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Downtown, by Petula Clark. On 45! Now it's stuck in my head!
What was your favorite song when you were a kid?
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I remember listening to that on my AM transistor radio, often under my pillow when I was supposed to be sleeping. But I thought her follow-up, "I Know a Place," was even better.
I think Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" was about the same time, too.
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armabill
Bearcat
Pretty Woman.
The Blackhawk Kid
Blackhawk
American Patrol.....any Glenn Miller song!
St. Louis Blues March by Glenn Miller and also Song of the Volga Boatmen
Not where I lived. What were they? Be interesting to see if I know any of them.
noahmercy
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When I was a little'un, It's Not Easy Being Green (I still have it on the flexible square plastic 45).
When I got into middle school, Stairway to Heaven.
High school, The Trooper.
When I got into middle school, Stairway to Heaven.
High school, The Trooper.
Zappa's true love was composing jazz symphonies and he would put out a rock album to fund his work when he needed money. He was never very commercial, but he did make Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation with the intent of getting some radio play and royalties. He never did drugs (except cigarettes - he once said tobacco was his favorite vegetable), he was a real taskmaster, demanding perfection from the band, and he required all his band members to be able to read sheet music.
His son Dweezil is no slouch and plays as good as the old man, this on a guitar Eddie Van Halen gave him when he was 12:
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Watch Dweezil Zappa nail Eruption with the Kramer guitar Eddie Van Halen gave him when he was 12 years old
It's clear that the vintage Kramer still has some mojo in it. Of course, Zappa's tapping and immaculate pickwork are pretty darn good, too
"Valley Girl" I knew, but that was from the '80s, not the '60s or '70s. Was done with his daughter, whose name is Moon Unit, IIRC.
I'm not and never have been a Zappa fan, though I do actually own one of his albums (Live at the Filmore). Gun to head, I might be able to come up with four other Zappa song titles.
One has something to do with raising dental floss, or something. Skeet 028
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You're So Fine by the Falcons.not a big hit but classic Doo Wop. Parents had a small Mom and Pop grocery She played 50s Rock and Roll. I was about 8 and helped out in the store so I heard a lot of early rock
My sisters were much older than me, so I grew up with their pop music in the sixties. I recall running to listen to “Puff the Magic Dragon “ as a two or three year old. That is probably the first recollection that I have of listening to music. We always had a variety of albums in the house, and a radio seemed to always be on.
GasGuzzler
Hunter
Funny I mentioned Waylon already and now these three who, along with the pilot, died instead of Waylon and Tommy Allsup...all because of a coin flip and the broken heater on the bus.
The song has never been explained but there are references to the Beatles, Elvis, The Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, and several world leaders. Maybe Don will leave a memoir describing the intent. Or maybe he was simply on acid.
Valley Girl was the likely outcome of Take Your Daughter to Work Day.
I don't believe I even own that record and I've got a pretty extensive vinyl collection with a significant amount of shelf space dedicated to Zappa.
I don't believe I even own that record and I've got a pretty extensive vinyl collection with a significant amount of shelf space dedicated to Zappa.
Acorn
Buckeye
The original Telstar by the Tornado’s.
There was a local radio station that played requests. My cousins and I would start calling for it again as soon as it was over.
There was a local radio station that played requests. My cousins and I would start calling for it again as soon as it was over.
freakindawgen
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Once I got older Frank Zappa's Sheik Yerbouti was a favorite.
IIRC that might have been about the time they were phasing vinyl out in favor of CDs only. I remember trying to find a couple different things on vinyl about that time and either couldn't get them at all, or considered myself lucky to find it.
The Preacher
Single-Sixer
One was the Grassroots...Midnight Confession
Another was Three Dog Night....Chest Fever
Another was Three Dog Night....Chest Fever
"Pop Goes the Weasel", then "You'll Look Sweet Up On the Seat of a Bicycle For Two", Then "Wakeup Little Susie"
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