I remember some store in Buffalo (Cavages?) that had a special deal where you got the #1 single of the week (a 45) for 6 Canada Dry liners and 10 cents. --- "Sager, Greg" wrote: > * As a wee one, listening to WKBW (Danny Nevereth, > Sandy Beach, etc.) in my > family's Ford station wagon in suburban Buffalo: > > American Breed, "Bend Me, Shape Me" > The Beatles, "Hey Jude" > The Who, "I Can See For Miles" > Freda Payne, "Band Of Gold" > Diana Ross & the Supremes, "Love Child" > The Left Banke, "Walk Away Renee" > The Beatles, "Something" > Joe Jeffrey Group, "My Pledge Of Love" > The Lemon Pipers, "Green Tambourine" > The Rascals, "How Can I Be Sure?" > > (the latter two are the first two 45s I ever owned; > bought 'em at a flea > market years later as a teenager) > > Favorite group? The Grass Roots. They never put out > a single I didn't like. > > * As a tweenie in suburban Syracuse: > > Sweet, "Little Willy" > Shocking Blue, "Venus" > Alice Cooper, "School's Out" > Elton John, "Crocodile Rock" > Paul McCartney, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" > Todd Rundgren, "Hello It's Me" > The Buoys, "Timothy" > Bullet, "White Lies, Blue Eyes" > Jethro Tull, "Living In the Past" > The Guess Who, "Rain Dance" > > Favorite group? Three Dog Night. Now largely a > forgotten chapter in American > pop music, they were omnipresent during the Nixon > era. > > * As a young teenager, still a pop kid at heart: > > Ozark Mountain Daredevils, "Jackie Blue" > Linda Ronstadt, "You're No Good" > Carl Douglas, "Kung Fu Fighting" > 10cc, "I'm Not In Love" > Crac, "Of the Lights" (a local hit by a Syracuse > band; I'll bet Carl > Cafarelli and Bill Holmes remember this one) > War, "Why Can't We Be Friends" > Elton John, "Bennie and the Jets" > The Guess Who, "Star Baby" > John Lennon, "Number Nine Dream" > Dwight Twilley Band, "I'm On Fire" > > Favorite artist? Probably Elton John. Favorite > album? The Beach Boys, > *Endless Summer* -- the first album I ever bought. > > * As a hard rocker, listening to 95X in Syracuse: > > Aerosmith, "Same Old Song and Dance" > Blue Oyster Cult, "Don't Fear the Reaper" > Peter Frampton, "Show Me the Way" > Queen, "Tie Your Mother Down" > Sweet, "Love Is Like Oxygen" > Ram Jam, "Black Betty" > Blue Oyster Cult, "Harvester Of Eyes" > Kiss, "Detroit Rock City" > Boston, "More Than a Feeling" > The Babys, "Isn't It Time" > > Favorite band? Blue Oyster Cult. Favorite album? > Aerosmith, *Rocks*. > > * Senior year of high school -- break out the skinny > tie: > > Cheap Trick, "Surrender" > The Boomtown Rats, "Rat Trap" > The Ramones, "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" > The Flashcubes, "Christi Girl" > Blondie, "Dreaming" > The Knack, "My Sharona" > The Boomtown Rats, "She's So Modern" > The Cars, "Just What I Needed" > The Boomtown Rats, "I Never Loved Eva Braun" > The Police, "Roxanne" > > Favorite band and album? The Boomtown Rats, *A Tonic > For the Troops*. Huge > in the UK but close to unknown in the US at the > time, they would eventually > prove to be something of a one-hit wonder stateside > ("I Don't Like Mondays") > and may best be known here as the launching pad of > Live Aid hero Bob Geldof. > But in 1978-79 they were my initiation into the > ranks of the hipoisie, re: > loving a band none of your high-school friends had > ever heard of. > > I'll leave off there. > > > Gregory Sager > (owned no smiley faces and never said "Have a nice > day!" to anyone as a kid) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/