Where Where You When You Heard This? (ok, Last One)

[launderess]

It's the end of summer, and was doing some work around the house, getting things ready for Fall and such with the radio on in the background. Suddenly this song came on, and had to stop and take a breath. As one was cleaning out closets and going through things that haven't seen daylight in ages, it was perhaps divine intervention?

This song always takes me back to long summer days with family, either out in the country or down at the shore. Radio playing, adults playing cards and having drinks, younger children playing and the older ones staying off to see what was going on.

 

[westtexman]

Great Song....

I always thought that this song was first done by Gloria Estefan! Guess that shows my age, huh? What year was this song released?

 

[beadsobleach]

'64 BelAir

Riding with my cousin Chrissy in her '64 BelAir when I was about 12, smelling those green magic tree car freshners, her saying, "you have to be quiet, this is my song"

 

[classiccaprice]

It came out in 1969, Bryan.

hit #2 on the charts. It's before my time too, however it's such a calming song. Reminds me of growing up and listening to the oldies station, with the best of the 50's, 60's and 70's. I miss getting music prior to the disco era on the radio (even that is rare now). The classic stations around here all went out of business. No Oldies for Young Men.

 

[filter-flo_rob]

jeez ...

Man, Can I relate to what Laundress and Beadso'bleach posted:

always takes me back to long summer days with family, either out in the country or down at the shore. Radio playing, adults playing cards and having drinks, younger children playing and the older ones staying off to see what was going on.
and
smelling those green magic tree car freshners

Did this song come out in the winter, like Jan. or Feb. 1969? I remember having the 45 and we used to play it in the summer.

BTW, I still play 45s on my RCA Victor 7EY 1 DJ which I just rebuilt, and I use those trees all the time: reminds me of my aunt's 1955 Chevy Bel Air; green in colour (those two-tone jobs were too "mod" for her!) -- we used to visit relatives on Sunday, and she would insist on taking a ride in the afternoon ... love those lazy, care-free summer days!

Rob.

 

[whirlaway]

Radio station

Hello Classic Caprice,1230Am Plays oldies listen to Jeff in the mornings and 540Am Williamsburg still plays Doris Day and Kay Starr,WMBG. Bobby In Hampton

 

[dalangdon]

All of these oldies remind me of growing up outside Omaha: The big rock station was "The Mighty 1290" KOIL. The softer stuff was KFAB - "Good neighbor to the Midwest". KOIL disappeared in the 70's as part of an anti-trust suit or something like that (yes kids, we used to break up monopolies in the US) and KFAB is all conservative talk, all the time now.

Of course, at night you could get WLS in Chicago, which was pretty exotic for us (although it played mostly the same music, lol)

Music like this always reminds me of being out in the backyard, or in my room doing homework, or in the kitchen doing dishes with my mom. (I never lived in a house with a dishwaher until I bought my first house - and that was the first thing I put in it

 

[launderess]

Oh Gosh! Rides In The Car!

Those were the days!

Summer evenings, usually Sunday after dinner (which in our house was around 5PM on that day), family would often pile into the car and just go driving. That was when petrol was cheap and one could drive a good while with no traffic and or red lights/stop signs.

Radio playing, often stopping by a relatives or friends of my parents to say "hello", or simply pay a visit.

Think "Traces" was "the song" for many people from 1960's, 1970's and probably later. Vaguely remember it being played as first dance at weddings, and certianly it was a tune that got grown-ups on the dance floor at events.

Here we have CBS-FM which was the major "oldies" station in NYC for years. Was sold and for a few years ran a different format, but that didn't last, and soon we had our oldies back. Station is the home of "Cousin Brucie".

Really love many songs from the 1960's and 1970's, especially from bands like "America", and "Bread", not to mention Janis Ian (At Seventeen has always sent me into tears), Dusty, and so many others.

Music was so great then, no loud yelling and one could understand and relate to the music.

 

[jeffg]

> (yes kids, we used to break up monopolies in the US) and KFAB is all conservative talk, all the time now. <

We have a fairness doctrine in our media, too. But for the last 12 years we've had "fair and balanced" news, brought to us by Roger Ailes.

"Fox News" is nothing more than a 24/7 propaganda network for the Republican Party, and one of the first tasks for the new FCC next year will be to force FEG to provide -- finally -- approximately 15,000 hours of equal air time to the Democratic Party.