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Ups and Downs in Rock & Roll

How often have you heard, from your own library or on the radio, a single song or a segue of any order or pattern in which you hear upbeat followed up by a downer? For instance:

Single songs in which you have the build up and let down within the songs themselves:

Love Is Here And Now You're Gone - The Supremes (single song in which the title says it all, but the lyrics embellish)
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations (why do you build me up, just to tear me down)

Or songs segued one following another, side by side, or however they are stacked, for instance (and not saying these were segues that I heard in this order, but examples of how they get played out:

You Are The Woman - Firefall (upbeat little torch song) just in front of
It's Too Late - Carole King (a breakup song)

I won't even ask whether it is in the program director's head and heart, or whether the button pushers have something going on in their own lives that they feel they need to get it out of their systems, so they just take it out however they take it out. I generally change the station when I hear it, because I prefer to keep the fun in dysfunctional.

How many can you think of?
 
hit the road jack
stand by your man

when you're in love with a beautiful woman
If you wanna be happy, for the rest of your life........

i will follow him
go away little girl

found a love..wilson pickett
where did our love go

sounds of silence
you talk too much

happy organ
mack the knife (think Loreena Bobbit)
 
I Feel Good--James Brown
Hurts So Bad--Little Anthony

Early In The Morning--Buddy Holly
Night Time Is the Right Time--Strangeloves

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore--Walker Brothers
Sunny--Bobby Hebb
 
tie a yellow ribbon
unchain my heart

tall paul
short fat fanny

horse with no name
stewball
 
Chapel of Love - The Dixie Cups
It's Over - Roy Orbison


Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry - Darlene Love
Stop The Wedding - Etta James

You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears
You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt
 
If You Wanna Be Happy--Jimmy Soul
Pretty Woman--Roy Orbison

Bend Me Shape Me--American Breed
Leave Me Alone--The Knaves

Poor Me--Adam Faith
Rich Girl--Hall & Oates
 
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Twist Again - Chubby Checker
Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds
 
wedding song - stookey
d-i-v-o-r-c-e -wynette

sunshine -edwards
dark moon - storm

come together - harrison
separate ways - elvis

uptown - crytals
ghetto - hathaway

rosegarden - anderson
where have all the flowers gone - PP&M

war - starr
give me peace - harrison

will it go round in circles- preston
square biz-teena marie

american pie-mcclain
back in the ussr-the beatles

american woman-guess who
from russia with love-matt monro

amor-king
hate me now - nas

come together -the beatles
walk away - monro
 
Sunshine of Your Love - Eric Clapton
Morning Side Of The Mountain - Tommy Edwards
 
Our House--Madness
Sugar Shack--Jimmy Gilmer & Fireballs

Winner Takes It All--Abba
I'm A Loser--Beatles

Blue Monday--Fats Domino
Friday On My Mind--Easybeats

Laugh Laugh--Beau Brummels
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry--B.J. Thomas
 
Baby, Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters
Anyone Who Had A Heart - Miss Dionne Warwick
 
Girl Don't Come--Sandie Shaw
Baby Come Back--Equals

Sleep--Little Willie John
I Lie Awake--New Colony Six

Ride--Dee Dee Sharp
Walk--Jimmy McCracklin
 
old shep
young blood

at my front door
back door man

deeper and deeper
higher and higher

do me right
do me wrong

hot stuff
cold as ice

fly away
walking to NO

girl from ipanema
boy from NY city

born a woman
mans world

louisiana man
LA woman

why
because

papas got a brand new bag
mama tried

shout
slience is golden

ruby tuesday
wednesdays child - nancy sinatra

thats life
death of an angel - kingsmen

angel - elvis
devil woman

mama mia
daddy cool

woman. woman
the man - lorne green
 
Red River Valley--Gene autry
Green River--CCR

Sound of Love--Five Americans
Silence is Golden--Tremeloes

Let's Lock the Door--Jay & the Americans
Open the Door Richard--Three Flames
 
Alright Now - Free
I Can't Get Next To You - The Temptations
 
black is black
white on white

bad-michael
good-better than ezra

it's over - big o
we've only just begun-karen and richard

mexican hat rock
spanish eyes

misty blue - dorothy moore
happy shades of blue - freddy cannon

having a party- sam cooke
the partys over-doris day
 
Where Were You When I Needed You? - The Grass Roots
Someday We'll Be Together - The Supremes
Someday Never Comes - Credence Clearwater Revival
 
Swingin' School--Bobby Rydell
School's Out--Alice Cooper

Our Winter Love--Bill Pursell
Wonderful Summer--Robin Ward

Cold As Ice--Foreigner
Hot In the City--Billy Idol
 
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