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Posted on 06/21/2006 4:31:47 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
I always thought those lyrics were:
"If I have to beg and plead, to the symphony."
Awful. Just awful, what they did to it.
Thanks! I know there is a 1250 playing (sometimes) in the Central Jersey/Staten Island area too. Probably the same station? I dunno.
If you're in southern NJ at the shore, WJRZ is a good station too. But it fades out north of Bricktown. They also do an internet stream.
Sounds illegal.
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Anotherrrr hour of muuuusic pow! pow! powwwwwerrrrrr!
I watched a documentary the other day about Howlin' Wolf aka Chester Burnett. They played Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning", and it was the best new tune I've heard in twenty years. That's right, that was the first time I ever heard that song.
.One of the big cultural tragedies of growing up in the midwest during the fifties and sixties was having to listen to polka music on weekends instead of blues masters like Howlin' Wolf and the rest of them.
I always thought those lyrics were:"If I have to beg and plead, to the symphony."
I know what you mean. So many song lyrics were unintelligible that people made up their own without even knowing it. Louie Louie being prime example #1. (not a dirty word in it - to the disappointment of many teens 'back then')
And that's another reason why AM radio stunk :-)
Both polka and blues are fine with me.
I'll bet you a lot of money there are millions of Boomers, like me, who swore they'd never listen to Sinatra and the rest of the music from that era probably changed their minds when they hit forty. Good music is timeless. The great music of the first half of the twentieth century will live on long after todays tripe if forgotten.
Incidentally, I have a son-in-law in his twenties whose favorite artist is Sinatra. I'm more of a Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole fan, but Sinatra is alright. Don't get me wrong, I still love sixties style rock (and a lot of other types of music genres..long live Celtic folk). But maturity brings appreciation for music from other eras and idioms.
Welcome. Enjoy. Dave Hogan hosts - he's a local legend. Went away to Asheville for a time; but is back in Tri Cities of Upper East Tennessee.
Wow,where to begin? I could see where "getting an education" on the music of that era would be tougher today than it was for me,someone who lived it (most of it,at least)
There was so much great stuff..late 50's-early 60's bobby socks,girl groups,Phil Spector,folk....mid-late 60's British invasion,folk and lots of great "pop" stuff".
If there was one CD that *I* would recommend to begin your "education",I'd say it's the soundtrack to "Good Morning,Vietnam".
I could go on,but it's take a couple of days to finish (music,along with politics,are my two great passions!).
I've got over 10,000 oldies!! On my external hard-drive and iPods!! Rock on!! You never grow old with rock n roll!! Etc Etc :-))
I like polkas too... as long as they're Irish polkas.
Boy,you've got me beat by a mile.Thanks to a CD burner and access to an *enormous* collection of great stuff,I have about 5,300 according to my Access file (I cataloged them all...took me months to do).
"Boy,you've got me beat by a mile.Thanks to a CD burner and access to an *enormous* collection of great stuff,I have about 5,300 according to my Access file (I cataloged them all...took me months to do)."
I was in "radio" for years. Loved it.
Thanks!
>>Sounds illegal.
Better call the police then.
Seriously, that's a pretty cool site!
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