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My first "favorite song"...

Posted over 4 years ago
My earliest memories of music being in my life seem to be when I was about four years old. My main source of musical intake came from the pop hits of the day I'd hear on the radio or from the bedroom of my older sister. Sadly I remember hearing songs like "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi and "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister (shudder), but I also recall some 80s popalicious hits like "Invisible Touch" by Genesis, "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel, and "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood, that I still enjoy today. I also had a small music collection of 45s that I would play on a little red travel record player. The collection consisted mainly of pop hits from the early 60s. Certain songs from this group that still remain in my memory seem to consist of fun parts that would attract themselves to a four year old. Songs like "Witch Doctor" by Ross Bagdasarian, which contains a playful "oo ee oo aa aa ding ding walla walla bing bang", or sing-a-longs like "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton. But what really got me a that age was a guest spot from my favorite cartoon character...and I'm not just talking any cartoon mouse either...I'm talking the "fastest mouse in all of Mexico". I give you my first "favorite song": Mr. Pat Boone with "Speedy Gonzales"...So tell me Moggers...do you remember your first favorite song? (and while I'm at it I'll mention my second "favorite song": Katrina and the Waves - "Walking on Sunshine" HAH!)
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Comments (32)

  1. Lyrikhan
    Lyrikhan says well it would appear uploaded mp3s aren't twerkin' right now....i know the anticipation is killing you
    Permalink posted 07/11/2007
  2. Lizziegreeneyes
    Lizziegreeneyes says You shudder at Broken Wings, but are totally cool with Higher Love... I don't know if you're deserving of the Victory I planned to bring on Monday... then again - you got my ticket... HEY Steve Winwood is WAY COOL !!!! ;P
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  3. kat3260
    kat3260 says Ahhh my granddaddy used to play this song for me, along with the Chipmunks album. And I have a DISTINCT memory of being buckled in a carseat & singing "Walkin' on Sunshine." I thought for awhile that Katrina & The Waves was my namesake.
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  4. RaG3aH0liC
    RaG3aH0liC says How is the new record player workin out? I don't have distinct memories of this song as a child, but on one of the first major road trips that I remember, we were moving from TN to MD (where/when I met ol' Lyrikhan in '86) and in the car I remember hearing Starship's 'Sara' over and over. Not exactly the same as what you are posting about, but that is definitely an early song I remember. And yea....same as what you were saying with the older sister syndrome.....fuckin Bono.
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  5. Lyrikhan
    Lyrikhan says first of Liz...i don't know what you got against steve winwood but i'm a lil upset there.....Higher Love is ten times the song Broken Wings is....don't even get me started on "Roll With It" why the fuck won't this song play
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  6. Lyrikhan
    Lyrikhan says and second.....anybody who was in Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith is gold in my book...even their overproduced 80s stuff
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  7. Lyrikhan
    Lyrikhan says yay we have audio
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  8. The Serenity Vortex
    The Serenity Vortex says lol! MOG madness strikes again.
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  9. oceanrain
    oceanrain says 1st i can remember was "your cheatin heart" by hank williams snr lol he used to play it all the time in fact he used to put single on and leave the arm up and just kept playin great track cheers
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  10. ivylander
    ivylander says "Diana," by Paul Anka. I am so busted....
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  11. kat3260
    kat3260 says while we're on the Steve Winwood train - "Finer Things" has some great moments
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  12. Dale
    Dale says I can top that, ivy. Journey - "Who's Cryin' Now?" Egad.
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  13. steve simon
    steve simon says brilliant
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  14. ivylander
    ivylander says Brothers in shame, Dale....
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  15. Shud33
    Shud33 says This was mine...Enjoy! Haha...
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  16. kat3260
    kat3260 says oh...this man will definitely enjoy that one, Shud :P
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  17. Lyrikhan
    Lyrikhan says damn....and you probably didn't even know I got a lil Gibb fixation....good stuff I was Barry last Halloween...haha
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  18. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says Wish I could listen to it, alas I can not. I will say most of my favorite songs from when I was a kid came from k-tel compilations. I always found the funnier the song, the more I liked it. As for the warner brothers cartoons, they were my saturdays growing up
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  19. Lyrikhan
    Lyrikhan says yeah MOG's been funky....seems to be playing now for me...but the mog player is going in and out today K-Tel records...haven't heard that mentioned in a long time...
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  20. avenustylee
    avenustylee says I think Pat Boone should stick with heavy metal:)
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  21. sam9muhr
    sam9muhr says Haha.. Speedy.. Hadn't heard that one. My first favorite was "American Pie" by Don Mclean!
    Permalink posted 07/12/2007
  22. guso
    guso says so this is not the first song on my memory, but it's the first one that i remember and has a huge space on it. It is included on the first CD i bought with my own money when i was a kid 25 years ago
    Permalink posted 07/18/2007
  23. guso
    guso says i forgot the name of the song: Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror and is not 25 years, it's only 15. .guSo
    Permalink posted 07/18/2007
  24. PeterB
    PeterB says Who Can It Be Now? by Men at Work, and probably anything by ABBA, as my sister played them constantly.
    Permalink posted 07/18/2007
  25. WEGGLES
    WEGGLES says Guns in the Sky- Inxs
    Permalink posted 07/18/2007
  26. Lyrikhan
    Lyrikhan says ah yes guso....one of my earlier albums as well though not quite 25 years ago yet....but 15....damn we are getting old no shame there Peter....we share the fact that our sisters were bad influences early on....luckily by the time i was in fourth grade she was putting me on to Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nine Inch Nails...so i forgive her
    Permalink posted 07/18/2007
  27. jnif
    jnif says My favorite first song and first 45 purchased is "Little Willy" by The Sweet. I love the cheesy 70's! The cheesier the better! I'm going to try and put up the mp3 on my page... :jnif
    Permalink posted 07/18/2007
  28. esKIMo
    esKIMo says Some of the earliest favorites I can remember... Men at Work "Overkill", Hall & Oates "Did It in a Minute".... some R&B group "Shining Star" (honey you, are my shining star, don't you go away...), and around the same time I remember discovering my mom's 45 of Nancy Sinatra's "The City Never Sleeps at Night", loved that song!
    Permalink posted 07/18/2007
  29. James12
    James12 says my first real favorite song's got to be "Yesterday" by the Beatles, ever since I was young, It's stayed that way for a long time, I remember listening to it for the first time, the melodic strumming, and then as I grew up and came to truly understand the lyrics, I came to appreciate the song even more, anyway, great post, see you later...James.
    Permalink posted 07/18/2007
  30. LoveFashion245
    LoveFashion245 says The first song I remember being addicted to was "Walk Like An Egyptian" by The Bangles. I'd dance around for my family in our living room and sing along. : | I'm still a total dork.
    Permalink posted 07/19/2007
  31. yrralmallik
    yrralmallik says I can still remember my first two favorite songs.The first was by Elvis Presley called Return To Sender and the second was by Eddie Hodges called I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door.My sister and I use to sing that one a whole lot.Man I didn't think I could find that one but you can play it at ebay.Here's the link to : I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door http://cgi.ebay.com/EDDIE-HODGES-IM-GONNA-KNOCK-ON-YOUR-DOOR-61-CADENCE-45_W0QQitemZ260141907700QQcmdZViewItem
    Permalink posted 07/23/2007
  32. Jotaneto
    Jotaneto says The first music that moved me was Autumn Leaves with Nat King Cole, in the fifties', when I was about 6 years old.
    Permalink posted 10/06/2007

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