THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH

[alandhopewell]

     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.

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[BoyScoutKevin]

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.

[HappyGilmore]

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

Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads
http://youtu.be/UPuXvpkOLmM

Eat It--Weird Al
http://youtu.be/ZcJjMnHoIBI

Twist and Shout--The Beatles
http://youtu.be/iS0wuN_6wyw

[RCMerchant]

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.

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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

.This one-

https://youtu.be/HIWY8UyW9bw

.the Young Bloods...


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

[Newt]

.who does "the Lion Sleeps Tonight"-not the Tokens-the 70's version?

This one?  Robert John.

http://youtu.be/Q7mDzwYcZiM

[javakoala]

Heavily influenced by my sister's bubblegum music back in the 60s:

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You gotta love any music video in which the Pre-Fab Four are harassed by a gang of children bearing weapons.

[retrorussell]

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:
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Some I distinctly have memories of when they were at their peak and I was VERY little:
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[ER]

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I love this song! I used to feel so dirty blaring it on my stereo driving home from Catholic school.

[Newt]

You nailed it, retrorussell!  That about sums up my high school years (and maybe first year of university).

[retrorussell]

Thanks Newt!

Others I distinctly remember as a kid when they were new:

DA DOO RON RON- Shaun Cassidy
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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!)
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MAKIN' IT- David Naughton
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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. 

[retrorussell]

Some late 70s stuff we owned 45s of:
SHAKE IT- Ian Matthews
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CRUEL TO BE KIND- Nick Lowe
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LE FREAK- Chic
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BAKER STREET- Gerry Rafferty
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I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING- Andy Gibb
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[JaseSF]

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/NPBkiBbO4_4

http://youtu.be/tuoMYq_vQEs

http://youtu.be/LTRfRK0ahYs

Also listened a lot to my Dad's Jim Reeves records:

http://youtu.be/TvlUrNRRE4E

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

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).