milod Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 bschory When I visited New England around a dozen years ago, I stopped in Harvard Square where I'd spent so much time on vacation from high school and the old Club 47 appeared to be just a dank basement with no marking at the entry. Ah, the times... My little sis was in an Anglican private high school elsewhere too. The folkies in Cambridge back in the early 60s, the big Clancy Bros. and Tommy Makem concert in the summer - even the Gilbert and Sullivan stuff in Boston were great draws for me. The folkie stuff especially made a pretty big impact on what I was pickin' until the end of 65 when I got into a rock band, went electric and... RE: "It's All Right." Yup. Sounded familiar when I heard it! Hmmmmm. Remember Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs? m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hey there little red ridin hood, you sure are lookin good, you're everything that a big bad wolf could want... Owwwooooooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 And that big bad wolf was a ... wooly bully. <grin> Funny thing is that it made for great dance music for the era. A lotta bands didn't care for it 'cuz it wasn't... whatever. But... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOYppTlU42U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7r-V1id038 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 The year I started high school was 1977. Here's the top 100. 1. Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright), Rod Stewart 2. I Just Want to Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb 3. Best of My Love, Emotions 4. Love Theme (From "A Star Is Born"), Barbra Streisand 5. Angel In Your Arms, Hot 6. I Like Dreamin', Kenny Nolan 7. Don't Leave Me This Way, Thelma Houston 8. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher, Rita Coolidge 9. Undercover Angel, Alan O'Day 10. Torn Between Two Lovers, Mary MacGregor 11. I'm Your Boogie Man, K.C. and The Sunshine Band 12. Dancing Queen, Abba 13. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, Leo Sayer 14. Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet 15. Telephone Line, Electric Light Orchestra 16. Whatcha Gonna Do?, Pablo Cruise 17. Do You Wanna Make Love, Peter McCann 18. Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder 19. Hotel California, Eagles 20. Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1, Marvin Gaye 21. Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky"), Bill Conti 22. Southern Nights, Glen Campbell 23. Rich Girl, Daryl Hall and John Oates 24. When I Need You, Leo Sayer 25. Hot Line, Sylvers 26. Car Wash, Rose Royce 27. You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be In My Show), Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. 28. Fly Like an Eagle, Steve Miller Band 29. Don't Give Up On Us, David Soul 30. On and On, Stephen Bishop 31. Feels Like the First Time, Foreigner 32. Couldn't Get It Right, Climax Blues Band 33. Easy, Commodores 34. Right Time Of The Night, Jennifer Warnes 35. I've Got Love On My Mind, Natalie Cole 36. Blinded By the Light, Manfred Mann's Earth Band 37. Looks Like We Made It, Barry Manilow 38. So In to You, Atlanta Rhythm Section 39. Dreams, Fleetwood Mac 40. Enjoy Yourself, Jacksons 41. Dazz, Brick 42. I'm In You, Peter Frampton 43. Lucille, Kenny Rogers 44. The Things We Do for Love, 10cc 45. Da Doo Ron Ron, Shaun Cassidy 46. Handy Man, James Taylor 47. Just a Song Before I Go, Crosby, Stills and Nash 48. You and Me, Alice Cooper 49. Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin'), Johnny Rivers 50. Lonely Boy, Andrew Gold 51. I Wish, Stevie Wonder 52. Don't Stop, Fleetwood Mac 53. Barracuda, Heart 54. Strawberry Letter 23, Brothers Johnson 55. Night Moves, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band 56. You're My World, Helen Reddy 57. Heard It In a Love Song, Marshall Tucker Band 58. Carry On Wayward Son, Kansas 59. New Kid In Town, Eagles 60. My Heart Belongs to Me, Barbra Streisand 61. After the Lovin', Engelbert Humperdinck 62. Jet Airliner, Steve Miller Band 63. Stand Tall, Burton Cummings 64. Way Down, Elvis Presley 65. Weekend In New England, Barry Manilow 66. It Was Almost Like a Song, Ronnie Milsap 67. Smoke From A Distant Fire, Sanford Townsend Band 68. Cold As Ice, Foreigner 69. Ariel, Dean Friedman 70. Lost Without Your Love, Bread 71. Star Wars Theme-Cantina Band, Meco 72. Float On, Floaters 73. Jeans On, David Dundas 74. Lido Shuffle, Boz Scaggs 75. Keep It Comin' Love, K.C. and The Sunshine Band 76. You Made Me Believe in Magic, Bay City Rollers 77. Livin' Thing, Electric Light Orchestra 78. Give a Little Bit, Supertramp 79. That's Rock 'N' Roll, Shaun Cassidy 80. Love So Right, Bee Gees 81. Rubberband Man, Spinners 82. I Never Cry, Alice Cooper 83. Nobody Does It Better, Carly Simon 84. High School Dance, Sylvers 85. Love's Grown Deep, Kenny Nolan 86. AAin't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman), Joe Tex 87. I Wanna Get Next To You, Rose Royce 88. Somebody to Love, Queen 89. Muskrat Love, Captain and Tennille 90. Walk This Way, Aerosmith 91. Whispering-Cherchez La Femme-C'est Si Bon, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band 92. Year of the Cat, Al Stewart 93. Boogie Nights, Heatwave 94. Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac 95. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, Elton John 96. Don't Worry Baby, B.J. Thomas 97. Knowing Me, Knowing You, Abba 98. How Much Love, Leo Sayer 99. Star Wars (Main Title), London Symphony Orchestra 100. Devil's Gun, C.J. and Co. Oh and the year I graduated from high school, this was what we were listening to. 1. Bette Davis Eyes, Kim Carnes 2. Endless Love, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie 3. Lady, Kenny Rogers 4. (Just Like) Starting Over, John Lennon 5. Jessie's Girl, Rick Springfield 6. Celebration, Kool and The Gang 7. Kiss On My List, Daryl Hall and John Oates 8. I Love a Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbitt 9. 9 to 5, Dolly Parton 10. Keep On Loving You, REO Speedwagon 11. Theme from "Greatest American Hero", Joey Scarbury 12. Morning Train (Nine to Five), Sheena Easton 13. Being With You, Smokey Robinson 14. QUEEN OF HEARTS, Juice Newton 15. Rapture, Blondie 16. A Woman Needs Love, Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio 17. The Tide Is High, Blondie 18. Just the Two of Us, Grover Washington Jr. 19. Slow Hand, Pointer Sisters 20. I Love You, Climax Blues Band 21. Woman, John Lennon 22. Sukiyaki, A Taste Of Honey 23. The Winner Takes It All, Abba 24. More Stars, Stars On 45 25. Angel Of The Morning, Juice Newton 26. Love On the Rocks, Neil Diamond 27. Every Woman In the World, Air Supply 28. The One That You Love, Air Supply 29. Guilty, Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb 30. The Best of Times, Styx 31. Elvira, Oak Ridge Boys 32. Take It On the Run, REO Speedwagon 33. No Gettin' Over Me, Ronnie Milsap 34. Living Outside Myself, Gino Vannelli 35. Woman In Love, Barbra Streisand 36. Boy from New York City, Manhattan Transfer 37. Urgent, Foreigner 38. Passion, Rod Stewart 39. Lady (You Bring Me Up), Commodores 40. Crying, Don Mclean 41. Hearts, Marty Balin 42. It's My Turn, Diana Ross 43. You Make My Dreams, Daryl Hall and John Oates 44. I Don't Need You, Kenny Rogers 45. How 'Bout Us, Champaign 46. Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Pat Benatar 47. The Breakup Song, Greg Kihn Band 48. Time, Alan Parsons Project 49. Hungry Heart, Bruce Springsteen 50. Sweetheart, Franke and The Knockouts 51. Someone's Knockin', Terri Gibbs 52. More Than I Can Say, Leo Sayer 53. Together, Tierra 54. Too Much Time On My Hands, Styx 55. What Are We Doin' In Love, Dottie West 56. Who's Crying Now, Journey 57. De Do Do Do, de Da Da Da, Police 58. This Little Girl, Gary U.S. Bonds 59. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 60. Giving It Up for Your Love, Delbert McClinton 61. A Little In Love, Cliff Richard 62. America, Neil Diamond 63. Ain't Even Done With the Night, John Cougar 64. Arthur's Theme, Christopher Cross 65. Another One Bites the Dust, Queen 66. Games People Play, Alan Parsons Project 67. I Can't Stand It, Eric Clapton 68. While You See a Chance, Steve Winwood 69. Master Blaster, Stevie Wonder 70. Hello Again, Neil Diamond 71. Don't Stand So Close to Me, Police 72. Hey Nineteen, Steely Dan 73. I Ain't Gonna Stand for It, Stevie Wonder 74. All Those Years Ago, George Harrison 75. Step By Step, Eddie Rabbitt 76. The Stroke, Billy Squier 77. Feels So Right, Alabama 78. Sweet Baby, Stanley Clarke and George Duke 79. Same Old Lang Syne, Dan Fogelberg 80. Cool Love, Pablo Cruise 81. Hold On Tight, ELO 82. It's Now Or Never, John Schneider 83. Treat Me Right, Pat Benatar 84. Winning, Santana 85. What Kind of Fool, Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb 86. Watching the Wheels, John Lennon 87. Tell It Like It Is, Heart 88. Smoky Mountain Rain, Ronnie Milsap 89. I Made It Through the Rain, Barry Manilow 90. You've Lost That Loving Feeling, Daryl Hall and John Oates 91. Suddenly, Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard 92. For Your Eyes Only, Sheena Easton 93. Beach Boys Medley, Beach Boys 94. Whip It, Devo 95. Modern Girl, Sheena Easton 96. Really Wanna Know You, Gary Wright 97. Seven Year Ache, Rosanne Cash 98. I'm Coming Out, Diana Ross 99. Miss Sun, Boz Scaggs 100. Time Is Time, Andy Gibb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky scott 29 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 What about you folks? Did the music from your high school years really rock - or really suck? Neo, You graduated the same year as I did... I'm quite sure our tastes reflect that... When John Bohnman died, while we were in H.S. that personally hit me harder than John Lennon died, same year I believe... No doubt, ac/dc, Led Zep., Van Halen just starting out..ect.... They were VERY much " our " influenced groups, Just as the music starting turning around, 83 and on, In MY opinion, WE had it better.. Others in their school years say the same with their music.. But, if you ask somebody that graduated '84 or so and later, the music REALLY took a huge turn around.. My old lady, who graduated in 87, just don't understand the huge