Back when that song was popular (I think I was about 15?), I used to like to go for really long bike rides. I was lucky that I lived in the country and there were all kinds of dirt roads to ride on. My one favorite led down to the Blacklick Creek where there was an old settlement called Red Mill. I think there used to be a grist mill there. The old iron bridge was still there. We were only brave enough to go across the bridge and then back again. If we took the dirt road to its end we would have wound up on US RT 422 and about 7 miles from the house. Then we would have been in trouble
I hated that song. it dripped with sugar syrup. such flaccid rock and disco drove me to the brink of mass murder in the 70's. face it, if there weren't any les pauls and/or strats on the stage back then, was it really rock and roll?
you're forgiven, ... I guess. they played it every 4th song on am radio and we all did stupid shit when we were young. but we were at the pinnacle of hard rock back then.
Our subdivision at the time was surrounded by either corn fields or woods. In the woods we had trails that went around a stream. We were bored one day and just decided to follow the stream and see where it went. After a long ways we found a small waterfall and the water was deeper so we rested and took a dip. The water was so clear you could see crawfish on the bottom.
We decided to keep going and the stream widened to almost like a flood plane. It ended up going through a farm. All the sudden someone started yelling at us to get the hell out of there! There were several Black men holding rifles. Get the hell out of here now!
We turned around and ran to go back and while we were running they shot several shots in the air (I am guessing) as a warning. I don't think we ever moved that fast...
I have to say that back then everything was still mostly segregated where we were. Me and a friend also use to sit outside the Black church and listen to them on Sundays. We hated our church, it was so boring. The closest we could get was sitting across the street and listen to them. Eventually they called us over to see what we were doing. We told them and they talked to us for a while and said it was ok. ( I guess it freaked them out a little, two white boys sitting and staring at their church) They were really nice though and let us look inside.
I was a nerd and a sheltered kid. My dad liked to listen to AM radio for country music and news. My mom rarely listened to the radio except in the car. I really didn't know what radio stations the kids were listening to until high school when I started paying attention to what other people were saying around me.
We were getting into the seventies rock. I just learned to appreciate the not so subtle subtleties. Haha
It was on the radio all the time. I remember hearing it when we went on our beach vacation. Every radio on the beach would end up playing that at one time or another.
You probably scared the hell out of those farmers.
I probably would have stopped at the waterfall and not left until it was time to go home for supper.
My brother, me, and our friends built a dam on the creek that ran between the pasture and the barn. We built it where there was a waterfall so we could build a swimming hole. It was a pretty good feat of engineering for 9-10 year olds. Anyway, Dad is bringing the cows down out of the pasture and he notices that the creek is drying up, but we had had rain, so he didn't know what was going on. He walks up the creek until he reaches our swimming hole about a 1/4 mile up the creek. He looks at, smiles, then sadly destroys it. He told us he was very impressed with our dam building skills but he needed that water for the cows. That's probably why I didn't become an engineer.
I used to enjoy watching "y'all" do stupid shit and wondering about it too! We just could not place you guys back then! But then, Joni Mitchell captured my heart and something that I had been hearing back then on the radio waves - fell into place. I wonder if it was the same the other way around. Well, . . . if it was'nt that's okay too!
I love the death out of discos - cut many 'teeth' on it too. But, rockers detested disco and Depeche Mode!
I remember when I was very young, and didn’t know what records were. I was surprised to find out that radio stations didn’t have a long line of bands waiting to set up and play a song live to be broadcast over the radio. I probably shouldn’t even admit that. Lol.
I was doing my best to project the rock and roll snobbery of the era. in '76 we stocked up on weed and alcohol for the weekend and then cruised somewhere like concerts, drive-ins, or parties.
No assumptions CB! My husband and I are both "rockers" and we LOVE disco! I caught him dancing to ABBA while vacuuming the ceiling... yes, he was vacuuming the ceiling.
When we were in St. Croix for our honeymoon, we were chilling in the sea with the large group of gay and lesbian people that travel there every year [about the same time every year]. My husband had to use the restroom... while he'd been in there, we got talking about disco and when my husband came back, one of the guys asked him, "Is disco dead"? My husband replied, "Hell no! I love me some ABBA!" The guy declared, "That's it! Even the straight people say disco's not dead! Disco will live forever!" We had so much fun!
