What Song Reminds You of Your First Love?


"Leaving On A Jet Plane"

Gina Chandler, November '70
paul_graham
She Blinded me by Science. Thomas Dolby ( I was actually thinking of it when I was walking down the aisle to get married. You can imagine how it worked out!
Beast of Burden, the Rolling Stones! Back in 1985 it wasn't too hip to listen to the Stones, but we did.
Iso,
Not many people know that one by Goldsboro...it really is a wonderful song.

Good listening,
Larry
Blue Autumn, lovely! I guess I'm still waiting for my first love... had my share of infatuations, tho. There sure are a lot of love songs out there! Excellent thread.
Blue Autumn--back in 1966, yeah, I'm old...just met my future wife...Bobby Goldsboro was singing it--a really, really beautiful ballad.

Good listening,

Larry
'Paradise By The Dashboard Light', by Meatloaf. It was recorded WAY after the fact, but hit the nail on the head(except-I was thirteen, not, "barely seventeen")! (http://new.music.yahoo.com/meatloaf/tracks/paradise-by-the-dashboard-light--682333)
a song i never knew of when i knew her.

tom waits, "martha" (her name was bonnie, but close enough)

"those were days of roses, poetry & prose..."
Snofun3,
"Driving in my car" by NRBQ. A shame they only really remained a local band.
I'll tell you this, even though it dates me...
Terry Adams, founder of NRBQ, was a good friend in High School.
He started into music by playing trumpet, but didn't really have the 'chops' to play very well. BUT, he was very bright guy, with a 'fashion sense' of music--and took up piano--emulating Jerry Lee Lewis (why I don't know, as I'm not a fan of Jerry's banging style).
He'd call me and say, "Come over, I've got a drummer and bass player coming over, we can jam."
Not really liking his sort of 'hillbilly rock'n roll' I'd usually decline until he agreed to play some jazz too. At that time, I was into Cannonball and Parker and other jazz greats--and frankly he was curiously a 'Monk' fan too.
That year, we played in the Fall Talent Contest at our High School...playing a Jazz version of the Song 'Tonight', from 'West Side Story'. Great fun. It's amazing how many girls who'd never spoken to me before came up and said, 'Wow, that was good, I didn't know you played, Larry.'
That reaction, as much as my love of music 'sold me' on being an Alto player. lol.

NRBQ, I believe actually, became an East Coast player--AND they've had dozens of albums over the years.

PS. Most of Terry's music is a blueprint from what he did in those Salad Days of summer more than 30 years ago.

Good listening,
Larry
The Chauffeur - Duran Duran

Great song. Great lyrics. Inscrutable yet deeply profound.
Mofimadness,

You and I must have been dating the same woman, as we wore out a copy of Captain Fantastic while making out in her parent's basement. She was a pretty good piano player and loved Elton John, and her dad had a nice rig down there to listen to while he lifted weights.

Our song, though, was definitely Tiny Dancer from Madman Across the Water. She was about 5'1" and had great legs from fencing.

:-)

David
Hey Tpreaves, Can't say I remember "You Broke My Heart, So I Busted Your Jaw" by Spooky Tooth, but I gotta give it a listen -- just because the title sounds so cool.
Amen Paul,that women are more romantic stuff is a total load of BS.
What they are is more sentimental and sentiment is not love,far from it.
You can bet the farm on the fact she has no memory of it,none whatsoever.
"Love" by Mercy
"A Time For Us" Theme for Romeo and Juliet
"Jean" From The Prime of Miss Jean Brody
All for Jeannie T.
I was 12, so was Gina. She was playing the guitar and singing at the campfire late at night, just the two of us.

I've heard the song 12 million times since then, and have thought of the late night campfire with Gina every single time.

And yes, I wonder if she even remembers the night, or me. This stuff about women being more romantic is simply wrong.
Paul_graham

And the song would be????
I was 12, so was Gina. She was playing the guitar and singing at the campfire late at night, just the two of us.

I've heard the song 12 million times since then, and have thought of the late night campfire with Gina every single time.

And yes, I wonder if she even remembers the night, or me. This stuff about women being more romantic is simply wrong.
"You're Breaking My Heart" by Harry Nillson. You really need to know the lyrics- almost 40 years before Cee Lo.
"I Only Have Eyes for You" by the Flamingos. Outdoor dance on a mild summer night in 1965.
Ben Folds: Song For The Dumped ( give me my money back, you bitch, and don't forget to give me back my black t shirt!)
For Once In my Life by Stevie Wonder.
She was gorgeous, and so much fun to be with. Man, life was simple back then.
"Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison

Have to add the Righteous Brothers "Unchained Melody".
Noble, did I mention I also had a crush on (1) Raquel Welch, (2) Jane Fonda (Barbarella ??, exercise records) and (3) Ellen Foley (sang with Meatloaf; she did a great video with the "Loaf" singing Paradise By The Dashboard Light). There were many others. My memory is failing.

BTW, I see that an A'gon member's handle is "Raquel." I wonder if that is R Welch??
Bifwynne,
Gloria did look kind of like Linda Ronstadt facially but not otherwise. And she was always wearing cut off jeans with bare feet not roller skates.
I recall her looking more like a young and tanned Raquel Welch. Gloria's gotta be about 60 years old now. Good thing I've had her young image permanently imprinted in my mind since I was a horny teenager.