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Date: 6/18/2022 2:43:00 AM
From Authorid: 5301
Wow! It's a 2 for 1 night for posts from Ginger! Our local music shop was the same one that my mom went to when she was young. McCutcheon's Camera Shop. Cameras upstairs and records downstairs. I'm not trying to date you but you may recll the type of store. You could pull a 45 from their selection, put on the headphones and give it a listen-to before you decided upon purchasing or not. Sometimes you just went to listen to the newest tunes. I was fourteen before I had my first true love. It was a 1911 Columbia Grafanola crank-up record player and it was calling my name out at a flea market. Worked at my grandfather's garage for the summer paying that off. Bought a lot of 78's at other flea markets and serenaded the family with old Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Marty Robbins - all the good stuff. You mentioned that "Hey Larry might have remembered the store when he lived in Phoenix" Hey Larry may have also remembered which part of his body that socks went on but that too was a dismal failure. I pray for him constantly  |
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Date: 6/18/2022 3:22:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
I love walking down memory lane. And I understand where you’re coming from Ginger. My sister had a similar record player and like any other teenager at the time was a Beatles fan.. In addition to the 5& dime stores, there were record shops that had a variety to choose from. And a particular shoe store had a 45 record promo when you bought a pair of shoes. The first record I ever got ( thanks to my parents via the shoe store) was “ Sweet Hitchiker” by Creedence Clearwater Revival because they were all out of Beatles records…imagine that. And gave it to my sister. I had a small transistor radio that Ran on “C” batteries that I used to listen to top 40 music as well as Dr. Demento. Of course, I eventually graduated from The Captain and Tennile to THE WHO and was never the same since………  |
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Date: 6/18/2022 3:24:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
Hekler is a big Guess Who Fan, and still doesn’t know WHO they are. |
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Date: 6/18/2022 3:37:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
Hekler reminded me of great artists like Johnny Cash that my Dad would listen to on a radio while out working in the garage. He eventually had an 8 Track player installed in his truck ( our version of the family station wagon ) a 67 Chevy with a camper shell. Yeas, we kids rode in the back. |
Date: 6/18/2022 6:54:00 AM
From Authorid: 21435
Ginger  One of my favorite "music memories," would have to do with the "summer of 1967." Yours truly, was a counselor at a youth camp. We woke up the kids at 0545 each morning, by playing Rock n Roll over the public address system. Hendrix, Cream, Rolling Stones and then "Campers! Remember, If You Want To Stay Regular. Be Sure and Eat Your PRUNES!  |
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Date: 6/18/2022 7:08:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
^^^ and by all means, don’t eat the brown acid….. |
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Date: 6/18/2022 7:19:00 AM
From Authorid: 21435
Hey Larry "L.D." here: kronk read your comment, grabbed a shovel and headed to the "back forty." Something about digging up his "time capsule," from the `60's He was mumbling something like, "It hasn't been "that" long. I bet it's still good!" |
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Date: 6/18/2022 7:29:00 AM
From Authorid: 5940
L.D., if you find Abbie Hoffman with a Dr. Martens imprint on his keyster then you know Altamont was a harbinger of society today. |
Date: 6/18/2022 12:33:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 998
One of the types of music I gravitated towards was what we used to call 'bubble gum' music. Maybe because it was meant to amuse the kids. But I have always liked those songs, and they can pick up my mood instantly. Groups like the Ohio Express, 1910 Fruit Gum Company, the Archies and Lemon Pipers have such great fun songs. Great to listen to as I'm cooking or cleaning. Makes the time zip by. |
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Date: 6/18/2022 2:50:00 PM
From Authorid: 5940
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFNoDsOmluA |
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Date: 6/18/2022 3:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 5301
...Kronk...your camp counselor story reminded me of something similar. I used to drive my brother in to work at the cheese factory at something like 4:30 in the morning. He'd sleep all the way there and as we got close, I'd amp up Van Halen's "Runnin' with the Devil". This made for a gentle awakening. |
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Date: 6/18/2022 3:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 5301
...Ginger...did you ever subscribe to "Tiger Beat". Be honest now. |
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Date: 6/18/2022 3:24:00 PM
From Authorid: 5301
...Ginger...Hey LARRY AND I were just a couple of days ago what kind of music you must like. ...Hey Larry...SEE! I told you she wouldn't listen to The Sex Pistols, Barry Manilow and Wendy O. Williams. You owe me a dollar. |
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Date: 6/18/2022 4:14:00 PM
From Authorid: 21435
Hekler Yes, I did subscribe to "Tiger Beat." "L.D."---He wasn't talking to you. Hekler was asking Ginger. kronk---Oh...I don't care. I still like the song "Special Delivery."...."You bring your love to me...Special Delivery...Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!" |
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Date: 6/18/2022 4:19:00 PM
From Authorid: 21435
Hekler "0U812" is my favorite by "Van Hagar." My favorite video of Van Halen's was "California Girls." If you gotta' wake up, at all. Might as well put a little bounce in your step, in the process. Rock On! |
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Date: 6/18/2022 4:38:00 PM
From Authorid: 5940
Ok Hekler, how about we go double or nothing then? I bet that George was a big fan of Thomas Dolby. |
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Date: 6/18/2022 11:29:00 PM
From Authorid: 5940
Here’s a little known secret, Hekler can sing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMy4VbQyoGk |
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Date: 6/19/2022 12:39:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 998
I believe George would have been 'Blinded by Science' listening to Thomas Dolby. |
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Date: 6/19/2022 12:42:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 998
Hekler, I never had enough money as a kid to get the whole subscription to the mag. However, if I could borrow one from a girlfriend I would thumb through it to catch up on the latest. |
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Date: 6/19/2022 12:44:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 998
Ahhh Kronk, I haven't heard "Special Delivery" for ages. Love that song and it's stuck in my head now. I'm gonna zip over to YouTube to get my fix .... |
Date: 6/21/2022 11:34:00 PM
From Authorid: 42945
I love music and it all started when I was a youngun going down to the Sydney Stadium in Australia to see Bill Haley and the Comets, now that's a very long time ago LOL. Since then I've seen lots of bands coming over from the UK and the USA..I have 3 sisters who love music as much as I do. Our Dad wasn't into our music like us so needless to say all 45 records would come out to play whilst he was at work lol. Now our Mum who was a real cool lady joined in with us girls...I still go to see various local bands whose music I like..Music is the universal language and I love it..I still have my 45 records in a case but the little record player just died from overwork lol..  |
Date: 6/24/2022 10:08:00 AM
From Authorid: 43807
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Date: 10/27/2023 10:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 42945
I was 14.5yrs old when I got Hound dog by Elvis....that's when my music life began. I still love those songs you mention sis as they were my favourites. Music goes on in this house most of the day... |
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