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What was the title of the first 45 rpm record you bought?

Allan said:
I used to zone out to Aqualung and Minstrel in the Gallery. A friend saw Jethro Tull years ago and said they were terrible.

Some bands can still perform later in life (Stones, Pink Floyd), some can't.
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The Thick as a Brick concert was fantastic.

Yeah, don't write off the old timers too fast. They are entertainers and they're aware of the situation.

My biggest concern is that they stick to the hits and you don't get to hear some their more obscure stuff.
 
KingLeo said:
Strange the memories that music brings out.
When I was young, like 6 or 7, my Dad loved Nat King Cole. Use to play his music often and I came to appreciate his incredible voice.
Now when I hear one of his songs it always reminds me of my Dad.
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My parents loved Nat, Jim Reeves, the popular country singers of their day like Patsy Cline and George Jones.

They had an automatic RCA Victrola turntable that you could put about 5 albums on and they'd drop. So I fell asleep listening to those artists.

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SenorXm/Sirius said:
Not 100% sure
. I think Strawberry fields Forever..
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Yeah, The Beatles had a whole lot of them, supposedly, on the Paul is dead theme. Another one was Revolution #9 where playing it backwards, you heard “turn me on dead man.” LOL.
 
Allan said:
My parents loved Nat, Jim Reeves, the popular country singers of their day like Patsy Cline and George Jones.

They had an automatic RCA Victrola turntable that you could put about 5 albums on and they'd drop. So I fell asleep listening to those artists.

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The company that made our reel-to-reel player is now mostly famous for it's electric razors.

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Allan said:
I used to zone out to Aqualung and Minstrel in the Gallery. A friend saw Jethro Tull years ago and said they were terrible.

Some bands can still perform later in life (Stones, Pink Floyd), some can't.
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I never saw the Eagles live, but I was really impressed by a live recording of Seven Bridges Road.
 
Allan said:
My parents loved Nat, Jim Reeves, the popular country singers of their day like Patsy Cline and George Jones.

They had an automatic RCA Victrola turntable that you could put about 5 albums on and they'd drop. So I fell asleep listening to those artists.

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Oh yeah, my dad loved country singers. And I can't tell you how many damn episodes of Hee Haw I saw. And hated.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
I love music
. Except country music and rap
.. My play lists have everything else..
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I don't like country or rap either. There are limited exceptions - I've gone to see Willie Nelson. I'm also not crazy about jazz. I hated disco, and I don't love classical because I love lyrics. I guess my tastes are pretty limited, lol.
 
j brown's body said:
Mine was "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers in 1966

My first single was "Where did our love go" by the Supremes, which my older sister gave me in 1964 when she bought the lp. I spent those years pouring ever her singles collection.

Got my mom to buy me a copy of "Like a Rolling Stone" in '65.
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Capitol Records "She Loves You" (yeah yeah yeah) by The Beatles, right after they appeared on Ed Sullivan.
 
Demon said:
I don't like country or rap either. There are limited exceptions - I've gone to see Willie Nelson. I'm also not crazy about jazz. I hated disco, and I don't love classical because I love lyrics. I guess my tastes are pretty limited, lol.
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I liked disco... And classical
.
Motown too.
Of course classic rock..
 
j brown's body said:
The Thick as a Brick concert was fantastic.

Yeah, don't write off the old timers too fast. They are entertainers and they're aware of the situation.

My biggest concern is that they stick to the hits and you don't get to hear some their more obscure stuff.
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Watched an interview with Robert Plant a few years back with Dan Rather.
Rather asked him why Zeppelin never did a reunion tour like so many of the big 70s band did.
And Plant told him they had promoters offering them ungodly amounts of money to do it.
Plant said, speaking for himself, that he could not now sing the songs the same way he did when he was 20 years old and for him he felt that would be cheating fans and dishonoring the music so he declined.
Guess I have to give him some credit for passing on the money.
 
Allan said:
I used to zone out to Aqualung and Minstrel in the Gallery. A friend saw Jethro Tull years ago and said they were terrible.

Some bands can still perform later in life (Stones, Pink Floyd), some can't.
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I saw Leonard Cohen play about 5 years before he died - he must have been 77 or 78.

He played for 3+ hours, and put more energy into his performance than I would have expected from a man half his age. He was never the greatest technical singer or anything like that, but it's up there with the best concerts I've ever seen.
 
Demon said:
I don't like country or rap either. There are limited exceptions - I've gone to see Willie Nelson. I'm also not crazy about jazz. I hated disco, and I don't love classical because I love lyrics. I guess my tastes are pretty limited, lol.
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Never been a country fan either. And was never a disco fan.
Like some jazz and some classical but in limited amounts.
Pretty much a classic rock and blues fan.
 
KingLeo said:
Never been a country fan either. And was never a disco fan.
Like some jazz and some classical but in limited amounts.
Pretty much a classic rock and blues fan.
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Yep - blues, too.
 
KingLeo said:
Watched an interview with Robert Plant a few years back with Dan Rather.
Rather asked him why Zeppelin never did a reunion tour like so many of the big 70s band did.
And Plant told him they had promoters offering them ungodly amounts of money to do it.
Plant said, speaking for himself, that he could not now sing the songs the same way he did when he was 20 years old and for him he felt that would be cheating fans and dishonoring the music so he declined.
Guess I have to give him some credit for passing on the money.
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Plant had the best, most recognizable rock and roll voice, ever.. But yeah, I'm sure as he got older, his voice declined..
 
j brown's body said:
Remember these gems?

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I didn't love Sonny & Cher. I liked the Bee Gees when they weren't disco. I had to look up The Fireballs because I couldn't remember their song, but I did love the rest of them. I haven't heard Funky Broadway in decades!

Edited to add: and now I can't stop hearing Funky Broadway!
 
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Remember these gems?

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My son came to visit me a few months ago and one night we were watching the old The Equalizer movie with Denzel Washington.
And the old Gladys Knight and the Pips song came on, Midnight Train to Georgia.
He liked it so much he had to go to Spotify and download it.
It is a good song but I had to laugh at him.
 
KingLeo said:
My son came to visit me a few months ago and one night we were watching the old The Equalizer movie with Denzel Washington.
And the old Gladys Knight and the Pips song came on, Midnight Train to Georgia.
He liked it so much he had to go to Spotify and download it.
It is a good song but I had to laugh at him.
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My daughter, before ever hearing them, used to say The Beatles and Led Zeppelin were stupid - just because I liked them, I'm sure. She changed her opinions pretty rapidly.
 
Demon said:
My daughter, before ever hearing them, used to say The Beatles and Led Zeppelin were stupid - just because I liked them, I'm sure. She changed her opinions pretty rapidly.
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And on the reverse side my son likes Staind, and Disturbed, and Breaking Benjamin and I have come to like some their music.
So it works both ways.
 
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