If you see him comin' Better cut out on the double Hey la, hey la My boyfriend's back
This is on a good annotated list of "The 200 greatest songs of the 1960s" which I read through once, and searched again tonight to find this great description:
"Not so much about a boyfriend than about one boy coming home to beat the living hell out of another boy, this 1963 single, originally meant for the Shirelles, is one of the most flat-out mean girl-group tracks ever. College coeds will forever sing it when their high school beaus come to visit, but unless said beau is punching a few suitors in the face on arrival, he's missing the spirit of the whole thing. --Zach Baron"
speaking of mean girl group songs, Sandra's made me think of this one..
He hit me and it felt like a kiss. He hit me and I knew he loved me. 'Cause if he didn't care for me, I could have never made him mad. He hit me and I was glad.
- He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) The Crystals and later, Hole
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I will follow him
Follow him wherever he may go
(I just watched Sister Act this week, so that's still stuck in my head)
Him, him, him, what's she gonna do about him? She's gonna have to do without him ...
- Him, Rupert Holmes
Melinda was mine
'Til the time
That I found her
Holding Jim
Loving Him
Solitary Man ~ Neil Diamond
On Thursday night
You'll find him where you want him...
JCSuperstar, when Judas makes the deal to betray Jesus
Where you been lately? There's a new kid in town
Everybody loves him, don't they?
New Kid in Town ~ Eagles
My folks were always putting him down
(down, down)
They said he came from the wrong side of town
"Leader of the Pack," The Shangrilas
(I LOVE that song. It's so dramatic and girlie.)
I loved him like a brother and I wept when utah died.
Utah Carol
Marty Robins
Patrick :-7
To know, know, know him
Is to love, love, love him
And I do
(not a clue who's that singing in my head)
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings and sealing wax
And other fancy stuff
Peter Paul and Mary
Tell him that you're always gonna love him
Tell him, tell him, tell him, tell him right now
Don't you believe in him
If you do, he'll make you cry
"Sweet Talkin' Guy," The Chiffons
(Deb, you quoted a girl-group good-one that's not in my collection or Hollies, so I'm pulling up iTunes! Thanks.)
well there are men, but ones like him are few and far between ..
- Mama He's Crazy, The Judds
Superman never made any money,
saving the world from Solomon Grundy,
and sometimes I despair the world will never see another man...
like him.
Superman Song - Crash Test Dummies
I saw him dancing there by the record machine.
- I Love Rock 'n Roll, Joan Jett
I don't know how to love him
What to do, how to move him
JC Superstar
Keep a movin' Dan, don't you listen to him Dan
He's a devil not a man
And he spreads the burning sand with water
Cool Water
Marty Robbins
Is she really going out with him?
cause if my eyes dont deceive me,
Theres something going wrong around here
Is She Really Going Out With Him? ~Joe Jackson
If you see him comin'
Better cut out on the double
Hey la, hey la
My boyfriend's back
This is on a good annotated list of "The 200 greatest songs of the 1960s" which I read through once, and searched again tonight to find this great description:
"Not so much about a boyfriend than about one boy coming home to beat the living hell out of another boy, this 1963 single, originally meant for the Shirelles, is one of the most flat-out mean girl-group tracks ever. College coeds will forever sing it when their high school beaus come to visit, but unless said beau is punching a few suitors in the face on arrival, he's missing the spirit of the whole thing. --Zach Baron"
(here and there are photos too)
speaking of mean girl group songs,
Sandra's made me think of this one..
He hit me and it felt like a kiss. He hit me and I knew he loved me. 'Cause if he didn't care for me, I could have never made him mad. He hit me and I was glad.
- He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) The Crystals and later, Hole
Stand by your man
And tell the world you love him
Tammy Wynette
Roland searched the continent for that man that done him in,
he found him in Mombasa,
in a barroom drinkin' gin
Roland the Headless Thomson Gunner - Warren Zevon
2 am and she calls me cause I'm still awake
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?
I don't love him, winter just wasn't my season"
Breathe 2am
Anna Nalick
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