generation gap in music in such a short time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 HAH! Same here. 1983 for me - 1987 for Mrs. Neo! Her idea of rock n roll was Poison's Talk Dirty To Me. She was a country girl - and gospel. Motley Crue was a bit too rough for her, but she did some cheerleading thing to Girls, Girls, Girls once. She realized a few years later just what sort of effect those songs and those moves had on the boys; She discovered a friend of hers was working as a t!tty dancer - using some of those same songs for her "routines"... She was appalled!!! Men would pay money to watch young women do many of the same dances - NAKED? Said she suddenly felt a bit dirty - though it was all at school and her clothes stayed on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 So if we pull up to the compound and hear Girls, Girls, Girls, blastin' We know not to bother knockin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Eh, she's not much on some of those moves anymore. She did a cartwheel for the hell of it awhile back, and said it HURT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny V Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I am stuck in a time zone of 60's music. Since I grew up then and attended high school that era of music will always be my favorite. Having said that I believe all decades of music had some great and not so great songs. Milrod thanks for your list of songs and musicians. The number one song on your list was Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmore and the Fireballs. I think Jimmy and the Fireballs best song was Long Green, followed second by Come On React. Both songs were only released as 45 rpm records on the Atco label and did not get a lot of airplay on the radio. Kenny V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 What I find interesting about radio vs. "interest" music is how all of us, regardless of age, have about the same comment: The radio was playing a pretty narrow set of songs. Various style variations perhaps, but not what interested "us," the pickers. In my case the "folkie" stuff, especially more "real" stuff unaffected by the fads of the day were still almost impossible to find even on recordings. If it wasn't the "names," it didn't get out. I'd hear comments like, "That isn't folk, it's old-time," or "That isn't folk, that's cowboy." Say what? Then in the 80s there was a really neat surge of "cowboy" music old and new. But I'll wager most of you 40-somethings never heard it, or heard of it. Ditto variations in rock music some of you "younger" folks have mentioned, blues... I remember the BB King comment about blues being so unpopular he was booed on stage. One neat thing about this forum is how we hear about stuff that some of us know about that the rest of us may not - and it is an opportunity we should not ignore or take lightly. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 H... she did some cheerleading thing to Girls, Girls, Girls once. She realized a few years later just what sort of effect those songs and those moves had on the boys; She discovered a friend of hers was working as a t!tty dancer - using some of those same songs for her "routines"... She was appalled!!! Men would pay money to watch young women do many of the same dances - NAKED? Said she suddenly felt a bit dirty - though it was all at school and her clothes stayed on! Yup, there's not much difference between cheer leading and ... um... exotic dancin' but school colors. If it weren't for cheer leaders, I wouldn't have stayed to watch the second half of basketball games after our half time show was over. I graduated in the late 70's. I suppose that means the music du jur was ... sigh... Disco. Guess that's why I didn't listen to the top 40 stations much. I did go to a disco once, just to see what was going on. Eh.. just another High School Sock Hop with a bartender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 The Police are a great band, though I have yet to delve too deeply into their stuff. I do believe Stewart Copeland is a fantastic drummer, and Sting's voice is just so unusual I have to listen. Being in my High School years at the moment, I have to say (save for some oddballs who don't get nearly enough media attention) the music sucks! When the only lyric in a "hit" song is "Baby baby baby oh", I tend to lose faith in humanity. I do not want to hear a guy <cough> nevermind... Of course there are some great artists out there right now, Joe Bonamassa a titan among them. I am becoming a fan of a guy named Tab Benoit, bluesy guy, plays some nice stuff on a tele, not so much for distortion but you can hear the reach back to the delta (if not in the song names themselves!