Post by Dawn on Jun 14, 2003 7:11:54 GMT -5
Railyn said:
A little before my time - mom would have been finishing her sophomore year of high school, and my dad - his junior (yet they're only 3 months apart, but I guess mom being born in Dec made the difference).I do know most of these:
10) Not a bad song, but I like their later stuff a little bit better.
9) I remember my mom singing this alot. She also loved the movie. It was ok, but not something I'd want to hear on the radio along with some of these other songs.
8) Was not a big fan of the musical, but Louie can do pretty much whatever he wants, just because he's Louie. He's pretty cool that way.
7) I am not familiar with this one - wasn't this guy an instrumental artist?
6) I'm not real big on Dionne, but I like Burt Bacarach (I'm sure I spelled that wrong) and his music.
5) Good song - solid Motown!
4) A good early Beatles song.
3) I'm not familiar with this one either. I do remember seeing a skit on SNL long ago where the soul Ray Charles was on, and they had a group of white kids "pop-ing" up his songs for the mass (read: white middle class) audience. It was pretty funny.
2) A good british invasion song. I like Peter & Gordon.
1) A little too sappy for me. I was never fond of the "boy" songs, like Soldier Boy. My Guy came close to this, but didn't quite cross that super-sugary line.
Most of this is right up my mom's alley. This time was just a tad early for my taste, but some good stuff coming in....
'Little Children' - I'm only familiar with a couple of his songs, but from what I know, he was one of the lighter British Invasion singers, with a style similar to Gerry and the Pacemakers or Chad and Jeremy.
I like Burt Bacharach's stuff too. The songs he composed have really held up well over the years. My favorites are the Carpenters' 'Close to You' and B.J. Thomas' 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head'.
