|
General Asylum General audio topics that don't fit into specific categories. |
|
|
|
General Asylum General audio topics that don't fit into specific categories. |
|
In Reply to: RE: National Radio Day posted by Dman on August 20, 2014 at 11:46:15:
As far as radio in the 70s goes, a few instances, for me, really stand out, have never faded from memory. I was born and raised in what was then the Western Addition. With today's gentrification, it is now called "Lower Pac Heights." My neighbors were predominantly African American. When my parents weren't home in the late afternoon, I went to my upstairs neighbors. They introduced me to 60s and 70s soul, disco, funk, R&B. When "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" and "Too Late To Turn Back Now" came on the radio, I stopped dead in my tracks. I was 6 or 7 years old, but I knew right then and there that I"d much rather listen to music, than watch cartoons [my classmates were into Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, and WB].
When my family would go over to Oakland to visit my grandmother, I was exposed to War's "Low Rider," Elton John's "Benny & The Jets," and what I now know to be Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues." Hell yeah!
And for some reason, every time we passed Lincoln & 19th (an entrance to Golden Gate Park), "Reelin' In The Years" would always come on. And what's with being in Golden Gate Park, while Chicago's "Saturday In The Park" comes on?
A not so fond memory was that of my uncle's Mercury Cougar. This was in Honolulu. The car had no AC. And it always broke down in the midday Hawaiian heat. But the radio kept playing. No, "Kung Fu Fighting" and "Car Wash" didn't make me, burning up in the heat, feel any better.
Still, there was nothing like my dad driving us by San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square, tuning into KOIT, and hearing Carole King's "So Far Away" in the Bay breeze... And then we'd turn down Van Ness, and I'd be thrilled to hear Boz Scaggs' "Lowdown."
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- At Least You Can Still Remember Them, LOL! - Luminator 12:58:49 08/20/14 (2)
- RE: At Least You Can Still Remember Them, LOL! - M-dB 20:30:37 08/20/14 (0)
- RE: At Least You Can Still Remember Them, LOL! - shutterbob 13:22:27 08/20/14 (0)
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
