Music and memories.....

[AngelBlue]

Certain songs stay with us forever don't they and for various reason.
This is the beauty of music . It reaches our soul and does something that other things simply cannot do.
It speaks to us . It comforts us. It cheers us up. It makes us cry.
And even if we don't know why , it's important to us.

So what songs are meaningful to you and why ?....

[AngelBlue]

I'll start !
I remember clearly as a young girl skipping around the house on a Sunday, my mother in the kitchen preparing and cooking a Sunday roast with the radio on.
And I kept hearing this one particular song that I absolutely loved and has stayed with me all of my life and would be in my top ten without a doubt.

And that song was "Downtown" by Petula Clark.
I love it.

Hmmm.... But now that I'm older and wiser I'm thinking why was it called "downtown" ? Pet Clarke being British , and we don't call it downtown over here .... We call it the "city centre" LOL...

But never mind, still a great song.

[Native spirit]

There was always music being played in my house I had two uncles in the choir and my mother had a good voice she had a really good voice
The one record I remember is Rocking Duck i think it was.
she had a load of records. Motown classical etc


I loved my music I used to lock myself away in my room and just play music

I could loose myself in my music. I have got 400 45s and 100 albums


Namaste

[AngelBlue]

That's quite an impressive record collection Native.
Did you have to put your own insert into some of the 45,s ?
It does not surprise me that you come from a family of good singers given where you live!
Your little country is famous for it's lovely voices.
( Me, I can't sing a note)

But of course not ALL memorable music evokes happy memories...
For example, my mother turning the radio up full blast and singing along with "chirpy chirpy cheep cheep"..... I couldn't stand it LOL...

[Native spirit]

I cant sing to save my life I remember my uncle was always listening to the Ink Spots i think they were called



Namaste

[AngelBlue]

I can't sing a note either. It's that bad I had to mime in church services !!!

I've heard some of the ink spots music.
"Whispering grass" was one .

It's put me in mind of two songs in particular that I loved to listen to growing up.
One being
"Ol' man river" Paul Robeson.
And "Smoke gets in your eyes" The Platters.

[Podshell]

Those deep voices like Robeson's stood out to me as a kid, two I recall were Wanderin' star by Lee Marvin and Do not foresake me oh my darling by Frank Highfield.
I think Chirp a cheep cheep was meant as a parody song given the bands name and the deliberately naff lyric, a dig at all the bland music around perhaps? We only remember the good ones and some of the really awful ones.

[AngelBlue]

Oh gosh yes, I remember those , especially the Lee Marvin one . That seemed to always be on the radio or Tele forever !
Yes, it was the very deep lovely voices . Lee Marvin's was very "gravely " whereas singers in groups like the platters etc were deep and silky .

Chirpy cheep cheep I swear will haunt me till my dying day and beyond !!!!
I don't even think it was so much the horrible song but the way my mother reacted to it like a silly kid !!
And YES , she was one of those "people" that bought the corny "top of the pops " L.P' s that had a scantily clad glamour puss on the front and all the hits were by fake singers LOL...
Oh the joy !!!!!!

I much preferred to play songs on the record player like the Tornados "Telstar " or Marcel's "Blue moon"..