EVERYTHING MUSIC

MUSICALS:

MY FONDNESS CAME IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ONLY FOR A FEW MUSICALS- THE SOUND OF MUSIC,

 THE KING AND I,

CAMELOT,

MY FAIR LADY,

 GIGI

AND 1776 (THE '76 VERSION).

 ONE XMAS I GOT TSOM AND TKAI 33 SOUNDTRACKS  AS PRESENTS. I EVEN MADE A CASSETTE  TAPE OF TSOM AND TOOK IT TO HIGH SCHOOL TO LISTEN TO IN FREE TIME IN THE LIBRARY WITH THE LIBRARIANS OKAY AND EARPHONES. REMEMBER NOW THIS WAS BEFORE WALKMEN. I HAD A RECORD CASSETTE TAPE PLAYER. NO, I DIDN'T TRY OUT FOR THE SCHOOL PRESENTATION OF THE MUSICAL EITHER DUE TO THE BAD LUCK (LOW POP VOTE) I HATE IN EIGHTH GRADE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF A XMAS CAROL. I TRIED OUT FOR EVERY PART AND ENDED UP WITH THE BOY ON THE STREET.
IN MUSIC CLASS AFTER WE SANG AND LEARNED ALL THE SONGS OF 1776 OUR TEACHER MR. SCHULTZ TOOK US TO THE STATLER HILTON HOTEL LOBBY TO PERFORM FOR PASSERBY AND THE PUBLIC.

SOUNDTRACKS:

MY FONDNESS FOR THESE STARTED EARLIER AS KID WITH TV SHOW THEMES LIKE NILSON'S BEST FRIEND FROM THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER,

 THE THEME FROM THE NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR,

THE THEME FROM THE MUNSTERS,

THE THEME FROM THE ADDAMS FAMILY,

WELCOME BACK KOTTER

WHICH MADE IT TO THE RADIO. ALL THE MUSIC FROM STAR TREK TV SHOWS AND MOVIES,

DOCTOR WHO THEME MUSIC INCLUDING  TIMELORDS "DOCTORIN' THE TARDIS",

AND MUSIC FROM GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA.

SOUNDTRACKS FROM MOVIES INCLUDING GREASE,

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER( ONLY BEEGEES THOUGH),

 AND VISIONQUEST.

BACK IN THE 1970S I LEARN TO LIKE ONE SOAP OPERA- GENERAL HOSPITAL WHICH GAVE US THREE GREAT ROCK SINGERS- RICK SPRINGFIELD (NOAH SPENCER),

JACK WAGONER, (FRISCO JONES),

AND THE SINGER WHO SANG THE  LAURA SPENCER MUSIC CHRIS CROSS OF THINK OF LAURA AS SHE RETURNS HOME AFTER BEING MISSING FOR 10 YEARS.

TWO MOVIES I ALSO LOVED MUSIC FROM DAVID GATES THEME TO THE GOODBYE GIRL,

AND JEFFERSON  AIRPLANE'S THEME TO MANNEQUIN.

MUSIC IDOLS:

I STARTED WITH THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY.

I STILL LIKE TO LISTEN TO THEM EVERY NOW AND THEN. FOR YOU GROWN UPS, DID YOU KNOW THAT ONLY SHIRLEY AND DAVID REALLY SANG ON THE ALBUMS. DUH!
NEXT WAS THE CAPTAIN AND TRENNILE

WHO I GOT MOCKED FOR. LATER AND JUST RECENTLY WE FIND OUT THEIR MARRIAGE WAS A SHAM. WHY IN HELL DID TONI STAY MARRIED TO SUCK A COLD UNFEELING FISH LIKE DARYL FOR SO LONG? THEIR CAREER, SHE SAID. BUT THAT FIZZLED OUT AFTER THEIR LAST 33PL. SHE REALLY SHOULD HAVE LEFT WAY LONG AGO. THE CLEAN AND LOYAL MARRIAGE I WAS PROUD OF FOR THEM WAS A SHAM. I LOST RESPECT FOR  THEM AS PEOPLE, LET ALONE MUSICIANS.

FIVE ROCK BANDS I LEARN TO LOVE BECAUSE OF THE POWER OF ASSOCIATION. THEIR END CAME WITH THE END/FAILURE OF THOSE RELATIONS . THEY INCLUDED AIR SUPPLY, JOURNEY, QUEEN, FOREIGNER, AND PHIL COLLINS,

NOW I AM INTO WORLD MUSIC LIKE FROM MY CELTIC MATERNAL SIDE; SO IT'S THE CELTIC WOMEN

 AND  DAGDA.

I AM STILL FAITHFUL TO ROCK BANDS STILL WHO ARE STILL PRODUCING MUSIC ALSO; HALL AND OATES

 AND STING/POLICE.

PROBABLY BECAUSE I LOVED THEM WAY BEFORE ANY RELATIONSHIP CAME UP AND FIZZLED OUT LIKE A ROCKET.

TECH:

MY BROTHER OLD HAND ME DOWN RCA RECORD PLAYER THAT WAS BLUE AND WHITE, HAD SPINDLES WITH DISCS  AND PLAYED 78/45/33S.

THEN MY MY STEREO WITH PLASTIC LID AND TWO SPEAKERS.

THEN A MINI SYSTEM WITH DOLBY OF DIFFERENT MAKERS.

 A SONY WALKMAN,

A GUESS CASSETTE PLAYER,

THEN A MINI STEREO SYSTEM WITH 5 DISC CD PLAYER, DOUBLE TAPE PLAYER, AND 3 SPEAKERS, AND MY OLD TURNTABLE FROM LST SET UP.

NOW MY RCA LYRA MP3 PLAYER

AND NOW ALSO DELL DIMENSIONS COMPUTER WITH DISPLAY AND SOUNDBAR FOR YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER.