When I see these Soft Rock commercial telling me that "you get all those classic soft rock songs," "the music that made soft rock pure magic," and "hits you'll never forget."
Does any of my peers think that this is absurd to the point of hilarity?
I wondered if it ever ocurred to the producers of the classic collection that there are songs there that I want to forget?
Memories less than precious and more than few that I have chosen to let go. Songs that remind me of terrible mistakes and choices that I made when I was young. Of dreams pursued and left on the fringes of my youth.
I'll give you some examples:
Wildfire - the song about the horse. There was a girl in my German class who loved horses and just loved this song. (not a bad memory, really)
I've Been Waiting (for a girl like you)-that guy from Foreigner could sing. This song reminds of my first real love. As a young woman, I truly believed that no one but this person could ever love me; that belief is a train wreck waiting to happen.
Lost in Love - That song reminds me of my father's orange Pinto. That little car took me everywhere. From play practice to dinner theatres to Kenosha, WI for King Richard's Faire, when it was King Richard's faire. I've done a lot of interesting things that I'm not sure I want to tell my kids.
AND I put a little rainbow decal on the back window. I liked that pretty rainbow. I remember seeing it when I went to San Francisco. Had no idea what it meant until a couple of years ago--I live in Mayberry USA, after all.
When will I hold you again? - Barry Manilow. Used to call him Barely Man-enough, but I do appreciate him now. I'm not interested in going to his concerts but I'll be nice now. When I was a teenager and full of teen angst, I used to listen to that song over and over and over and over. After I talked to my friend Nance on the phone for about an hour and a half.
Let Her in - John Revolting, I mean, Travolta. I hate to say this, but I really liked him and his hair on Welcome Back, Kotter, until I liked Robert Heydges (Epstein).
I am a Woman in Love - Babs Streisand. My friend Nancy and I used to sing this song as Ethel Merman. Guess you had to be there.
Fabulous Forties-what about you?
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"Lost in Love" makes me think about Jane Theotokotis, who I had a serious crush on my senior year of college.
I was really into her. She wasn't into me at all.
I think a lot of guys must do this, because a song you didn't mention, "What a Fool Believes", describes the situation quite nicely:
"She had a place in his life /
He never made her think twice."
Music is second only to scents for bringing back emotional memories, both good and bad. The brain geek in me could explain why, but I doubt whether anyone would care.
I guess I was lucky, in a way. I'm older than most of you. I was "lucky" enough to come up in the psychedelic/rock days of the 60's. While it was frenetic and troubled, it was a time of exploration, musically. Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, Janis Joplin...acid rock! :)
During most of the 70's, I was in the military, or working at building my career, and I only have a vague memory of a lot of those songs (I think because I largely ignored them!) I've always been kind of a rocker. My favorite music is still AC/DC...where does that put me? lol
Wildfire? Yeah, I do remember that one. Yikes! :O
Chris, some things are better left to die! lol Nice blog topic, tho! Thanks!
~Bruce
I was not really a soft rocker either. The exception is Dan Fogelberg. I listened to him a lot during the 70's. I still would, except everything I have of his is on vinyl, and we have a turntable, but it's not hooked up.
I have only two memory associations with him. One is that I saw him in concert at Miami Jai Alai. Not a good place to see concerts, because they have reserved seats. Three of us had good seats, and two friends didn't, so they joined us. We were all skinny then. Also, when I was 18 and in college, I dated a guy from Tennessee for awhile. I think he was my first love. Anyway, when he was in high school, he and a buddy were skipping school one day, and had gone to a swimming hole on a river. There was a guy and a girl sitting on the riverbank, and they invited my boyfriend and his friend to smoke a joint with them. It was Dan Fogelberg.
During my teen angst years, I listened to angsty music, like Led Zeppelin and Alice Cooper. Soft rock didn't speak to me. I still like Alice Cooper, but I find Zeppelin kinda whiny.
I like Led Zeppelin only when Robert Plant doesn't sing.
DH was a huge rock and roller in the day.
Ironically he's the one that watches the commercials and listens to the songs, while I'm laughing uproariously.
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