The oldest song you remember.

[_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!

[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!

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!!!

[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...

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:Me]

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:Me]

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:Me]

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"