I have to say that back then everything was still mostly segregated where we were. Me and a friend also use to sit outside the Black church and listen to them on Sundays. We hated our church, it was so boring. The closest we could get was sitting across the street and listen to them. Eventually they called us over to see what we were doing. We told them and they talked to us for a while and said it was ok. ( I guess it freaked them out a little, two white boys sitting and staring at their church) They were really nice though and let us look inside.
Southern Black Baptist Churches always looked like it was a blast to me! Not boring like Roman or Polish Catholic or White Northern Baptist, etc. where you get a good nap during mass. People in Southern Baptist Churches were moved by the preacher, excited to be there, sang with the choir and appreciated the extended family. It's joyful and passionate. I don't know... maybe I'm just naïve.
Yes! Everything you stated about the Black church experience is real. Lots of singing, praising, in some "rolling," but always praising no matter the form loud, moaning, or quiet. To be clear, it does not make us any more sanctimonious/set apart than other godly people. . . but boy O boy is there a mighty 'cloud' of expression in the Black church! A mighty noise!
It was not until I got (much) older, that I realized that nice as music/gospel/voice expressions are- really, it does not take all that to get spiritually 'close' to God! (But, it is a genuine expression, nevertheless.)
I had moved back to Chicago after graduating HS in Ft. Wayne, IN. In 76, my girlfriend worked as an accountant for the LOOP radio station and we went to concerts every weekend.
I actually got tired of it...Eddy Money's concert was my last straw. NO MAS!
We went on a fishing and camping jag. If you could get there and back from Chicago in a weekend, we went there.
When we were young we use to get stoned, grab a beverage and go explore.
One time we ended up driving through a mental institution. When we first drove in a man was standing in a running stance, completely still, was odd to say the least. It was really cool though because it consisted of a cluster of old brick buildings surrounded by small, one lane winding roads.
Eventually got stopped by a security guard and showed him my MS license and told him we were sight seeing from out of town. Haha
Michael Jackson - You Rock My World (Official Video)
When I was young, Michael Jackson started making MTV videos that were major in Hollywood clubs and on regional stages and platforms. Dude, left a mark!
Lots of younger girls in my own family loved Michael J. Played his videos over and on repeat. They literally fell to pieces around me when he died in 2009.
I don't get completely broken up by celebrities dying. I don't know them in real life. I don't know, maybe that makes me cold... but when it comes to people I know, it's different. The moment I heard about my friend Laura's husband dying [he was someone that my husband and I worked with a lot at AMG], I was not only shocked, but as I was telling my husband, I started sobbing. It's just different for me.
I am just 'funning' with you, MsAubrey! I do not cry over celebs either. Though, some deaths do 'stroke' my emotions. Most of the stars that die outright or 'fast' are more stunning to me than emotional.
Those of us that grew up in Chicago in the 70's have an 'issue' with Sly and the Family Stone. Their 1970 'free' concert in Grant Park turned into a riot when it looked like they were going to cancel, AGAIN.
the song afternoon delight is really about only thing
Skyrockets in flight Afternoon delight Afternoon delight Afternoon delight
Be waitin' for me, baby, when I come around We can make a lot of lovin 'fore the sun go down
Thinkin' of you's workin' up a appetite Lookin' forward to a little afternoon delight Rubbin' sticks and stones together make the sparks ignite And the thought of rubbin' you is gettin' so excitin'
Back then, I did "it" once in a van in a shopping center parking lot in broad daylight. We were 'full.' Memories. Memories. Memories. . . . I will never apologize for them. Never!!!
I may only be 41, but I love the music of the 50s, 60s, and 70s... of course I love almost all types of music of different eras, but there's something about those eras that made music something different.
Damn! That is a hell of an arrangement (legacy) done by Janis Joplin. I grew just now. I had not heard her sing that before. And the arrangement is new to me.
A young "CB" slow-dragging at the house party or sitting with a "doobie" high and a mint gin listening to a song about being free-thinking about FREEDOM to be me. Never crossed my mind at the time the duality of adults writing songs for teenagers and grown folks. (Chuckles.) Marriage and "break-up" was not even on my radar!
A young CB loved this classic song. It was not until I got much, much, older did I realize this song is about a one-night stand! "Reasons." When a song is done so well that it flips from number 1 to time-less, it's poetry that sustains it!
