Turn


37 comments:

Sylvia said...

to every thing (turn, turn, turn)
there is a season (turn, turn, turn)

the Byrds

Unknown said...

I do my little turn on the catwalk

I'm Too Sexy

Unknown said...

You do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!

The Hokey-Pokey

Sandra Dodd said...

I posted this, but deleted it because it is thoroughly incorrect:

Jump down, turn around
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

I was mixing up Hokey Pokey, This Old Man and Pick a Bale of Cotton.

Let me try again. Sorry.

Jump down, turn around,
Pick a bale of cotten

(And the other can't even play in this topic because it's
Knick-knack-paddy-whack
Give a dog a bone.

I'll have to wait until the word is "whack" or "knick-nack," and the odds are small that it will happen or that I would remember)

Heaz said...

Sandra, your version (we always sang "with a knick knack paddy-whack, give a dog a bone"!) reminded me of this one...

Gonna jump down
turn around
pick a bale of cotton
Gotta jump down
turn around
pick a bale a day

I assume traditional, but I know it from the Steve Martin movie "The Jerk" :p

Heaz said...

LOL we cross-posted, Sandra! Oh well.

Unknown said...

Sandra,
Your mix of the three songs explains why I immediately thought of The Hokey Pokey! Here's my next:

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in his wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of his glory and grace.

Heaz said...

Don't turn around
'Cause you're gonna see my heart breaking
Don't turn around
I don't want you seeing me cry
Just walk away...

Ace of Base

Katie Kiekhaefer said...

You turn me on
I'm a radio
I'm a country station
I'm a little bit corny

-Joni Mitchell "I'm a Radio"

Unknown said...

Turning, turning,
Turning, turning, turning through the years.

Les Miserables

Heaz said...

I turn the switch and
check the number
I leave it on when in bed I slumber

"Mexican Radio" - Wall of Voodoo

Anonymous said...

Get down
Turn around
Go to town
Boot Scootn' Boogie

Brooks and Dunn

Christa said...

I'm just sitting here waiting for you
to come on home
and turn me on

~Norah Jones

Sandra Dodd said...

I misspelled "cotton" but I'm not deleting and repairing that thing again. Let it lie as the mess it is.

And now it's Judy's turn to cry
Judy's turn to cry
Judy's turn to cry
Cause Johnny came back ---
--to me

Lesley Gore, of the hairspray and razor-blades genre of girl songs.

Anonymous said...

I'm not asking you to turn back around
I'd settle for a slow down

Dierks Bentley

Deborah in IL said...

Go on now go
Walk out the door
Just turn around now
Cause you're not welcome anymore

I Will Survive

Sandra Dodd said...

I keep thinking of "looked around" and "look around" songs.

Ezekiel saw that wheel a-turning
Way up in the middle of the air

Heaz said...

Down came the good fairy, and she said:
Little Bunny Foo-Foo
I don't wanna see you
Scoopin' up the field mice
and boppin' 'em on the head!
I'll give you three chances.
And if you don't behave,
I'll turn you into a goon!

:D

Sylvia said...

Here I go, playing star again.
There I go, turn the page.

Bob Seger

Heaz said...

It's just the age
It's just a stage
We disengage
We turn the page

-Rush

Christa said...

Turn around bright eyes
Every now and then I fall apart

"Total Eclipse of the Heart"

artist????

Anonymous said...

Before you go and turn me on
Be sure that you can turn me loose

Dierks Bentley

Heaz said...

I told you twice
I was only trying to be nice
I didn't mean to turn you on.

-? Some now-forgotten (at least by me!) 80's band

Sylvia said...

Turn me lose,
I gotta do it my way,
Or no way at all.

Turn Me Loose ~ Loverboy

Christa said...

How can I try to explain
when I do he turns away

"Father and Son"

Cat Stevens

Sandra Dodd said...

Tell the man to turn the jukebox
way down low
And you can tell your friend there with you
He'll have to go

Jim Reeves

Deborah in IL said...

There is someone
Walking behind you
Turn around
Look at me

Sally said...

The mother watched the baking
And turned the loaves, each one.
Until at last, rejoicing, she said,
"My bread is done!"

-"Making Bread" from Emilie Poulsson's "FingerPlays for Nursery and Kindergarten" c. 1893

Unknown said...

More than horses
are turning into rats,
And by the way he's walking
I can guess where your slipper's at!

It's Midnight Cinderella
Garth Brooks

Christa said...

U don't have 2 be beautiful 2 turn me on
I just need your body baby from dusk till dawn

"Kiss"

~Prince

Sandra Dodd said...

Big wheel keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keep on burnin'

Ike and Tina TURNer!!

Sandra Dodd said...

Holly suggested this one:

Because the world is round
It turns me on

The Beatles

lunabloom said...

people...
keep on learnin'
soldiers...
keep on warrin'
world...
keep on turnin'
'cause it wont be too long

higher ground...i knew it first as red hot chilli peppers, then discovered the stevie wonder original

Sally said...

Turn your radio on
And listen to the music in the air
Turn your radio on
Heaven's glory share

-"Turn Your Radio On"
from a pre-TV era

Anonymous said...

Upside down boy, you turn me.
Inside out and round and round.

Diana Ross


and Bonnie Tyler sang Total Eclipse of the Heart

Ellice Island said...

For a shield
From the storm
For a friend
For a love
To keep me safe and warm
I turn to you

"I Turn to You" by Christina Aguilera

Sandra Dodd said...

The cards were dealt all 'round the table
Each man took a card on the draw
I drew the one that would beat them
I turned it and here's what I saw...

"Mother the Queen of my Heart," Jimmie Rodgers
(I don't know whether he wrote it--my mom used to sing it, and I have it on a '78, or used to)