The oldest song you remember.

[kro]

I struck gold a few weeks back when I finally found a the only song I remember properly from when I was 4 years old (bloody ages back), and was wondering what the earliest song memory is, that you guys have.

My song :
I'm a train - Albert Hammond (the guy wrote for a lot of popular 70's artists)

I love this song, it's actually quite cool.

[Scorpygirl]

I struck gold a few weeks back when I finally found a the only song I remember properly from when I was 4 years old (bloody ages back), and was wondering what the earliest song memory is, that you guys have.

My song :
I'm a train - Albert Hammond (the guy wrote for a lot of popular 70's artists)

I love this song, it's actually quite cool.

Yip, know that song well. We have it on a vinyl!! "I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chuka-train yeah. Going down to the breaker's yard! I'm a train, I'm a train, I'm a chuka-train, yeah!

My earliest song memory was Puppet on a String - Sandie Shaw when I was about two. I used to sing and do the actions of a puppet. I have that song on a 45 in the cupboard!!! :banana:

[kro]

I love you scorpy !@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Karma]

Probably something by queen... fat bottomed girls springs to mind...

[ZorsT]

Johnny Cash - Boy Named Sue

Brings back strange memories of when I was very young. I think Dad was singing it to me.

[Jackrat]

Hell,what are you lot?? like ten years old or something.
The oldest song I remember comes from the early thirtys and was one of my Grandmothers favourites.
Roses are Red,also one of my own favourites because it always brings back memories of my grandmother.
Actualy darn near everything I really like was made before I was born,anything else is modern music and only listened to for novelty value.

[Motu]

''Doctor Paul''....''The Archers''....''Portia Faces Life''....and of course - ''Daisy,Daisy,give me your answer do,I'm half crazy,all for the love of you...''

Mum had a valve radio on top of the Kelvinator fridge going all day as she worked non stop on the housework,my life as a 3 year old was measured by the regular radio programs.

[team cudby]

the yellow submarine and the bird dance and the bee gees for the wife . GI blues ELVIS - Smoke on the water for me:spudguita :spudguita

[APPLE]

wot the hay?you lot are oldskool?..........................Aarhh.just quietly?''the rose''

[Scorpygirl]

Hell,what are you lot?? like ten years old or something.
The oldest song I remember comes from the early thirtys and was one of my Grandmothers favourites.
Roses are Red,also one of my own favourites because it always brings back memories of my grandmother.
Actualy darn near everything I really like was made before I was born,anything else is modern music and only listened to for novelty value.

I only gave an example!!!! :bash: Heaps more songs I remember like "Pack up your Troubles", "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", "Knees up Mother Brown" and never forgetting "Maryanne, O Maryanne, O Won't You Marry Me"

[Maha]

California Dreaming....Mama's and the Papa's
Dam the Dam............. John Hanlon
Ying tong............The Goons.........good car song to piss the parents off

[Jantar]

Not only do I remember it, I even found the lyrics to my favourite song from 1957: Marianne


All day
all night
Marianne
down by the seaside siftin' sand.
Even little children love Marianne
down by the seaside siftin' sand.
Marianne
oh
Marianne
oh won't you marry me?
We can have a bamboo hut
and brandy in the tea.
Leave your fat old Mama home
she never will say yes
if Mama don't know now
she can guess.
My
my
yes.
When she walks along the shore
people pause to greet.
White birds fly around her
little fish come to her feet.
In her heart is love
but I'm the only mortal man
Who's allowed to kiss my Marianne.
Don't rush me.
When we marry we will have
a time you never saw.
I will be so happy
I will kiss my Motherinlaw (phooey)
Children by the dozen
in and out the bamboo hut
one for ev'ry palm tree and cokynut.
Hurry up now.
All day
all night
Marianne
down by the seaside siftin' sand.
Even little children love Marianne
down by the seaside siftin' sand.

