The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #12658   Message #100872
Posted By: Allan C.
30-Jul-99 - 11:41 AM
Thread Name: Songs from Our Teens
Subject: RE: Songs from Our Teens
LOTS OF 'EM!!! I mean, they ALL transport me to specific places and times. I only need to hear the voice of Fontella Bass for a split second and I am suddenly sitting in my '62 Corvair at a traffic light in Annandale, Virginia with a carload of friends and we are all gritting our teeth, waiting for the light to change so we can make it to the high school in time for our first classes.

"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" transports me to Dallas, Texas in the summer of 1962.

Or if I were to hear the old instrumental, "Rinky Dink", I would be at a burger stand in Piedmont, California.

Or even back further, Carol King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" puts me at my very first teen party.

Ricky Nelson's "Waiting In School" puts me in the lunchroom at an elementary school in Falls Church, VA.

You want more??