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Discussions About Being Bald => General Discussion => Topic started by: Brkeatr on August 13, 2008, 10:07:01 AM
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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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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.
Red
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I was too young to remember the Beatles coming to the USA...........
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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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Early sixties...in the Army.
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Last of the great scat singers.
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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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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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Now the current generation gets to see the fossils of our generation at stadiums nationwide. :*))
Red
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LOL....Red !! :D
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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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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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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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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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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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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
My parents hadn't even met yet. ;D
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I was 2 or 3 yrs old.....living in Long Beach, CA
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I was 8 years old playing Jr. Hockey in Michigan in the winter of 1969 but man I do remember some of the music. Both of my parents were musicians so music holds a very special place in my life. I ended up becoming a recreational musician myself. I enjoy quite a diverse range of musical genres.
Peace & Groovy...
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What a groovy thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrG9-mvyOPE
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It's a groovy day, and you're a groovy girl
Throw your cares away, it's a groovy world
So come on
Groovy summertime and sunny skies
Do I have to tell you girl what it's all about
The sky is blue above us on the inns across the street
Everywhere you turn it's a loving scene
Do you know what I mean
Groovy summertime and you're groovy too
I got a lot of good times I want to spend with you
We'll have fun together just walking hand in hand
We'll have fun together, baby, I wanna be your man
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It's a groovy day, and you're a groovy girl
Throw your cares away, it's a groovy world
So come on
Groovy Summertime and sunny skies
Do I have to tell you girl what it's all about
The sky is blue above us on the inns across the street
Everywhere you turn it's a loving scene
Do you know what I mean
Summertime!
Ah shake, c'mon now baby shake
Ooh, yeah, shake, that's it
Listen while I talk to you now
I tell you what we're gonna do
There's a new thing going around
I tell you what they're putting down
move your body all around just
Shake, shake it in the morning
Shake, shake it in the evening
Shake, shake it pretty momma
Shake it like a bowl of soup
let your body loop-de-loop
put your hands on your hips
kinda let your backbone slip
move your body just like a whip and just
Shake, shake it in the morn!
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I do remember seeing this movie called "Wild in the Streets". Here is the plot. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063808/plotsummary
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And I had this song on 45 rpm from the movie. Max Frost and the Troopers.
http://www.youtube.com/v/g17OT7_YzLM&hl=en&fs=1
Anyone else remember it?
This also came to theaters in 1967...I remember seeing it at the Sun Theatre in Williamston, MI, a single screen old style movie house that is still in operation today. www.suntheatrewilliamston.com
http://www.youtube.com/v/NKSJJZ9fqFc&hl=en&fs=1
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Not too sure if I remember the movie FR8, but definately remember the song.....thanks for sharing..... O0
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Man I ran across this one and it just brought me right back to my 1960's childhood.
http://www.youtube.com/v/bqn038gkgEU&hl=en&fs=1
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Ah yes......Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.....good tune !! O0