Memories from Music

Last night I came across a song as I was browsing through YouTube. It had a profound effect and memories came flooding into my mind. Nostalgia hit me and I was 25 again. The song was "What is a Youth" from the film "Romeo and Juliet", a Cinematic adaption of Shakespear's play (As if you didnt know that.). I "time-travelled" back to 1968 as I replayed the YouTube clip over and over again. We all had crushes for Olivia Hussey.......and before her, Sandra Dee.

Olivia Hussey Sandra Dee



Go here to watch the clip :-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK8Ek2v-lWk


From the first days of reconnection members of this group of St. Joe's Old Boys have been reminding each other of the wonderful days gone by through music and songs.

Ewin Wright had this to say :-


"Over the last couple of weeks or so , I have been wallowing - thanks to you - in musical delicacies of yesteryears , taking some time to reflect on " who were you with , what were you doing when this song was popular". Not only did I savour, yet again ,the songs I knew so well but saw them sung 'live' . Isn't youtube just great ..music and songs ad-infinitum ! Informative too .( Never knew that Elvis also recorded Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood , indeed by many others too ).




Make Thine Music , 40 Miles of Bad Road ,Rock Kuek , Johnny Tillotson , Duane Eddy , Tornados , Blue Rebels , Raunchy ...and today.. Harry Belafonte !!



How old were we then ..17, 18 ? Thanks to the music , these were some of the best years of my life , as I'm certain they were yours too . Even boy/girl pursuits took the back seat (I think) like Wayland's Seven Little Girls ! The late 50s and early 60s were heady days for us music lovers weren't they....and , would you know it, Rock & Roll 'single-handedly' did it .

Born in cottonfields of USA, the litany of names spreading it is long , but stand-outs include iconic ones like Chuck Berry , Little Richard , Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and the undisputed top-dog Elvis Presley . Soon after, the British would come up with their own version of that music genre , though generally a tad toned down . Recognisable names included Gerry and the Pacemakers, Dave Clark Five and the vastly popular - at least in our part of the world - Cliff Richard . There was also The Animals who favoured a raw and rough-edged R&R , and whose heavy use of the keyboard made them quite un-British . For some reason , I never really cottoned to The Rolling Stones ....but kudos to their longevity . The Beatles were , needless to say , in another stratosphere , all by themselves






And so it was in this era that we lived our puberty, with songs and music of the time taking up a good part of it. And where did we get our 'fix'? Yes , Radio Sarawak ( remember Anne Tan and her Saturday afternoon's Record Request? ) , or from tuning to Radio Australia with our little transistor radios late at night .


So thank you for the music Guys, as it has brought me nothing but pleasant memories."


What a wonderful write-up ! Thanks 'Win !