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The First Song You Remember...

cratedigginnatecratedigginnate 106 Posts
edited October 2008 in Strut Central
Loving As A Kid!b,121b,121I remember when I was little my mom would always listen to the oldies station when I was younger and I hated it she always told me you just dont understand or whatever...she said with her cigarette smoke in the car with the windows rolled up donnie brasco style and said you'll appreciate it someday (which I of course did) anyways...these are my favs from a youngingb,121b,121b,121This Diamond Ringb,121b,121Runawayb,121b,121oh yeab,121not an oldie oldie but for me it isb,121kokomo i loved that shitb,121b,121runaround sue
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  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    Well after little kids songs, the first song I think I remembered was the William Tell Overture because I use to watch the old black and white Lone Ranger show and that was the theme song. Otherwise I grew up listening to 70s AM Pop and Soul stations driving to school with my mom. Things like Love Will Keep Us Together, Tie A Yellow Ribbon, Don't Rock The Boat, etc.
  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    Jim Croce's "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" was one of the first popular records I remember loving as a kid.
  • jaymackjaymack 5,199 Posts
    I remember something about the video for Lionel Richie's "Hello" made me sad.
  • cratedigginnatecratedigginnate 106 Posts
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    b,121Jim Croce's "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" was one of the first popular records I remember loving as a kid.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121F*ck yes I love that shit stillb,121b,121bad bad leroy brown...b,121b,121i heard that at the mall last weekend with my boy and i started jammin...im lame like that thoughb,121b,121classic croce
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    b,121Jim Croce's "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" was one of the first popular records I remember loving as a kid.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Hell yeah! b,121b,121I remember some ridiculous songs as well like that CB trucker tune. b,121b,121Also Paul Simon 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover. I use to sing that song all the time.
  • cratedigginnatecratedigginnate 106 Posts
    oh yeah i just remembered another classic b,121b,121mickey and sylvia - love is strangeb,121b,121eveyone loves this (atleast they should)
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Ozzie The Ostrich
  • cratedigginnatecratedigginnate 106 Posts
    oh yeahb,121b,121the ventures - walk dont runb,121b,121&b,121b,121booker t... - green onions...sandlot i thank for thisb,121b,121& b,121The Champs - Tequilla - Pee Wee i thak for thatb,121b,121b,121I have never heard Ozzie the Ostrich
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,848 Posts
    b,121"My Life" by Billy Joel. Then my folks bought me the vinyl. I remember I had a babysitter that dropped the needle on this record, and she was singing along with the lyrics printed on the back. I called her out for singing along to "Honesty," which I would still do to this day. It was all good though, as she was a pretty cool babysitter overall.b,121b,121Another early song that I remember was "My Sharona." I never liked that song, but someone who lived behind my grandparents' was bumping this track. They must've had the record (or 8-track) because it was on repeat. I remember being in the backyard, annoyed at the whole thing.b,121b,121Again, I later had a babysitter who was playing "My Sharona," and told her that I hated it. She asked me what the song was called, and I didn't know (I was too young to realize "Sharona" was a name, so it all sounded like nonsense to me). She told me that since I didn't know the name, then I couldn't have an opinion on it. Deep down, I knew that this logic was fundamentally flawed, but I was just a kid. I'm sure I just gave her the ice grill and went back to playing with Star Wars figures.
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    b,121I have never heard Ozzie the Ostrich
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121One of those yellow plastic kiddie records from the early 60's......I was about 5-6 years old living in Brooklyn......our neighbor's 18 year old kid had a garage band and the drummer was named Ozzie.....they played "Louie Louie" a lot.
  • cratedigginnatecratedigginnate 106 Posts
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    b,121I have never heard Ozzie the Ostrich
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    b,121One of those yellow plastic kiddie records from the early 60's......I was about 5-6 years old living in Brooklyn......our neighbor's 18 year old kid had a garage band and the drummer was named Ozzie.....they played "Louie Louie" a lot.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121dope..i see i seeb,121b,121kingsmen are dope...rockadelic off topic the avatar creeps my lady out hahab,121b,121if you ever find that record send me a pm so i can peep it or post it
  • alieNDNalieNDN 2,181 Posts
    three degrees - when will i see u againb,121back to the high life again-?b,121early beatlesb,121lots of bollywoodb,121lots of anne murray (immigrant parents in canada)b,121cliff richardb,121new kid in town-eaglesb,121"those were the days my friend" songb,121connie francisb,121carpenters
  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    The Old Rugged Crossb,121Jesus Loves The Little Childrenb,121Yes, Jesus Loves Meb,121How Great Thou Artb,121Amazing GRace
  • AlmondAlmond 1,427 Posts
    Roy Orbison "Anything thing you want, you got it"b,121MC Hammer "U Can't touch this"
  • bass_feverbass_fever 974 Posts
    It's tough to think that far back, but "classical gas" by Mason Williams was always on the guitar or phonograph by pops...b,121b,121The first song that got me exited about music was "electric kingdom", Twilight 22... when my mom bought my bro and I a breakdance cassette circa 1986...That and Beastie Boys.
