10 GREAT SONGS TO REMEMBER!
Happy Sunday! I was sitting arounding, having a few beverages of the alcoholic variety, listening to tunes, and suddenly remembered my grade school elementary school teacher, Mrs. Patterson. I went to grade school in Akron, OH, to a school called Lincoln Elementary. The great thing about Mrs. Patterson was that she really didn’t teach us a lot about music. At least not in the sense of music class. What she did do was to sit and play records all class. It was the best music education I ever had.
I grew up in a house that pretty much listened to old school country music…Porter Wagner, Loretta Lynn, Charlie Pride, Charlie Rich…the list could go on and on. To this day, I can’t listen to country music. However, Mrs. Patterson’s class taught me that there was a whole other world out there. She spun some great stuff…mainly James Brown records, but I also remember stuff like Jim Croce. She also played some old R&B stuff, and old school blues, like Howlin’ Wolf. I don’t remember a whole lot about it…it was 1972 after all, and I was like 9 years old. But I remember listening to all those James Brown records. It was a great musical education for a kid, and every now and then, I still pull out my James Brown’s greatest hits album…36 years later, I still love that old stuff.
- The Human League – I’m Only Human
- Morrisey – Disappointed
- Pet Shop Boys – What Have I Done To Deserve This
- Soft Cell – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
- Madness – Nightboat To Cairo
- Lou Reed – Vicious
- Duran Duran – New Moon On Monday
- Ultravox – Reap The Wild Wind
- U2 – Angel of Harlem
- David Bowie – Five Years
June 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Whew. This one takes me to 1988/89 in a big way. Fun list.
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:09 pm
i love duran duran and david bowie, bravo!
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June 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm
@Jim:
Glad you liked it…I was purposely trying to get a fun feel to the list.
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Mrs Patterson did way better by you than many ‘music’ teachers who actually turned their students OFF. You have fond memories because she cared more about YOU than the music. Nice post.
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July 29th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I love old school county!