Okay, my music memory starts with the fact that the first record I ever bought was "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis, his breakthrough record when he went from Sun Records to RCA. The follow-up was "I Want You, I Need You I love You". And then came "Hound Dog" one of the most exciting records I had ever heard if you don't count Little Richard singing/ shouting "Tuitti Fruitti". And I was also a left-wing folkie. I distinctly remember one listener asking why don't you turn over the record to play the other side, "Don't Be Cruel"? So the deejay said, okay, he turned it over for 5 seconds, and immediately turned it back to "Hound Dog". Many years later, at a gathering of the monthly Tel Aviv folk song club, one of the singers brought his dog with him. The singer who's turn it was was about to launch into his next song when the dog started barking. The singer stared at the dog, and burst into a rousing rendition of "You ain't nothing but a Hound Dog", with everyone laughing and joining in.
There's so much memory connected to music. For me it's the Beatles and especially the song, "She Loves You." I still see me sitting on the living room floor in that apartment on the second floor of a 2-family home in Queens, me close to the TV screen as Ed Sullivan introduced The Beatles!
But the 500 songs i got vol 1 read avidly until i came to a paragraph about nuclearbwar where hickey said the boys used ti brag about our country was stronger than others and therefore welcomed or were bragging about our nuclear capability ( i realize i’m paraphrasing) but i was so incensed by that drivel that i cannot read any more of 500 songs😪.
This is a great video of SHE LOVES YOU in which you can catch the breakdown of their harmonies. It's one of the few early Beatle songs where you can't easily separate the voices without seeing the singers. Brilliant song, brilliant narrative.
Okay, my music memory starts with the fact that the first record I ever bought was "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis, his breakthrough record when he went from Sun Records to RCA. The follow-up was "I Want You, I Need You I love You". And then came "Hound Dog" one of the most exciting records I had ever heard if you don't count Little Richard singing/ shouting "Tuitti Fruitti". And I was also a left-wing folkie. I distinctly remember one listener asking why don't you turn over the record to play the other side, "Don't Be Cruel"? So the deejay said, okay, he turned it over for 5 seconds, and immediately turned it back to "Hound Dog". Many years later, at a gathering of the monthly Tel Aviv folk song club, one of the singers brought his dog with him. The singer who's turn it was was about to launch into his next song when the dog started barking. The singer stared at the dog, and burst into a rousing rendition of "You ain't nothing but a Hound Dog", with everyone laughing and joining in.
I love this. The dog, hilarious.
And I absolutely adored Little Richard.
There's so much memory connected to music. For me it's the Beatles and especially the song, "She Loves You." I still see me sitting on the living room floor in that apartment on the second floor of a 2-family home in Queens, me close to the TV screen as Ed Sullivan introduced The Beatles!
Ah fine ruminating love it
But the 500 songs i got vol 1 read avidly until i came to a paragraph about nuclearbwar where hickey said the boys used ti brag about our country was stronger than others and therefore welcomed or were bragging about our nuclear capability ( i realize i’m paraphrasing) but i was so incensed by that drivel that i cannot read any more of 500 songs😪.
R and R opened a new world to me. ROCK ROUND THE CLOCK started it. I still respond to the music and I m in my 80s.
Alice in Wonderland I discovered through the lens of Disney. Later as a book. Wonderful.
Thank you! Thank you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S302kF8MJ-I
This is a great video of SHE LOVES YOU in which you can catch the breakdown of their harmonies. It's one of the few early Beatle songs where you can't easily separate the voices without seeing the singers. Brilliant song, brilliant narrative.
Ooh, a good ALTE question. Did you watch the Beatles on Ed Sullivan.
Or you could try skipping that one.