The first music you remember from childhood.

[Franks Wild Years]

Following on from the Buddy Holly thread, I was wondering what peoples first musucal memory was.
Mine is Elvis Golden Greats that my mum used to play.

 

[Bluejuice]

Octopus' Garden - The Beatles


And I STILL love it

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

the beautiful south for some reason

 

[Marc]

and

 

[Knightsworld]

Elvis & Cliff Richard from my Mum

The Beatles, Rolling Stones and Queen from my Dad

 

[aftershavedave]

Octopus' Garden - The Beatles


And I STILL love it

strangely enough that's mine too.

circa 1968?

 

[Braders]

the beautiful south for some reason

same , the carry on up the charts album


also remember alot of Stranglers stuff...

 

[hans kraay fan club]

My parents had hundreds of tapes, but they were all by the same few artists;

Abba
Neil Diamond
Elton John
Boney M
Beach Boys
Santana
Queen
Status Quo

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

my kids will be FORCED to listen to at least 1 jimi hendrix, pink floyd or led zeppelin album EVERY DAY from BIRTH.

and if they then recall a different band when asked this question i will consider shooting.

 

[Zesh Rehman]

ELO
Elton John
Squeeze
REM
Blondie
Oasis
Beautiful South
Dire Straits
The Beatles

among others

 

[Man of Harveys]

Beatles, plus whatever else was around in the charts in about 1972-3: Santana, Jackson 5, T Rex, plus musical, soundtracks like West Side Story etc etc. And, unlike me, they're STILL fresh'n'good.

From what age can you remember music? I reckon about from 2-3.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Wings, Don McLean, 10CC, The Carpenters, The Stranglers, Dire Straits.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Bing Crosbys White Christmas album.

 

[Bluejuice]

strangely enough that's mine too.

circa 1968?

I wasn't born til the 80's. Guess it just stood the test of time.

I remember it being an almost permanent fixture on the turntable in the lounge. That and Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen.

Funny how things stick in your mind

 

[SJ's Love Monkey]

Space Oddity

 

[Icy Gull]

The Animals - House of the rising sun, big fuss and interest in the media because it was over 4 mins long when most singles were only 2 and a half. Almost front page news if I remember rightly. Strange reason for remembering it I know.

I wasn't really quite a child either but it's the 1st time I can remember anything that wasn't show music as my parents played things like South Pacific, The King and I and West Side Story incessantly.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I remember my dear late grandmother playing the piano and singing "I see a mouse..." She used to play that every time I visited. Not the greatest piece of music ever written!

 

[rool]

There are some songs that seriously make me depressed whenever I hear them. There's a Herb Alpert? one, This guy's in love with you, or something, and Say a little Prayer by Aretha Frankin. I would have been about 5 and not sure if something traumatic happened at that time but they just make me feel bad.

 

[Man of Harveys]

There are some songs that seriously make me depressed whenever I hear them. There's a Herb Alpert? one, This guy's in love with you, or something, and Say a little Prayer by Aretha Frankin. I would have been about 5 and not sure if something traumatic happened at that time but they just make me feel bad.

That sounds like the sheer GENIUS of Mssrs Bacharach and David doin' its thing.

I think having older brothers and sisters is ACE for hearing good music at a young age.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Tie a Yellow Ribbon