I got blue, cried then, and I am crying now due to the angst in this song. You ever have those songs you have to leave alone -everything falls into place in it, and they clutch your heart (too tight)? This is one such falling off the cliff song - stops me in my tracks! I will hear these notes and lyrics against a riot and a cacophony of sounds!
How Much I Feel (Remastered Version)
I never got the 'wife' and I still see his face when we made love. . . . though, he is long perished. (*Sobs.)
This band, for me, was my first cross-over. And, these guys were all over the Black radio airwaves with their deep perscussions and lyrical genius! This is when I knew music could be shared across man-made barriers! These guys 'percolated' with soul through their music and sweat!
Average White Band - A Love Of Your Own - In Concert
Most of my black friends liked Rare Earth, Blood, Sweat and Tears and believe it or not, Jefferson Airplane. White Rabbit was a favorite.
When Bill Withers came out with his 'Just as I am' album, EVERYONE knew every word to every song. At the lunch joints, when 'Ain't no sunshine' would come on the jute box, everyone would stop talking and start singing. We tried to get the choir director to let us sing it at a concert but he nixed it. He let us sing 'Spinning wheel' by Blood, Sweat and Tears though...
Indeed, those are great bands. For me (and mine) they became known later. However, AWB's "Play That Funky Music White Boy" was the 'joint' then and still 'rocks' my boots to this day. What a beat! What guitar-play. And, it just went on from there!
Used to live a mile up the mountain from Chicago's recording studio in Colorado (Caribou ranch). Sold a lot of pot to a lot of musicians back in those days.
Was the caretaker of a defunct geodesic dome commune at the time.
The domes ended up falling a few thousand feet into a valley. Climbed that valley once and was turned back by local cops. Seems the whole area was unstable. Haven't even thought about it in 30 years. Thanks for the memories.
I remember when I first heard "Dancing Queen," in a disco and I mean everybody hit the dance floor. (Well not everybody, but you get my drift!) I thought it was the blandest, ugliest song I had ever heard. Then, it clicked on me and I came to love it. I found out later that ABBA was one of the world bands in Europe in the 70's. They were making beaucoup dollars!
Own a T shirt that says disco sucks. Another that has a slash circle with disco in the middle. Disco put a lot of bands out of work and the jingly elevator music sucked.
I KNEW IT. I knew a "disco sucks" dude was here somewhere! The People's Fish was another "Rock N Roll Rules!" member. I know that last thing, because he used to show up on my disco "projects" here and pen such statements. I love me some Rock n Roll music too!
Disco was/is fun and appealed to the rhythm found in feet! Anywho, who could resist a sparkly bright ball casting stars everywhere in the room.
Too cruel a statement. It would be like saying that Rock N Roll is bogus electric guitar. Nothing could be farther from the truth. People's lives were affected, 'molested,' and memories for life made in a discoteque.
Most of you are just too young. When I was a kid we had the early rock and roll groups, and Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Four Seasons, Jan and Dean, Aretha Franklin, all the fantastic Motown groups, naming some of the wonderful music that filled our lives. Summer was about going to the beach as often as possible. On the first day of summer it was mandatory to walk barefoot to the store and burn the soles of our feet so bad that we ended up with thick calluses and didn't wear shoes again until summer was over. Those were the days.
After as a child having lived for a while on a rocky road (alley), I know something about hot, occasionally sharp and uneven, ground. Every now and then you would hear a rock shoot out from under a moving car tire as it creeped in and out of there!
Can you hear that sound of a car driving down a rocky road? Yeah, boy.
I'm not referring to flood waters. I'm referring to flooded engines. That doesn't happen with cars anymore. Maybe you're too young to remember? If you google "flooded engine" you will see a description of it. You had to keep the car in park with the engine on and the accelerator pedal pushed to the floor to clear it and get the car started.
HA! Us 'old timers" still talk about flooding an engine, by over-pressing the gas pedal! Even remember hot days (to this day I crack my windows) when car windows would bust out from the internal pressure. We used to let the car sit to clear the excess gas.
Things that delight my afternoon...Great memories.
I need to make more...
I always liked that song.
