CuriousCity: Music - the seduction

I thought I was pretty much normal when I was in fifth and sixth grade. I listened to top forty music on the radio. That was 61/62 the music was Chubby Checker, Del Shannon, Everly Brothers,.

Runaway was a favorite,

as was Locomotion (Little Eva) - strong backbeat I-IV-V stuff. I learned the Twist.

Green Onions and

Telstar the next year. Typical.1963 was more of same for seventh grade.

Louie, Louie ,

Surf City

and Surfing USA I didn't think so but it was all music made by a formula. It's purpose was to make money. Content didn't matter as long as the censors didn't flip-out. Fun stuff but it's hard to be passionate about.

Eighth grade was a little better starting with

I Want to Hold Your Hand and

Twist and Shout , familiar songs but the performance was better. Then at the end of the year

it started with the Kinks, You Really Got Me This was a raw performance, harmonically interesting, if predictable in content. (love sick boy)

Next year much better.

The Beatles were good, but the Stones played real music. Here's a sample there was real depth that year . So far, I found out commercial rock wasn't rock and roll at all.

66-67 (14-16)

Started hearing something really different at at church dances (we had live music every other month in those days, mostly high school kids in a band). Got to know some of them. They were talking about other bands performing in the area but getting no radio time. I started buying vinyl.

Great Society