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rdo
(DC)
Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 14:17
 
 TerryS wrote:

Somebody needs to gather these pieces and put them into a self-help book...........it would sell millions!

 

Yeah, that's just what we need.  More bromides.  As if there weren't enough self help books to begin with.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 18:50
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I think a little nostalgia is a good thing - it brings back memories of life-experiences we might otherwise forget or let get buried under the responsibilities of survival. And everyone, I think, needs a happy memory to help in the staying-alive process. (A recipe for vegetable stew to feed a hundred people is pretty handy, too.)  Bumping this up a couple of notches. I'm getting my flower head-garland out, and my fringed knee-high moccasins. The sun's bright and hot, my plants are growing, most of the cats are pretty healthy, and I have a turkey in the oven.

If nothing goes wrong today, I'll count it platinum. {#Sunny}
 
Somebody needs to gather these pieces and put them into a self-help book...........it would sell millions!


kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 18:50
 
 scott_bruce wrote:


In the late 60's and early 70's in the East San Francisco Bay Area, I woke up at the butt-crack of dawn every morning to deliver newspapers. My clock radio was always set to 610 AM, and the sounds of Top 40 on KFRC. It was all we listened to. This song eloquently captures the significant role that silly little radio played in our young lives!
 

Ha !  No wakey up early for me then.  Delivered the Berkeley Gazette in the afternoon after school.  It was the early 60's though, and its was KEWB for the tunes then.  Everyonce in awhile I would deliver the Oakland Tribune on Sundays.  That was early and it did suck.

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 10:32
 
the radio was my guitar ?? toy ??
what was his radio ?? 

bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 13:41
 
 nate917 wrote:
Yes, it sounds like the Saw Doctors, and all those others for that matter, but only one of you can be truly correct, and this time it's The Poose. 

At night, a good little transistor radio in Cleveland could pick up the magic of The Big 8 — CKLW coming in from Detroit, across the lake — the most perfect combination of Motown and Pop ever to grace the airwaves.  (Yes, philosophy dogs, most perfect, and it does make sense.)
 
CKLW was a monster. Canada did not have the 50,000 watt limit on AM power, so the station in Windsor, Ontario was the strongest signal in northern Ohio. Day or night, made no difference. I must confess to not liking Motown at the time, a deficiency I have been atoning for ever since the mid 1960s. I think you are right about the mix they played then.

scott_bruce
(Southern Maryland)
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 10:53
 
 adamdbenson wrote:
I grew up with KFRC  and Dr. Donald D Rose. A few years later it was KOME with personalities like Dennis Erectus. Wow - memories. Thanks for this one. =)

 

In the late 60's and early 70's in the East San Francisco Bay Area, I woke up at the butt-crack of dawn every morning to deliver newspapers. My clock radio was always set to 610 AM, and the sounds of Top 40 on KFRC. It was all we listened to. This song eloquently captures the significant role that silly little radio played in our young lives!

kcar
Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 12:17
 
 ThePoose wrote:
Sounds like Jackson Browne melded with Warren Zevon.
 
We should open up a "sounds like" contest for this song. I was going to post "Jackson Browne with a bit of Bruce Cockburn", but I think you're closer to the mark. 

Wow—just checked Google for the right spelling of "Browne" and saw a link for a video to "The Load-Out/Stay." That used to be on the radio All. The. Time. Haven't heard that in years. 

JavaJones
(San Francisco, CA)
Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 12:12
 
Love this one. I'd never heard of the Iguanas before hearing this on RP. Thanks Bill!

- Oshyan 

nate917
(2,815 miles from home)
Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 18:41
 
Yes, it sounds like the Saw Doctors, and all those others for that matter, but only one of you can be truly correct, and this time it's The Poose. 

At night, a good little transistor radio in Cleveland could pick up the magic of The Big 8 — CKLW coming in from Detroit, across the lake — the most perfect combination of Motown and Pop ever to grace the airwaves.  (Yes, philosophy dogs, most perfect, and it does make sense.)



ScottishWillie
(The Scottish Lowlands)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 02:18
 
 mandolin wrote:
...kind of sounds like carbon leaf...
    ThePoose wrote:
Sounds like Jackson Browne melded with Warren Zevon.
  ghoffman wrote:

The singer sounds like Jakob Dylan (Wallflowers) to me.  Nice.
   xtalman wrote:

I am hearing some Tom Petty.
  No no no it sound like the the Saw Doctors!



socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: May 13, 2011 - 11:59
 
 ghoffman wrote:

The singer sounds like Jakob Dylan (Wallflowers) to me.  Nice.
  I came to post the same thing — and to see if anyone else heard the similarity I heard!  I would have sworn it was Jacob Dylan.  {#Wink}



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 13, 2011 - 11:39
 
I think a little nostalgia is a good thing - it brings back memories of life-experiences we might otherwise forget or let get buried under the responsibilities of survival. And everyone, I think, needs a happy memory to help in the staying-alive process. (A recipe for vegetable stew to feed a hundred people is pretty handy, too.)  Bumping this up a couple of notches. I'm getting my flower head-garland out, and my fringed knee-high moccasins. The sun's bright and hot, my plants are growing, most of the cats are pretty healthy, and I have a turkey in the oven.

