Appropriate Song for Today.

[ConservativeMan55]

Nineteen Something Written By: Chris DuBois & David Lee

I saw Star Wars at least eight times
Had the Pac-Man pattern memorized
And I've seen the stuff they put inside
Stretch Armstrong, yeah

Well, I was Roger Staubach in my back yard
Had a shoebox full of baseball cards
And a couple of Evel Knievel scars
On my right arm
Well, I was a kid when Elvis died
And my momma cried

Chorus: It was nineteen seventy something
In the world that I grew up in
Farrah Fawcett hairdo days
Bell bottoms and eight track tapes
Looking back now I can see me
And, oh man, did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothing
Ah, it was nineteen seventy something

It was the dawning of a new decade
We got our first microwave
And Dad broke down and finally shaved
Them old sideburns off

I took the stickers off of my Rubik's Cube
Watched MTV all afternoon
And my first love was Daisy Duke
In them cut off jeans
A space shuttle fell out of the sky
And the whole world cried

Chorus: It was nineteen eighty something
In the world that I grew up in
Skating rinks and black Trans Am's
Big hair and parachute pants
And looking back now I can see me
And, oh man, did I look cheesy
But I wouldn't trade those days for nothing
Ah, it was nineteen eighty something

Now I got a mortgage and an S.U.V.
And all this responsibility
Makes me wish sometimes

Repeat 2nd chorus

Nineteen seventy something
Ah, it was nineteen something

[ConservativeMan55]

I immediately thought of this song when the crash happened this morning. It brings back memories of Challenger and other things that happened during the 70's and 80's. I've seen the stuff inside Stretch Armstrong too.

[ConservativeMan55]

By the way Mark Wills sings this song.

[Samurai_Jack]

Appropriate Song for the day...

Barbers Adagio for strings Please

[ConservativeMan55]

I haven't heard that one, how does it go?

[UCFRoadWarrior]

I am familiar w that song (I listen to country music).....it was eerie listening to it earlier today because of the one line.

Its currently #1 on the country charts. I wonder what affect it will have on the song.....either it will get played on radio a lot more, or, people will ask not to play it due to its one line.

Brooks & Dunn got a lot of airplay after 9/11 w their song "Only In America"....written well before the tragedy.

The same w 19 Something..which has been out about 4 or 5 months so far

RWK

[ConservativeMan55]

Not only the Challenger reference but its got so many things it in that you remember. Pac-Man,Stretch ArmStrong,Scars,Big Hair

[UCFRoadWarrior]

If you havent heard the song yet...just turn to a country radio station on the dial....19 Something is played every couple hours or so

RWK

[walrus954]

This is one of my favorite songs right now... and I'm only 16...

I did think this morning about "The space shuttle falling out of the sky" line.

[Tuba-Dude]

If you've ever seen the movie Platoon, it's the piece used at the beginning and throughout the rest of the film. Personally, I think some darker, slow-tempo British brass music is only more fitting: slightly uplifting, yet still melancholy in its nature. A prime example would be the Grimethorpe Colliery Band playing "Aberystwyth".

[ConservativeMan55]

What is even creepier is that I downloaded this song last night. Not knowing what would transpire this morning.

[ConservativeMan55]

A lot of the references are not only to the 70's and 80's but there were quite a few to the 90's as well.

[AppyPappy]

Rush did a song about the Columbia called "Countdown" on the Signals LP.

[ConservativeMan55]

How recently did he do the song? Was it more of a stoic song? Or upbeat?

[AppyPappy]

No no no. Rush, the Canadian Band.

[cmsgop]

Remeber that song, Talking with Crippen and Young, Great Tune!

[ConservativeMan55]

Ohhhhhh! That Rush! How do the lyrics go?

[ConservativeMan55]

I love your tag line! If I were Arby's I wouldn't let Ritter through the front doors!

[UCFRoadWarrior]

ConservativeMan....that is really freaky that you downloaded the song this morning.

I am sure a lot of people are kinda dazed w the news...and having heard that song recently. The big country music countdown shows are on all weekend and 19 Something will be played often

RWK

[AppyPappy]

It's about the launch of the Columbia. It features audio from a liftoff and radio transmissions between the crew and ground control. Great song.

[AppyPappy]

I found a copy using Limewire. Spooky. Lots of radio comms about the Columbia.