Back when that song was popular (I think I was about 15?), I used to like to go for really long bike rides. I was lucky that I lived in the country and there were all kinds of dirt roads to ride on. My one favorite led down to the Blacklick Creek where there was an old settlement called Red Mill. I think there used to be a grist mill there. The old iron bridge was still there. We were only brave enough to go across the bridge and then back again. If we took the dirt road to its end we would have wound up on US RT 422 and about 7 miles from the house. Then we would have been in trouble
I hated that song. it dripped with sugar syrup. such flaccid rock and disco drove me to the brink of mass murder in the 70's. face it, if there weren't any les pauls and/or strats on the stage back then, was it really rock and roll?
I was 15 years old. I was not responsible for what I liked to listen to.
you're forgiven, ... I guess. they played it every 4th song on am radio and we all did stupid shit when we were young. but we were at the pinnacle of hard rock back then.
Our subdivision at the time was surrounded by either corn fields or woods. In the woods we had trails that went around a stream. We were bored one day and just decided to follow the stream and see where it went. After a long ways we found a small waterfall and the water was deeper so we rested and took a dip. The water was so clear you could see crawfish on the bottom.
We decided to keep going and the stream widened to almost like a flood plane. It ended up going through a farm. All the sudden someone started yelling at us to get the hell out of there! There were several Black men holding rifles. Get the hell out of here now!
We turned around and ran to go back and while we were running they shot several shots in the air (I am guessing) as a warning. I don't think we ever moved that fast...
I have to say that back then everything was still mostly segregated where we were. Me and a friend also use to sit outside the Black church and listen to them on Sundays. We hated our church, it was so boring. The closest we could get was sitting across the street and listen to them. Eventually they called us over to see what we were doing. We told them and they talked to us for a while and said it was ok. ( I guess it freaked them out a little, two white boys sitting and staring at their church) They were really nice though and let us look inside.
I was a nerd and a sheltered kid. My dad liked to listen to AM radio for country music and news. My mom rarely listened to the radio except in the car. I really didn't know what radio stations the kids were listening to until high school when I started paying attention to what other people were saying around me.
We were getting into the seventies rock. I just learned to appreciate the not so subtle subtleties. Haha
It was on the radio all the time. I remember hearing it when we went on our beach vacation. Every radio on the beach would end up playing that at one time or another.
That is kinda why I did this. I wanted to hear some of the stupid shit people did when younger.
You probably scared the hell out of those farmers.
I probably would have stopped at the waterfall and not left until it was time to go home for supper.
My brother, me, and our friends built a dam on the creek that ran between the pasture and the barn. We built it where there was a waterfall so we could build a swimming hole. It was a pretty good feat of engineering for 9-10 year olds. Anyway, Dad is bringing the cows down out of the pasture and he notices that the creek is drying up, but we had had rain, so he didn't know what was going on. He walks up the creek until he reaches our swimming hole about a 1/4 mile up the creek. He looks at, smiles, then sadly destroys it. He told us he was very impressed with our dam building skills but he needed that water for the cows. That's probably why I didn't become an engineer.
I used to enjoy watching "y'all" do stupid shit and wondering about it too! We just could not place you guys back then! But then, Joni Mitchell captured my heart and something that I had been hearing back then on the radio waves - fell into place. I wonder if it was the same the other way around. Well, . . . if it was'nt that's okay too!
I love the death out of discos - cut many 'teeth' on it too. But, rockers detested disco and Depeche Mode!
Black people are good people. Nice tale about well, "us." I like that memory, Ender, I like the whole thing-alot.
Yeah. I am having 'flash-backs' right through here. (I am known to do that at times.)
I remember when I was very young, and didn’t know what records were. I was surprised to find out that radio stations didn’t have a long line of bands waiting to set up and play a song live to be broadcast over the radio. I probably shouldn’t even admit that. Lol.
I was doing my best to project the rock and roll snobbery of the era. in '76 we stocked up on weed and alcohol for the weekend and then cruised somewhere like concerts, drive-ins, or parties.
You had a good teenager hood.
No assumptions CB! My husband and I are both "rockers" and we LOVE disco! I caught him dancing to ABBA while vacuuming the ceiling... yes, he was vacuuming the ceiling.
