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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: First Favorite Songs |
| Date | Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:06:55 -0400 |
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At Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:08:11 David Bash wrote:
>This would make a great thread: "what was your first favorite song?" I'll
>start...
>
>The first song where I can remember saying to myself "this is my favorite"
>was "No Time" by The Guess Who, in February of 1970. I'll never forget
>that "meta-feeling" of knowing that this song was somewhat transcendent of
>everything else on the radio, and that it was "my special song". Of
>course, like most pre-teen crushes, this one wasn't destined to last.
>About a month later I heard a "new" song called "Bridge Over Troubled
>Water", which I thought was so amazing that I proclaimed it as "my new
>favorite!" I remember one time listening to it on my clock radio and my
>younger brother bursting into my bedroom with his radio on, blaring "No
>Time", saying "David, your favorite song is on!", and me yelling "turn that
>off!!!".
As memory serves mine was "Ben" by Michael Jackson. Let the humiliation
begin!! :-)
If it's any consolation my second was "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!!"
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/
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