Ed Collins
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Below is the link to a youtube video. Mark Willis sings the cute song titled "19-Something."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm--KJk-kgw
The lyrics to the song are posted below.
The lyrics are great, especially to those who grew up in that era. However, the song is too short! Thus, the goal is to write at least one more verse, and preferably two if you can.
The lyrics to the new verse must duplicate the same tempo/beat the song has now, so if you're not familiar with the song, you may want to listen to it at least a few times. And you must continue with 1970s or 1980s fads/themes. Thus, you may first want to do a Google search on what games/ideas/toys/tv shows, etc. were the popular during those two decades.
The "contest" ends a week from tomorrow. Let's see what you can come up with! Have fun!
Lyrics to "19 SOMETHING"
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I saw Star Wars at least eight times
Had the pac-man pattern memorized
And I've seen the stuff they put inside
Stretch Armstrong
I was Roger Staubach in my back yard
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
And a couple of Evel Knievel scars
On my right arm
Well, I was a kid when Elvis died
And my mama cried
Chorus:
It was 1970 something
In the world that I grew up in
Farrah Fawcett hair-do days
Bell bottoms and 8-track tapes
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
Oh, it was 1970 something
It was the dawning of a new decade
When we got our first microwave
And Dad broke down and finally shaved
Those sideburns off
I took the stickers off of my Rubik's Cube
Watched MTV all afternoon
My first love was Daisy Duke
In them cut off jeans
A Space Shuttle fell out of the sky
And the whole world cried
Chorus:
It was 1980 something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and Black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
Oh, it was 1980 something
Now I got a mortgage and an SUV
But all this responsibility
Makes me wish sometimes
Sometimes....
chorus:
It was 1980 something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and Black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1980 something
1970 something
Aw, it was 19-Something
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm--KJk-kgw
The lyrics to the song are posted below.
The lyrics are great, especially to those who grew up in that era. However, the song is too short! Thus, the goal is to write at least one more verse, and preferably two if you can.
The lyrics to the new verse must duplicate the same tempo/beat the song has now, so if you're not familiar with the song, you may want to listen to it at least a few times. And you must continue with 1970s or 1980s fads/themes. Thus, you may first want to do a Google search on what games/ideas/toys/tv shows, etc. were the popular during those two decades.
The "contest" ends a week from tomorrow. Let's see what you can come up with! Have fun!
Lyrics to "19 SOMETHING"
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I saw Star Wars at least eight times
Had the pac-man pattern memorized
And I've seen the stuff they put inside
Stretch Armstrong
I was Roger Staubach in my back yard
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
And a couple of Evel Knievel scars
On my right arm
Well, I was a kid when Elvis died
And my mama cried
Chorus:
It was 1970 something
In the world that I grew up in
Farrah Fawcett hair-do days
Bell bottoms and 8-track tapes
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
Oh, it was 1970 something
It was the dawning of a new decade
When we got our first microwave
And Dad broke down and finally shaved
Those sideburns off
I took the stickers off of my Rubik's Cube
Watched MTV all afternoon
My first love was Daisy Duke
In them cut off jeans
A Space Shuttle fell out of the sky
And the whole world cried
Chorus:
It was 1980 something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and Black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
Oh, it was 1980 something
Now I got a mortgage and an SUV
But all this responsibility
Makes me wish sometimes
Sometimes....
chorus:
It was 1980 something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and Black Trans Ams
Big hair and parachute pants
Lookin' back now I can see me
And oh, man did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'
It was 1980 something
1970 something
Aw, it was 19-Something