If you could bring out a cover of a song you loved as a kid what song would it be?

[Blazer]

Okay, I'm 35 and a bit of an old maid although a psychic said that I will marry and have kids eventually. But in the meantime, I feel like pretty much having wasted my life. Call it a midlife crisis of sorts. But one thing that always calms me down is music and music from my past in particular.

There are several songs that have dictated the course of my life and most of those cases it's the combination of that said song and the visual that came with it that completed the picture. In my childhood in the early eighties, chart shows were my favorite thing to watch on TV, I didn't really care that much about children's programs or cartoons, the inking of the musician in me put music at number one. I was eight years old when I first saw the music video of Wang-Chung's "dance hall days" and I remember being enthralled by that fairy tale like video complete with the Wizard of Oz characters.

They also played Pinkpop in 1984 and I can remember thinking "why aren't there saxophones in this version?" I was too young to understand live playing but already knew the difference between a guitar and a bass and I saw that left handed guy switch one for the other and hearing the difference.


Now in those days because we didn't have internet, I quickly lost sight of that band and song although I still remembered the tin man, Dorothy and the Scarecrow playing saxophones. It was almost ten years later when in high school I found this music theory book which had a picture of that performance of Wang Chung at Pinkpop, I recognized that left handed player instantly.

That song has since become a warm memory of my childhood, that fairy tale video and the song itself. I'd love to record it someday.

[telefunken]

I begged my mother to by me this 45rpm record when I was a kid............she did and I played it to death! She had to tell me the story because I was about three years old when I got it, but I remember it well.

[Torz Johnson]

I'd pick Badfinger No Matter What. I mean, just listen to those rockin' chords and those super-tasty pop vocals. Plus I already know how to play it, so I could do it right now!

[fendahbendah57]

I still don't know how to add a link to a video but my song would be Incense and Peppermints.

[hazcat]

I loved this song, which I sang phonetically. Eventually, my mom taught me the actual lyrics. I'm not sure quite how I'd cover it, but I'd love to. Man, I miss AM radio. My other favorite was "Patches" by Clarence Carter, but I don't think the world needs my cover of that one.

[yellowbeard]

[eMGee]

From my childhood, this:



or this:



or:

[Westerly Sunn]

Well I was 12 when this was released so I guess that qualifies.

This song has a timeless quality and still brings tears to my eyes...

But then again, I was a natural born sucker for tragedy, drama, and a damn good pop record!

[hekawi]

in 1965, when i was 8, i bought the 45 of "Save Your Heart For Me" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys. when i turned it over, my lifelong love of b-sides began with "Without A Word Of Warning". i still think it's a cool tune...it'd be a great song for a remake, 'specially with a better singer than Gary

[Henry]

Arthur

[ne4tt]

Merle Travis' "16 Tons" done by TN Ernie Ford. Enjoyed his TV show too. jamie



Didn't know Bo!

[uriah1]

Secret Agent man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NDJG...eature=related

[Colo Springs E]

Reminds me of roller skating in elementary/junior high school:

[Colo Springs E]

Originally Posted by Torz Johnson

I'd pick Badfinger No Matter What. I mean, just listen to those rockin' chords and those super-tasty pop vocals. Plus I already know how to play it, so I could do it right now!

I always thought the tone of the guitar intro was just perfect.

[boldaslove71]

Originally Posted by Colo Springs E

I always thought the tone of the guitar intro was just perfect.

I think this was the first time I heard a Leslie sound. Really liked this one.

[Duncas]

for me (cliche or what!) its always been Sweet Child o mine and Jonny B Goode. just loved them when i was a kid. still do love them

[Oakville Dave]

It'd have to be the first 45 my older brother ever bought; "Brandy," by Looking Glass! I'd love to have Groove Hammer work it up and then play it when he's in town as a surprise!!

Others -

"Norwegian Wood" - The Beatles
"Band On The Run" - Sir Paul and Wings
From my university days - "Life During Wartime" Talking Heads

[Oakville Dave]

[QUOTE=Blazer;3936070]although a psychic said that I will marry and have kids eventually. QUOTE]

Funny you said that! On my first date with the woman who I married, we were swapping stories. She mentioned that years earlier she and a friend saw a psychic on a lark. Let me paraphrase what she said to me...

"The psychic said that I would marry a guy named Dave who had dark blonde hair and glasses. My boyfriend's name at the time was Dave but he did't look anything like..."

Then her eyes went as big as dinner plates, she gasped and put her hand over her when she realized that I fit the description perfectly!! I laughed as she said "Oh my God!" and reassured her that if it is meant to happen it will happen, and it did.

Personally, I don't believe in psychics, and if she wasn't the one for me that prediction wouldn't have influenced what happened one iota. However, it is fun to recall the story. L

[6stringelectric]

[Big John Studd]

The Snoopy and the Red Baron song. That was the first record I ever had.