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Post by nonrabbit on Jul 26, 2009 9:53:42 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Jul 29, 2009 8:51:17 GMT
Interestingly I've just read that Gary Puckett's 'Young Girl' probably wouldn't be released today due to the lyrics. I always heard it in the 60's as meaning a 'young teenager' ie 16/17 years old trying to be older. Changing times and an example of lyric/song difficult to file in today's society? Would some of Aqualung's lyrics be changed if it was written today?
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 8, 2018 2:40:33 GMT
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Oct 19, 2018 12:01:22 GMT
This may not mean much to non UK board members, but pretty well all my early listening pleasure came from a Saturday morning radio show called Children's Favourites. It was hosted by "Uncle Mac", accompanied by "Auntie Vi" at the piano - Violet Carson went on to play Ena Sharples in Coronation Street. Uncle Mac played all sorts of music, not only the popular stuff with children, but light classical music items and the odd blues track. Indeed, I saw Eric Clapton once refer to this show as one of the things that kick-started his love of blues music. Check out www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/childrensfav.htm If I had to pick a favourite song from my youth, it would probably be this offering by Charlie Drake - "My Boomerang won't come back" "My boomerang won't come back My boomerang won't come back I've waved the thing all over the place Practised till I was black in the face I'm a big disgrace to the aborigine race My boomerang won't come back" I never thought I would hear another person say they liked this song. I thought it was long-forgotton. I sing this to my family and they just giggle at me. What a fun song! They need to make more "novelty" songs, like they used to do.
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Post by bunkerfan on Oct 19, 2018 15:06:55 GMT
This may not mean much to non UK board members, but pretty well all my early listening pleasure came from a Saturday morning radio show called Children's Favourites. It was hosted by "Uncle Mac", accompanied by "Auntie Vi" at the piano - Violet Carson went on to play Ena Sharples in Coronation Street. Uncle Mac played all sorts of music, not only the popular stuff with children, but light classical music items and the odd blues track. Indeed, I saw Eric Clapton once refer to this show as one of the things that kick-started his love of blues music. Check out www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/radio/childrensfav.htm If I had to pick a favourite song from my youth, it would probably be this offering by Charlie Drake - "My Boomerang won't come back" "My boomerang won't come back My boomerang won't come back I've waved the thing all over the place Practised till I was black in the face I'm a big disgrace to the aborigine race My boomerang won't come back" I never thought I would hear another person say they liked this song. I thought it was long-forgotton. I sing this to my family and they just giggle at me. What a fun song! They need to make more "novelty" songs, like they used to do. I love it too
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Oct 19, 2018 21:43:19 GMT
Okay, new topic, inspired by SMs little lass -- What did you listen to as a kid? What were your favorite songs? Both specifically kid's music, and out of what your parents played for themselves. This means, before you were buying your own pop or whatever. We had all sorts of records for kids, with music and stories, but probably the one my parents most wanted to break was the one with "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," which I must have played about 4 million times. It also had "Inchworm," which I liked almost as much. As for adult stuff, my dad brought home from Vietnam Peter Paul and Mary's first album, which I played the grooves off of, and while he was gone my mom got Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and the soundtrack to 'Hair" - so I was corrupted at an early age, even if I didn't understand what most of it meant. My mother was very liberal in that way. Then, around ten or eleven, my dad bought "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Godspell" both of which I deeply loved. We had very similar tastes, as children. Loved Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar (still do). I didn't know Peter, Paul and Mary's first album until about two years ago. Beautiful record. If you ever get up to Maryland, please come visit us in Damascus.
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Oct 19, 2018 22:14:20 GMT
I was born in '66. When AM radio was huge in Philadelphia when I was a little boy, these were some songs that I can remember liking a lot. If my Mom could find a 45 rpm of the song, she would bring it home and surprise me.
These are just some quick ones. There's literally hundreds. Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin Spooky - Classics IV The Mary Tyler Moore theme song (".....who can turn the world on with her smile....) Sunshine Go Away - Jonathan Edwards Elusive Butterly - Bob Lind Downtown - Petula Clark The Beat Goes On - Sonny and Cher Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks Rock the Boat The Night Chicago Died Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band (who are from Rockville, MD, they tell me here) Run Joey Run Kung Fu Fighting Loving You - Minnie Ripperton Lonely Girl Everything that AM radio played by The 5th Dimension Welcome Back Kotter theme song - John Sebastian WKRP in Cincinnati theme song (there was always something very sad about that song) Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher Anything on the radio by America It Never Rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond Toast and Marmalade for Tea Coke commercial - "I'd Love to Buy The World a Coke..." Grease - Franky Valli How Deep is Your Love - Bee Gee's The Partridge Family stuff The Monkees stuff
But, my Mother's favorite song was "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters. So, that's the most special for me. I can remember getting dressed for grade school in the early 70's very early in the morning and it would come on 610 WIP. The radio host Ken Garland, played it a lot. And one day, she came home with the 45. So, here's to you, Mom.....
....and This Was my Mother (Louise Brown) and I in Wildwood, NJ (circa 1969). Great woman!
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Post by nonrabbit on Oct 20, 2018 11:54:59 GMT
My mother, age 90 years (and has the radio on non stop the whole day) loves the Carpenters.
Some great choices there BSH. I still love Cher's Gypseys, Tramps and Thieves - I love Cher, ever since I saw her on TV as a young girl and wanted to be her when I grew up.
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