I grew up listening to my father's record collection. He had (and still has)
a lot of country music, but also better sounding music like Roy Orbison,
Buddy Holly, and Nillson (!). The very first song I remember liking - and
which I count as my very first favorite song - is Cecilia by Simon &
Garfunkel. I was about 5 or 6 by then and remember liking other songs from
the Bridge Over Troubled Water album as well. Like the title number for
instance. I have always loved that album, but years later (over twenty years
later) I started liking one of the songs that I don't remember liking when I
was young: The Only Living Boy In New York. Now, my favorite S&G song, but
also one of the best songs I know.

Patrick Beckers



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net>
>
> > 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!!!".
> >
> > Ok, your turn.
> > --
> > Memories Rule!!!!!
> > Take Care,
> > David
> >
> >
>
>