Timeslip moment again...
In a chart of thirty-five years ago this week that included such diverse singles as Holiday In The Sun by the Sex Pistols, Heroes by David Bowie, You're In My Heart by Rod Stewart, 2468 Motorway by Tom Robinson Band, Yes Sir I Can Boogie by Baccara and We Are The Champions by Queen, everyone's favourite Swedes Abba were holding onto the top (but the imminent arrival of Wings Mull Of Kintyre was soon to put a stop to that, for what seemed like six months).
So let's jolly ourselves up on this miserable, grey day with the hit that took them there in November 1977 - The Name Of The Game. Everyone knows all the words, so sing along!
I've seen you twice, in a short time
Only a week since we started
It seems to me, for every time
I'm getting more open-hearted
I was an impossible case
No-one ever could reach me
But I think I can see in your face
There's a lot you can teach me
So I wanna know
What's the name of the game
Does it mean anything to you
What's the name of the game
Can you feel it the way I do
Tell me please, 'cause I have to know
I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow
And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I'm trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down
Would you laugh at me
If I said I care for you
Could you feel the same way too
I wanna know
The name of the game
I have no friends, no-one to see
And I am never invited
Now I am here, talking to you
No wonder I get excited
Your smile, and the sound of your voice
And the way you see through me
Got a feeling, you give me no choice
But it means a lot to me
So I wanna know
What's the name of the game
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
Does it mean anything to you
(Got a feeling you give me no choice)
But it means a lot, what's the name of the game
(Your smile and the sound of your voice)
Can you feel it the way I do
Tell me please, 'cause I have to know
I'm a bashful child, beginning to grow
And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I'm trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down
Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you
Could you feel the same way too
I wanna know
Oh yes I wanna know
The name of the game
One of my favourite Abba songs and one of the first songs that I can remember tuning into Top of the Pops especially to watch, I was aged 7 then.
ReplyDeleteI was 14, and I tuned in to see Tom Robinson, who I fancied... Jx
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