Posted on 04/17/2018 7:22:08 PM PDT by SamAdams76
As a child of the '60s (high school class of 1970), I had a bit of an epiphany watching one of those Time/Life "music of the 60s" infomercials the other day.
Viewing the video clips and hearing the music predictably brought back some warm feelings and memories from that era.
But then, it occurred to me the real reason why many people, myself included, wax nostalgic for "the good of days": with the end of high school, the "real work" of living life and earning a living began.
My catalog of "favorite" pop songs literally ends with graduation. For me, at least, the "real world" turned out to be a much harsher place than the frivolities of high school.
Ripped all my cds to digital long ago; now they’re in boxes in the closet. Since then, I’ve discovered that a hq cd rip sounds better than the download, so ... still buying cds.
Otherwise, I’d have to say I have a soft spot for the first Asia album. ;)
"The Wallflower" was answered by The Lamplighters with "Roll On", and Etta James recorded a sequel, "Hey! Henry!".
As far as I know, "Annie Met Henry" by the Champions was the last of the "Annie" songs to come out.
I’m sure not one page was ever turned. It was the first truly stupid project I was ever assigned.
“Skyrockets in Flight”
Do you mean, “Afternoon Delight”? Hearing that one takes me back to a certain place, time, and person when I heard it the first time on the radio.
“Some of them hurt, some make me smile.”
Truly. Some of them I have to turn off as soon as they start. One is “I Love The Nightlife” (Alicia Bridges).
I know it’s a FReeper tradition to post without reading the article ma’am, but you managed to post without reading the heading.
“Why Old Songs Bring Back Memories
Does anybody remember that “Skyrockets in Flight” song? Well, that was Afternoon Delight ^ | This was a while ago | Daniel Leviton “
I started listening to “oldies” as a teenager and have been collecting records, mostly from the 1920’s-1960’s, ever since.
Good post. An under-rated song from the ‘70’s with a variety of instruments and orchestration...somewhat of a pop music ode to women...painting a terrific picture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqZc7ZQURMs
Some songs can do that on August 21, 1961, while heading south on Rte. 287 in Colorado in a 1958 Edsel Villager station wagon, I heard a song on the radio whose words caught my attention. I didn't know it was a recording--I thought it might be a live performance at the studio--but it stayed in my memory.
Fifty-one years later, while listening to Sirius Satellite Radio, I heard the same song for only the second time in my life. It was Poor Folks by Bill Anderson.
Nice song. Understand why someone would remember it.
So sorry. Please forgive me. I’m so ashamed.
"Folk" music was not getting any traction with youth by the late '60s so the rock & roll was coopted to serve the revolution. I'm sure someone has written at least an essay on it.
“I’m sure someone has written at least an essay on it.”
Maybe so. My memory isn’t so good.
"Mention Modern Art, Civil Rights or Folk Music and you're in like Flynn."
“When I got to E-17 I wrote: ‘It was our song, it was his song but it’s over.’”
Too funny!!
“’The soundtrack of your life’”
That’s the theme / catch phrase of the oldies station I listen to in Knoxville — 104.9. And you’re right; it truly does describe what music is all about.
On YouTube there are videos that play 30 second snippets of every single song that was in the Top 40 during a certain period.
Those are really nostalgic, because you’ll hear the songs you probably hadn’t heard in 40-50 years.
I came across one that I remembered, but I could never figure out who did it, it was a reggae-like song that came out in 1972, called “Double Barrel” by Dave and Ansell Collins. I just remembered how cool I thought it was, because as the first Reggae song I ever heard, it didn’t sound like anything I had ever heard before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_7Kx2FlFQY
Most of the Top 40 stuff from early - mid 1978 sends me back to the giddy days of my first love when I was an 18 year-old nitwit smitten for the first time.
Most of the Top 40 stuff from late 1978 sends me back to the dreadful days after my first love crashed into cinders and I was devastated to learn how badly life could hurt.
Only music can do that.
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