[BC] "Love Is Blue" & memories

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In a message dated 12/21/2005 08:03:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
tosenkowsky at prodigy.net writes:

> I am proud to be a member of this list and now truly appreciate the vast
>  wisdom and knowledge of the collective herein.

LOL!! Well, Tom, thanks for the applause. <g> When the title of that song was 
mentioned, the floodgates opened, and I swam in the old memories... so I 
figfured I'd share the experience a little. I'm glad I did.

When I got home, yesterday, I dug-up my copy of the song, and played it. 
Hadn't listened to it in years. It was fun to remember those long-gone days of 
youth. What was so interesting was that I remembered the details of the song far 
better than I thought. Every "punch" of the horns and other accents of the 
orchestra were familiar. Memory is an amazing thing.

There are several instrumentals that bring back good memories for me. 
"Autobahn" by Kraftwerk (the 45 version), Burt Kaempfert's version of "Morgen" (My 
Mom is German), "Chariots of Fire" by Vangelis, "Popcorn" (by Hot Butter) and a 
few others. There's definately a "soundtrack" running through my life, all the 
way back to my earliest childhood. "These boots were made for walking" and 
"Birds and the Bees" (Clyde Aiken(sp)) are songs that bring back my earliest, 
just-past toddler, memories. The "Boots" song made me laugh my little head off, 
picturing cartoon-boots walking on someone all by themselves. I even got my 
own record player when I was about 3 years old. It had tubes, and a felt-covered 
metal platter that rang like a bell when I tapped it. I also remember being 
fascinated by the buzzing sound it would make by touching just the right spot 
under the tonearm. Needless to say, I drove my folks nuts playing those 45's 
over and over...

Willie...