I'm feeling nostalgic. Favorite slow dance song from your youth?

[ohiosmith]

For Melanie. RIP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-idDbIfGvw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[femmocrat]

1. "In the Still of the Night" -- The Five Satins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBT3oDMCWpI

I don't know why there are only four Satins in the video, though. :)

[ohiosmith]

4. Thank you femmocrat. That brings back memories.

:hi:

[doc03]

60. deleted posted on wrong thread

[zanana1]

75. "Greenfields" by the Brothers Four...

An oldie but a goodie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C0yTQSs1LU

[femmocrat]

2. That was the dreamiest slow dance song ever.

So sorry about Melanie. RIP to so many of our generation. :cry:

[HopeHoops]

3. STYX - "Babe"

[ohiosmith]

5. A great song. Thanks.

:hi:

[HopeHoops]

6. Now that I think about it, "Just The Way You Are" was another favorite at the time.

[ohiosmith]

7. Yep!

[HopeHoops]

8. Not quiet as old, but do you know that White Snake song that starts out slow and turns fast?

Something about "here I come again" or whatever. Anyway, it starts like a slow dance. From the time they started playing that (mid 80's), my wife and I would always slow dance to it - even after it turned fast. The beat is still fine for a slow dance pace. Now you pretty much have to find a classic rock band to even GET to slow dance. The clubs just play that techno-crap and/or rap shit - nothing slow, and nothing worth fast dancing to. Just shit.

[ohiosmith]

10. Is this it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9G_97GRUXc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[HopeHoops]

15. No, this is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGIHaKCeVYk&feature=fvwrel

There's a minute and twenty seconds of solid slow dance material and if you just keep it up, it works fine for the rest of the song.

[ohiosmith]

19. What's the title. Won't load on my player. Thanks.

[HopeHoops]

20. "Here I Go Again" - 1982.

[ohiosmith]

22. Thanks.

[davsand]

9. Precious and Few by Climax

It was "Our Song" and I thought I was touching heaven when he held me close to dance to it...




Precious and Few

Precious and few are the moments we two can share.
Quiet and blue, like the sky, I'm hung over you.
And if I can't find my way back home, it just wouldn't be fair.
Precious and few are the moments we two can share.

Baby, it's you on my mind, your love is so rare.
Being with you is a feeling I just can't compare.
And if I can't hold you in my arms, it just wouldn't be fair.
Cause' Precious and few are the moments we two can share.

And if I can't find my way back home it just wouldn't be fair
Cause' Precious and few are the moments we two can share.

Precious and few are the moments we two can share.
Quiet and blue, like the sky, I'm hung over you.
And if I can't find my way back home, it just wouldn't be fair.
Cause' Precious and few are the moments we two can share.




On a footnote, I have not seen him since 1983 when he told me nobody would ever love me like he did, then put me upside a wall. My feelings about him may have changed significantly, but this song is on the short list of my favorite love songs.



Laura

[ohiosmith]

13. Just for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I95xCjQe6Jg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Iggo]

39. One of my top 3.

The other two are on this thread also:

Cherish

Take It To The Limit

[BillStein]

11. would I love you?

does a birdie fly? does a baby cry? I would, and I do....

[ohiosmith]

17. Sending this one out to Bill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTqE6_-fFrg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[BillStein]

25. much appreciated!

love the Miracles!

.... and Mr. Robinson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyUxVCR0p9g&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I defy anyone to watch that and not smile!

[blue neen]

68. Oh, I had forgotten that song...

thanks for helping me remember!

It's beautiful! :)

[PRETZEL]

12. Colour My World - Chicago n/t

[ohiosmith]

21. Terrific song. Thanks.

:toast:

[PassingFair]

42. That song makes me homicidal.

I really hate that song.

When I was young, I worked as a waitress in
a restaurant with a jukebox that contained
that song, which happened to be the song that
played when one of my co-workers "fell in love".

She played that song, which I already hated, over
and over and over and over and over..you get the idea.

