"On The Beach" was interesting. I had it on vinyl...may still have it back on the shelf somewhere.

So, Steve, you grew up in Scarberia? Did you know Paul Jessop, Brian Cresswell, Sue Seagrove, Jimmy Morrison, Ted Whitfield, Colin Bowler, Claudette Perras, Janis Seagrove, Paul Gardener...umm...those are the names that come to mind...all pals of mine from Scarberia back in the early 70's. They mostly grew up around Warden and Ellesmere area, I think.

Wayne's World got the soul of that era right down, alright. The biggest deal I recall was all of us sitting around at someone's parents' place in Scarboro, watching one of the Canada-Russia games in 1972. There had been about ten minutes of back and forth, knuckle-biting action during which everyone was frozen in silence, watching the screen...and suddenly someone SCORED!!! (damned if I remember who..) and everyone went totally nuts. The dog of the house had fallen asleep in the interim, and he shot straight up in the air, and tore around the room in circles, barking frantically (thinking there was a major emergency...like a house invasion). It was great. Ten berserk young Canadians and a berserk dog, all collectively losing their minds.

Those were the days. And yeah, all those bands of young Scarberians played Neil Young back then. And they all loved Led Zeppelin (cept for me...I couldn't stand 'em).

- LH