James Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Here's the reverse. A genius Don McClean song covered by another artist, Perry Como. Perry's version is better than Don's...and Don's is great. Oh, and my Mom loved Perry Como. I've posted this before here, it's in my top 5 of alltime, so great: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lori Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 LC, the version I had of American Pie was on both sides of the 45. I used to play it over and over again, I just loved it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessieboo Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 My parents have very eclectic taste in music This is the first song I think of when I think of my Mom. She played Bruce so much that my Adam would sing/yell Hay-ee baby and this guns for high-er about the time he could stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lori Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Now don't go poking TOO much fun at yodeling. I love the song Cattle Call and THAT has yodeling. But to listen to yodeling too long would totally bore me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 James, great version of a great song. Thank you! I love Perry Como -- another one of my parents' favorites. They used to play an 8-track of his with the song "Seattle" all the time: And Lori, this isn't yodeling at all, but your comments about yodeling made me think of it.... Who remembers his or her dad belting this one out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 I'm in a nostalgic mood tonight -- here's another song my dad had in heavy rotation in the 1960s: Roger Miller's "King of the Road." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeVelvet Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Great choices, LC. Love em' all! (& everyone else!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 Thank you, BlondeV. These sure are great old songs...!(And I agree with you on "Crying" -- not the easiest song for a singer to tackle, but Don McLean pulled it off nicely). --LC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockynrobyn1977 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 What music are we giving our kids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fresh Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 What music are we giving our kids? I'm giving my kids 4 years of college 100% paid for out of my pocket. They can get their own music!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BlondeVelvet Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 What music are we giving our kids? When my young relatives visit my FB, they are exposed to the best!My shrine of Eric Carmen!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 My dad was the music man in the family - they listened to Elvis, Herb Alpert amongst the Beatles and others (my dad I think was 34 or 35 when I was born). My dad's 4 favorite songs in the "pop rock" generation were Sally Go Round the Roses, Dancing in the Streets and Words of Love by Cass Eliott and Sway by Bobby Rydell lol. His harder edge was Led Zeppelin - found he had stolen my Physical Grafitti album and was playing Kashmir and Boogie with Stu until they skipped lol. He also loved the theme from The Killing Fields. On the bad side - they loved to sing Barbership songs at the dinner table every holiday dinner - the entire family harmonizing - and my one cousin was tone deaf big time lol. So with my dad bringing in his contributions. Oh and we listened to a lot of Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing, and a lot of other 40's tunes like Dardinella, Stompin at the Savoy - and of course, the perrineal standard tune - Red River Valley ahahahahha. My brother was the big influence in terms of 60's music - he had the 4000 plus 45 collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Great stuff there, MJ. I love the barbershop-quartet imagery... those kinds of memories always live on, don't they? And ahh, Cass Elliott... what powerful voice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessieboo Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Here is another of my Mom's favorites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollies65 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 My Mom loved "Words Of Love", and it remains my favorite Mamas and Papas song.Your Pops had taste MJ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 This was a really fun and moving thread, and I found it worth revisiting (or, if you missed it, reading for the first time). In the thread-starter, I highlighted some of the artists I still love just because my parents played 'em on the stereo at home or on the cassette player in the car. (I'm happy to report my parents are still doing okay and I've been over to visit them, with my daughters, a few times this year (six-hour drive) and will be taking a couple more trips before year-end. Having just lost a friend, at age 67, in a baseball fantasy league I've been in since 1992, I'm very appreciative that my folks are hanging in there.) Anyway, in reviewing this thread, I see a lot of the videos have been "unplugged," but at least the songs are mentioned in most cases. I'll add one, another that both of my folks liked (and still do): 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneNR Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I'm very much stuck on Mr. Alpert's wife, Lani Hall, and the group she was in, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 as well. I cannot remember a time where the radio was not on whenever we were in the car, and a lot of times in the house, too. My mom listened to a whole lot of different music, changing radio stations frequently to hear all the current stuff being played. AnneNR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 One of my favorite threads ever—lots of moving stories here... even more so with several more years having passed. Another favorite of my folks, one we’ll surely spin while I’m home for Thanksgiving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 A bump for a nostalgic old thread filled with music we inherited. If you go through the three pages, you'll find some treasured old songs that mean something to past and present posters here. Here's another from me: Dean Martin's "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am." This was the title song of an an 8-track tape my dad frequently played in the car. I love this (muddy) old video of Dino doing a walking lip-sync: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 My Dad was not a music guy, but every Christmas Eve, per his lead, as kids we listened to the Vienna Choir Boys. We always kept in some touch with our German heritage, even though we´re 4th generation on both sides. I since have bought a bunch of the Vienna Choir Boys´ music. Hard to beat their sound and performances. Great music for the soul. P.S. LOVE that Dean Martin song, LC. Had never heard it. Your Dad has good taste. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Herb Alpert was only one of two people to have a #1 Billboard hit as an instrumentalist and as a vocalist...(This Guy’s In Love With You and Rise...)-The other person was Barry White... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 My dad couldn't have cared less about music. When I caught the music bug, I remembered seeing some of my mom's records in a cabinet. Strangely they were all albums, except for one 45. That 45, by Carl Mann and two other songs listed below, were favorites. The Everly Brothers remain as one of my most beloved bands of that era. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Speaking of the late Johnny Horton, here is Harpers Bizarre remake of "Battle Of New Orleans" from September of 1968 (audio only) Went to # 95 (Hot 100) & # 21 (Adult Contemporary) & their last swan song on the charts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 From Ann Arbor, Michigan, The Arbors "A Symphony For Susan" (original version) on Carney Records from mid 1966. (audio only) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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