Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Musical Memory Lane -- Tenth-Grade Tunes

Greetings AHS classmates -- here's part 2 of 4 of Best, Worst and Most Memorable Songs of our high school days. (Scroll down to see freshman year nominations).

Feel free to send in your own nominations using the comments section below or write to me via email (ejmcgivern@stthomas.edu):

1973-74, Tenth-Grade Tunes
Best:
China Grove (Doobie Brothers): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMX0ad8sfRw
Loves Me Like a Rock (Paul Simon): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3BJl5Zy7HQ
Hello it’s Me (Todd Rundgren): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLiSj9WHjvU
Bennie and the Jets (Elton John): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5rQHoaQpTw

Memorable:
Smoking in the Boys Room (Brownsville Station) (special clip from Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxBbmoUdEac
Hooked on a Feeling (Blue Swede):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo-qweh7nbQ
Loco-Motion (Grand Funk Railroad): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxyU4W8iyeI
Come And Get Your Love (Redbone): (note the old stereo equipment): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjrA3vcu_UI&feature=fvst
Rocky Mountain High (John Denver): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwARpaKHx_w
Touch Me in the Morning (Diana Ross):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa-mjjdt24g

Worst: 
Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_Fdly3rX8
Midnight at the Oasis (Maria Muldaur): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lJ7NWxDws
Billy Don’t Be a Hero (Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2nW6w-sZQ
Sunshine on My Shoulders (John Denver): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AbxQ2Q4HeU
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Coming soon, Junior-Year Jukebox

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