael, centered around the same theme:
"Don't wake me up in the morning, Michael
Unless you want me beyond tonight
Please stay with me in the morning, Michael
And hold me in the light"
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Re: Song Theme: Looking For A Longer Commitment (Not Just A 1-Night Stand)
"Will you take me away and will you make me your wife?" Paradise By The Dashboard Light (Meatloaf)
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Re: Song Theme: Looking For A Longer Commitment (Not Just A 1-Night Stand)
Me & Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
Apparently, they had a thing going on.
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Re: Song Theme: Looking For A Longer Commitment (Not Just A 1-Night Stand)
A song with the exact opposite message to the theme:
Michael Nesmith's composition A Different Drum (The Stone Poneys) puts forward a totally different viewpoint. The girl is leaving because she is not interested in a longer commitment.
"It's just that I am not in the market
For a boy who wants to love only me
All I'm saying's I'm not ready for any person
Place or thing to try and pull the reins in on me,"
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Re: Song Theme: Looking For A Longer Commitment (Not Just A 1-Night Stand)
GrimsbyFan wrote:
A song with the exact opposite message to the theme:
Michael Nesmith's composition A Differebt Drum (The Stone Poneys) puts forward a totally different viewpoint. The girl is leaving because she is not interested in a longer commitment.
When I was trying to think of songs that would fit this theme, I thought of "Gentle on My Mind" and how it was about someone who was expressing the opposite point of view.
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Re: Song Theme: Looking For A Longer Commitment (Not Just A 1-Night Stand)
A song with the exact opposite message to the theme:
Michael Nesmith's composition A Differebt Drum (The Stone Poneys) puts forward a totally different viewpoint. The girl is leaving because she is not interested in a longer commitment.When I was trying to think of songs that would fit this theme, I thought of "Gentle on My Mind" and how it was about someone who was expressing the opposite point of view.
Bobby Goldsboro's "I'm A Drifter" is similar to that theme.
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