[OT] a bit of nostalgia

I loved this song as a kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MosTNfIRTWA

My parents had the record. I played it (both sides) a lot.

On Feb 13, 8:11*pm, hopitus wrote:
On Feb 13, 6:33*pm, "Pat" wrote:

I loved this song as a kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MosTNfIRTWA

My parents had the record. I played it (both sides) a lot.

Wow (mouth dropped open). My grand daughter (5) just said,
as we listened to entire record, "That music is weird". LOL.
My parents played that a lot, too, as I was a little kid that
year, the one after the War ended, WW2.Most of my songs
heard at that era were like, "Over There" (Google *that* one)
and other morale-rousing quasi-military anthems complete
with trightening (to a little kid) caricatures, full color, of our
Allies and the hated Axis (enemy), of grossly leering
German and Japanese male uniform-clads. ROFL there was
NO such thing as "olitically correct" in those days.
Pat, you rattled the cage bars of long ago memories of a
little girl who lived on Miami Beach and hugged several
young soldiers goodbye who were fellow residents of her
apt. building near the beach. She understood that they were
going off to "fight the enemies" but not why they never came back.

I didn't remember ever hearing that one; the tune that sticks out in
my memory blaring over Mama's little bakelite kitchen radio is
"Heartbreak Hotel."
My aunt gave us her old 78's when we were little kids; we
actuallyplayed them
on a victrola. They were mostly 1950s songbirds like Rosemary Clooney,
others
I remember were Les Paul and Mary Ford. My sister and I discovered you
could
make lovely shapes out of the 78's by holding them over the open flame
of the
gas burner and watching the edges ripple after we grew tired of
listening to
"Shoo Turkey Shoo".

Sherry

Pat wrote:

I loved this song as a kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MosTNfIRTWA

My parents had the record. I played it (both sides) a lot.

I didn't think there was anything that could make me feel young
at my age, but this video did the trick. Before my time! (But
probably *just* before my time.)

I love how there's a picture on the vinyl. I remember having at
least one record with a picture on it, but have no idea what it was.

When I was a toddler ('56, '57), I loved a song called "High Hopes".
I wouldn't have remembered the title, except that my mother has
occasionally reminded me of it. However I *do* have vague memories
of some of the lyrics, something about an ant trying to move a plant.
I distinctly remember hearing that on the radio at about age 2 or 3
and wondering just how an ant was supposed to move a potted plant.

I'm sure I can find not only the full lyrics, but also a recording
of that song online if I wanted to.

Joyce

--
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

wrote:
Pat wrote:

I loved this song as a kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MosTNfIRTWA

My parents had the record. I played it (both sides) a lot.

I didn't think there was anything that could make me feel young
at my age, but this video did the trick. Before my time! (But
probably *just* before my time.)

I love how there's a picture on the vinyl. I remember having at
least one record with a picture on it, but have no idea what it was.

When I was a toddler ('56, '57), I loved a song called "High Hopes".
I wouldn't have remembered the title, except that my mother has
occasionally reminded me of it. However I *do* have vague memories
of some of the lyrics, something about an ant trying to move a plant.
I distinctly remember hearing that on the radio at about age 2 or 3
and wondering just how an ant was supposed to move a potted plant.

I'm sure I can find not only the full lyrics, but also a recording
of that song online if I wanted to.

Joyce



It was somewhat earlier than that, but I remember my son as a little kid
singing "souo an samwish, soup an samwish" to the tune of "Love and
Marriage".
LOL MLB

On Feb 13, 7:38*pm, wrote:



When I was a toddler ('56, '57), I loved a song called "High Hopes".
I wouldn't have remembered the title, except that my mother has
occasionally reminded me of it. However I *do* have vague memories
of some of the lyrics, something about an ant trying to move a plant.
I distinctly remember hearing that on the radio at about age 2 or 3
and wondering just how an ant was supposed to move a potted plant.



