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Big Scary Man was complaining the other day about a radio station saying that they were playing the same few songs over and over. Or as he put it, "I got sick of hearing Kiss played all the time in 1975, why would I want to listen to it non stop now?"
What music were you listening to in 1975? And do you still listen to them today?
In 1975 I was too young to have my own stereo (or even be allowed to touch the 8 track in my aunt's car!) so I didn't get to pick my own music.
Then - Dad was still big on opera, playing the Irish tenor John McCormack while he worked in his basement workshop. Mom was probably in her Willie and Waylon phase by then. And most of my childhood memories seem to have Elton John playing in the background.
Now - I'm not an opera fan, I can hear Elton when ever I ride an elevator, but Willie kinda stuck with me. His Red Headed Stranger album is one of the few CDs I keep in the nursery.
I didn't get to pick out my own music much then, either (9 years old). But I remember Dad love Three Dog Night ("Joy to the World"
, I am thinking the Mac Davis show was on ("Stop and Smell the Roses", early Kenny Rogers... "The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia...", early Elton John... Elvis...
Wasn't Laugh In and Sonny and Cher on about then? I think Donnie and Marie was a little later, maybe not... Barbara Mandrell and Sisters...
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Tammy
I think Donnie and Marie was a little later, maybe not..
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I had a Donnie and Marie lunchbox in '73-'74 I think. BEGGED! my mother for purple socks. Practical woman wouldn't give into a fad - didn't even get the poster on my wall. The following year I had Holly Hobbie on my lunchbox. my doll is still in the attic.
That was a few years before we got married (kinda dates me, huh?). Santana "Black Magic Woman", America, I still listen to and have on my iPod. Whenever we finish re-arranging the computer room so I can get my bike back, that is my excercise music!
Now from the decade before- loved the early Beatles, before they became druggies, Beach boys, the era of innocence 1964 or so. Still like them. The crap they listen to now can go down the garbage disposal.
Hi Elizabeth....Great question. I'm here to answer it for you. ha!
I loved the rock 'n roll of the 50s and 60s however in late 1960s, it seemed like most of it was 'drug music' and getting worse all the time. The only singers that I liked then was Neil Diamond and Gary Puckett.... and a little later, the BeeGees and Exile.
Country music was something that my dad listened to, not me. However on his country station, I happened to hear a singer that I really liked. It was in about 1970 or '71. The song was "The Taker" and the singer was Waylon Jennings. So I started listening to country to hear Waylon and get away from the drugged singers. (Ha. Little did I know!) By 1975, I had every record that Waylon recorded and to this day have more than 30 of his album. I also like Alabama, T.G. Sheppard, and Mickey Gilley. I missed all of the 70s, 80s and 90s, rock drug music stuff. When Waylon died in 2002, I lost interest in country music and started listening to soft rock on the radio at work.
In my car, I now play CDs from the 70s and 80s: BeeGees, Exile, T.G. Shephard ("Devil in the Bottle" and "Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home", Temptations, and in slot number six is Meatloaf. I saw the Meatloaf movie on TV in the late '90s and asked Josh who it was. He said, "I don't know, some old dude from the 70s or 80s." I thought he was a great singer, bought the video, bought his cds and I was on my way to being a fan of Meatloaf. I'm still listening to his music.
Suffice it to say, that I play all music over and over again until I get sick of it and don't want to hear them anymore.
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Ruby and the Kitties
Simba, Samantha, Katrina & KatyKatt
Meow!! Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!
The song was "The Taker" and the singer was Waylon Jennings. So I started listening to country to hear Waylon and get away from the drugged singers. (Ha. Little did I know!)
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I think "The Taker" was written by Kris Kristofferson. Lousy singer, great song writer. Mom was really big on him, just not when Janis Joplin was singing his songs.
You're not the only one to miss out on Waylon's wide side. BSM's aunt went to a party once, thrown for Waylon back in the 70's. Auntie is VERY clean cut (she worked for Billy Graham ministries for a while)and she just thought he was the nicest man...but why didn't he take off his sunglasses? As if she'd understand why his eyes were all bloodshot! I guess Waylon shook a few hands before leaving for the "real" party.
She told me that story last year and I just stood there with my mouth open. I don't even risk using a word like 'gosh' in front of her - how do you have a conversation about the life and times of Waylon Jennings? So I let it go....
You're not the only one to miss out on Waylon's wide side
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oh, what a not nice typo! Should have read 'Waylon's wild side'
Oh yes, Kris Kristofferson. So many of his songs were big hits for others. Johnny Cash and "Sunday Morning Comin' Down". Always liked that one. And there was one that Willie recorded that was written by Kris that was my favorite but I can't think of the name of it now. It was about making love to a woman, is all I can remember at the moment. If I looked at a list of his songs, I'd know immediately.
Kris was great performing with Johnny Cash, Willie and Waylon as the Highwaymen. I was a letter sorting machine operator at the post office for 26 years (until they took those machines out in 1996 and replaced them with the machines that reads automatically). On the LSMs, a letter would come in front of the operator and then the operator had 6/10 of a second to read it and key it to it's proper destination. Most of the LSM operators had a portable radio/tape player and a headset. So it was usually the above mentioned artists who I listened to the most. I liked that outlaw sound and played them over and over all day, every day for years.
