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,
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Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
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