Even today, when I hear those first notes:

BUM bum bum BUM bum bum BUM bum bum BUM bum bum

I want to :puke:

[solara]

47. Ooooh yeah

[Rambis]

14. Any song by Bread

Baby I'm a want you would do

[ohiosmith]

31. Excellent choice.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. good thing I clicked on the link

that one gets my vote as well

another favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QrKLlDNeMc

[ohiosmith]

32. Hell yes!

[Broken_Hero]

18. Drive, by the Cars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbTjzZzfR7w

[ohiosmith]

33. Outstanding song.

[HopeHoops]

23. "Freebird" is good too - mostly because it is long.

[ohiosmith]

34. The longer the better.

[HopeHoops]

24. How about the obvious? "Slow Dancing" - Johnny Rivers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2erJIWnL15Q

[ohiosmith]

36. Terrific song.

[abq e streeter]

83. Beautiful song...here's the original version by the guy that wrote it, Jack Tempchin

with the Funky Kings. Shared some, um....herbal "refreshments" with him and a couple of the other Kings when this record had come out but Johnny Rivers' version hadn't hit the charts yet (or maybe even been recorded yet?). I was the only one of the locals in the van who'd heard the album so he asked me if anything stood out as a potential hit single and I couldn't come up with anything . Not long afterward, Johnny Rivers had a huge hit with Slow Dancing. I like to think I have a pretty astute ear, but really missed it with this one. Tempchin also wrote Already Gone, and Peaceful Easy Feeling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICXCYVZ6ewo

[monmouth]

26. Johnny Mathis..."Misty"..n/t

[ohiosmith]

37. What a voice! Thank you.

[Misskittycat]

55. Yes. Anything by Johnny Mathis. n/t

[MoralSyncretism]

74. I was going to say the same thing! /nt

[billyclem]

27. Unchained Melody(1965 version) nt

[ohiosmith]

38. That's the one.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

48. That one!

Boy, that sure brings back some memories.

[Iggo]

28. Take It To The Limit -- Eagles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwASii2f5c8

[ohiosmith]

40. Heard it live in Irvine. The first date of the Hell Freezes Over Tour.

:hi:

[Iggo]

41. JEALOUS!

:thumbsup:

[ohiosmith]

43. It was awesome. Following the concert we drove to LAX for a flight to Paris.

Made it to the gate with just minutes to spare.

[Patiod]

80. ooo! I got to see the last date of the Hell Freezes Over Tour

Friday night after the first Philadelphia show, the official word is that Frey had an attack of diverticulitis, but we heard from a friend who worked security that he and Don Henley actually got into a fistfight. Whichever, the tour didn't resume again until the next year.

[Fire Walk With Me]

29. "Everybody's gotta learn sometime", the Korgis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOqXy64-hTw

Of course, if I were born a few years later, it would have been the album "Songs about Fucking" by Black Flag.

[Crankie Avalon]

30. "Too Drunk to Fuck" -- Dead Kennedys

[Brother Buzz]

35. Cherish - The Association

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDqVIXLu5tQ

Zowie, 45 years ago!

[frogmarch]

44. the Twelfth of Never by Johnny Mathis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv2wQVrLbSM

When we were both 15, my steady boyfriend and I danced to this song over and over. It was our song.

[Whisp]

45. Scarlet Ribbons - Harry Belafonte

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ehSXLNwRYA&feature=fvst

[solara]

46. 'I Only Have Eyes For You' - The Flamingos

Close second - 'Chances Are' Johnny Mathis


yowsa

[bigwillq]

49. Debbie Gibson-Lost In Your Eyes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ms3mJFkSeg

[Aristus]

50. "Purple Rain". And it was looooong, so you could hold your girl close a good long while...

;-)

I'll never forget dancing with Pam......and May......and Debbie...

[Volaris]

72. THIS

[Xipe Totec]

51. Algo contigo - Something with you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2mb6U1CiTU

[Xipe Totec]

52. Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado - When I'm Back at Your Side

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ7l-Rv_ok4

[elleng]

53. Thanks for this thread, ohios; will listen tomorrow when I get home,

w proper facilities and time.



:hi:

[MyUncle]

54. James Taylor, "You've Got a Friend" and a song from Mountain

that I do not know the name of started like "Goodbye little old robin ree, ....I'll be coming home soon."

[Mopar151]

56. Havin a party -Southside Johnny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T60_LNgQIvA

Sam Cooke - original - http://youtu.be/M-5zlj49ugk

Roseanne Cash - miss the Missippi - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT31WcQ2zUM -Jimmie Rogers song

Thin lizzy - dancin' in the moonlight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHA3EZHvSWg

[BlueIris]

57. "Rush, Rush" by Paula Abdul.

