livemusic Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Certain songs come to mind that got my attention... in somewhat chronological order, prior to age 13. Loves Letters In The Sand, Pat Boone (My older cousin had the 45, lol.) Lemon Tree, Trini Lopez Some Peter Paul and Mary song Love Me Do, Beatles Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison Hang On Sloopy, The McCoys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 The First, guitar related? That would be the "James Bond Theme" from the first "Bond" Film, "Dr. No" Or, possibly, anything "The Ventures" did. From there, is snowballed!! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Please Please Me, The Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 There were probably others earlier but the one that stands out to me is Whole lotta love, Zep. I was about 10 or 11 years old at the time. I wanted to learn guitar after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 There were probably others earlier but the one that stands out to me is Whole lotta love, Zep. I was about 10 or 11 years old at the time. I wanted to learn guitar after that. Yeah, when it comes to Rock music that I didn't really get into until I was about 14, the solo to Stairway to Heaven (and the song in general) is what made me want an electric guitar.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Yeah, when it comes to Rock music that I didn't really get into until I was about 14, the solo to Stairway to Heaven (and the song in general) is what made me want an electric guitar.. Still love that solo. I play most of it but never took the time to master it. Gotta change that. After seeing and hearing Jimmy Page playing a LP, it was all I ever wanted. Only got the real thing about 4 years ago at 47 years old. Could never really afford it before. Now I have a small herd of fine guitars and love every one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Mine was R Kelly- I believe I can fly. It was the first single I bought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickFromMunhall Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Red Sails in the Sunset by Tab Hunter (around 1956-57) Oh Donna by Richie Valens around '57 Walk Don't Run by the Ventures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dog Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I think about when I first saw Beatles on Ed Sullivan and I was hooked. I couldn't listen to it enough. My sister bought the first Beatles 45's and I listened to those early summer of 1964.The best music I ever heard. But in maybe November of 1964 I bought my first 45. It was "Oh Pretty Women" by Roy Orbison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 It was probably something from George Sheering (Blind Jazz Pianist), because that's what my Dad introduced me to. Maybe Jumpin' with Symphony Sid or I'll be Around. Too long ago to really remember. I used to sit next to the old console stereo in the livving room and listem for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 At this point I hope Pauloon won't be too disappointed - the rubbish probability claimed in the topic description seems considerably small to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I Want To Hold Your Hand by the Beatles, of course. I also remember seeing Agent 99 from Get Smart in a London Fog raincoat singing People Are Strange. Hot stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 The First, guitar related? That would be the "James Bond Theme" from the first "Bond" Film, "Dr. No" Or, possibly, anything "The Ventures" did. From there, is snowballed!! CB Among guitar instrumentals, "The Swinging Creeper" by The Ventures is one of my favorites since my younger days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauloon Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 At this point I hope Pauloon won't be too disappointed - the rubbish probability claimed in the topic description seems considerably small to me. No not at all CAP...one of the reasons I started the thread.....A/..I had just heard Freddie on the radio and I was wondering,..as most of us on here pay ''homage'' to the blues,B/..how many of us remember a ''true'' blues track as our first recollection of a song we like/liked?....i'm talking around the ages of.....well,say under ten. Yep....even Freddies songs ok....if you ''blank'' the video! All good memories,i remember lots of these songs..... Of course it would all boil down to your ''access'' to music at an early age,my mum always had the radio on,so all I heard was ''chart hits'......My son on the other hand was listening to Free in the ''womb'.... He entered the world not crying but uttering........They call me the hunter........... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHW Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Yellow Submarine by The Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Everyday by Buddy Holly. It was released when I was four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauloon Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Everyday by Buddy Holly. It was released when I was four. This is the sort of thing..........before you even knew what ''music'' was/is/meant/made... Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Oh dang, I just dug deeper in the memory vault, I remember this was on the radio in the mid-70's. Watch at your own risk... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E5sxuSRg6A&feature=kp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 This is the sort of thing..........before you even knew what ''music'' was/is/meant/made... Cool. You hit the nail on the head. At the age of three I performed "Spanish Harlem" without knowing anything about English, and at the age of four I reproduced the German lyrics of "Rote Lippen" including Cliff Richard's accent. I did all of this in an onomatopoetic way, without having any clue what family and friends were amused about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 This song was everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quapman Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I seriously don't believe anyone can remember what they did when they were 4. I sure as hell can't. I did the twist when I was 2,, but I only know that because my parents told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubert Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 After destroying all my dad's 78 rpm records in a wardrobe scaling accident, the likes of Django Reinhardt, Fats Waller, Earl Bostic and tons of other priceless stuff. My father decided that the new vinyl 45 rpm singles were the way to go and collected quite a few. Being very young, around 6 years old I had not come to terms with the changeable speed function on the new hi fi system and I kept the speed setting on 78 rpm and played all the new 45 rpm records at the faster speed. most of which sounded rubbish....except for one. A record by a lady singer with the most alluring voice...the song was "passing strangers" and the lady was "Billy Eckstine". I remember when my dad played the record at 45 rpm instead of 78 how crestfallen I felt, almost like the time I was told there was no Father Christmas, (actually I felt at 21 years old they had left it rather late to tell me). The dulcet soprano I thought was the perfect female voice turned out to be some old geezer with a deep tenor.Life has been a panoply of continuous disappointments ever since. Pah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 My mother sang Everyday. The Buddy Holly tune was frequently on the radio. Those tunes always stuck with me. My earliest memories were at three, but cap wins the prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I seriously don't believe anyone can remember what they did when they were 4. I sure as hell can't. I did the twist when I was 2,, but I only know that because my parents told me. ... I remember when my dad played the record at 45 rpm instead of 78 how crestfallen I felt, almost like the time I was told there was no Father Christmas, (actually I felt at 21 years old they had left it rather late to tell me). The dulcet soprano I thought was the perfect female voice turned out to be some old geezer with a deep tenor.Life has been a panoply of continuous disappointments ever since. Pah! There have been cutting events and enduring habits when I was three to four which I clearly remember although I understood it all much later. Sometimes I wished I could forget easier. It seems to depend on my particular physiology - I am a fast acetylizer and have a low latent inhibition. Consequences are that the endorphine in my blood is by nature heroin since it's diacetyl morphine, and that boredom is simply unknown to me. There always is something interesting to perceive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingarmadillo Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 It gets pretty faded going back that far, and I'm pretty sure there's something earlier, but what stands out is "Green Onions" by Booker T & the M.G.s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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