[Scorpygirl]

Dam the Dam............. John Hanlon


Oh yes!!! Another Kiwi classic to protest the Manapouri Dam Project!!! :yes:

[terbang]

The Baby Elephant Walk.. Mustave been about 1963.

[oldrider]

I only gave an example!!!! :bash: Heaps more songs I remember like "Pack up your Troubles", "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", "Knees up Mother Brown" and never forgetting "Maryanne, O Maryanne, O Won't You Marry Me"
Scorpygirl, I looked up your profile after reading your song list cause they are getting closer to the ones I remember :eek5: Now I'm off to the hospital for a checkup.
You are the same age as my oldest son! My god I feel old now but I may feel better tomorrow if I'm still here. :sleep: Good night young ones.

[Scorpygirl]

Not only do I remember it, I even found the lyrics to my favourite song from 1957: Marianne




That's the one!!!! It's so cool. Used to get it sung to me all the time.... I wonder why? :rofl:

[Kendog]

Rain drops keep falling on my head by B J Thomas (I think). Tania by John Rowles (my grand-dad loved that song) and Bright eyes by Art Garfunkel.
Mrs KB

[Jantar]

That's the one!!!! It's so cool. Used to get it sung to me all the time.... I wonder why? :rofl:

Well, it wouldn't have some reference to your name perhaps? :innocent:

[Maha]

Puppy love.....Donny Osmond........ i know.....gooy, but i liked a girl at school who loved young Donald and i had 3 sisters that got those girly mags with the likes of Donny and David Cassidy and Lief Garrett, so i used to take the Donny ones to the above mentioned..... :cool:

[Cookie]

Don McLean: American Pie


Bye, bye miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And good ol' boys were drinking whisky and rye?
Singing this will be the day that I die
this will be the day that I die.

I was about 5. I didn't know what it meant then - don't know now.

[Maha]

i dont know anybody who can sing that song all the way through except Don McLean, we all know the chorus but the rest of it is na na na na na na.....:slap:

[Grizz]

The first song I remember hearing on the radio was The tide is high - Blondie, and it was on a crystel set I made from Dork Smurf.

[Goblin]

Banana Boat Song, Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald, Bad Bad Leroy Brown, How Do You Do. :yes: and John Denver...Calypso & Annies Song.

[Maha]

Gordon Lightfoot, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald...... haunting song, love it

[hXc]

Layla by Eric Clapton. I would have been about a year old or so. Then the bastard brought out the unplugged version and I was stumped.

[Goblin]

Gordon Lightfoot, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald...... haunting song, love it
Yeah...still gives me goose-bumps.

Also some old Simon & Garfunkle songs and :o Rod Stewart:pinch: :o :laugh: and what about Demis Roussos....:pinch:

[Lazy7]

Eagles - The Last Resort.

My parents played that to me as a kid to try and get me to sleep. apparently it was the only song that would work.

heard it years later and something went TWANG in my head and started singing along to it, even though i hadn't heard it in 20 years.

[Karma]

i dont know anybody who can sing that song all the way through except Don McLean, we all know the chorus but the rest of it is na na na na na na.....:slap:

*cough* me *cough*

Not a single word in tune, but I at least know the words :D

[Magua]

Bohemian Rhapsody rings a bell. Maybe another one bites the dust.

[Winston001]

"Tom Dooley" an Irish folk song in the early 60s. Dad used to whistle it as he took me with him around the farm.

[onearmedbandit]

The one that goes, ' wow, my memory's just been sold, my angel is a centrefold, my angel is a centrefold, my blood runs cold....' Just realised I even remember the video, tipping buckets of 'paint' on each others head?

And 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'

[Marknz]

we have joy, we have fun,
we have seasons in the sun....

no idea who wrote/sang it but my ma seemed to play it all the time.

