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Offline Brkeatr

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The 60's
« on: August 13, 2008, 10:07:01 AM »
Since we have had the 80's.....how about something for the older generation if there any here!!  Where were you all when you first heard about the "Beatles" coming to the USA  ;D

I believe I was in my Freshman year of High School.....come on you other guys....time to show your age if you dare !! O0
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2008, 10:14:35 AM »
Quote from: Brkeatr on August 13, 2008, 10:07:01 AM
Since we have had the 80's.....how about something for the older generation if there any here!!  Where were you all when you first heard about the "Beatles" coming to the USA  ;D


I think I would have been Junior High age then but I have a friend who went to Shea Stadium to see them.  She would have been about your age.  I thought that was (and still is) the coolest thing.

Coolest person I ever saw live:  Ella Fitzgerald in 1989.  She was quite old, but could still swing.

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Re: The 60's
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2008, 10:26:31 AM »
I was too young to remember the Beatles coming to the USA...........
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2008, 10:33:17 AM »
Quote from: SimplyRed on August 13, 2008, 10:14:35 AM
Quote from: Brkeatr on August 13, 2008, 10:07:01 AM
Since we have had the 80's.....how about something for the older generation if there any here!!  Where were you all when you first heard about the "Beatles" coming to the USA  ;D



Coolest person I ever saw live:  Ella Fitzgerald in 1989.  She was quite old, but could still swing.

Red


Momentary thread hijack here.....

I saw Ella Fitzgerald in 1976 in a small theater that held about 2,500 people.  She was there with the Count Basie Orchestra. I was turning 16 at the time and my Mom told me she had something very special for me for my birthday. When i asked what and she told me she was taking me to see Ella Fitzgerald my response was, "Who?". I was a bit of a hard rock guy back then. When Mom said the word "orchestra" I cringed.... but I went with Mom to make her happy.

When Miss Fitzgerald opened her mouth and began to sing I couldn't believe what i was hearing. Absolutely amazing. I sat on the edge of my seat for the two full hours that she sang.
To this day........... STILL the greatest performance I've seen live..... and I've seen some pretty good ones.


Back to our regularly scheduled thread............
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2008, 10:34:00 AM »
Early sixties...in the Army.
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2008, 10:35:07 AM »
Last of the great scat singers.
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2008, 11:25:56 AM »
Quote from: Mikekoz13 on August 13, 2008, 10:33:17 AM




Momentary thread hijack here.....


When Miss Fitzgerald opened her mouth and began to sing I couldn't believe what i was hearing. Absolutely amazing. I sat on the edge of my seat for the two full hours that she sang.
To this day........... STILL the greatest performance I've seen live..... and I've seen some pretty good ones.


Back to our regularly scheduled thread............

Mike,

Ella Fitzgerald is always worthy of a thread hijack.  You were a very lucky young man to see her.

Red
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2008, 11:53:23 AM »
The 60's....

I was in the 4th grade when The Beatles first hit.  Watched them on Ed Sullivan live and in Black n White.  They played their last concert at Shea Staduim on my birthday, August 29, 1968.  I got to see Jimi, Janis and Jim before they died.
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2008, 11:56:15 AM »
Now the current generation gets to see the fossils of our generation at stadiums nationwide.   :*))

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Re: The 60's
« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2008, 02:28:16 PM »
LOL....Red !! :D
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2008, 02:28:39 PM »
Quote from: SimplyRed on August 13, 2008, 10:14:35 AM

Coolest person I ever saw live:  Ella Fitzgerald in 1989.  She was quite old, but could still swing.

Red

Back in the '60s, during the heyday of the variety shows on TV, Ella Fitzgerald and Sammy Davis Jr pitched a concept to the networks for a variety show that they would co-host.  The three networks all turned them down, because they didn't think they could line up sponsors for... 

The SAM 'N ELLA SHOW...

Sorry, I just had to resurrect an OLD joke (but its from the '60s)
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2008, 02:49:58 PM »
I listen to a lot of music from the 60s, but because I like it...I sometimes listen to 80s music, but I am not sure you could really say I LIKE it.
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2008, 02:56:17 PM »
I will listen to just about any music there is and enjoy it all, but if you want me to leave.....play Rap, or HIP-HOP.  I will make you a bigger doorway upon my exit......
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2008, 03:01:26 PM »
Yeah, and I am always amazed at the number of younger people who love the music from the 60's......before I retired some of the younger guys I worked with were always listening to 60's music....I guess that music will never die......... O:O
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Re: The 60's
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2008, 02:08:36 AM »
Nah, when music is classic, it never dies. There is some newer music that is classic too, but there's a certain feel in each of the decades, and the 60s had a feel that I love. An almost innocence...makes me feel you. Hard to explain.
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