Yes, I am a big, fat sap. So sue me.

[blueamy66]

58. Open Arms by Journey

and Have I Told You Lately by Van Morrison

[Tabasco_Dave]

59. Bryan Adams "Heaven"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eT464L1YRA

[doc03]

61. My Special Angel-Bobby Vinton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcDpbBPSpnc

Bobby Helms did the original but I think Bobby Vinton's was better.

[tigereye]

62. probably Pieces of April

[yellerpup]

63. Unchained Melody.

What voices!

[MrsBrady]

64. this song would have been great

but I don't think they would ever play it at a teen dance.
Marvin Gaye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVTN5o9Kgu8



so usually we were dancing to these...
Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red

or Sade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TYv2PhG89A&feature=relmfu

or Berlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DARX9nzNE3E
(don't care about the movie, but the song was good)

[Doc_Technical]

65. Angel Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LjxfNxbZM4

[lumpy]

66. Adios- Glenn Miller

Way back when.

[blue neen]

67. Ah, to be young again!

Here was THE song to slow dance to around here in the 70's...I don't know why, because it's actually from 1963:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehu7llpt-Uw&feature=fvst

Thanks for the memories, ohiosmith!

:toast:

[Avalux]

69. Spandau Ballet - True.

Was "the" slow song at my high school prom. Ahhh memories! :D

[MilesColtrane]

70. "I Go Crazy"

Junior High School

Her name was Karen.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L886mjb0O8

[aj_cd]

73. Unchained Melody

easiest question ever for me. That song makes me melt.



oops, hit wrong reply button.

[Petrushka]

71. Love theme from "Picnic"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNxtxfuZD6M&feature=related


On a picnic morning,
Without a warning,
I looked at you,
And somehow I knew . . .

It must have been Moonglow,
Way up in the blue,
It must have been Moonglow,
That led me straight to you . . .

I still hear you sayin'
Dear heart hold me fast,
And I start in prayin'
Oh Lord, please let this last,
We . . . seem to float right through the air,
Heavenly songs seem to come from everywhere,
An' now when there's Moonglow,
Way up in the blue,
I always remember,
That Moonglow gave me you . . .

You and I in the sunshine,
We strolled the fields and far,
Heavenly songs seemed to come from everywhere,
And now when there's Moonglow
Way up in the blue,
I always remember,
That Moonglow gave me you,
That Moonglow gave me you,
That Moonglow gave me you . . .

~ from the 1956 film "Picnic"
Words and Music by Will Hudson, Eddie DeLange, and Irving Mills 1934, 1956
Theme from "Picnic" Words by Steve Allen and Music by George Duning 1956

[Darth_Kitten]

76. Stairway to Heaven.

It was always the last song of the night.

[Patiod]

78. Oh God I hated that song - it was too long!

And some short guy I wasn't interested in always asked me to dance it, God bless them. And I was too nice to say "no", so it seems like every HS dance ended with me towering over somebody. \

I'm guessing you're pushing 50, DK?

[Darth_Kitten]

87. No, not even close.

:)

[Hotler]

77. We would play this over and over. Santana, Samba Pa Ti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88ftrA6d2t4&feature=related

[blue neen]

82. That song is verrry, hot!

It's one of Santana's best, IMHO. :)

[Patiod]

79. "just once" by James Ingram reminds me how dumb I used to be

I always ended up dancing to this with the idiot I was chasing my first two years of college. And getting all romantic and stupid. And usually going back to his room with him. ARgggh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmwIT78Rq2A

[rurallib]

81. 'Lara's Theme' (Somewhere my Love)

[abq e streeter]

84. Surfer Girl ...loved it then and still do, although I was too shy with girls in my youth

to have slow danced (or even fast for that matter). But up there among the greatest slow songs from when I was a kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZGgyJrruCo

[Arkansas Granny]

85. "Blue Velvet" by Bobby Vinton from 1964.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5EpwEzWJk

[HughBeaumont]

86. Was no one in sixth grade in 1981?

Not a fan of the song, but the moments it created . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-mw1HGJjdA