<p>No, this has nothing to do with Mick Jagger’s life support while on tour.</p>
<p>I’ve never had a good memory regarding rock/pop/songs in terms of remembering title, group, etc.</p>
<p>And for the past couple of years, I’ve thought Google was the Eighth Wonder of the World.</p>
<p>In combination with Google, iTunes (and it runs on Windows as well as Macs) is terrific.</p>
<p>If I remember a fragment of lyric, I just Google that fragment and the word “lyric” and voila, within a Google page or two, I invariably find a link to the given song that gives me the title & artist. Flip to iTunes, and if it’s in their collection, I can play a 30-second sample to confirm my memory. If I want to download it to the computer, it’s 99 cents.</p>
<p>I just cut my first iTunes compilation CD for the car today, using 18 tunes that I’ve collected over the past three months. No having to search for obscure CD’s, tapes, etc., and no having to get eight cuts you don’t want with the three that you do.</p>
<p>Did they have “This Little Bird” )or “Little Bird”) by the Nashville Teens? (my first favorite 45!) What’s really cool about them is that they weren’t teens, and had never seen Nashville (they were from Surrey, England). They are still the Nashville Teens, even though they are in their 60s.</p>
<p>They had a great motto:</p>
<p>“Despise you 'cos you’re filthy, but love you 'cos you’re home.”</p>
<p>My first 45 was Bob Dylan ( 3rd gd) remember those little plastic records that they sold in machines for about $.50? They were 33rpm.
My first albums I have to admit ( hey I was in grade school- ) were the Monkees- but I quickly branched out into the Animals & Otis Redding.
Itunes doesn’t have a big enough selection for me- but luckily my favorite band doesn’t mind bootleg versions I can download for free.
really- I have been told that if you have any trouble at concerts with cameras or recorders to talk to their security not the venue security. :)</p>
<p>Ah, Xiggi. I made the mistake of buying my first cheapie home stereo system with 8-track instead of the new-fangled cassette system that was just coming in. I still have it in the garage for when the Smithsonian finds itself in need.</p>
<p>But 8-track isn’t the oldest. I have small reel-to-reel tape player dating from the late 60’s. </p>
<p>And then there are the bamboo sliderules. Among their undocumented uses is hitting smartasses like you upside the head.</p>