♫ Da Da Da DaDaDa Da Da Da ♫
And in at number 10, it’s Peter and Gordon’s World without Love
But do not lose hope pop pickers
Because at number 9 John Lennon tells us All We Need is Love
If you are lucky at No. 8 someone may well Light Your Fire
and Doors may open to
No 7 where you can Come Together with the help of that popular beat combo, The Beatles.
If your relationship is a bit rocky don’t despair because I’m a Believer at No 6, hope you are, too?
Come out of your shell, Monkee around and be
Happy Together at No. 5 by The Turtles
♫ Da Da Da DaDaDa Da Da Da ♫
In time you could be told, at No. 4, to Hit the Road, Jack by an unfeeling Ray Charles.
At Number 3 you might respond, please, please, please Love Me Do by those cheeky
chappies, those mop tops, the fab four, the immaculately garbed John, Paul, George and
Ringo.
But the answer at number 2 is I Can’t Get No Satisfaction by those loveable rebellious
scruffs The Stones.
It’s a tie at Number One with Nancy Sinatra studying your footwear and suggesting
your Boots are made for Walking.
More bluntly The Moody Blues give you short shrift and say Go Now.
Join me again next week. I predict, no not a riot – that’s 40 years in the future but that the
new 45 by Simon and Garfunkel will enter the charts at Number One with The Sound of
Silence. Good advice for this talkative pseudo-poetic DJ.
Malcolm Henshall 2024
From the National Poetry Day 2024 collection