Wait. It saved your life? No way can that story be boring!
Spinning on the Turntable now...
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Back to Elvis! I'm developing a real Attraction to his oeuvre!
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces
I'm not just jumping on the Costello bandwagon here... pure coincidence.
This Year's Model. 2015 reissue.
Bought this afternoon, for a tenner! The cover has a bit of water damage but the vinyl is immaculate.
This Year's Model. 2015 reissue.
Bought this afternoon, for a tenner! The cover has a bit of water damage but the vinyl is immaculate.
GREAT find! There are no coincidences! Elvis is in the air! Trust me! Keep Spinning, Comrade!
Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Trust
Yeah, I was thinking I'd like to hear the story. I just sat through 2 episodes of Friend's with my God-daughter. I need to experience something with contant. The story would fill that void that was just created by a vapid sitcom with a painful laughtrack.
But sometimes the pattern is more obvious Name that tune!
I have an Elvis Costello story that does not involve Elvis Costello. But I owe Elvis Costello a debt of gratitude.
Whoa! There's a blast from the past. I'm sure there's some Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band in the basement waiting to be rescued!
Name that tune!
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Well, @Genious it was high school for me, the first half of my junior year, so i'm not sure how much genuine content you'll find, and there may be more than a dose of vapidness, but let me give it to you in a nutshell, and maybe i'll work it up into something more profound at a later date. Bullet points:
- Parents moved the family the summer between my sophomore and junior year of high school
- I was just figuring things out in high school. Had been a straight-A student and was starting to get involved in extra-curriculars: sports, drama, writing
- Had a girlfriend who was almost as willing as i was (i had made it to third, but was thrown out trying to steal home; i could, however, hit doubles like Pete Rose!)
- I attended a diverse school (about 4000 students: 40% Black, 40% white, 20% Hispanic – in the parlance of the day) and the population was middle- and working-class
- We moved to an affluent, lily-white town. There may have been five Black kids (out of 2500 students) at the new school, and they were all whiter than i had ever been
- I lost touch with my friends and, most devastating, my girlfriend (lost touch indeed!)
- I spoke to no one, so angry that we had moved, intent on sabotaging my very existence
- Not even music could bring me joy; i barely listened to my albums
- I stopped studying and started cutting classes
- A little before Thanksgiving, i decided to end it all; thought it would be a nice Christmas present for the family
- When i cut classes, i snuck into the library at school. They had magazines, one of which was Rolling Stone
- Must have been early December when i read a review of My Aim is True. I can't find the review on the internet without paying for it, but it was killer and written by Greil Marcus
- Bought the album as an early Christmas present for myself
- I'll save the rest, my reaction to what i heard, for the next installment! Hope it wasn't boring, @gvl_guy !
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Witty lyrics and searing, rapid basic rock n roll.
When Bo Diddley comes to town,
The streets get empty and the sun goes down.
Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger. 1960
The streets get empty and the sun goes down.
Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger. 1960
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And suddenly I'm 16 again...
What records were new when you were 16, QQers?
What records were new when you were 16, QQers?
I opened up this record and my late Mother's Canadian citizenship certificate was inside. I have placed quite a few keepsakes in to my records over the years, I think I put that there because they were both issued in June 1966 (what a nerd)
Funny! I found this poem a college professor mentor of mine gave me when my daughter was born, over 26 years ago. I clearly put it in this one because she is a Miracle!
The British invasion happened when I was 16. So The Beatles, Herman’s Hermits, Dave Clark Five, etc. Of course the surf craze was going on then too, so The Beach Boys, Chantays, Dick Dale, Jan & Dean, and The Pyramids were getting lots of top 40 airplay. I’ll keep the music, but wouldn’t want to relive my teens for all the money in the world.
Who does this guy think he is?
The Costello Show Featuring Elvis Costello - King Of America
Heading to church with Aretha. . . . Transcendent!
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace
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