When we were in St. Croix for our honeymoon, we were chilling in the sea with the large group of gay and lesbian people that travel there every year [about the same time every year]. My husband had to use the restroom... while he'd been in there, we got talking about disco and when my husband came back, one of the guys asked him, "Is disco dead"? My husband replied, "Hell no! I love me some ABBA!" The guy declared, "That's it! Even the straight people say disco's not dead! Disco will live forever!" We had so much fun!
Southern Black Baptist Churches always looked like it was a blast to me! Not boring like Roman or Polish Catholic or White Northern Baptist, etc. where you get a good nap during mass. People in Southern Baptist Churches were moved by the preacher, excited to be there, sang with the choir and appreciated the extended family. It's joyful and passionate. I don't know... maybe I'm just naïve.
Big Aahhhh! Big ups! Big Hugs! The thing is I am an all around rocker too!
Yes! Everything you stated about the Black church experience is real. Lots of singing, praising, in some "rolling," but always praising no matter the form loud, moaning, or quiet. To be clear, it does not make us any more sanctimonious/set apart than other godly people. . . but boy O boy is there a mighty 'cloud' of expression in the Black church! A mighty noise!
It was not until I got (much) older, that I realized that nice as music/gospel/voice expressions are- really, it does not take all that to get spiritually 'close' to God! (But, it is a genuine expression, nevertheless.)
I had moved back to Chicago after graduating HS in Ft. Wayne, IN. In 76, my girlfriend worked as an accountant for the LOOP radio station and we went to concerts every weekend.
I actually got tired of it...Eddy Money's concert was my last straw. NO MAS!
We went on a fishing and camping jag. If you could get there and back from Chicago in a weekend, we went there.
It was about illicit sex.
When we were young we use to get stoned, grab a beverage and go explore.
One time we ended up driving through a mental institution. When we first drove in a man was standing in a running stance, completely still, was odd to say the least. It was really cool though because it consisted of a cluster of old brick buildings surrounded by small, one lane winding roads.
Eventually got stopped by a security guard and showed him my MS license and told him we were sight seeing from out of town. Haha
He told us to leave immediately.
That song always made me smile.
Used to work as a bouncer and paramedic in a town with 5 mental facilities (including a VA).
I was reminded regularly why wearing a vest was a good idea.
Michael Jackson - You Rock My World (Official Video)
When I was young, Michael Jackson started making MTV videos that were major in Hollywood clubs and on regional stages and platforms. Dude, left a mark!
But, were you a smooth criminal...
And, One BAD Apple too!
The Osmonds - One Bad Apple
MJ was my first crush. I was 3 and fell in love.
Lots of younger girls in my own family loved Michael J. Played his videos over and on repeat. They literally fell to pieces around me when he died in 2009.
It made me shed a tear, but that was it.
Just "one" tear - MsAubrey? You didn't 'pool' over the dying of MJ? (Looking askance at you.)
I don't get completely broken up by celebrities dying. I don't know them in real life. I don't know, maybe that makes me cold... but when it comes to people I know, it's different. The moment I heard about my friend Laura's husband dying [he was someone that my husband and I worked with a lot at AMG], I was not only shocked, but as I was telling my husband, I started sobbing. It's just different for me.
I am just 'funning' with you, MsAubrey! I do not cry over celebs either. Though, some deaths do 'stroke' my emotions. Most of the stars that die outright or 'fast' are more stunning to me than emotional.
Always liked his music but never cared for his shtick.
James Brown Payback 1974 Live At The Midnight Special
Back in my performing days, I might have worn an open-back ensemble for a production number or two! (See Lime-green Lamé guy in video.)
When I think of summer as a kid, I think of this song:
Sly at Woodstock was nice.
Those of us that grew up in Chicago in the 70's have an 'issue' with Sly and the Family Stone. Their 1970 'free' concert in Grant Park turned into a riot when it looked like they were going to cancel, AGAIN.
Still love their music...
BEST SUMMER SONG EVER.
you can feel the heat dripping
SUMMER - War
the song afternoon delight is really about only thing
Skyrockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Be waitin' for me, baby, when I come around
We can make a lot of lovin 'fore the sun go down
Thinkin' of you's workin' up a appetite
Lookin' forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together make the sparks ignite
And the thought of rubbin' you is gettin' so excitin'
or nooners...I liked to call them nooners after I got married
Morner. Sooner than a nooner.
Good one!
