Mystery Lyrics Tuesday 15th January
January 14, 2008 by Dave
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There are no birthdays on the list for today, so lets get on with the clue.
“One of the most successful, and certainly one of the most prolific, German rock groups of the ’60s, (they) enjoyed reasonable success in their native land without making much of an impression elsewhere (though some of their material was released in other countries). Starting out in the same Star Club-based Hamburg scene as the Liverpool groups of the early ’60s, their early repertoire was built upon a similar base of ’50s rock and soul/R&B. They released about 30 singles during the ’60s (some on the Star-Club label itself), as well as almost ten albums, eventually making the transition to original material, and marching on well into the 1970s.” Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Todays choice peaked at no. 8 in the UK Charts at the back end of 1970 spending 15 weeks in total in the charts, even getting into the US Billboard charts at no. 79
The Lyric is…: Can’t you see my deathfear, I can hear her voice shoutin’ everywhere
This band hasnt been featured before, so throw at me what you have
THE RATTLES - THE WITCH
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Bill on Mon, 14th Jan 2008 7:06 pm
That’s from “The Witch” by Rattles.
– Bill (Magisterphiz)
http://www.mp3lyrics.org/r/rattles/the-witch/
The Witch
Can’t you see me runnin’
I am really runnin’
for ma life
guess from where I’m
comin’
guess why I’m runnin
for my life.
Can’t you see the witch
can’t you see the witch
can’t you see the
witch by my side.
Can’t you see the witch
can’t you see the witch
[ Lyrics found at http://www.mp3lyrics.org/Fkhp ]
can’t you see the
witch by my side.
Can’t you see my deathfear
I can hear her voice
Shoutin’ everywhere
who know what I’ve could done
it must be so bad
that a witch does care.
Can’t you see the witch
can’t you see the witch
can’t you see the
witch by my side.
Can’t you see the witch
can’t you see the witch
can’t you see the
witch by my side.
Dave on Mon, 14th Jan 2008 7:37 pm
certainly is Bill…. no magic needed for that
And for coming in first today… WTG!!
Hil on Mon, 14th Jan 2008 7:43 pm
Hi Dave:
I came up with The Rattles, doing The Witch, which is not to be confused with The Witch doing The Rattles. What with group names, who can tell anymore?
http://www.mp3lyrics.org/r/rattles/the-witch/
Hil
Dave on Mon, 14th Jan 2008 7:54 pm
I think you’re just trying to get me confused Hil..lol. But of course it could be true, all the “thes” in those days
It hasnt got any easier though, I cant even pronounce some of the names these days (and I wouldnt if I could, most likely). Anyway, back to the lyric. Your research was most sound, so its well done to you today!
cheryl on Mon, 14th Jan 2008 8:10 pm
seems to be rossetta stone by rattles
not The Rosetta Stone which is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek).
Why is it in three different scripts?
The Rosetta Stone is written in three scripts because when it was written, there were three scripts being used in Egypt.
The first was hieroglyphic which was the script used for important or religious documents.
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:cRo44ACkkQYJ:www.ancientegypt.co.uk/writing/rosetta.html+rosetta+stone&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us&ie=UTF-8
I hope you can do the hyperlink seems to be a good one but an awful lot to copy and paste LOL
Dave on Mon, 14th Jan 2008 8:57 pm
ah (((Cheryl))), what a pity that such hard work should not be rewarded by a completely correct answer. The band is correct, but I’m afraid you got the song wrong. Rossetta Stone (it rings a bell) it is not but The Witch. Fascinating story though, and therefore a very large half WTG!!
RENFIELD on Tue, 15th Jan 2008 1:12 am
i can google with the best of them…
unknown to me…
RATTLES - the WITCH
Dave on Tue, 15th Jan 2008 5:53 am
sound googling indeed Gary, well done!
Sev on Thu, 17th Jan 2008 1:10 am
Dave,
I’m so sorry that some unappreciative people have pushed you from being a ML hostie, (Shame On them). I always thought you did a fabulous job and brought back memories in music of the old days when I was stationed in Germany with the US Army. Thank you for everything you did for Mystery Lyrics and consider this an open invatation to return to hosting should you see fit.
Contrary to what you may be thinking,
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Your Brother In Musical Tastes,
Sev