If you are of a 'certain age' what are the songs you most remember?

Question

Mine are, I'll remember you, Mr Tambourine Man, I'll never never find another you, Strangers in the Night, Unchained melody and not forgetting Whistling Rufus and Lonnie Donnegan! What are your memories?

I forgot Puff the Magic Dragon and I forgot Frankie Lane. Hey folks, are you brave enough to remember the Mocking Bird Hill, Ghost Riders in the Sky and Blue Tanglo? Aargh.

Zoeksalamander, You've got a thumbs up from me. Certain age can mean almost any thng except that the timing of the answers implies that most are of my age group!

Answer 1

Nature Boy
That Sunday That Summer
Moments To Remember
Jezebel
Poor People of Paris
Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
Hilly Gilly Hossenfeffer KatzenEllen Bogen By the Sea
Down By the River Side

Answer 2

My mom~Jessie's lady through Rick Springfield; apparently she became obsessed on this music at the same time as she became youthful, and he or she nevertheless loves it... My dad~i visit't keep in recommendations the call... it became a music in French, and my dad went with the help of a French music section; it became all he might want to play, non-give up. My former best chum~The Rain music through Led Zeppelin, or possibly 2 individuals through the Beatles. And a particular bit in Ten Years lengthy gone through Led Zeppelin. I omit him extraordinarily... there's a lot extra to the Rain music than him for me, even if... Contacts: Dances interior the Doldrums~what number extra situations or interior the mild through Led Zeppelin, and some songs through Van der Graaf Generator. first of all, those are her 2 popular songs, and 2d, she presented me to Van der Graaf Generator. And thanks, convinced, my obsession with the Rain music *is* undesirable, yet at the same time, very healthful... that in all likelihood would not make experience... Beatlesmaniac~allow or not it is through the Beatles because i'm especially particular her popular lyric is, "And at the same time as the evening is cloudy, there continues to be a mild that shines on me. Shine on 'till the following day, allow or not it is." Vicky~Lycanthia through Ordo Funebris, because if I remember wisely, she reported that in a unmarried of her solutions, and that i regarded it up, and it became fairly good... and then there is each of those like i visit See For Miles, the comprehensive Gig interior the Sky, and so on... *OOPS, when I first wrote down Lycanthia, i presumed Silver reported it because it has a wolf howl in it, yet now that i imagine about it, i'm especially particular it became Vicky that reported it.

Answer 3

View to A Kill, Bang A Gong, Breakout, Missionary Man, Would I Lie to You, Freedom 90, Father Figure, Careless Whisper, Push It, All Hail to the Queen, Bonita Applebaum, Just Dance For Me, Sweet Dreams, Rock With You, Off the Wall, PYT (Pretty Young Thing), Working Day and Night and Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

Answer 4

Oh yes I heard "Mr. Tambourine Man" that is a new song isn't it? What do you think of that new group The Beatles? I don't think they will get anywhere.
Personally I like 50's music, Acker Bilk, Big Ben Banjo Band, Elvis and that new lad Cliff Richard seems okay.

Thanks for the remenicing, nothing like a bit of nostalgia.

Answer 5

You Belong to Me
Wheel of Fortune
Mona Lisa
Hot Diggity Dog Diggity
Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
Be My Love
I Believe
wow-thanks for the memory nudge.

Answer 6

What does a certain age mean? The music dates you . . . oh yes it does . . . along with the technology you are familiar with . . . I showed a record player (a phonograph) to an 8 year old and she had NO idea what it was about (!!!!!!!) And the there are the 20 somethings who come to me with questions like: who is this Sly and the Family?

OH yes, in the basement of my high school (the "student lounge") listening to STAND and that looonnng instrumental Sex Machine over and over and over. Stevie Wonder later on. Marvin Gaye - What's Goin On? OK, how old am I?

Answer 7

Shows:

Chips
Soul Train
Alice (Diner)" kiss my griss"
Threes Company
Night Rider



Groups:

Kiss
Journey
Duran Duran
Erasure
Kim Carnes
Pat Ben______ ( don't know the spelling )
Carpenters ( some )
Chicago
Brain Adams

Bobby Brown
New Edition
Stevie B
Winger
Cinerella
Slaughter
Whitesnake
Def Lappard
Runs 'n Roses

Answer 8

Rosie....Oh Rosie....(I can't remember the name of the guy who sang it - he was a sort of one-man band?).

Mr Tambourine Man is one of my best loved. I know Dylan wrote it, and The Byrds had the hit, but the version sung by Melanie Safka is my favourite.

Where to start.........Little Children, All Over The World, Leaving On A Jetplane, Catch The Wind...............Where to stop?

I just came across your question as I was about to switch the computer off for the night, (those of us "of a certain age", need to go to bed reasonably early!) - and I will happily go away thinking about the loads of music you have brought back to mind.

Thank you - great question!

Answer 9

How about, The Monster Mash by The Crypt Kicker Five?
Or Camp Granada by Allan Sherman?
I used to like the Wacky songs when i was a child!
When i was older Donny Osmond and his Puppy Love, or David Cassidy and Could it be forever.
My Mum did get worried when i liked Demis Roussos though....

Answer 10

Well i remember singing chirpy chirpy cheep cheep in the car with my grandparents. I did the echo...lol Also puff the magic dragon and tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree! both my grandparents are dead now but its nice to remember those moments and have songs attached to them.