We made love in my Chevy van and that's alright with me...
Back then, I did "it" once in a van in a shopping center parking lot in broad daylight. We were 'full.' Memories. Memories. Memories. . . . I will never apologize for them. Never!!!
Ahhh, memories. Why can't we live in the sweet ones?
This is one of those timeless summertime classics that stood the test of time.
When I was sixteen it was more likely you'd find me cranking this one.
Summertime...... and the living was easy.
Great song and I can't help laughing at those mutton chops. I also like his sweet coral strat.
Some styles needed to die a horrible death.
Yeah, that was some really unfortunate facial hair.
I may only be 41, but I love the music of the 50s, 60s, and 70s... of course I love almost all types of music of different eras, but there's something about those eras that made music something different.
Going with the summer theme...
Damn! That is a hell of an arrangement (legacy) done by Janis Joplin. I grew just now. I had not heard her sing that before. And the arrangement is new to me.
Janis' cover of Summertime is classic .
OHIO PLAYERS - I WANT TO BE FREE 1974
A young "CB" slow-dragging at the house party or sitting with a "doobie" high and a mint gin listening to a song about being free-thinking about FREEDOM to be me. Never crossed my mind at the time the duality of adults writing songs for teenagers and grown folks. (Chuckles.) Marriage and "break-up" was not even on my radar!
Reasons (Live)
♪ It's all about love. . . . ♫
A young CB loved this classic song. It was not until I got much, much, older did I realize this song is about a one-night stand! "Reasons." When a song is done so well that it flips from number 1 to time-less, it's poetry that sustains it!
I got blue, cried then, and I am crying now due to the angst in this song. You ever have those songs you have to leave alone -everything falls into place in it, and they clutch your heart (too tight)? This is one such falling off the cliff song - stops me in my tracks! I will hear these notes and lyrics against a riot and a cacophony of sounds!
How Much I Feel (Remastered Version)
I never got the 'wife' and I still see his face when we made love. . . . though, he is long perished. (*Sobs.)
This band, for me, was my first cross-over. And, these guys were all over the Black radio airwaves with their deep perscussions and lyrical genius! This is when I knew music could be shared across man-made barriers! These guys 'percolated' with soul through their music and sweat!
Average White Band - A Love Of Your Own - In Concert
Most of my black friends liked Rare Earth, Blood, Sweat and Tears and believe it or not, Jefferson Airplane. White Rabbit was a favorite.
When Bill Withers came out with his 'Just as I am' album, EVERYONE knew every word to every song. At the lunch joints, when 'Ain't no sunshine' would come on the jute box, everyone would stop talking and start singing. We tried to get the choir director to let us sing it at a concert but he nixed it. He let us sing 'Spinning wheel' by Blood, Sweat and Tears though...
Indeed, those are great bands. For me (and mine) they became known later. However, AWB's "Play That Funky Music White Boy" was the 'joint' then and still 'rocks' my boots to this day. What a beat! What guitar-play. And, it just went on from there!
We always played that on our Mardi Gras float.
We always played, "Shaft" by Isaac Hayes and "25-6 to 4" by Chicago in parades.
Isaac Hayes LIVE - "Shaft" - 2002 (stereo HQ)
Listen to Shaft and pay particular attention to how Isaac Hayes' band ends the song!
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 - 7/21/1970 - Tanglewood (Official)
Love this song! Never figured out its meaning though. Anybody know off-hand?
Another one we always played on the float was KC and the Sunshine Band.
Shake, Shake, Shake? K.C. and the Sunshine Band had so much good music (sheets)!
I love me some Bill Withers!
Grandma's Hands and Ain't No Sunshine are my favorites though.
Used to live a mile up the mountain from Chicago's recording studio in Colorado (Caribou ranch). Sold a lot of pot to a lot of musicians back in those days.
Was the caretaker of a defunct geodesic dome commune at the time.
The domes ended up falling a few thousand feet into a valley. Climbed that valley once and was turned back by local cops. Seems the whole area was unstable. Haven't even thought about it in 30 years. Thanks for the memories.
I just double-checked something while looking up "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" @19 below. Play That Funky Music is done by Wild Cherry!
Sorry for the confusion:
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music (Audio)
We used to 'turn out' to the dance floor for this jam! 'Sweat city.'