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lespaulj45 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I graduated from high school in 1966-the music was great,quality stereo eqpmt to listen to it was in its infancy. On the otherhand I went to a Rolling Stones concert for $3-FM radio stations which catered to different musical genres were available for free and LP record albums were about $4- Then came along the stereo cassette recorders and the music industry changed-I had a great time but I think the technology adversely affected subsequent music lovers I still have about 300 record albums from those days and I miss the new releases that came out weekly,but I live in a town that had a lot of live venues for musical acts I survived the '60's and it was a great era for songwriters and musicians,I miss the creativity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 High school for me was 1967-1970. Fort Lauderdale, FL. It was a special time that I wouldn't have changed for any other. Long live the 60's. Cream Iron Butterfly Canned Heat Spirit The Beatles Jimi Hendrix Mountain Led Zeppelin The Doors Deep Purple Blood Sweat And Tears Grand Funk Railroad Amboy Dukes The Woodstock Festival etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky scott 29 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I graduated from high school in 1966-the music was great,quality stereo eqpmt to listen to it was in its infancy. On the otherhand I went to a Rolling Stones concert for $3-FM radio stations which catered to different musical genres were available for free and LP record albums were about $4- Then came along the stereo cassette recorders and the music industry changed-I had a great time but I think the technology adversely affected subsequent music lovers I still have about 300 record albums from those days and I miss the new releases that came out weekly,but I live in a town that had a lot of live venues for musical acts I survived the '60's and it was a great era for songwriters and musicians,I miss the creativity Ya got me beat by a number of years.. But, my first vinyl album I bought new, was a Led Zep. houses of the holy album. My first 8 track I bought was a Jimi Hendrix, first cassette I bought, which really wasn't popular even to order in cars, till the mid 70's, I believe as options, was Van Halen... It took me quite a while to buy a car radio that had a cassette player in it as 8 tracks were still selling more of. That was the fun days, as you had no idea what the band members looked like till you either went to the store and see the album cover, or go to the concert... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 I graduated in '68. Yardbirds, Who, Piper at the gates of Dawn, Lovin' Spoonfull, Buffalo Springfield, Kinks, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Procol Harum, Van Morrison, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Velvet Underground, The Mothers, Doors, Airplane, Spencer Davis then Traffic, Cream, Beatles, Stones, Gordon LIghtfoot, Byrds, Otis Redding, Animals, CCR, Steppenwolf, Moody Blues, County Joe & the Fish, Jeff Beck, The Band, Fats Domino/Chuck Berry/Buddy Holly/Jerry Lee Lewis/Gene Vincent/Coasters/ (My best friend's older brother -may he rest in peace- was a '50s kid)...etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 DAS44 You may think some current lyrics are a bit ... simplistic ... but here's the lyric from one of the more popular tunes when I was in high school, '61. All it has, repeated multiple times is: "Hold me, kiss me Whisper sweetly That you love me Forever" The girls loved it and the guys didn't mind dancing with the girls who loved it. <grin> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Aw darn Milod, I know there are simple lyrics from every generation, but it seems the quantity of those of lesser quality has risen (just me?). I could say that "Soul to soul" repeated four times is sub-par lyricism, but that's Stevie, and its basically what I'd call an instrumental. It seems on those old records, complex lyrics or not, (this could be entirely opinion mind you) there was more skill involved a large majority of the time. Don't get me wrong there is talent around nowadays, but it seems to me that a lot of modern pieces are lacking in a certain depth. Plus I doubt there will ever come a day when a guy will refuse dancing with a girl just because of the song :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Das... I've a hunch you're right about guys and girls dancing... although I never did much. When I was in the sixth grade I swore never to go to a dance unless I was in the band. Darned near kept up with it, too. <grin> m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 and 2 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 '91 to '94. Got to watch hair metal die and grunge take over. Highlights for me were Guns N' Roses, Pantera, Tool just breaking, the mighty Alice In Chains ruling, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden...maybe not as cool as other decades, but cool enough for me for the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Das... I've a hunch you're right about guys and girls dancing... although I never did much. When I was in the sixth grade I swore never to go to a dance unless I was in the band. Darned near kept up with it, too. <grin> m I still need my girlfriend to teach me to dance, I think she fears for her feet!... rightly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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