Lyrics http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/frank+s..._20055241.html

I remember that song from when I was a kid- if you were a toddler in
56-57 then you can only be a couple of years older than me. Our family
used to get together every so often (Like at Christmas) and at some
point there would be a sing song (a lot of old Cockney music hall
stuff like "My old man said follow the van" and "Knees up Mother
Brown" etc) and we'd often sing "High Hopes"

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Lesley wrote:

On Feb 13, 7:38?pm, wrote:

When I was a toddler ('56, '57), I loved a song called "High Hopes".

Lyrics http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/frank+s..._20055241.html

I remember that song from when I was a kid- if you were a toddler in
56-57 then you can only be a couple of years older than me. Our family
used to get together every so often (Like at Christmas) and at some
point there would be a sing song (a lot of old Cockney music hall
stuff like "My old man said follow the van" and "Knees up Mother
Brown" etc) and we'd often sing "High Hopes"

I don't remember the actual song from that time well enough to feel
nostalgic about it, but that's it. I've heard the song more recently
over the years, and I remember the tune. I must say, I hate that song
now!

One song I can remember being totally obsessed with as a little kid
was Puff the Magic Dragon. I was 6 when my dad came home with the
record. It was a single, and I'd put it on the record player, on
auto-repeat, and listen to it over and over and over. This was down
in our playroom in the basement, and I was by myself, so I wasn't
driving anyone else insane having to hear the song over and over.
There was a pole in the middle of the room, and I used to walk around
and around that pole at high speeds, holding on with one hand, as I
listened to the song. I never got dizzy and I never got sick of the
song.

Joyce

--
"Bacteria, with a few more bells and whistles."
-- Bonnie Bassler, describing human beings

wrote:

One song I can remember being totally obsessed with as a little kid
was Puff the Magic Dragon. I was 6 when my dad came home with the
record. It was a single, and I'd put it on the record player, on
auto-repeat, and listen to it over and over and over. This was down
in our playroom in the basement, and I was by myself, so I wasn't
driving anyone else insane having to hear the song over and over.
There was a pole in the middle of the room, and I used to walk around
and around that pole at high speeds, holding on with one hand, as I
listened to the song. I never got dizzy and I never got sick of the
song.

Joyce

You've just given me an earworm. ;-)

--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

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One song I can remember being totally obsessed with as a little
kid
was Puff the Magic Dragon...

Also one of my favourites as a young boy! Slightly amusing now is
the fact that my God-son has parents named Hannah and Lee...

"Puff, The magic dragon,
Lived by the sea,
And frolicked in the Autumn mist
In a land called Hannah-Lee..."

:-)

--
MatSav

wrote:


One song I can remember being totally obsessed with as a little kid
was Puff the Magic Dragon. I was 6 when my dad came home with the
record. It was a single, and I'd put it on the record player, on
auto-repeat, and listen to it over and over and over. This was down
in our playroom in the basement, and I was by myself, so I wasn't
driving anyone else insane having to hear the song over and over.
There was a pole in the middle of the room, and I used to walk around
and around that pole at high speeds, holding on with one hand, as I
listened to the song. I never got dizzy and I never got sick of the
song.

Joyce


Part of the reason my mom taught me to read was a record with "How Much
Is That Doggy In The Window" that I played over and over again. The
record mysteriously disappeared and the Golden Books came out. The
first one I read was "The Pokey Puppy"

Pam S

"tanadashoes" wrote in message
m...
wrote:


One song I can remember being totally obsessed with as a little
kid
was Puff the Magic Dragon. I was 6 when my dad came home with the
record. It was a single, and I'd put it on the record player, on
auto-repeat, and listen to it over and over and over. This was
down
in our playroom in the basement, and I was by myself, so I wasn't
driving anyone else insane having to hear the song over and over.
There was a pole in the middle of the room, and I used to walk
around
and around that pole at high speeds, holding on with one hand, as
I
listened to the song. I never got dizzy and I never got sick of
the
song.

Joyce


Part of the reason my mom taught me to read was a record with "How
Much Is That Doggy In The Window" that I played over and over
again. The record mysteriously disappeared and the Golden Books
came out. The first one I read was "The Pokey Puppy"

Pam S

My mother was the worst in our house for playing the same record over
and over and over. Doggy in the Window was one she liked. The
Naughty Lady from Shady Lane was another I've heard at least a
thousand times.

Jo