The Average White Band song was this one first for me:
Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces
'Twisted' memory corrected!
Sounds so cool. Partying with more than one musician?! Must have been a pleasure and a fear (of narcs) at the time?
The 70s...CCR, Eagles, ACDC, Alice Cooper.....so many memories....
The 70s....astrology, tarot cards, ouija boards, ufos, Rosemary's Baby, Harold Robbins books.....so much to learn and explore....
The Big Lebowski
Watched an interview with Jeff and he said that was his favorite movie.
One of mine too. It's ridiculous and deep at the same time. Well acted and it has bowling!
Shut the fuck up Donny!
ABBA could do some decent disco, but had hits in just about every genre. Here's a upbeat sampling....
ABBA will carry on forever.
They're all excellent, but yes that is a good one.
I remember when I first heard "Dancing Queen," in a disco and I mean everybody hit the dance floor. (Well not everybody, but you get my drift!) I thought it was the blandest, ugliest song I had ever heard. Then, it clicked on me and I came to love it. I found out later that ABBA was one of the world bands in Europe in the 70's. They were making beaucoup dollars!
Yes! SOS is a great song. I'm a fan!
Own a T shirt that says disco sucks. Another that has a slash circle with disco in the middle. Disco put a lot of bands out of work and the jingly elevator music sucked.
I KNEW IT. I knew a "disco sucks" dude was here somewhere! The People's Fish was another "Rock N Roll Rules!" member. I know that last thing, because he used to show up on my disco "projects" here and pen such statements. I love me some Rock n Roll music too!
Disco was/is fun and appealed to the rhythm found in feet! Anywho, who could resist a sparkly bright ball casting stars everywhere in the room.
No such thing as decent disco.
Too cruel a statement. It would be like saying that Rock N Roll is bogus electric guitar. Nothing could be farther from the truth. People's lives were affected, 'molested,' and memories for life made in a discoteque.
Most of you are just too young. When I was a kid we had the early rock and roll groups, and Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Four Seasons, Jan and Dean, Aretha Franklin, all the fantastic Motown groups, naming some of the wonderful music that filled our lives. Summer was about going to the beach as often as possible. On the first day of summer it was mandatory to walk barefoot to the store and burn the soles of our feet so bad that we ended up with thick calluses and didn't wear shoes again until summer was over. Those were the days.
After as a child having lived for a while on a rocky road (alley), I know something about hot, occasionally sharp and uneven, ground. Every now and then you would hear a rock shoot out from under a moving car tire as it creeped in and out of there!
Can you hear that sound of a car driving down a rocky road? Yeah, boy.
Remember when car engines would flood?
No! I have never been in a flood situation. Many people have unfortunately.
I'm not referring to flood waters. I'm referring to flooded engines. That doesn't happen with cars anymore. Maybe you're too young to remember? If you google "flooded engine" you will see a description of it. You had to keep the car in park with the engine on and the accelerator pedal pushed to the floor to clear it and get the car started.
HA! Us 'old timers" still talk about flooding an engine, by over-pressing the gas pedal! Even remember hot days (to this day I crack my windows) when car windows would bust out from the internal pressure. We used to let the car sit to clear the excess gas.
Yes, that was flooding the engine.
Do the engines you try to repair flood all the time after you work on them?
I'm old enough to know the difference between "to" and "too".
Yes, very helpful.
Also don't need to be old to have dealt with a flooded carburetor either. Although, one might need to be into classic cars if that person is younger.
You're remember this 'cut' from the movie:
Yes, of course.
Not 'too young' to remember this one G:
Wonderful song, Dulay
Don't have to be old to enjoy all the music that you've mentioned here.
That is very true, but you may have to be old to remember when it all first came out.
That... I'll give ya.
Trust me, when you reach a certain age you'll take anything you can get!
It's weird to me that I'm the "youngin" here.
Grew up playing MoTown. My favorite band movie is the Commitments.
The Commitments is one of my favorite movies.
My girlfriend sewed her initials into the calluses on my left foot once.
That is really special.
Marvin Gaye - Distant Lover (live)
Nuff said!
The Great Sam Cook singing the classic, ''Summertime''.
Awesome.
Chaka Khan - Aint Nobody (Live in Budapest HD "Man Doki Soulmates Concert" 16.02.2013) HDTV 720p