If nothing goes wrong today, I'll count it platinum. {#Sunny}

xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: May 13, 2011 - 11:36
 
 ghoffman wrote:

The singer sounds like Jakob Dylan (Wallflowers) to me.  Nice.
 
I am hearing some Tom Petty.


Walrus_Gumbo
Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 23:16
 
Nice  tune, but would rather hear AM Radio by Everclear!

ParkerH
(Naples, FL)
Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 08:52
 
So nice... "The radio was my toy." In the pre-Internet world, wasn't that the truth for many of us. {#Clap}

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 17:48
 
TRUELY LOVELY!

ScottishWillie
(The Scottish Lowlands)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 02:55
 

This song is so like "The Saw Doctors". Is there any connection between the two bands? Its certainly a blindingly good song.




Marcuse
(Ouilmette)
Posted: Nov 05, 2010 - 09:55
 
 kjf06 wrote:
WLS and WCFL in Chicago. I used to ride my bike every week to go get a paper copy of the top 40. And count 'em down with Larry Lujak.
 
I must have been all of 13 or 14, listening to the WLS countdown with Art Roberts, who I think preceeded Lujack. We would be glued to the speaker wondering if Herman's Hermits were going to bump the Beatles or the Rolling Stones out of #1.


ghoffman
(Plano, TX)
Posted: Oct 04, 2010 - 19:45
 
 ThePoose wrote:
Sounds like Jackson Browne melded with Warren Zevon.
 
The singer sounds like Jakob Dylan (Wallflowers) to me.  Nice.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Oct 04, 2010 - 19:42
 
What a sweet, nostalgic song!  I think I love it - it makes me all sentimental and squooshy-weepy.  The lyrics are just beautiful - simple and true. {#Sunny}

adamdbenson
(IL)
Posted: Oct 04, 2010 - 19:41
 
I grew up with KFRC  and Dr. Donald D Rose. A few years later it was KOME with personalities like Dennis Erectus. Wow - memories. Thanks for this one. =)


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Aug 01, 2010 - 19:41
 
 Giselle62 wrote:
A small pastel-colored transistor radio was my toy—-i listened to KHJ and K-DAY ( K-Day was the all-soul station) this was 1972 and you might see that reflected in the things i still rate highly. I remember clearly that around that time my favorite song was "Signs" —5 Man Electrical Band (hey I was 10, but i still love it, actually.)
 
Hey!  The one my grandmother gave me was light blue, and I remember distinctly hearing Bennie and the Jets by EJ!  RP rocks.



kjf06
Posted: Aug 01, 2010 - 19:38
 
WLS and WCFL in Chicago. I used to ride my bike every week to go get a paper copy of the top 40. And count 'em down with Larry Lujak.

Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 10:48
 
A small pastel-colored transistor radio was my toy—-i listened to KHJ and K-DAY ( K-Day was the all-soul station) this was 1972 and you might see that reflected in the things i still rate highly. I remember clearly that around that time my favorite song was "Signs" —5 Man Electrical Band (hey I was 10, but i still love it, actually.)


peter_james_bond
(The Burg)
Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 09:57
 
Love the fact that RP plays groups like The Iguanas! {#Music}

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 09:54
 
 dkwalika wrote:
This is a great song, and, regarding the AM radio vibe going, we all listened to WLS and WCFL back in the early 1970s.

"Grand Spalding Dodge!"

"Playback, the Electronic Playground!"

WayUpNorth wrote:

Hey, we had Dr. Don Rose in Philly too! I remember listening to him when I was but a wee tot ... love RP for the chance to connect so many disassociated dots ...

 
Hey - for us stranded in rural NC, we got WLS just fine after dark, also WABC with Cousin Brucie.

"Sunday! Sunday! At Raceway Park!"

"If Clearasil doesn't work for you, you can get your money and your zits back."
 

dkwalika
(Upper Midwest)
Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 08:23
 
This is a great song, and, regarding the AM radio vibe going, we all listened to WLS and WCFL back in the early 1970s.

"Grand Spalding Dodge!"

"Playback, the Electronic Playground!"

WayUpNorth wrote:

Hey, we had Dr. Don Rose in Philly too! I remember listening to him when I was but a wee tot ... love RP for the chance to connect so many disassociated dots ...




Cruzan
(AUSTIN, TX)
Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 08:22
 
I was going to say is sounds like Jackson Browne too but not as a compliment. ;-)

dBdwg
Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 08:21
 
 ThePoose wrote:
Sounds like Jackson Browne melded with Warren Zevon.
 
love this observation, nice.


lazylemming
(City of the Angels)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 12:23
 
 ThePoose wrote:
Sounds like Jackson Browne melded with Warren Zevon.
 

wow... that's a pretty good description.  for me, the warren zevon aspect pushes the score up; the jackson browne brings the score down.

WayUpNorth
(Down on the Farm)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 12:18
 
 BluEyes wrote:
And Dr. Don Rose early in the morning. I remember when he broke his leg and they set up a mini-studio in his garage so he could stay on the air. I listened from Santa Rosa back in the '70's. And I like this song but I still like Dave Alvin's version better.
 
