New QOTD: First Favourite Song?

[Patchoulia]

I remember my first favourite song ever being "The Unicorn" as performed by the (then still) Irish Rovers. I was 3 or 4, I think.

One of my first favourite "pop" songs (though I can't swear it was first) was "It's Still Rock 'n' Roll to Me" by Billy Joel. I loved that Glass Houses album.

[Schwa.]

Help Me Rhonda - Beach Boys

[Basher]

I'm quite certain my first favourite song was on an Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas record. Either that or something from Annie.

[Patchoulia]

That's awesome Schwa--I loved that song, too. One of my favourite K-Tel albums as a kid was "The Big Surf Sound". My friends and I did an air-band routine to Help Me Rhonda.

Wow, haven't thought about that in YEARS! LOL

[Irie Guy]

Can't really grasp what that would be but this one has a special place.

She walked up to me and asked me to dance......

L O L A Lola

Still brings a smile to my face.

[Jaimoe]

I can't really remember what my first favourite song was since I started to listen and get interested in pop/rock and folk music at a real early age, something like age 5.

Some songs that I can remember loving in the early 70's were (My parents bought me the Red Album): "Help", "Paperback Writer", "Yesterday"; (I also had High Tides and Green Grass) "I Can't Get No Satisfaction", "Get Off Of My Cloud" and my parents liked Peter, Paul and Mary, so I tried not to cry when I heard "Puff The Magic Dragon".

I also liked air jamming to "Over The Hills and Far Away" with older friends of mine who had older brothers, hence the Zeppelin interest.

[boogieknight]

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry.

Bought my first tape when I was 4, Chuck Berry's Greatest hits because of it.

[Velvet]

My first favourite song initially charted fifty years ago today - Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry.

When I was six I sat down and wrote my first ever fan letter. It began, "Dear Mr. B. Goode..."

My mom explained to me that there was no such person and thus was my first musical illusion shattered.

[Groove Fetish]

Science Fiction/ Double Feature

Michael Rennie was ill the day the earth stood still

But he told us where we stand

And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear

Claude Raines was the invisible man

Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong

They got caught in a celluloid jam

Then at a deadly pace it came from outer space

And this is how the message ran:

Science Fiction - Double Feature

Dr. X will build a creature

See androids fighting Brad and Janet

Ann Francis stars in Forbidden Planet

Oh-oh at the late night, double feature, picture show.

I knew Leo G. Carroll was over a barrel

When Tarantula took to the hills

And I really got hot when I saw Janet Scott

Fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills

Dana Andrews said prunes gave him the runes

And passing them used lots of skills

But when worlds collide, said George Pal to his bride

I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills, like a:

Science Fiction - Double Feature

Dr. X will build a creature

See androids fighting Brad and Janet

Ann Francis stars in Forbidden Planet

Oh-oh at the late night, double feature, picture show.

I wanna go, oh-oh, to the late night double feature picture show.

By RKO, oh-oh, at the late night double feature picture show.

In the back row at the late night double feature picture show.

At about 5 I was enthralled with this album- and that was right about when I was listening to albums- another favorite of the time wass Tubby the Tuba!

[gentlemonkey]

My dad bought a jukebox full of 45s when I was 3; which really made me a music lover early on.

My first favourite tune would be one of these three:

(Wish I could fly like) Superman- The Kinks

One way, or Another -Blondie

Don't bring me down- ELO

Still some of my favourite music!

[dogatthestation]

Video Killed the Radio Star - Mini-Pops version...

I used to crank it up on my fisher price tape deck!

[Booche]

My first favorite song memory is Chicago's Saturday In The Park and getting in trouble because Mike and I were jumping up and down on the bed listening to it.

[bouche]

the entire grease soundtrack.

[djmelbatoast]

Pretty much anything by Buddy Holly.

Also, Weird Al's Dare To Be Stupid was a big influence.

[DevO]

Haha good thread

I think mine might've been "Long Way To Heaven" by Helix or "Photograph" by Def Leppard.

[Sarahbelle]

I remember getting the dirty dancing soundtrack and a walkman for my 10th b day...

I think that present changed my life forever.. lol I loved that soundtrack so much, but my mom wouldn't let me see the movie hehehe

[bONES]

I remember buying a few 45's back in 1977/78 (I was about 8 years old)

Stephen Bishop - On and On

John Williams - Star Wars Theme

Chic - Le Freak :thumbup:

good shit

[timouse]

hit the road jack by ray charles.

spanish flea by herb alpert.

[Rob Not Bob]

One of the few questions about my childhood that I recall well enough to answer :

Big Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce

[Gr8FuL]

Mine was "Walk of life" by dire straights(sp?), i used to love listening to that song and trying to sing along with my old man haha still makes me smile when i hear to this day.

Great thread!!!

[AWeeJig]

The one song that sticks out as the first to be overplayed was my 45' was, You're A Strange Animal - Gowan.

The Genesis - Invisible Touch followed soon after.

[bokonon]

the entire grease soundtrack.

I didn't know you were gay!

I stood up and sang "We're Not Going To Take It" by Twisted Sister in church when I was three, so I guess I really liked that song. I do remember singing it in Daddy's T-bird. We were such a quintessential eighties family.

[bokonon]

...You're A Strange Animal - Gowan.

Fuckineh! I loved that one and Walk Like an Egyptian by the Bangles.

[Schwa.]

Other notables for me are Norwegian Wood and the Monster Mash

[captainsunshine]

The Who - Boris the Spider

I thought it was great.. My parents played music nonstop while I was growing up, and they sure turned me onto some great music.. I also LOVED Bob Marley, and had a poster of him on my bedroom wall by age 9..