Me and the missus were listening to Tony Blackburn and Sounds of the 60's. All the songs were from 1963, when I was 10 and my wife was 9. She lost her mum the following year and I lost my dad a couple of years ago at 96. He was always playing records when I was a child.

The music from that year was amazing and brings back so many memories for both of us but we're both in bits almost every time a song is played. Happy times and happy memories for both of us but music just brings it all home.

This was a brilliant listen showcasing a Fantastic year for music. I would have been 7 and too young to appreciate the cosmic shift that was taking place with all the groups coming through seemingly out of nowhere. The Beatles, obviously, but also the Searchers, the Hollies, Brian Poole and thevTremeloes and the rest. Brilliant music and memories.

I’m a bit older than you guys. It was a good time to be a teenager and probably saw many of the artists you heard down Nelson Imp. Agree that music is almost essential in our lives, as is watching the Clarets

A bit of a tenuous link ,but started watching the mighty Clarets in the mid to late 50’s ,the first music I can remember being played at half time was Telstar by the Tornadoes.Very happy days

Telstar would be great walk on or end of game music. Get a petition started.

I listened too. I was 9 in 1963. Yesterday morning I managed to sing a long with most of the songs I make sure I’m up first thing on a Saturday morning. When I hear that music my memory takes me straight back to where we lived, being at school and how everyone just got on with what they had, no one seemed to be competing against each other, we were all grateful for what we had. My current Saturday mornings are spent reminiscing, I love it.

Bloody hell, not another thread about Muric......oh Music

Carry on

My late mum's favourite song still occasionally brings a tear to my eye.

I miss my mum more than words can say but she was a big fan of Barry Manilow. No amount of nostalgia could make me listen to that

Tony Blackburn’s Sounds of the 60’s is on every week in our house, great programme. Also love BBC Sounds App for other great offerings such as Desert Island Discs & Pick of the Pops. Music certainly is the best medium for reliving memories (imho)

welsbyswife wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:17 pm

I miss my mum more than words can say but she was a big fan of Barry Manilow. No amount of nostalgia could make me listen to that

I have Barry Live a very early double album, before he sold out to schmaltz. It is excellent.

Barry did some big tracks! Great performer.

I love music more than any other art form - it has soundtracked every significant moment in my life. It calms me down, it gees me up and it just helps me through life. I particularly love radio, which has helped me though tough times, and is still the medium I put above all others.

Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:48 pm

I have Barry Live a very early double album, before he sold out to schmaltz. It is excellent.

Still not for me Tricky but life would be boring if everyone liked the same stuff!

Great thread........

Swizzlestick wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 8:51 pm

Barry did some big tracks! Great performer.

I love music more than any other art form - it has soundtracked every significant moment in my life. It calms me down, it gees me up and it just helps me through life. I particularly love radio, which has helped me though tough times, and is still the medium I put above all others.

Totally agree except where radio was my introduction to new music now it is the daughters and tv coverage of the Summer festivals. Just bought Self Esteem and Olivia Rodrigo albums after enjoying their performances at Glasto last year.

Listening to some Tamla tonight that would send Basil of Cliviger into ecstasy. If your reading Phil , the Isley Bros ‘ My love is your love’ is currently playing.

The power of music to me is that it makes me so happy I love everyone

Tamla has some fans on here so this is for them.
Check out one of the original Four Tops Renaldo ' Obie' Benson and tell me he is not a dead ringer for our own Manuel Benson.This is scary , they have to be father and son .
Apologies to non Tamla lovers

I love Telstar. The best part is the male singers who sing in unison with the tune on the last chorus. I’ve mentioned it to a few people and each time they’ve said they had no idea they were there!!!

Anybody tried BOOM radio on DAB ?

Brilliant and steeped in nostalgia both with the music, the Dj's and the jingles.

Firthy wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:34 pm

Me and the missus were listening to Tony Blackburn and Sounds of the 60's. All the songs were from 1963, when I was 10 and my wife was 9. She lost her mum the following year and I lost my dad a couple of years ago at 96. He was always playing records when I was a child.

The music from that year was amazing and brings back so many memories for both of us but we're both in bits almost every time a song is played. Happy times and happy memories for both of us but music just brings it all home.

I was also ten in 1963 and I find it's nice to listen to this sort of music occasionally. In that way your old memories are preserved. However if you play them repeatedly, such as listening to something like Capital Gold, those memories wear out. It doesn't of course make the music sound bad!

I find the same with smell. I used to find the smell of pine trees made me return to childhood days but then I became a gardener and often worked with conifers and that was the end of that particular trigger to my past.

Anyway, why have we got a music thread without any music?

The Searchers - Sweets for my Sweet (1963)

!966 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQDi1KRJJeY

2016 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHMlwAjzlBg

I listen to BOOM radio all the time now. You can google it and listen on your phone or laptop etc or you will need a DAB+ radio.

redwasp wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:14 pm

I listen to BOOM radio all the time now. You can google it and listen on your phone or laptop etc or you will need a DAB+ radio.

Now that BBC has re-aligned it's market sights/ gone in for euthanasia, we've transferred to Boom, which is great; pop and some soul. We get it on Alexa. I think that Tony Blackburn will end up there, once the cleansing is complete

Carwin261 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 08, 2023 7:52 pm

A bit of a tenuous link ,but started watching the mighty Clarets in the mid to late 50’s ,the first music I can remember being played at half time was Telstar by the Tornadoes.Very happy days

Did we used to have a marching band playing music,or was that just special occasions ?

Music.... Certainly releases Happy Endorphins and Beautiful Nostalgic Memories. We can't live without it and I can't live without Spotify!

Spotify cured the internet.