Well it has been a couple of years since they went their seperate ways in the music industry and I still miss Brooks AND Dunn. Got Ronnie Dunn's single album and is good and I am sure Kix Brooks' album is good...but can't be as good as when they are singing together. If only I could wind back time in music...LOL

So many "lonely" songs to choose from - anyone fancy a lonely theme?

When this song came out in 1980, many people in the UK misheard the lyrics and thought it was about the well-known BBC news/current affairs presenter Sue Lawley! It's still what I sing along . It reminded me of the Family Guy/Sting parody. Incidentally, there's an Irish Police tribute band call 'The Gardai' (Irish for police).

I'll play... LOL

Actually heard this one while grocery shopping today...

Lonely Days - Bee Gees

Seeing as Friday was the 50th anniversary of the first single being released by a certain four-piece band from Liverpool (and because MaryAnne likes them ):

And they said "It was twenty years ago today" - what did they know?

Speaking of the Beatles, one of their influences was the late, great Roy Orbison...

Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison

Here's a song that was 30 years old earlier this year. It made #12 in the UK charts back in 1982, and was a hit in Europe and Australia, but never released as a single in the US:

Wikipedia says this was the first "world music" hit, and that the singer, Sheila Chandra, was "the first Asian singer to appear on the BBC TV’s longstanding chart show Top Of The Pops". It's certainly an unusual, though very good, blend of Asian and Western music. Maybe the fact that few have tried to copy the style has left it still feeling fresh. A

(called 'So Lonely'), and still with Sheila's vocals, made #8 in the UK charts in 2000 (there are loads of remixes, but I went for the Afterlife Remix because that's the one I have on CD).

Here is a song that still gets radio airplay for being over 30 years old. Billy Squier was HUGE in the early 80s.

I'm gone

Darrell

I thought I'd throw in a curveball from 'The Sound of Music' .

Love this song...

I was going to post Kim Jong Il's

from 'Team America, World Police', but wondered if that was stretching the theme . Instead, I'll go with this:

This instrumental may be better known, especially to fans of 'Family Guy', as

.

"Show me the Meaning of being Lonely" Backstreet Boys

Not only is this song 28 years old; it's even 25 years since I bought the "best of" album. The song is from the soundtrack of 'Give My Regards to Broad Street'; a movie that I don't think I've ever seen. It's an arty video, so skip on to about 1:09 for the start of the song!

The guitar solo is played by Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour, who apparently asked for his session fee to be donated to a charity of Paul McCartney's choosing.

A great 80s punk/alternative band that I loved in HS. Still can't believe this song is 26 years old. I remember hearing it on the radio back in the day and was blown away. I still have the cassette of the album - Candy Apple Grey.

This track is slightly older at 29 years. Sorry for the boring video: I tried for the original video, but they were all terrible quality, as was the audio (even on the ones claiming HQ audio!).

The reason I like this thread is that not only do I get to hear songs I'm unfamiliar with (like that last track - thanks Capt.), but it also gives me an excuse to find out more about the songs that I'm posting. I knew this album, '90125', was the first to feature a new band line-up (which I know isn't popular with some Yes fans), and that the album's name comes from its catalogue number, not a zip code. What I didn't know was that new member Trevor Rabin recorded a demo version of the song back in 1980. The album's producer, Trevor Horn, heard the demo and had to convince the band to record it (after he'd rearranged and re-written it). The demo was eventually released by Rabin in 2003 on his cheekily titled album '90124'. It's quite different in places - check it out

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Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman

Hey there MaryAnne, I think I've found someone for your lonely girl :

And both the lonely boy and girl will have this.

I think their address may be the problem.

At least they can count Elvis among their neighbors - I believe

.

At the place where only the lonely can play.

Can't believe this song is 30 years old. I remember the video and the song on the radio back in the day.

I found another isolated location, and this one's from 1956.

And after two years there, you too would be cryin' those...

Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson (from 1958 )

This one's from another two years later, or, to put it another way, one hundred and four ...

Lonely Weekends - Charlie Rich

This was Charlie Rich's first single and comes from a 1960 album called 'Lonely Weekends with Charlie Rich'.

And after all those lonely weekends (four years in fact) you too would be...

Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton

(There's a quasi remake of this song by Akon which uses a sped up Chipmunks style version to open the song. I'm not posting the link to it because it, in a word, sucks.)

Sorry to interrupt your lonely thread, but...

That's alright, I was down to my last few "lonely" songs. Thanks for reminding me of that Akon song, MaryAnne - it was all I could hear in my head as I listened to Bobby Vinton. At least I've managed to avoid accidentally acquiring it on a compilation!

There's a lot of "Mr" songs too. Here's a very funky instrumental from 1970.

Originally a B-side for a US group called Wind, this proved to be the only hit for UK band Mr. Bloe, despite a follow-up single containing two instrumentals written by Elton John (on which he also played piano). One of the first singles I bought was 'Our House' by Madness. I always liked the B-side,

, but only recently found out it was a slowed down parody of 'Groovin With Mr. Bloe'.