Title: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: alandhopewell on December 10, 2015, 01:46:37 PM Someone used this phrase in a post recently, and it got to ramblin' around in my head. What finally precipitated down was music that I heard when REALLY young, that I still hear in my head; I decided to limit myself to five, and I'd like to see (hear) what y'all come up with.
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGNBBZDRqFo#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grf5LIFJ0xI#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSt0NEESrUA#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnLHP0EBfhU#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I#) Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: BoyScoutKevin on December 10, 2015, 07:15:49 PM Here are my 5 titles.
The McGuire Sisters "Sugar time" Peter, Paul, and Mary "Puff, the Magic Dragon" Rolfe Harris "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" and 2 from my main man Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan) "Hi Diddle Dee Dee" "High Hopes" They ain't writin' music like that today, and I miss that. Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: HappyGilmore on December 16, 2015, 08:26:29 PM Mine's a little weird, with a big backstory, but, I'll try:
What's On Your Mind by Information Society http://youtu.be/UPuXvpkOLmM (http://youtu.be/UPuXvpkOLmM) Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads http://youtu.be/UPuXvpkOLmM (http://youtu.be/UPuXvpkOLmM) Eat It--Weird Al http://youtu.be/ZcJjMnHoIBI (http://youtu.be/ZcJjMnHoIBI) Twist and Shout--The Beatles http://youtu.be/iS0wuN_6wyw (http://youtu.be/iS0wuN_6wyw) Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: RCMerchant on December 26, 2015, 10:54:05 PM This is a good topic!
I recall hearing songs on the radio when I was REAL young-and to this day-I still sing them in my head. . I heard this when I was real little snot nose in upstate NY in 1969. Of course I loved 'Ding Dong the Witch is Dead'...and" the Name Game" http://youtu.be/h9nE2spOw_o (http://youtu.be/h9nE2spOw_o) .This one- https://youtu.be/HIWY8UyW9bw (http://youtu.be/HIWY8UyW9bw) .the Young Bloods... http://youtu.be/OCiLxRCBf40 (http://youtu.be/OCiLxRCBf40) ...and when I was a couple 3 years later-an eternity to a kid. When I was 7 and when I was 10 seemed like DECADES!!!! To be be young again...when summers felt like years...and you felt like a 13 year old was wise-and teenagers were a***oles. .who does "the Lion Sleeps Tonight"-not the Tokens-the 70's version? .Loretta Lynn! http://youtu.be/yMzSYyjNb74 (http://youtu.be/yMzSYyjNb74) Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: Newt on December 27, 2015, 08:32:04 AM .who does "the Lion Sleeps Tonight"-not the Tokens-the 70's version? This one? Robert John. http://youtu.be/Q7mDzwYcZiM (http://youtu.be/Q7mDzwYcZiM) Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: javakoala on December 27, 2015, 01:34:35 PM Heavily influenced by my sister's bubblegum music back in the 60s:
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHSgHtoaiLQ#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4aQiFaCod8#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EivEoAWr-h4#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLVSmJmnyko#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp_eI23YFZY#) You gotta love any music video in which the Pre-Fab Four are harassed by a gang of children bearing weapons. Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: retrorussell on December 28, 2015, 02:47:55 AM Songs right around when I was born that were popular (and barely remember hearing on the radio a bit later when I was able to comprehend music:
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDm1xD_Kwyc#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T5hYlUsQ0s#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf-d-Ka30EY#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LVXR6rjXs#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rdF7o08KXw#) Some I distinctly have memories of when they were at their peak and I was VERY little: ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBttQmhDBw#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwGlhKcEBjY#) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boAv-Bu4MrI#) Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: ER on December 29, 2015, 03:29:00 PM ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0trh9Y598fM#)
I love this song! I used to feel so dirty blaring it on my stereo driving home from Catholic school. Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: Newt on December 30, 2015, 01:12:52 PM You nailed it, retrorussell! That about sums up my high school years (and maybe first year of university).
Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: retrorussell on December 30, 2015, 03:02:47 PM Thanks Newt!
Others I distinctly remember as a kid when they were new: DA DOO RON RON- Shaun Cassidy ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1nTfgUbW48#) YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT- John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John "Tell me about it, stud." (I was a bit too young to get an erection from Olivia back then.. not anymore!) ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKPYe53h78#) MAKIN' IT- David Naughton ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8#) These are just some of those songs where I can remember exactly where I was in life at the time. I wore Garanimals, my hair (hair? What's that?) was blond-ish at the time, and we had one of those god-awful giant stereo cabinets we'd hear the song blasting from. My older sister tried to teach me how to dance to the songs. I never much cared for dancing. But we had fun. I still like disco. Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: retrorussell on January 09, 2016, 09:18:46 PM Some late 70s stuff we owned 45s of:
SHAKE IT- Ian Matthews ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZgFUkyGkcQ#) CRUEL TO BE KIND- Nick Lowe ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l3QWUXVho#) LE FREAK- Chic ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1qQ1SKNlgY#) BAKER STREET- Gerry Rafferty ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6aKnRnBxM#) I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING- Andy Gibb ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-xfFqWaK1s#) Title: Re: THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH Post by: JaseSF on January 10, 2016, 11:40:16 PM As a kid, I actually owned a few cassettes my parents gave me which I came to love...most where actually old music from the 50s-60s. Recall loving these tunes:
http://youtu.be/CX45pYvxDiA (http://youtu.be/CX45pYvxDiA) http://youtu.be/NPBkiBbO4_4 (http://youtu.be/NPBkiBbO4_4) http://youtu.be/tuoMYq_vQEs (http://youtu.be/tuoMYq_vQEs) http://youtu.be/LTRfRK0ahYs (http://youtu.be/LTRfRK0ahYs) Also listened a lot to my Dad's Jim Reeves records: http://youtu.be/TvlUrNRRE4E (http://youtu.be/TvlUrNRRE4E) http://youtu.be/W0qy5Zlkd7U (http://youtu.be/W0qy5Zlkd7U) And finally this one stands out in memory as being very popular in the early 70s. http://youtu.be/ho7796-au8U (http://youtu.be/ho7796-au8U) By the 1980s, I started liking that music a lot more and it's probably the music I still like best with some early 90s stuff thrown in (some of my fave bands are still R.E.M., Living Colour, Midnight Oil, Jesus Jones, Genesis). |