tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post467713504862087389..comments2024-03-01T07:24:14.288+10:00Comments on Jeanie in Paradise: My formative musical years in Toto-lityjeaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-54870088414678046272009-10-18T14:50:09.775+10:002009-10-18T14:50:09.775+10:00That ABBA album? My dad bought that for my mum wh...That ABBA album? My dad bought that for my mum when I was born.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244284360110598903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-46777356416051472452009-10-18T07:45:04.926+10:002009-10-18T07:45:04.926+10:00Fe - I too remember car trips with that song blari...Fe - I too remember car trips with that song blaring - courtesy of our local ABC.<br /><br />Leenie - yes, you would never guess the reputation of the 70s from the side that is shown, would you!!<br /><br />Jayne - the local station never got BCR - in fact, I was fairly much a BCR virgin until the late 80s.<br /><br />Debby - I am looking forward to your post - and 8 tracks were cool. My mum had one we all played with.<br /><br />Mama Zen - I discovered Fleetwood Mac courtesy through the same lady who delivered us Hot Chocolate - she was SOOO cool.<br /><br />Melody - you are right. Bushbabe and I had many a hairbrush concert with ABBA as our backing singers.<br /><br />Rhubarb Whine - Ultravox falls into the gaps of knowledge for me. Sad, I know.<br /><br />Farmers Wife - how many of us mentally go into the drum sequence before the final Countdown when we see the logo/hear the word?<br /><br />Bush Babe - only when the memory of baby brother's head lolling about between us gets too uncomfortable. Kids do love Abba!!jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322709527738134797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-5900615316097858372009-10-17T22:06:38.351+10:002009-10-17T22:06:38.351+10:00Ha hah hah... you are taking me down memory road h...Ha hah hah... you are taking me down memory road here, dear sister! Don't you want to dwell on how we would belt out "I like Beer" in the back seat of the Valiant station wagon? (Tom T Hall fans will know where I am coming from!). Or how bout "The Chrystal Chandalier"?? Are you squirming??<br /><br />You know... I played Abba Gold on the way home from BrisVegas today... kids LOVED it!!<br />:-)<br />BBBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985371070644061676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-22808879829386636352009-10-17T17:07:49.414+10:002009-10-17T17:07:49.414+10:00Oh God how good was Countdown....an aussie icon f...Oh God how good was Countdown....an aussie icon for sure. I have so many musical memories I can't even begin to name them....Farmers Wifeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03108216621628520756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-16438837495802076382009-10-16T21:59:50.586+10:002009-10-16T21:59:50.586+10:00Vienna by Untravox. Changed the way I listen to mu...Vienna by Untravox. Changed the way I listen to music.<br /><br />Defining? Acoustic guitar live. Still spins me right around inside out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-22120441270759456922009-10-16T18:39:54.356+10:002009-10-16T18:39:54.356+10:00Mine was ABBA. I remember my dad coming home the ...Mine was ABBA. I remember my dad coming home the day before the new school year in '77. I was going to be a big Prep student and Dad presented us with that very same album. I loved 'Honey, Honey' and 'I do, I do , I do....'<br /><br />I can't remember the otherside though...oh yes I can. The girls are sitting down with the blokes behind them and the girls kinda have their big cleaves showing and short mini dresses on. Am I right?Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681227038111050561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-84680945509262936462009-10-15T23:17:07.804+10:002009-10-15T23:17:07.804+10:00The first music that I discovered on my own was Fl...The first music that I discovered on my own was Fleetwood Mac (Rumors). It totally blew me away.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-23320588393771648342009-10-15T22:29:38.991+10:002009-10-15T22:29:38.991+10:00No. I was never hip. Although now I have a pair of...No. I was never hip. Although now I have a pair of them, and rue them. <br /><br />My first records were 45s. My first was Rare Earth's "I Just Want to Celebrate". My first album was Emerson Lake and Palmer's 'Trilogy'. My first eight track was Queen's 'A Night at the Opera'. Eight track was in and out before I got much of a collection. I remember riding up our dirt road on my bicycle with 'Revolution' by the Beatles blasting out from my little transistor, which I dearly loved, because I could take it anywhere and not have my father bellowing about my musical tastes. Gosh. I'm inspired to write my own post. <br /><br />Thanks.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-89967989514098812492009-10-15T14:17:33.241+10:002009-10-15T14:17:33.241+10:00It was the Bay City Rollers for me lol.
Loved &quo...It was the Bay City Rollers for me lol.<br />Loved "Africa" could sing it in my sleep :PJaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851305238478213940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-7900331985010885002009-10-15T11:55:27.528+10:002009-10-15T11:55:27.528+10:00Everything ABBA was the sound track to my life as ...Everything ABBA was the sound track to my life as a new mom. My kids know all the words by osmosis. (Can you hear the drums, Fernando?) If I remember right the back side of that album had something to do with bright red hot pants, The seventies were SO well known for good taste in clothes. :DLeeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-67878706380989854022009-10-15T10:42:34.718+10:002009-10-15T10:42:34.718+10:00P.S. i love the title of your post!P.S. i love the title of your post!Fehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296674530264238055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37871177.post-42345023964209925342009-10-15T10:41:25.348+10:002009-10-15T10:41:25.348+10:00Oh I LOVED that album! I remember driving from Sy...Oh I LOVED that album! I remember driving from Sydney to the Gold Coast playing my "Toto IV" cassette the entire way!<br /><br />Africa was my fave song, of course!<br /><br />xxoxFehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296674530264238055noreply@blogger.com