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"Me and Mrs. Jones" singer Billy Paul dies at age 81
Soul Tracks ^ | Chris Rizik

Posted on 04/24/2016 6:52:19 PM PDT by mojito

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To: mojito

Not this Billy Paul.

21 posted on 04/24/2016 7:44:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: raccoonradio

Thanks for the reminder. : )


22 posted on 04/24/2016 7:48:45 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Larry Lucido

Betcha by golly wow....just looked it up. Thanks


23 posted on 04/24/2016 7:52:28 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

That was The Stylistics.


24 posted on 04/24/2016 7:53:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Thanks, for whatever reason it popped into my head. I love that song.


25 posted on 04/24/2016 8:02:19 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: SaveFerris

Great Band, love all their songs. Very 60’s easy listening.


26 posted on 04/24/2016 8:28:07 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Alas Babylon!

Freud was a heavy cocaine taker-—and urged others to take it.


27 posted on 04/24/2016 8:39:00 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: DesertRhino

Your next assignment:

Take a look at the words to Hey Jude.


28 posted on 04/24/2016 8:42:40 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: mojito

But the flip side of Me and Mrs. Jones was his version of Elton John’s Your Sing. A truly amazing 6 minutes of range, energy, and the best of soul...ever!


29 posted on 04/24/2016 9:51:14 PM PDT by MHT (,`)
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To: MHT

Sorry...Your SONG!


30 posted on 04/24/2016 9:53:33 PM PDT by MHT (,`)
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To: mojito

That was a great song.

And the spoofs that were made of it in the Clinton era about him and Paula Jones were hilarious.


31 posted on 04/24/2016 9:54:21 PM PDT by Yaelle (Tinkerbelle glittering up the runway for Trump Force One!)
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To: DesertRhino

No, I think this one song was actually about an affair with two married people. The rest of the songs in general are about drugs, but a few are actually about sex. ;)


32 posted on 04/24/2016 9:55:30 PM PDT by Yaelle (Tinkerbelle glittering up the runway for Trump Force One!)
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To: MarvinStinson

No

It’s the song about an affair with a married woman

I knew that even at 15 when the song came out

Cool album cover and decent sound production

Crisp with clarity like Ziggy Stardust or anything George Martin


33 posted on 04/24/2016 9:59:42 PM PDT by wardaddy (gonna need a lot of rope and lamposts and gibbets after this primary season.....)
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To: mojito

Former President Clinton had a huge hit with his version:

http://youtu.be/NNF_PLjnkJk

“It probably was wrong... To show her my schlong...”


34 posted on 04/24/2016 10:01:02 PM PDT by Yaelle (Tinkerbelle glittering up the runway for Trump Force One!)
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To: Larry Lucido

I think Mrs Jones was about a man and a woman...far as I know the term Jonesing didn’t come into use until after this song came out...but then I’ve never been into drugs so what do I know?

Had NO idea about the Brownstone thing. Boy, am I glad I avoided all that rotten stuff!


35 posted on 04/24/2016 11:12:50 PM PDT by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: WhoisAlanGreenspan?

If you look for secret song meanings to upset you then you will find then. Me and Mrs Jones is no more about heroin than He Stopped Loving Her Today is about cocaine.


36 posted on 04/25/2016 3:49:24 AM PDT by stellaluna
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To: MarvinStinson

Are you still trying to figure out the words to Louie Louie? :) ,


37 posted on 04/25/2016 4:16:10 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA
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To: MarvinStinson

Song Facts...

ME AND MRS. JONES

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=5665


38 posted on 04/25/2016 5:20:16 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ('You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: stellaluna

Now tell us all about Hey Jude.


39 posted on 04/25/2016 3:03:40 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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