There are at least 6 bands called The Poets:

1) Band was discovered … Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 6 bands called The Poets:

1) Band was discovered in it's native Scotland by Andrew Loog Oldham in 1964, signed to Decca that same year and to his Immediate Records label in 1966.
Members: George Gallacher (vocals) Hume Paton (lead guitar), Tony Myles (rhythm guitar), John Dawson (bass guitar), Alan Weir (drums), Hughie Nicholson (later Blue and Marmalade).
They had a minor hit in late 1964, but failed to have a major impact beyond Scotland. After numerous line-up changes they broke up in 1971. Most well-known track That's The Way It's Got To Be is on Nuggets II.
At that time, songs were released as EPs: I Am So Blue, I Love Her Still (I Am So Blue); I'll Cry With The Moon (B-side of That's The Way It's Got To Be); Wooden Spoon, In Your Tower (Wooden Spoon).

2) Danish band formed as Poets Of The Signature in Nyborg by Troels Bech and Lars K. Andersen. They played sophisticated - if sometimes slightly silly! - indie or artpop and released 3 albums as "The Poets" in the late Eighties and early Nineties. Following UK performances they got favorable reviews in NME, Sounds and Melody Maker, and all in all receiving a fair amount of critical acclaim in the Danish press as well. Despite being a good live band, they never had a breakthrough and thus Bech and Andersen pursued other careers. The former ice skating champion and fashion model Sanne Gottlieb was a member on the last two albums, as was the guitarist and keyboard player Frithjof Toksvig alias Ekko and Aud Wilken. The group in general produced their own material, but also worked with producers like Adam Peters, Ray Shulman and Nick Sansano. The group is known in the US and Canada as The Sealand Poets.

Discography: Poets Of The Signature (1984) Four Days In Florence (1987), The Poets (1990), Welcome To The Heathen Reserve (1992)

3) A New York-based hiphop-act, active years around 1990.

4) A contemporary Swedish pop group. Singing in their native language, this group has nevertheless released an album entitled "We Are The Poets".

5) Brooklyn-based 60's soul band who scored a number #2 R&B hit with "She Blew a Good Thing" in 1966. Fronted by singer Ronnie Lewis (who co-wrote "She Blew a Good Thing"), the 45 was released as the American Poets in the UK.

6) The obscure doo-wop group The Poets were five teenagers from Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles, arguably the birthplace of doo-wop music (its alumni included Richard Berry of The Pharaohs and The Robins, Cornell Gunter of The Platters and The Coasters, and Curtis Williams of The Penguins). They recorded one single for Flash Records in 1958, “Dead” b/w “Vowels of Love”.

Some Things I Can't Forget
The Poets Lyrics

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I still see her face
Each and every place
The laughter in her eye
I hear the music of her sigh

So long ago and yet,
I can't forget

I still reminisce
Her sweet parting kiss
And the tenderness
Of her warm caress

So long ago and yet,
I can't forget

Didn't think much about her
When she was here
Can't live without her
Wishing she was here

So long ago and yet,
I can't forget

Overall Meaning

The Poets' song "Some Things I Can't Forget" paints a picture of a love lost and deeply missed. The singer seems haunted by memories of a woman who is no longer with him. He sees her face and hears her voice in every place he goes. Even though it has been a long time since they were together, he still vividly remembers her laughter and the music of her sighs.

As the verses continue, the lyrics suggest that the relationship perhaps ended badly. He sees her sweet parting kiss in his mind's eye, but also the tenderness of her warm caress. There is a sense of longing and regret, as though the singer wishes he had appreciated her more when she was still with him. He may have taken their love for granted, assuming it would always be there. Now that she's gone, he can't help but wish she were still by his side.

Overall, the song conveys a deeply emotional and personal feeling of loss and heartache. Despite time passing, memories of this special someone are still very prominent in the singer's mind. It's a common theme in many love songs, but The Poets manage to express it in a way that feels raw and honest.

Line by Line Meaning

I still see her face
Her image remains vivid in my mind

Each and every place
Everywhere I go reminds me of her

The laughter in her eye
Her joyful expression brings back happy memories

I hear the music of her sigh
I am reminded of the sound of her contentment

So long ago and yet,
Despite the passage of time,

I can't forget
I cannot escape her memory

I still reminisce
I recall fondly

Her sweet parting kiss
The affectionate goodbye

And the tenderness
Gentleness and kindness

Of her warm caress
Her loving touch

Didn't think much about her
I didn't appreciate her at the time