10 Songs with Latin lyrics

These pop songs all have Latin words

1. Gaudete (Steeleye Span)
2. Gloria (U2)
3. Benedictus (Simon & Garfunkel)
4. O Caritas (Cat Stevens)
5. Pie Jesu (Sarah Brightman)
6. Ave Maria (Leslie Garret, Amanda Thomson)
7. Round goes the gossip (Focus)
8. Pax Deorum and Tempus Vernum (Enya)
9. Afer Ventus and Cursum perficio (Enya)
10. Regina caeli, O filii et filiae (Sinéad O'Connor)

10 Popular songs not written by the song writing people who sang them

1. Without you by Harry Nilsson was written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans
2. Bette Davis eyes by Kim Carnes was written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon
3. Hanging on the telephone by Blondie was written by Jack Lee
4. Girls just wanna have fun by Cyndi Lauper was written by Robert Hazard
5. Got my mind set on you by George Harrison was written by Rudy Clark
6. I write the songs by Barry Manilow was written by Bruce Johnston
7. Nobody does it better by Carly Simon was written by Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager.
8. Dazed and confused by Led Zeppelin was written by Jake Holmes
9. Morning has broken by Cat Stevens was written by Eleanor Farjeon usinga traditional tune
10. Nothing compares to you by Sinead O'Connor was written by Prince

Generation Gap Tweets

Generation gap -

Me: In the seventies one of the most famous singer songwriters was Cat Stevens

My son (18): I've heard of her

Generation gap bridged -

Me: What bands have you seen at the O2?

My son (22) Red Hot Chili Peppers and Arctic Monkeys

His Taid: The hottest and the coolest!

Here comes my baby

This is the Tremeloes singing the Cat Stevens number live in 1967. Great fun (though I miss the cow bell from the recorded version).