“Late Night Saturday”
Saturdays from 7pm to Midnight AZ Mountain Time
I know what I like when I hear it. My tastes are pretty eclectic,
Not a lot of music was played in our house – not until my brothers and I got to be teens and could put it on ourselves.”
The first I can remember is hearing Jimmy Dean sing/narrate ‘Big John’ on the radio.
After that things are a little fuzzy. I remember hearing Lorne Greene sing ‘Ringo’ when it came out. That became my nickname in high school. I think More because of the similarity to my last name rather than my character traits.
I also remember hearing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. ‘I want to hold our hand”. I was not impressed. Even at the ripe old age of 9 or 10, I thought it to be a bit bubble gummy. And i did not understand what all the fuss was about. Of course I was not a pre-adolescent or adolescent girl.
I must say that the Beatles did get better over time.
Perhaps at the same time or a year or two later, my aunt gave my brother and I a stack of her old 45s. We about wore out the grooves playing Mony Mony and Louie :Louie over and over again. (Wish I had those two 45s today). Contrast that with my remembering ‘the ballad of the green berets’ by Barry
Sandler (yes, I am a military brat).
From there it is kind of a blur until the late 60s and early 70s. Depending on who you ask I was either a jock/nerd or an Ernst Mensch or maybe both. My tastes in music pretty much reflected that. Played ‘Get Back’ during batting practice and A lot of the protest songs and artists Seeger, Dylan, Baez etc. etc. and whatever came up on the tv or radio. Mostly pop – the carpenters (that voice – crush), Bacharach, Simon & Garfunkel, Peter Paul and Mary, James Taylor, Carol King, Carly Simon and Linda Ronstadt. Some light rock – Monkees and Partridge family (tho not a lot of that). Most of the music I played for myself was classical. Checked out records from the base library and bought and played a lot of Tchaikovsky. Got my first transistor radio not to listen to music,, but so I could hear ‘the Thrilla in Manila” in the wee hours of the morning.
So pretty eclectic and nerdy and Ernst. Basically, I know what I like when I hear it.
Over the years (a lot of years) I have developed an affinity for rock and roll (the old ones – deep oldies) and the Blues. For whatever reason the rock makes me happy/feel good and the Blues speak to me.