"It's Only Make Believe," Conway Twitty. Holy Shit

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I always thought that Conway Twitty was just a paunch and a pompadour.

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But I've been thinking of old girlfriends and various heartbreaking moments just so I can sing IT'S ONLY MAAAAAAKE BELEEEEEEEVE and have it mean something. This song's changing everything.

Chris H. (chrisherbert), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 05:52 (twenty years ago)

conway twitty = paunch, pompadour, and perv

jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 05:58 (twenty years ago)

i once put "you've never been this far before" on a crush mix for a boy i was pursuing.


can almost hear the stillness
as it yields to the sound of your heart beaating
and i can almost hear the echo
of the thoughts that i know you must be thinking
and i can feel your body tremble
as you wonder what this moment holds in store
and as i put my arms around you
i can tell you've never been this far before

i don't know what i'm saying
as my trembling fingers touch forbidden places
i only know that i have waited
for so long for the chance that we are taking
i don't know and i don't care
what made you tell him you don't love him anymore
and as i taste your tender kisses
i can tell you've never been this far before

and as i take the love you're giving
a can feel the tension building in your mind
and you're wondering if tomorrow
i'll still love you like i'm loving you tonight
you have no way of knowing
but tonight will only make me love you more
and i hope that you'll believe me
'cause i know you've never been this far before

jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 06:01 (twenty years ago)

just think what his name could have been had he chosen two other towns in texas.

"balmorhea benjamin"

"ratcliff mingus"

"ingram los fresnos"

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 06:02 (twenty years ago)

dallas austin

jody l'anti-vierge (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 06:07 (twenty years ago)

what I think of Conway Twitty

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Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 06:45 (twenty years ago)

sorry

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Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 06:46 (twenty years ago)

CRAP!

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Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 06:46 (twenty years ago)

CRAP!

Michael Costello (MichaelCostello1), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 06:46 (twenty years ago)

All three of those pictures worked just fine for me. Also, you're a retard. The proof

Chris H. (chrisherbert), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 06:58 (twenty years ago)

teh HIGH PRIEST of country music (his official title in the 70s)

unbearably erotic songs of infidelity & guilt

man of mystery who never spoke between songs in concert

duets and TV commericals for breakfast sausage w/Loretta Lynn

POX
1. "Hello Darling"
2. "Fifteen Years Ago"
3. "You've Never Been This Far Before"
4. "Lead Me On" (w/Loretta)
5. "Linda On My Mind"
6. "There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)"
7. "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me"
8. "I've Already Loved You In My Mind"
9. "Play, Guitar, Play"
10. "She's Got A Single Thing In Mind"

m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 09:40 (twenty years ago)

"Next in Line" and "(Lost Her Love) on Our Last Date" are great tunes as well.

Keith C (kcraw916), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 10:02 (twenty years ago)

The whole "Lead Me On" LP with Loretta Lynn is incredible. It's like a whole country concept album about cheatin', lyin' and sneakin' around.

Dr Benway (dr benway), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 13:01 (twenty years ago)

seven years pass...

Man, Conway really tries to get down your pants on "Slow Hand".

brio, Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:30 (thirteen years ago)

"Tight Fitting Jeans"!

Euler, Thursday, 9 May 2013 21:39 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

55(!) number one hits, and yet this guy seems totally forgotten now

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 19:44 (eleven years ago)

i once put "you've never been this far before" on a crush mix for a boy i was pursuing.

Pro move!

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 19:47 (eleven years ago)

Seriously, this guy seemed to be obsessed with virginity and the taking of it.

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 19:48 (eleven years ago)

eight months pass...

heard "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" the other day and cracked up

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 18 November 2015 22:21 (ten years ago)

for some reason the local barnes and noble had a conway twitty box set on very prominent display this week (multiple copies and everything)--what gives?

wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 18 November 2015 23:27 (ten years ago)

There's someone at work whose name is similar, and 'It's Only Make Believe' plays in my mind whenever he's mentioned.

Eins zwei PoliSci (snoball), Thursday, 19 November 2015 18:52 (ten years ago)

Dude rocked some serious lamb chops.

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I came out of work at a hospital one day and there was a mid 70s gold Cadillac parked right by the building with a Conway Twitty front license plate on it. It was an amazing vehicle.

earlnash, Thursday, 19 November 2015 21:18 (ten years ago)

three months pass...

i feel like conway is really hittin' on some universal truth shit with this one.

dynamicinterface, Thursday, 25 February 2016 01:16 (ten years ago)

Fiona Apple covered this on her tour a few years back; it was a great match for her voice and intensity. Very pretty guitar-playing from Blake Mills, too.

dc, Thursday, 25 February 2016 02:47 (ten years ago)

how did david lynch miss this one

stanley krubrick (rip van wanko), Thursday, 25 February 2016 04:08 (ten years ago)

I was just thinking how not casting Jack Nance in a Twitty biopic was a great missed opportunity.

Pheeel, Thursday, 25 February 2016 09:42 (ten years ago)


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