[Indiana_Jones]

Huey Lewis and the news - Power of love

stands out for me, also a few Meatloaf songs

-Indy

[babyB]

a white sports coat = marty robbins....(lol & no i aint that old)

Convoy= C.McCall sticks with me though
I like beer= tom Hall

[Sniper]

'Xhosha styling

[Maha]

we have joy, we have fun,
we have seasons in the sun....

no idea who wrote/sang it but my ma seemed to play it all the time.
Terry Jacks sung that song

[Maha]

Old dogs and children and watermalon wine............. Tom T Hall

[Goblin]

Huey Lewis and the news - Power of love


I think it was Frankie Goes To Hollywood that sung that...?

[Maha]

Frankie did, but its a ballard, Huey Lewis also did Power of love, different song same title, Jennifer somebody did Power of love, once again different song same title.............. gee i should get out more........:whistle:

[Goblin]

Frankie did, but its a ballard, Huey Lewis also did Power of love, different song same title, Jennifer somebody did Power of love, once again different song same title.............. gee i should get out more........:whistle:
Oh yeah...:Oops: now I remember. Jennifer Warnes.

You & me both need to get out more...:laugh:

Just remembered another that stuck with me...David Bowie= The Laughing Gnome hehe...
"Dont you have a home to go to?

No! I'm from Gnome mans land"

[Magua]

also a few Meatloaf songs

-Indy

Ah yes, that too.
And I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, no I won't do that..

[Limb]

Puff the majic dragon

[Scorpygirl]

Oh yeah...:Oops: now I remember. Jennifer Warnes.

You & me both need to get out more...:laugh:

Just remembered another that stuck with me...David Bowie= The Laughing Gnome hehe...
"Dont you have a home to go to?

No! I'm from Gnome mans land"

No it was Jennifer Rush that sang Power of Love. Then Celine Dion brought out a version too but I much preferred Jennifer.

Have the Laughing Gnome on vinyl too. "What's that clicking sound? It's Fred, he's a metrognome!!" :lol:

What's that about getting out more!!

[Pixie]

''Doctor Paul''....''The Archers''....''Portia Faces Life''....and of course - ''Daisy,Daisy,give me your answer do,I'm half crazy,all for the love of you...''

Mum had a valve radio on top of the Kelvinator fridge going all day as she worked non stop on the housework,my life as a 3 year old was measured by the regular radio programs.
Snap
And Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash

[Pixie]

a white sports coat = marty robbins....(lol & no i aint that old)

Convoy= C.McCall sticks with me though
I like beer= tom Hall
A white sports coat and a pink crustacean

[Pixie]

Don McLean: American Pie


Bye, bye miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And good ol' boys were drinking whisky and rye?
Singing this will be the day that I die
this will be the day that I die.

I was about 5. I didn't know what it meant then - don't know now.
It was about Buddy Holly's death in a plane crash

[Beemer]

The ones I remember the strongest are Lola by The Kinks and Ob-la-di Ob-la-da by The Beatles - I was aged somewhere between six and nine because I know where I was living at the time.

I also remember all the old country ones as my Dad was a big Jim Reeves fan. Mum loved Elvis so there was a lot of that too!

[hazard02]

Puff the majic dragon
Hell yeah.
Or maybe its was that one about that dog; bingo, i believe, was his name-o.

[Goblin]

No it was Jennifer Rush that sang Power of Love. Then Celine Dion brought out a version too but I much preferred Jennifer.

Have the Laughing Gnome on vinyl too. "What's that clicking sound? It's Fred, he's a metrognome!!" :lol:

What's that about getting out more!!

:doh: Of course it was Jennifer Rush...:Oops: senior moment:rolleyes:

Heard another oldie on the radio in the cage, Me & You & a Dog Named Boo. :laugh:

[yungatart]

Mum playing "little Brown Jug" on the piano, "Morning town ride" by the Seekers- saw them at the Mission a coupla three years back and I swear that girl hasn't aged at all. Shhesh I reckon she even had on the same dress!!!

[Skyryder]

It was about Buddy Holly's death in a plane crash

One of the greatest songs ever written.

