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The Hollies — Bus Stop
Album: Bus Stop
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Released: 1966
Length: 2:50
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Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
Under my umbrella

All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella, we employed it
By August, she was mine

Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought
Other people stared as if we were both quite insane
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same

That's the way the whole thing started
Silly but it's true
Thinkin' of a sweet romance
Beginning in a queue

Came the sun the ice was melting
No more sheltering now
Nice to think that that umbrella
Led me to a vow

Every morning I would see her waiting at the stop
Sometimes she'd shopped and she would show me what she bought
Other people stared as if we were both quite insane
Someday my name and hers are going to be the same

Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say
Please share my umbrella
Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
Under my umbrella

All that summer we enjoyed it
Wind and rain and shine
That umbrella, we employed it
By August, she was mine
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As a teen I never understood "someday my name and hers are going to be the same".  Of course, I was thinking of first names.  Years later I still thought it was absurd and never saw the point in changing my last name when I got married!
Posted 2 years ago by cinzia1026    [ Reply ]
The Hollies were Pop 'straits' as I would have called them back in those days.

On the 'wrong' side of commercialism - no thanks.

By contrast, the Kinks got it just about right.

Posted 5 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
Graham Gouldman is a genius. Still performing, saw him in the Amsterdam concertgenouw
Posted 5 years ago by Dick_Klees    [ Reply ]
Sounds always as good as when I heard it on the radio for the first time, long long ago  {#Smile}
Posted 5 years ago by BobbyCat    [ Reply ]
Graham Nash performed this last weekend at hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Well into his 70s he can still sing this song quite well. The 60s have never really left and not too surprisingly, the audience was mostly composed of those who heard this on the radio when it was new.
Posted 5 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Was probably 11 when I first heard this song via CFRA, an AM radio station in Ottawa.

 
Was the song introduced by Ken "the General" Grant?
Posted 5 years ago by Hogtownmike    [ Reply ]
YAAAAAAYYYYY! 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Saw Graham Nash the other night and he did this song. {#Hearteyes} 
Posted 5 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Written by Graham Gouldman, later of 10cc.
Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
After all these years I thought they were singing  "Bus stop Busco" - like some lady of the night by the nickname of "Busco" who hung around bus shelters touting for business.  Or was that some 70's episode of The Streets of San Franciso I am think about?
Posted 6 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
When I saw 10cc rock a trippy venue in Yokohama about 15 years or so ago, Mr. Graham Gouldman revealed that he had written this massive hit — and then they all threw the switch into Time-Machine Mode and took us all back there for a few minutes!  WAY EPIC...
Posted 6 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
During the height of The British Invasion, this 'popped' out of the radio.  {#Wink}
Posted 6 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
 watme wrote:
See him performing this at the NPR Tint Desk Concert he did recently.
 
Hmmm.  Graham Gouldman, Allan Clarke, or Graham Nash?
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Early "stereo" album? I'm just noticing that the vocals are almost entirely in the left channel, instrumentals mostly in the right. See Ma: it really is different in each speaker! No more mono for me!
Posted 7 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
My best friend was a resident of The Hollies, a home for .......wayward....boys. His father was the Director.
This is only of interest because Adam Faith was at some point a res.
In any event, the Hollies was my mate's favourite group by far, vs Da Stones down the road, or Der Beatles up North.
Posted 7 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Far wrote:

CFRA oh yeah. General Grant. Middle of the night radio plays...sleepy in school...

 
Forward Ho!
Posted 7 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
Perfect pop. 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Was probably 11 when I first heard this song via CFRA, an AM radio station in Ottawa.

 
CFRA oh yeah. General Grant. Middle of the night radio plays...sleepy in school...
Posted 7 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
Seems remarkable that I literally heard this 2 days ago in 2016 on AM radio here in Atlanta and then here on RP
https://1690wmlb.com/  if you are looking for something out of the mainstream
Posted 7 years ago by jkillion    [ Reply ]
I was only 4 when this came out, but I do remember it being fairly big on the radio through the early '70s. Easy to sing along to, simple sentiments, nice arrangements; who wouldn't like it? It was one my parents considered safe, unlike so many other songs of the time...
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Was probably 11 when I first heard this song via CFRA, an AM radio station in Ottawa.
Posted 7 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Only second play?
Great band great memories from 60s
Posted 7 years ago by pcc    [ Reply ]
See him performing this at the NPR Tiny Desk Concert he did recently.
Posted 8 years ago by watme    [ Reply ]
See him performing this at the NPR Tint Desk Concert he did recently.
 
Posted 8 years ago by watme    [ Reply ]
Love the way the drums come in  
Posted 8 years ago by baylees    [ Reply ]
Now play Magic Bus by the WHO!  wa-HOOO
Posted 8 years ago by slikr    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}Geez, am I really THAT old?  Love this song.
Posted 8 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
Always a great track. Bringing back great memories from the sixties.{#Roflol}
Posted 8 years ago by konakid    [ Reply ]
Great Oldie.  Hmm.... How I met Your Mother!
Posted 8 years ago by Oxen1morale    [ Reply ]
1st time up for this one?  60's British Invasion is always OK by me.
Posted 8 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]