This week we decided to tackle “songs that take me back to childhood.” Songs our parents played on the stereo while we were young; songs we heard on the radio or (*ahem*) 8 track player while we stood in the back seat along for the ride. Join us as we walk down memory lane…
Andrea
my sharona (the knack)
daniel (elton john)
I got a name (jim croce)
jive talkin (bee gees)
we will rock you/we are the champions (queen)
BONUS* the entire xanadu album
and the list could go on and on and on. a few more that I have to mention: the entire ‘grease’ album, the entire ‘saturday night fever’ album. and wow, do I miss the mammoth-sized brown stereo that used to play our beloved records over and over. feels like such a long time ago.
Zabs
anything beach boys
i wanna dance with somebody – whitney houston
i got my mind set on you- george harrison
oh mickey your so fine– toni basil
i’m gonna fly- amy grant
Kendra
Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell
Delta Dawn – Helen Reddy
Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels’ Band
When I Need You – Leo Sayer
Magic Man – Heart (actually the entire Dreamboat Annie album)
(honorable mention Year of the Cat – Cat Stevens, Love Will Keep Us Together – Captain and Tenille)
Kristen
American Pie by Don McLean
Help Me, Rhonda by The Beach Boys
The Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Next Time I Fall by Peter Cetera w/ Amy Grant
Any song by Chicago!!
Meridith
the muppets-“rainbow connection” from the muppet movie
ELO- “i’m alive” from the xanadu soundtrack
kc & the sunshine band – “shake your booty”
the bee gees – “how deep is your love”
the beatles – “she came in through the bathroom window”
again, it’s sooooo hard to pick just five
Joy
Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues (Dad memorized this in college and used to sing it to impress us.)
Ray Charles: Straighten up and Fly Right (My brother Joel recorded this on a late night Jazz show one night and listened to it over and over and over)
Jim Croce: Bad Bad Leroy Brown (Dad would sing this to us when we were in trouble (not big trouble, but little trouble)
Ricky Nelson: Traveling Man (I bought an oldies tape in 3rd or 4th grade and this was on it.)
My Mom: Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning (Agapeland) (Mom would sing this to us ALL THE TIME in the mornings:)
music mamas 
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October 26, 2007 at 12:11 pm
meg
time passages/al stewart
what kind of fool/barbara streisand + barry gibb
you take my breath away/rex smith
macarthur park/donna sommers
three times a lady/the commodores
October 26, 2007 at 3:39 pm
kendra
ive got to say that after looking at all of the lists, i was reminded of a number of songs i’d completely forgotten about! Harden My Heart (Quarterflash) Young Hearts (or is it Young Turks) by Rod Stewart, lots of KC & the Sunshine Band, and of course, the Bee-Gees. love it!
October 26, 2007 at 4:47 pm
meridith
i love this! and i agree kendra!….so much good stuff here. definitely yes to the saturday night fever and xanadu soundtracks. billy joel “just the way you are”……… how about this one….waylon jennings “You picked a fine time to leave me lucille” …haha…..
October 26, 2007 at 8:12 pm
oidarman
“You picked a fine time to leave me lucille” -Kenny Rogers
October 26, 2007 at 9:48 pm
kendra
Joy, I know that Agapeland song and had the record when i was young. I sing that song to my kids!
October 27, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Marilyn
All I can think reading these lists is that you’re all so young! 😉 I grew up in the 60’s, so what I used to love in my parents’ stash of LP’s included anything by Sergio Mendes (hip again via Wil.I.Am) and “I’m in with the In Crowd” by Ramsey Lewis…and all that great cocktail/lounge music in its first go-round (before we came back to it in places like SOMA in S.F. in the 80’s…Pink Martini before there was a Pink Martini, at least early P.M.) From my own stash it would have been the Stones’ “Between the Buttons”…the Beatles’ “Rubber Soul”…and, yes (cringe) the Monkees….later I was smitten with “Sgt. Pepper’s…” and “Abbey Road.” And then I discovered Stevie Wonder…and found where I wanted to be…
October 27, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Nathan Smart
I Want to Know What Love Is – Foreigner
Sussudio – Phil Collins
West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys
Have Patience – The Music Machine record
It Never Snows in L.A. – Jimmy Osmond
October 27, 2007 at 6:36 pm
oidarman
Lisbon Antiqua-Nelson Riddle
The Poor People Of Paris-Les Baxter
Green Door-Jim Lowe
Who’s Sorry Now-Connie Francis
Shop Around-The Miracles
October 27, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Brad
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Yesterday – The Beatles
Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones
I Am A Promise – Bill & Gloria Gaither Kids Under Construction
Music Machine – The Music Machine
October 28, 2007 at 12:42 pm
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