Skyryder

[Skyryder]

The first song that I can remember is the Teddy Bears Picnic.

If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of a big surprise
If you go down to the woods today, You'd better go in disguise.

http://12121.hostinguk.com/teddybear.htm

Had an xylophone when I was four and could play the tune.

Skyryder

[BuFfY]

The first song that I can remember is the Teddy Bears Picnic.

If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of a big surprise
If you go down to the woods today, You'd better go in disguise.

http://12121.hostinguk.com/teddybear.htm

Had an xylophone when I was four and could play the tune.

Skyryder

Oh man yep totally that one! I remember going to the Teddy Bear's picnic in Christchurch at Hagley Park.... not sure if they still have it but man it was cool!! I took my big teddy called fuzzy wuzzy who was bigger than me!

I remember dancing around the living room in Gore to Love Shack by the B52's with my babysitter. I was like 5 or 6. My sis just had her 21st and my babysitter came and that song came on! The three of us dancing our lil butts off!!

[MSTRS]

First music memories are of my old man trying to give me an appreciation of 'good' music. The Student Prince :puke: I'm only now getting past the abhorence of 'old people's music':blip:

[MisterD]

My Grandad had a Val Doonican record with "Paddy McGinty's Goat" and "O'Rafferty's Motor Car" on it, which (apparently) I would demand to hear within about 30seconds of getting through the front door everytime we visited.

My Dad was happy that we lived 4-hrs drive away!

***edit***
here it is..isn't the interweb great?

[The_Dover]

"Hot Hot Hot" by Red Arrow, I was about 3 and living in Trinidad.

The carnival scared the shit out of me.

[Oscar]

Oldest song I can remember?
"Don't Sleep in the Subway" by Petulia Clarke.
One of my earliest memories, hereing it on the car radio on a hot Sydney day on the way to the beach...

[scumdog]

The Ballad of Davey Crockett when I was in Glasgow in the '50s.
Even got a Davey Crockett 'coonskin hat! (well I believed it was 'coon skin, when you under 10 years old you tend to believe a lot of shit eh?)

Never figured out what the 'wild front ear' was though!

BTW A lot of you guys 'first songs' seem to be ones I remember when I was in my 30s, are some of you realy that young? (Or sadly am I really that old?)

[Motu]

Wow,a coon skin cap (possum or rabbit),you could of swapped that for all the treasures a kid had at our school - would of got at least a Phantom ring and a hand grenade I reckon.

Our primary school was opposite Sylvia Park....grenades and 303 shells were legal tender...

[Krayy]

James Blunt - You're Beautiful


(The last 38 years have been a blur)

[_Gina_]

Songs from the album, THE BEST OF MINI-MOOG....anyone else remember the Mini Moog?
Dad also had an album that was full of "sounds" like planes taking off etc....

Thanks Dad for the memories!!

Gg

[Oakie]

errr ... my Dad doing the 'Incy Wincy Spider' about 1965 / 66 I guess.
On a more commercial level ... The Bee Gees 'I started a Joke' about 1968. I remember my big brother listening to it and I thought the person singing it sounded very sad considering he was singing about a joke.

[Scorpygirl]

My Grandad had a Val Doonican record with "Paddy McGinty's Goat" and "O'Rafferty's Motor Car" on it, which (apparently) I would demand to hear within about 30seconds of getting through the front door everytime we visited.

My Dad was happy that we lived 4-hrs drive away!

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here it is..isn't the interweb great?

Ahh Val Doonican. I used to love the "Marvellous Toy". I used to sing "O'Rafferty's Motor Car" and "Paddy McGinty's Goat" to my nieces and nephews as we travelled the hiways and byways in the old holden station-wagon.
Memories....Memories! :eek5:

[MisterD]

Ahh Val Doonican. I used to love the "Marvellous Toy". I used to sing "O'Rafferty's Motor Car" and "Paddy McGinty's Goat" to my nieces and nephews as we travelled the hiways and byways in the old holden station-wagon.
Memories....Memories! :eek5:

I really hope we never meet at a Karaoke bar....

