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[on the bay]

What was that beautiful song with a rose in it that turned out to be about drugs? That was sad too.

[on the bay]

@CalminHeart,

that's so great that you met Bob Dylan!

I probably had all his albums at one time. I read later that he could be kind of grouchy but who knows.And that he wasn't all that interested in politics. His songs defined a generation along with many others.

What was he like when you met him?

[meallen616]

@Imaoldhippie,

Oh yes, Louie Louie, what were those lyrics again??? We were in high school, did you hear the song Louie Louie?? We had different lyrics to that one then the Kingsmen. We thought those lyrics were obscene.

[Imaoldhippie]

@meallen616 .............Yes there were all kinds of wild accusations about those lyrics.  "They were a coded message" of some type or they were s*xually explicit.  I googled the words and they are just words in a song, no conspiracy or s*x.

[hckynutjohn]

I like all music genres, real music, not noise that sounds like a jam session at max sound settings. I play several different instruments. My late brother-in-law was a professional musician and played in several of the Big Bands in the 1940's and 1950's.

As for understanding the lyrics of songs! If you can't understand them in Country Music? Forget trying to figure it out in the later and other genres, you are sunk!  🎶🎶🎵🎶🎵🎵

hckynut 🇺🇸

[Another new name Sue]

@tototwo Glen Miller was a little before my time, but somehow I'm attracted to music of that era and Frank Sinatra as well.  One could understand him.  Sometimes one of those songs pops into my head and sticks with me for a while which seems odd since "my" music was of the rock and roll era.  Remember that song, "Skylark?"  So pretty.  Hope I didn't give anyone an "earworm."

[Chopsmom]

@on the bay 

What a nice memory!

Loved going to record stores!!!

Yeah, there was something about The Doors.  I used to sit on my bedroom floor with my headphones on and music blaring.  I did the same thing with the Moody Blues.

[Another new name Sue]

Anyone remember going to the record store and buying the 45's for 99 cents?  

[Chopsmom]

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@Another new name Sue wrote:

Anyone remember going to the record store and buying the 45's for 99 cents?  

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Yes!!

I didn't start buying albums until my twenties.  Loved those 45's and i remember never having enough of those little disk thingies to fit in the hole.

The first 45's I ever had were those that came with the Show and Tell TV from the 60s.  Remember those?

But the first I purchased with my own money was Rich Girl by Hall and Oates.

[hckynutjohn]

My mom and my 2 older sisters had quite a few 78 and 33 1/3 vinyl records. My mother got her mothers piano/sheet music, and lots of vinyl records after she died.

"Slow Boat to China"

"In the Mood"

"Sentimental Journey"

"Paper Doll"

"Riders in the Sky",  just to name a few.

I learned to read the sheet music and play the piano starting at about 7-8 years old. My mother could not read music, but boy could she play that piano. She played all those songs perfectly. Amazes me!

hckynut 🇺🇸