The first year that I worked at the post office, the song that was popular was "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", by Kenny Rogers. 1969, I believe. Anyhow, clerks would walk by me saying, "Going to town tonight, Ruby?"
Elizabeth, I envy your husband's aunt, being at a party thrown for Waylon!!!! I'm soooo jealous. I had such a crush on him.
Everybody at work knew I loved Waylon. I wore Waylon T-shirts all the time. They also knew that I was very straight laced so, when he was arrested for possession of cocaine, my coworkers all wanted to be first to let me know.
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Ruby and the Kitties
Simba, Samantha, Katrina & KatyKatt
Meow!! Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!
In the 70's I was listening to Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Elton John & Cat Stevens (who I don't think performs anymore.)
I didn't care what they did in their personal lives, they had some good music.
My husband and I saw Willie Nelson in concert when we lived in Houston. I had a great time!
Ellen
My husband and I saw Willie Nelson in concert when we lived in Houston. I had a great time!
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You stink!
signed,
Sour Grapes
I like Meatloaf too
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Tessa Onyx, Foudini, Charlee, Spottie, ShyRaven, Buddy, Tuxie, Widdle Attila Sipowitz, Lizzie, Minnie, ET, Mylo, Penny (We be house cats at last), and Salem, Wicca and Marmalade (We iz also house cats, we guess)and the 5 porch kits also Riley da goggie and Buddha da baby hamster too
Tabitha and Samantha..always in our hearts
I think "The Taker" was written by Kris Kristofferson. Lousy singer, great song writer.
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Little do you know, them's fightin' words... I have a friend who has all of Kris' CDs and travels to see him in concert (yes, he is still in concert...) LOL
Waylon... Dad worked construction in Iowa City where Waylon and Willie spent a lot of time for a while with concerts more than once. He ran into them several times... They were pretty open with the "smokin"...
Ruby -- A few years later he ate breakfast with Hayden Fry many mornings before work in a little diner... I have more than one autograph from him...
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Tammy
Little do you know, them's fightin' words... I have a friend who has all of Kris' CDs and travels to see him in concert (yes, he is still in concert...) LOL
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Gee, in my day I've seen shows from Social Distortion, Babes in Toyland, School of Fish, lush, Poi Dog Pondering, The Cure....and Kris Kristofferson. (talk about extremes!) Would your friend happen to be the good looking blonde who walked about two dozen roses to the edge of the stage - one by one?
Had no idea Kris still toured. I've been trying to drag someone to see Willie with me for a couple of years now - that man ain't going to live forever....
Would your friend happen to be the good looking blonde who walked about two dozen roses to the edge of the stage - one by one?
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Nope. She's a sizeable woman with salt and pepper colored hair following him like a groupie with a very patient husband by her side struggling to stay awake during the concert... He usually travels with John Prine (Pryne) for shows. They catch one every year or two...
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Tammy
Tammy, if I would have known that Waylon was in Iowa City, I would've been there in a flash. I saw him in concert at the Iowa State Fair once and another time when he performed in a small Iowa town near Fort Dodge in the early '90s. He was with Jessi but no Willie at the Fort Dodge concert. I can't remember if Willie was at the State Fairgrounds. I came home with a lot of Waylon & Willie t-shirts.
I know I've heard of Hayden Fry but can't think of who he is.
You must be about Pam's age. She was born in October of 1965.
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Ruby and the Kitties
Simba, Samantha, Katrina & KatyKatt
Meow!! Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!
I know I've heard of Hayden Fry but can't think of who he is.
You must be about Pam's age. She was born in October of 1965.
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Hayden Fry was the coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1978 to 1998...
Yep -- 1966...
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Tammy
>>Hayden Fry was the coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1978 to 1998...
Oh, I should have asked David. I knew that I've heard that name. I'm not a sports fan at all. David loves sports, especially WWE. He came running in to tell me about Chris Benoit. Sad!
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Ruby and the Kitties
Simba, Samantha, Katrina & KatyKatt
Meow!! Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!
I love all the old groups. My favorite radio station here plays a mix of 70's 80's and 90's music as well as some from today. No rap and no hard rock.
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Tessa Onyx, Foudini, Charlee, Spottie, ShyRaven, Buddy, Tuxie, Widdle Attila Sipowitz, Lizzie, Minnie, ET, Mylo, Penny (We be house cats at last), and Salem, Wicca and Marmalade (We iz also house cats, we guess)and the 5 porch kits also Riley da goggie and Buddha da baby hamster too
Tabitha and Samantha..always in our hearts
mid to late 70s were my favorite years .... when I was a teenager. I had a little AM/FM clock radio in my room, my mother had a very expensive (back then!) tape recorder, and my best friend and I would tape our favorites on KDWB with the tape recorder microphone in front of the radio. I still have those tapes! I'm afraid they'd snap if I tried to play them after 30 years ..... What a difference between then and now with technology ...
Back then .... all the top 40 pop hits, Eagles, Journey, John Denver, Bay City Rollers, Barry Manilow, ELO, Dr. Hook, Rod Stewart .... I love the 70s!
Snow
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Flying softly on butterfly wings,
they have found the rainbow ...
* Sam * Ted * CindeLu * Darci * Molli *
Thats about the time music started going downhill for me...I dont listen to much at all anymore but if I do i prefer something before 1975
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PHTessie
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