Em's blog the other day got me thinking of the various songs I have listened and loved through the years. I remember the first album I ever bought was Heart- Dreamboat Annie. I played that song over and over and over again on my parents stereo, big giant wood cabinet the size of a small boat. I can still hear the scratchy sound of the needle going around. I must say my taste had taken a step upwards from me and my sis singing Donny Osmonds 'Puppy Love' at the top of our lungs. How the young heart really feelllllllls and why I love her so.....Another memorable album I love was The Knack get the knack. My sharona duda duda dud da my sharona.... Ok you probably didn't want to hear me sing that. I have the worst voice in Canada possibly North America. Did you know for years I thought the song 'Feelings- Morris Albert was actually saying Felix. I sang the wrong word for about 5 years. ( nobody corrected me) right now I am listening to Queen. I could listen to them all day and would gladly support an all Queen radio station.
Ok back to my lack of singing talent it still doesn't keep me from belting out the tunes. One time on a bus tour to Chicken pizza (chi-chen itza) we met up with the most partying fun people you could ever meet. The bus driver was supplementing his income by selling ice cold cerveza's for a buck a bottle. Well me Hairball and all the people on the back of the bus proceeded to drink every bottle he had (he stopped and bought more) then sang every song from every situational comedy and cartoon that we had listened to growing up in the 70"s. We even sang the learning songs they played on saturday morning cartoons. conjunction junction what's your function? hooking up words and phrase..... I am only a bill sitting here on capital hill. fun times man..
Here you go Carol, they have a website you can go to and download your favorites.
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ROFLMAO - I used to have Donny Osmond posters plastered all over my room and now "this is not a puppy love" is stuck in my head.
ReplyDeleteWe'll have to go out to karaoke next time we meet up - I can't sing either but enough alcohol and who cares.
Love your story about Chichen Itza and the mucho cervesa........it seems like everything I have ever done in Mexico involved alcohol. As for the singalong - Coke Bottle and I were in Playa Del Carmen and we came across a bar with a live band playing Lynryd Skynrd .....we and every other American in the bar sang along to every song - and made them do Sweet Home Alabama numerous times in a row.....
I have to admit that while I wasn't so into Donny Osmond's Puppy Love, I really had a thing for Bobby Sherman -- and took my lunch to school in a Bobby Sherman lunchbox. :-)
ReplyDeleteMy very first LP was The Beatles - Let It Be. The next was (oh, this is still amusing to me) Paul Anka, the one with "She's Having My Baby". It wasn't until years later, in junior high, that I discovered Heart, but I was hooked immediately. I do happen to sing well, and I love singing along with the sisters...
When I worked at a Christian summer camp, "My Sharona" was on the charts. One night at a party, one of my friends changed the lyrics from Sharona to my given name, Mahala, which I thought was pretty cool... until many, many years later, when I actually listened to the lyrics. And while I now still think that's cool, I laugh when I think about glibly we sang about ANYthing running down the length of his thighs. Ha!
Wow thanks Kerry, I had totally forgot about Lolly and her adverbs...LMAO
ReplyDeletenow I've been vacumning with that tune in my head.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of the Sherm and had to go look him up.
ReplyDeletewoman; tenderness; marrow What a cool name, why don't you use it?
ReplyDeleteMaybe he was more of a Southern California kind of teen idol...
ReplyDeleteI went by Mahala (a family name) from the time I was in junior high until I divorced my first husband, but Haley was always a family nickname. I have a few close friends who still call me Mahala, but for the most part, Haley is a lot easier for people to remember, and also to place as a female name.
ReplyDeleteBut yes, "Mahala" has some special meanings, although there are some American Indian and Hebrew variations that are a little less positive -- squaw and sickness come to mind. :-)
I love School House Rock. Bought the DVD for myself/my nephews a few years ago. I think I've watched it more than they have. "He was a hairy bear. He was a scary bear...."
ReplyDeleteYou could try and make a Queen station on Pandora. I have a Paul Simon station (among others) that I listen to while I'm working sometimes. Some of my earliest albums were the soundtracks to Saturday Night Fever and Grease. Listened to those over and over and over.
And I don't think anyone has a worse singing voice than me.
One of my fondest possessions was my Bobby Sherman Christmas Album that "Santa" brought me. My mother wrapped it in a big box to fool me - I was sure they weren't going to buy it for me. So it wasn't just a west coast thing, lol. Isn't he a police officer or a sheriff or some such now?
ReplyDeleteThat's a great memory, Em! Here's a quick update on Sherman:
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We should start an all girl band. pre-requisite you have to sing very bad and very loud..
ReplyDeleteHaley and Em good news I read that the Sherm is single...
ReplyDeleteROFLMAO - thanks for looking out for us, Carol......I have to check Haleys link.
ReplyDeleteWell then, you'll be pleased to note that his availability is proclaimed at that link, as well. :-)
ReplyDeleteMy sharona duda duda dud da my sharona.... oh shit I thought that song was going to be stuck in my head then I read on a little further to 'conjuction junction whats your function' now that song is stuck in my head.....amber shakes her head in despair.....thanks Carol!
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