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Music Is My First Love

The concept of a top ten, is a wonderful choice For Joe Flach's contest, your words become your voice Typically for me, music comes first Below are my ten, please read and rejoice In alphabetical order, these ten you may have heard If you know the tunes, please sing along to the words If I ever win the lottery, I shall book the Carnegie Hall And invite all the Soupers to sing and have a ball AC/DC, from the album "Let There Be Rock" "Whole Lotta Rosie" with whom Bon Scott defrocked Black Sabbath, from the album of the same name Black Sabbath being the track, tolling bells in the falling rain Deep Purple, with "Made in Japan" from the year 1972 "Smoke on the Water" resonates, Montreaux through and through Ferry, Bryan, a Geordie, "Another Time, Another Place" "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" his voice in wonderful grace Mellencamp, John Cougar, awesome with "The Golden Jubilee" "Hot Dogs And Hamburgers" taking an Indian girls liberty Pink Floyd, with their always inspirational "The Dark Side Of the Moon" "Time" simply out of this world, eventually where we all go soon Queen, Rock's Royalty, Queen II is the album for me "Father to Son" to my father, I have grown up to be like he Rush, the Canadian three piece, "Moving Pictures" from Toronto they are "Red Barchetta" of Italian design, a gorgeous sleek sports car Thin Lizzy, with their 1978 "Live and Dangerous" tour "Emerald" with Gorham and Robertson, twin guitarists so pure UFO - with their classic "Strangers in the Night" "Love To Love" what a ballad, the Rock bands just get them so right

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Date: 7/10/2010 4:06:00 PM
They asked me how I knew my true love was true ...Oh, I of course replied ..Something here inside cannot be denied...Strangers in the Night I am familiar with ....The rest I would have to look up to see if I ever hear them...Keep the creative pen flowing..Sara
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Date: 7/10/2010 1:47:00 PM
Ah, I just love, smokes get in your eyes :) .. Awesome list James, all the best for the contest, tc Wilma
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Date: 7/10/2010 1:42:00 PM
Mellencamp when he was John Cougar and Queen are my favs James.. an awesome write and u listed them so fine.. good luck in the contest... a neat concept for Joe's contest.. good luck ...with luv..
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