# What am I going to do?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 26, 2001, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-going-to-do/95255 "2001-11-26T07:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-going-to-do/95255/1 "2001-11-26T07:04:35Z")
[This site](http://www.matrix.com.br/404_Not_Found/) used to be “Top 40 Hits 1930-1998”! Now it’s coming up 404! In Spanish! Now what am I going to do when Friend, or Friend Across Town, or Mr. Rilch’s boss, and I, clash about old-school songs, and their lyrics? It was through that site that I proved that “He’s a Rebel” contained both “that’s no reason why I can’t give him all my love” **and** “that’s no reason why we can’t share a love”, thereby settling a dispute between Friend and Boss! That’s how I proved that “Everlasting Love” and “I Just Want to be Your Everything” are not the same song, to Mr. Rilch’s chagrin! I was just going to look up and see who wrote “Book of Love”, irony intended, and it’s gone! Friend was challenging me, and I was unsure. I thought “Book of Love” was by the Monotones. He thought it was by the Sillhouettes. There is a song with the catch phrase “silhouettes on the shade”, and it has both a fast and a slow version. I wanted to see if the fast version was by the Monotones, find out just who the Silhouettes were, and then settle the matter of BoL’s authorship. But I can’t! Does anyone know of another site for pop music lyrics? ---
**Author:** ![MarkF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MarkF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-going-to-do/95255/2 "2001-11-26T07:16:11Z")
Is [this](http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/songlyr.html) of any use? Some of the links are somewhat screwy but you _should_ find some help there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-going-to-do/95255/3 "2001-11-26T08:12:29Z")
“Silhouettes on the Shade” was written by Frank C Slay Jr. and Bob Crewe in 1957. A version by The Diamonds, released 3 weeks later, hit #10, another version, by Steve Gibson and The Redcaps, managed only # 63 and it went to #5 for Herman’s Hermits in 1965. The Carpenters recorded a “Book of Love,” Lindsay Buckingham and Richard Dashut had another one with the same name for Fleetwood Mac, but I suspect you’re thinking of the original, by the Monotones (although I think the Moonglows sang a version too). I think it was written by David/Malone/Patrick. HTH. And, as to what you’re going to do now the site’s gone? Ask a radio announcer! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-going-to-do/95255/4 "2001-11-29T09:14:30Z")
Oh, you guys, I am so embarrassed! I **thought** I had checked the e-mail option on this thread, so I didn’t see your replies until just now, having thought there weren’t any! **MarkF** : yes, that link will be helpful. Thank you. **tavalla** : So I was right about BoL. And the SotS version I was thinking of was Herman’s Hermits’. (If that makes me uncool, so be it.) Thank you also! ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-going-to-do/95255/5 "2001-11-30T07:22:36Z")
I did a search and found this page: [http://www.ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top40/](http://www.ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top40/) Is this the same information you were referring to? Looks like it just got a new url or something. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-going-to-do/95255/6 "2001-11-30T07:46:28Z")
That’s the one! Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!! Wonder why it changed?