Hey, we had Dr. Don Rose in Philly too!  I remember listening to him when I was but a wee tot ... love RP for the chance to connect so many disassociated dots ... 

spindrift
(Philadelphia PA)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 12:18
 
1965 — a very battered AM radio I could listen to after being put to bed with the speaker pressed close to my ear.
7 —> 8

ThePoose
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 12:17
 
Sounds like Jackson Browne melded with Warren Zevon.

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 12:15
 
...kind of sounds like carbon leaf...

jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 10:47
 
 Brooky wrote:
wow! this is tasty
 
Iguanas have some good stuff.

Brooky
(Upstate NY, where at all nothing makes sense)
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 10:47
 
wow! this is tasty

lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato)
Posted: Apr 14, 2009 - 16:06
 
 BluEyes wrote:
And Dr. Don Rose early in the morning. I remember when he broke his leg and they set up a mini-studio in his garage so he could stay on the air. I listened from Santa Rosa back in the '70's.
Bill is our new Dr. Don!

LOL and {#Heartkiss} to both...

Caligula
(Stockholm)
Posted: Apr 14, 2009 - 15:57
 
 arudger wrote:
how many of us norcalians listened to KFRC late at night?
 

This is the first time I here this song, so I like it. I'm not tired like most of you guys seem to be. The world is BIG and we are all different :-).

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Apr 14, 2009 - 15:57
 
 Faithful_Fool wrote:
Yup the ole' Tranistor Radio play'in an AM radio station. Go buy the 45's and spin em on the Hi-Fi that needed pennies stacked on the stylus arm so it didn't skip. Thanks for the memories RP!
 
Yeah, got my first I think in the 5th grade. There was no FM to speak of. Only KYA and KEWB on AM. After I'd been sent to bed, I'd curl up secretly with my radio and KEWB through the earpiece. Of course I'd wake up the next morning with the 9-volt battery deader than dead and would have to wait until my next allowance (an amazing 30 cents!) to get another. God, I love rock'n'roll...


vaiodon
(Halfway to Paradise)
Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 14:53
 

That's song's got a great sentiment, I recall getting a Philips transistor radio when I was 11 years old. My father gave it to me as a reward for an academic achievement. My father died the following year. Belfast wasn't a great place to grow up at that time, in the early '70s. Many nights I can remember being tucked up under the sheets with my radio tuned into Radio Luxembourg and being interrupted by a terrorist bomb going off somewhere downtown. That radio, and the view it gave me out into the world, was a great gift.



favrood
(Somewhere between here and there)
Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:44
 
 arudger wrote:
how many of us norcalians listened to KFRC late at night?
 

Yup.  Lying across the bench seat of the Ford Club Wagon crossing the bridge back to Marin from Grandma's house in the city.  Dad would play KFRC on the Philco indash radio.  Long time ago.  That was when a fireman's salary could support a family of six in Marin County.

Bocephus
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 13:42
 
thu raaaaaadiohhhh wuz mah toy. {#Beat}

ScottishWillie
(The Scottish Lowlands)
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 09:56
 
Sounds a bit "Saw Doctor" ish. Which is good.
Photo-John
(Nor Cal to SLC)
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 09:56
 
KFRC
Wisecrowe
(York, PA)
Posted: May 02, 2008 - 09:53
 
Sounds like a Wallflowers tune called, "The Bleeders."
BluEyes
Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 22:08
 
arudger wrote:
how many of us norcalians listened to KFRC late at night?


And Dr. Don Rose early in the morning. I remember when he broke his leg and they set up a mini-studio in his garage so he could stay on the air. I listened from Santa Rosa back in the '70's.

And I like this song but I still like Dave Alvin's version better.
ChicoCyclist
(Chico, CA)
Posted: Dec 28, 2007 - 13:07
 
Amazon wrote:
More than weird -- I call it flatout awful. It's why I don't live in my beloved home state anymore.
Honk if you can remember when it was possible to see the Crystal Range of the Sierra Nevada (west wall of Lake Tahoe) to the east of Sackatomatoes from downtown.


While the growth in Sacramento is sickening, there's no way I'd ever give up the North State for Texas (Austin being the ONE possible exception).
KurtfromLaQuinta
(La Quinta, CA)
Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 08:58
 
dmax wrote:
Now, the kids stay up after we've gone to bed and surf the net for porn.

Sigh.
The radio is my porn.
KurtfromLaQuinta
(La Quinta, CA)
Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 08:57
 
bokey wrote:
I used to have a transistor radio that worked on four 1.5 volt batteries.I found out that you could plug in a 9-volt and get incredible range.I could get ABC radio out of NYC at night.
Then my engineer Dad found out and put a stop to that(for the 1 day it took me to find another 9 volter).It seems that overpowering a device was some kind of geek sin back then.
I think I was a prototype for todays overclockers.
More power!!! Arrhhhh!
(former member)
(Shadow Valley Condos)
Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 08:57
 
Now, the kids stay up after we've gone to bed and surf the net for porn.

Sigh.