Members etawful Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 Wow, I have a notoriously bad memory and my first 'real' song was from when I was 6 or 7 years old.Oh I remember songs further back than that, that's just the first one I remember liking because I liked it, regardless of what anyone else thought. The songs I remember before that were influenced by parents, siblings, classmates, etc. That's just the first one I remember hearing and thinking "sweeeeeeet" without anyone elses input . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnoMan97 Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 Probably Funeral for a friend by Elton John. My older cousin gave me the album and I wore it out. I was around 6 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 In 1964 my sister got the "Introducing the Beatles" album (on VeeJay records -- she still has it and it's worth a mint), and I spent hours and hours listening to every cut on that record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mid Life Crisis Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 Well according to my Mum, it was Yellow Submarine, which apparently I used to sing as "We all lib in a ella submarine, a ella submarine, a ella submarine". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Patuney Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 Hot rod Lincoln or Pokadot Bikini, anyone else go back that far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 Well according to my Mum, it was Yellow Submarine, which apparently I used to sing as "We all lib in a ella submarine, a ella submarine, a ella submarine". That's OK -- I thought John was singing "She has a chicken to ride"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fu2jobu Posted June 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 Oh I remember songs further back than that, that's just the first one I remember liking because I liked it, regardless of what anyone else thought. The songs I remember before that were influenced by parents, siblings, classmates, etc. That's just the first one I remember hearing and thinking "sweeeeeeet" without anyone elses input . Fair enough. Being a late bloomer isn't a crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thick_mike Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 Actually, it was probably some kiddie stuff by Danny Kaye or someone when I was still a toddler ... The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon, the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MONGOOZ Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 besides children's songs when i was young.....the first pop/rock song that got in my head for weeks was.....i wanna hold your haaaaaaaand.....i wanna hold your hand.watched them on Sullivan.......and i knew music was gonna be part of my life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danswon Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 i think it might be Ray Parker Junior's Ghostbuster's song. i have tapes of me singing along to that. and the Jackson 5. and then my mum used to put on the Beatles and Rolling Stones and i'd jump up and down on the bed to them for hours. i was lucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CoqBelliqueux Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 besides children's songs when i was young.....the first pop/rock song that got in my head for weeks was..... i wanna hold your haaaaaaaand..... i wanna hold your hand. watched them on Sullivan.......and i knew music was gonna be part of my life How is that one not a children's song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 My brother and I found a Beatles compilation album (the one with them looking over a balcony), in an old cub scout shed when we were about 6 or 7. I remember being completely transfixed and amazed by the following two songs: A Day in the Life I am the Walrus They are still probably my favourite Beatles songs. I found the orchestral, building up psychadelic bit of Day in the Life sort of obscene, even at that age. And Lennon's voice on the Walrus. I was deeply impressed but also sort of spooked by both songs. They seemed so dangerous and edgy, and I felt like I was breaking some kind of rule by listening to them, which was really exciting. ... although my father seemed to dig them too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thick_mike Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 Mine was a version of the Jacques Brel song Amsterdam by John Denver. Probably because the words were risque to my 6 year old ears (the main offending words being "belch" and "slut", I had no idea that "whores" was a bad word at the time!). I still love this version of the song. JD's early work was pretty edgy, but overlooked now because it's so difficult to get on CD (in the UK at least) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fu2jobu Posted June 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 How is that one not a children's song? Different times. Watch the show "leave it to beaver' sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mightysasquatch Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 Probably "Everybody Want's To Be A Cat" from Disney's "The Aristocats". I had the 7" 33rpm record with narration on one side and the songs on the other, and just about wore it out as a kid in the 70's. I recently found that record when cleaning out the attic at Mom's, and framed it for my music room, it's why I became a musician. Speaking of John Denver, I also remember singing along with his "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" record back then too.A lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 I can't remember which one was the very first, but "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" was about as far back as I can recall. There were several Burt Bacharach songs I liked, ca. 1969-70. And the Carpenters. I think "Yellow Submarine" and "Penny Lane" were in there, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatspotter Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fulcrumpoint Posted June 16, 2010 Members Share Posted June 16, 2010 I cant remember the name of it, but one of Vince Gill's instrumental tracks from one of his early albums. My dad was always listening to Bluegrass and Folk music when I was growing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted June 17, 2010 Members Share Posted June 17, 2010 Puff, The Magic Dragon, recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary ..... yeah, I'm an old bassturd:wave: Puff stuck with me early from a friends B-day party. Also stuck in my head and the first record I had was Beatles Twist & Shout. Now this is stuck in my head... [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted June 17, 2010 Members Share Posted June 17, 2010 "High Hopes" by Frank Sinatra from the movie "A Hole in the Head," starring Frank Sinatra, about 1960. A close second song I really liked was "Limbo Rock" by Chubby Checker, around the same time. I got both those 45s, and I hadn't even started school yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted June 17, 2010 Members Share Posted June 17, 2010 [YOUTUBE]_EPsuOEH1fY[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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