I was playing this album for the umpteenth time today and had this heart stopping moment when I realized I fell in love with it 55 years ago!!
Which got me thinking of other songs, other albums other earth shaking moments of music. 62 years ago I heard this. I was 19. A man (boy?) I dated for a while (oh what a handsome fellah, from Liverpool, attending our university in Cork) who gave me a copy of this from one of his friends, John Lennon, from around the corner from his home). A brand new sound, no idea of the upcoming fame to come.
And then the song my father sang me every night (I was an only child for a while) and I loved it and still do. I am sure I drove him mad, night after night. "Singie Kacky, Daddy" was my first complete sentence. The song was "I'll take you home again, Kathleen".
And oh my God, when I was searching for it on line I found this: Elvis Presley sang his own version of it. WT...?
The first 3 are my favourites. I also love ❤️ animals and nature. Happy New Year to you from Montreal, Canada ❤️ 😊 🇨🇦
ReplyDeleteLovely to hear from you Linda and best wishes from Newfoundland, Canada.
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Nice memories and I just may know a word or three from all of the songs. Bridge Over Troubled Waters was quite special.
ReplyDeleteIt really was Andrew, I also love The Boxer and was lucky to see Paul doing his Graceland tour which was effing brilliant.
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I get a "gosh I am old!" thought whenever I hear something I loved as a teenager. Bridge Over Troubled Water is one of my favourites and I remember my sister going nuts over Paul McCartney.
ReplyDeleteOh that's lovely River that you like the same song. It never loses its meaning. As any good song never does.
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It is shocking when we run into moments like this! I hear it often when working in my booths and an older person is browsing the shelves and muttering about having had such and such, and now here it is in an antique mall!
ReplyDeleteThat must be a shock alright Sue! I look at some of my old knitted pieces of mine and think I wore this aran sweater when I was in my twenties. Shocking. Shows how long knitted goods last though.
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There's just something about listening to a good tenor, goosebumps every time for me! And have always loved that particular song. I was unable to open the Beatles or Elvis. Guess I don't know about Vevo (shall look it up). Thanks for a treat.
ReplyDeleteThey weren't openable, Marge. So not you at all. Frank was. I like that you love that song too. Boy we are getting old though.
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There are many Simon and Garfunkel videos on You Tube - but I am sure you know this! It will soon be 2026. Very best wishes for a great year of joy and good health. David
ReplyDeleteYes I've seen those David. I'm a great fan of Spotify and I've loaded all my old Ipod stuff on to it plus added REALLY old stuff on to it as well, obscure old Irish etc. It's the best.
DeleteJoy and peace and many interesting birds be in your 2026.
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Roisin in NY here. First time I heard S&G was with you in Toronto - Sounds of Silence. If memory serves me right, we went to the movies, The Graduate. Fantastic. My dad loved to sing When You and I were Young Maggie . Ah, the songs our father’s loved!.
ReplyDeleteOMG Ros, I was thinking of that movie and thinking who did I see it with. I am so happy it was you. Loved every minute of it. Dad sang Maggie too and This Old House if you remember that one. It seems to me they were always singing and we all had our "party pieces."
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Just called by to wish you the compliments of the season, as they say. Like you I still have that LP of Simon & Garfunkel. They were great days. Sadly my hearing is not good these days so I don't get the pleasure from music I used to, despite hearing aids. Such is the joy of aging! I find other pleasures. There's a totally blind guy in the UK who is a comedian and appears regularly on TV panel game shows. I see him and think I have no right to feel bad about my slight hearing problem. He's an inspiration. Best wishes for 2026, WWW.
ReplyDeleteYou too RJ, one of my oldest readers now, and I mean old in the sense of long term. So many of them now gone to stardust. As we linger in the waiting room. I am sorry about your hearing loss, very sad when one loves music. My eyes are not the best but then again who said old age is a piece of cake?
DeleteI hope you write more in 2026, you have a great style.
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WWW - I listened to the same music as a teen, much to my parents’ chagrin. I’m from Writing Down the Words blogspot blog but your URL comment sign-in line won’t accept that. Come visit my blog again if you can get through. I miss our exchanges!
ReplyDeleteWill do Pauline, I think you were inactive for a while, as I did check. Good to see you still charging on 😊 HNY!
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Truly Wonderful Article
ReplyDeleteI am till listening to some of these oldies on Sirius because they are so much better than anything called music now. I also enjoy the Big Band sounds that I was introduced by my late father. And, once a Beatles fan, always one at least in my mind. Sending you all good wishes for a good 2026 full of good tunes.
ReplyDeleteLovely memories. Music always does that for me, I think. Are you familiar w/Ronan Tynan, the Irish tenor? I saw him years ago at an Irish festival here; he sang Hallelujah, acapella. To this day, one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.
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