  • SaracenusSaracenus 671 Posts
    Jungle Book Soundtrack - The Bare Necessitiesb,121I connect that track with my parents reading Where the Wild Things Are and Whistle for Willie.b,121b,121First non-children's music? Toss up between:b,121b,121Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamondsb,121Santana - Oye Como Va!b,121Doors - Light My Fireb,121b,121Those three were on my dad's heavy rotation. I distinctly remember my dad trying to explain LSD and how it connected with the Beatles song when I was 7 or 8...
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    My mom usually played the soul station in the car, and apart from the blues and country records my dad had, this is what I heard:b,121b,121Aretha Franklin "Day Dreaming"b,121Love Unlimited "Walking In The Rain With The One I Love"b,121[i](both of these songs were out around the same time, and since they both involved women daydreaming about their boyfriends, I associated the two with each other)/i1b,121Jean Knight "Mr. Big Stuff"b,121Honey Cone "Want Ads"b,121Undisputed Truth "Smiling Faces Sometimes"b,121Staple Singers "I'll Take You There"b,121Sly & the Family Stone "Family Affair"b,121Simtec & Wylie "Gotta Get Over The Hump"b,121Al Green "Let's Stay Together"b,121Chi-Lites "Have You Seen Her"
  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    Mums records:b,121b,121The Who: im a boyb,121The beatles: paperback writerb,121Grace Slicks voice in generalb,121Simon and garfunkel: he aint heavy (which i just thought was funny because my baby brother was heavy)b,121b,121Dads records:b,121b,121Stones: get off my cloudb,121Sabbath: paranoid (really)b,121Led Zep: Dyer Makerb,121Chuck Berry in general
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    I have vague memories of 'Monday Monday' by the Mamas and Papas, but the first year I remember clearly was 1969 and being around older cousins who had the radio going all the time:b,121b,121My Cherie Amourb,121Crystal Blue Persuasionb,121Spinning Wheel
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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    b,121Grace Slicks voice in general
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Grace Slick's voice, I just considered downright odd. My first exposure to her was on a TV commercial for some mail-order compilation of hippie-era oldies like "Judy In Disguise" and "Sunshine Of Your Love." They played a few seconds of Grace singing "White Rabbit" with Jefferson Airplane - that song sounded, to my six-year-old self, like the National Anthem of Pluto. Based on that sound snippet, I thought she was older and uglier than she actually was...
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    the first song I remember is the theme from "the sting"...I remember vividly being a little guy (3, maybe 4) and dancing with my mom to it in the kitchen...
  • sticky_dojahsticky_dojah New York City. 2,136 Posts
    1st song i can remember (as it was also the 1st i dropped a needle on a record knowingly) was highway to hell....
  • JustAliceJustAlice 1,308 Posts
    The first song I remember liking as a young child was Pocahontas by Neil Young. The first line, "Aurora boreALICEb,121The icy sky at night" was especially meaningful.b,121b,121There were definitely a few songs that struck me as a youngin'b,121Beni and the Jets for my brob,121The Birthday Song by the Beatles cuz my pop played it at 7am on everyones bday. b,121In the Neighborhood by Tom Waits also thanks to pops.b,121Moms got me into Magic Man and Latherb,121Brother got me into Goo Goo Muck.b,121I'm sure there are other obvious things I am forgetting. b,121I totally dug on Cream and the Moody Blues.b,121I was also a pretty big Talking Heads fanb,121And who ( from my generation ) didn't love Money for Nothing and Checks for free?
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
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  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
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    b,121Jim Croce's "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" was one of the first popular records I remember loving as a kid.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121This is one of my earliest too. "Little Willie" by the Sweet was the first song I remember LOVING. I think I asked my mom to call the radio station to ask them to play it again. b,121b,121When I was about 10, we used to waste our breath by calling the local rock FM station to request Kiss songs, none of which they ever played. For as popular as they were in the 70s, Kiss didn't get much mainstream radio love in Stevens Point WI. Surprising that the AM stations were rocking the Sweet and Jim Croce, thank God!
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    b,121When I was about 10, we used to waste our breath by calling the local rock FM station to request Kiss songs, none of which they ever played. For as popular as they were in the 70s, Kiss didn't get much mainstream radio love in Stevens Point WI. Surprising that the AM stations were rocking the Sweet and Jim Croce, thank God!
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121I don't know if you got WLS (on the AM) in nearby Chicago, but Kiss was a staple of that station back in the '70s...matter of fact, to this day the only time I heard them on the radio was on The Big 89...
  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    I don't remember the song but the earliest sound memory I have is of the blaring horn section of a mariachi band from when I lived in Mazatlan, Mexico 'till I was 3 years old.b,121b,121#2 is Sunshine of my Life, by Stevie. That album was big when I was a toddler and my mom would sing it to me.
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    b,121I remember something about the video for Lionel Richie's "Hello" made me sad.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Maybe it's the perverted professor trying to mack on a blind student. b,121b,121
  • Strider79itStrider79it 1,176 Posts
    b,121b,121Diana - the cars
  • hemolhemol 2,578 Posts
    the Beatles-- I am the Walrusb,121b,121I used to get crazy amped off the chorus.
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