[Scorpygirl]

I really hope we never meet at a Karaoke bar....


Yippeeee!!!!!! "Oh what a wonderful motor-car, it's the greatest ever seen, it used to be black as me father's hat, now it's 40 shades of green" and then comes "he exploded with a bang, and when you get to heaven you can bet a dollar note, that the angel with the whiskers on is Paddy McGinty's Goat. "

We could be great!!! March 17th 2007 here we come!!! :doobey: :blip:

[surfchick]

I'm younger than you but it's the same song!
it's my mum's fault...played it while we fell asleep curled up in the foot buckets behind the front seats of the car while they drove round old castles in europe...:sleep: :sleep: :sleep:


Don McLean: American Pie


Bye, bye miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And good ol' boys were drinking whisky and rye?
Singing this will be the day that I die
this will be the day that I die.

I was about 5. I didn't know what it meant then - don't know now.

[Skyryder]

we have joy, we have fun,
we have seasons in the sun....

no idea who wrote/sang it but my ma seemed to play it all the time.

Terry Jacks. Just the one hit from this guy but powerfull lyrics all the same.

Skyryder

[Scorpygirl]

For all you that have posted up the following songs:

Seasons in the Sun
Laughing Gnome
I'm a Train

I have an LP (AKA Vinyl) called 20 Solid Gold Hits Vol. 7 with all these on it, originally. PM if you want us to rip your song!!

Shhhhhhhh!!!!

[MSTRS]

How's this...can't find I'm a Train tho

[Marknz]

How's this...can't find I'm a Train tho


You're a legend! First time i've really listened to the lyrics...

[Krayy]

Ahh Val Doonican. I used to love the "Marvellous Toy"..
Is this the one that goes....

It went "zip" when it moved and "zip" when it stopped
and "whirr" when it stood still,
I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will.

???

[MSTRS]

That's the one, Krayy.
In my search for 'I'm a Train' I did come across those other Hammond gems 'It Never Rains in Southern California' and 'Free Electric Band' for those that remember them.
From my early childhood I recall some of the words to a song that I was familiar with at the time. Went something like...'Close the doors, they're coming in the windows. Close the windows, they're coming down the stairs.....' anyone know that one??

[Krayy]

Had a lot of happy mornings listening to ZBs Sunday morning kids program with Merv Smith. Anybody remember the Spiders name? Something like Hairy McClary, but that would be copyright infirngment wouldnt it?

Most of these classic stories you can now get on the Don Lindens Childrens favourites CDs like:

Little Toot
The Noisy Eater
The Koala and the Moon
How the Kiwi lost its wings
Sparky and the train
Nathaniel and the Grublets
The engine that could
Badjelly the Witch
etc.....

[Krayy]

One of the more amusing things we used to listen to was a record that my Nanna had of Peter Ustinov commentating the Grand Prix of Gibraltar. The whole album was just him, and he did all of the characters, sound effects and other ancillary bits with just his voice and a few props.

I think you can get the CD from Real Groovy (must get down to it one day). Well worth the effort.

[MSTRS]

Back in the 60's before everyone got too scared to poke a bit of fun, a Kiwi bloke (can't remember his name) did a song called 'Puha and Pakeha' - mixture of singing, 3 chord strum and talking.....
Pom "I say! I've fallen in the geyser!"
Maori "That's alright. You just have a good soak"
Pom "Capital idea. Never could get a decent bath in the colonies. Do you have any soap?"
Maori "Sorry boy, no soap. Try some puha. Make you smell good eh"
Pom "I say! It's getting rather warm in here. I'll cook if I have to stay in much longer"
Maori "Oooo, you catch on quick, boy"

[Krayy]

Name this song.....


