Growing up, my parents were never much into music. The only albums they had stuff like Gilbert O'Sullivan, Neil Diamond. I got their hand-me-downs including the Isaac Hayes album Black Moses along with the statement "We don't know which is the performer and which is the record title". I was 10 years old and had no idea either and it never got played.
Then it happened...listening to a AM radio station I heard this song that opened my eyes. What are those sounds I'm hearing? and the tune..I liked that...Of course, radio stations rarely announce the songs they're playing and with no internet, no Soundhound or Shazam, I couldn't just go look it up.
As the years passed, the first song that I ever really liked dropped out of my memory until recently. I was playing some random songs on youtube looking for Nigel's Song of the Day (
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nigelssongoftheday) candidates and there it was! I recognize the voice, the sounds, even a few of the lyrics came back to me.
Even 40+ years later, I think the song still holds up and far outclasses a lot of "music" that comes out today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGftnl0KtUY
I can say, this is the first ever pop song that I remember hearing and liking.
So, over to my friends. I'm interested to know what your first ever memory of music that has stuck you with you since you first heard it.
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