As I was thinking about starting this blog I thought I would go through each year and talk about what was going on in the world, my thoughts and memories...but this morning I heard this song and it brought me back to 1976. And while belting out this song, and getting looks from the car next to me...I thought... when I go on these trips down memory lane (dragging my kids along...or hey anyone else who seems to be around) its not in chronological order...so why should my blog run that way???
So...
this morning on the radio I hear:
England Dan and John Ford Coley and this great hit from 1976.
Within the first cords of this song, I am brought back to dancing around in my room, playing this 45.
What's a 45 you ask??
These are 45's, vinyl records so called because the speed at which they needed to be played was 45.
My record player looked much like this one :
The record on this player it a 33 (so named for the speed) and it is much larger and has a smaller hole in the middle. Since the knob on the player was made for 33's only we needed inserts to play the 45's...hence...
The 45 was for the hit single and the 33 was the album. The 45's had an "A side" and a "B side". The "A side" was the hit...say "Set Fire to the Rain" where as the "B side" would be another song from the same album but not one that was played on the radio, or at least not as much...like "Rumour Has It" (Adele by the way)...If you have ever listened to Blue Oyster Cult and their song "I'm Burning For You" (great song, but a whole nother blog)...they sing, "time to play "B" sides" this is what they are talking about.
Spirograph....aahhh the hours I would spend with my different colored pens and the plastic "gears". Perhaps this is what started my love for mathematics. Each gear has holes that you would put your pen into and then you would drive the gear around the main circle and it would draw a geometric shape. Different sized gears drew different shapes.
My beautiful art would adorn the fridge for weeks.
When I was young all I needed was colored pens and plastic and I would be entertained for hours.
This blog is my personal stroll down memory lane. Since my memory is starting to fade (I know I'm only 46 but seriously, when I can't remember what these are called---( )---it can't be good)....and honestly, my kids could use the company on these trips! So follow along, share if you remember, or if I have forgotten!!
I was born November, 1965, right in the middle of the Vietnam War. I lived in Traverse City, Michigan. A nice quite town. Of course I don't remember much from 1965 to 1970 but each of those years gave birth to a lot of things that I love. I'll start with 1965.
This was the year that Jefferson Airplane and The Grateful Dead were formed. The Beatles had a couple of number one hits like "Ticket to Ride" and "Help".
"I Dream of Jeannie", "Wild, Wild West" and "Lost in Space" (danger Will Robinson) premiered in 1965 as well as one of my favorite game shows "The Dating Game"
And this is the year of one of my favorite movies, "The Sound of Music".