Girl: Look there daddy do you see, theres a horse in striped pyjamas
Man: No thats not what it is at all, thats an animal people call a Zebra
Girl: I see, but it still looks like a horse in his pyjamas to me

Girl: Look there daddy do you see, theres a bird in his tuxedo
Man: No thats not what it is at all, thats an animal people call a penguin
Girl: I see, but it still looks like a bird in his tuxedo to me


thats all I can remember...anyone know any other verses (I sing this to my girls when we go to the zoo)

[Rosie]

Probably one of the earliest songs I remember is my dad singing the ying tong song to me.
I'm probably one of the world's youngest Goon Show fans as a result.

[hXc]

Probably one of the earliest songs I remember is my dad singing the ying tong song to me.
I'm probably one of the world's youngest Goon Show fans as a result.

I love The Goons! And I bet that I'm younger than you...

[Rosie]

I love The Goons! And I bet that I'm younger than you...

By about 11 years. :blink:

[Skyryder]

Name this song.....


Girl: Look there daddy do you see, theres a horse in striped pyjamas
Man: No thats not what it is at all, thats an animal people call a Zebra
Girl: I see, but it still looks like a horse in his pyjamas to me

Girl: Look there daddy do you see, theres a bird in his tuxedo
Man: No thats not what it is at all, thats an animal people call a penguin
Girl: I see, but it still looks like a bird in his tuxedo to me


thats all I can remember...anyone know any other verses (I sing this to my girls when we go to the zoo)

I think it's called a Horse In striped Pajamas by Eddie Arnold

Skyryder

Try a download here.

http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/carson/mp3s.html

Let's know if it works

Sky

[Scorpygirl]

Is this the one that goes....

It went "zip" when it moved and "zip" when it stopped
and "whirr" when it stood still,
I never knew just what it was
and I guess I never will.

???

That's the one - cool song eh!! :)

[inlinefour]

I struck gold a few weeks back when I finally found a the only song I remember properly from when I was 4 years old (bloody ages back), and was wondering what the earliest song memory is, that you guys have.

My song :
I'm a train - Albert Hammond (the guy wrote for a lot of popular 70's artists)

I love this song, it's actually quite cool.

the devil came down to georga (sp) I think by the charlie daniels band.

[Goblin]

I heard a couple on Classic Hits the other day, Mexico and that one that goes "Take out the papers and the trash......Yakkidy Yak..Dont talk back!"

[Rhino]

the devil came down to georga (sp) I think by the charlie daniels band.
That's the one. Try the enclosed zip file.:wavey:

[oldrider]

This thread asked for the oldest songs that you remember. I take it that means the oldest you are aware of hearing.
The songs I first remember ever hearing were all the songs they used to play during the second world war and just watching as the women took on far away looks and began to quietly weep and the men would go quiet and thoughtful!
After a little while the radio would get turned off and everybody was given jobs to do to keep everyone busy so that they didn't have time to indulge in the self pity of the moment.
Busy people are happy people was the common cry.
On VE day and VJ day everyone must have found a lot of jobs to do because I had never seen them so happy before. :drinknsin Cheers John.

[MacD]

And 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'

I had the day off and it was pissing down with rain in Auckland, so I was browsing YouTube as you do and found this...

Short animation of a Hippo and Dog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BuRwH59oAo&feature=Views&page=1&t=a&f=b)singing the tune!

Anyhow after a bit of Googling I found this! Gamers will appreciate!

World of Warcraft does Lion Sleeps Tonight (http://files.filefront.com/The_Lion_Sleeps_Tonight/;3988269;;/fileinfo.html)(d/l 17MB)

:spudguita :banana: :banana: :banana: :spudguita

[Krayy]

we have joy, we have fun,
we have seasons in the sun....

no idea who wrote/sang it but my ma seemed to play it all the time.
We had joy, we had fun,
Picking bogies in the sun,
But the sun got so hot,
That the bogies turned to snot....:banana: