Vapors Choice Contest Thread

[CountBoredom]

5/27 #3
The Electric Company was a children's show introduced on PBS in 1972 to help kids learn to read. The cast included several notable names, including Rita Morena, Morgan Freeman, and Irene Cara. Originally intended targeted toward 2nd graders, the producers soon learned that children as young as 2 and 3 years of age were learning from the program. (I found, too, watching this many years later with my kids, that adults can enjoy it, too!) Here's a song from the show that my daughter really liked:

 

[aikanae1]

I saw a news story and video about today's kids interacting with an Apple II computer. Please do not watch this unless you want to feel really old...

Videos like that should be a crime.

 

[Reddhott]

dnc
hahhahhah i know the feeling!

I saw a news story and video about today's kids interacting with an Apple II computer. Please do not watch this unless you want to feel really old...

 

[aikanae1]

I've always wondered if the music we're first exposed to has any effect guiding our music taste later on?
Anyway, this was one of the first albums I got as a gift in jh ...

 

[spacekitty]

#1

Somebody here mentioned earlier about knowing that they would probably not be able to see some of the bands they liked because they would not have a chance to come to the USA on tour... I know the feeling!!

But I did manage to see these guys here in 1976 at The Roxy in Hollywood... just a small club that doesn't hold more than a few hundred people.

They're from Italy, and I know the name sounds like something dirty
but I think it's only some type of bread...LOL!!​

 

[spacekitty]

I've always wondered if the music we're first exposed to has any effect guiding our music taste later on?
Anyway, this was one of the first albums I got as a gift in jh ...

Nobody ever gave me a gift like that... LMAO!! (although I DO remember them)

But I played the violin for a while in grammar school, which is probably why I drifted more towards the Prog bands... and anything with strings in it!!

 

[aikanae1]

Well, put it this way, my dad was less than thrilled when he heard it. I also got 'Are you experienced' and 'Hello Goodbye'. He was part of the "Art Linkletter Fan Club" that blamed rock music for all of society's ills. Maybe I should mention several members (including dad) worked for the federal gov't. Not cool. He got points for trying. But that's about all. I played accordian (wanted piano). It's too bad kids in school don't get exposed to the arts anymore. So sad.


OT: Someone mentioned Porcupine Tree? This is Steven Wilson's first band (he's singer) Karma. I was hoping some of his bedroom cassettes were from the 70's but I can't find them on YouTube. They are great and floating around the net if you hunt for them. Tarrapin Seaweed? I'd have to check the spelling. Then came I.E.M (on YouTube) -> Bass Communion and No Man (still recording) -> Porcupine Tree. He might have other stuff I haven't found yet. This is from apx '82 so it doesn't qualify.

 

[aikanae1]

There is so much great music from this era, but if I were to pick one personal theme song, this has to be it ...

 

[spacekitty]

Well, put it this way, my dad was less than thrilled when he heard it. I also got 'Are you experienced' and 'Hello Goodbye'. He was part of the "Art Linkletter Fan Club" that blamed rock music for all of society's ills. Maybe I should mention several members (including dad) worked for the federal gov't. Not cool. He got points for trying. But that's about all. I played accordian (wanted piano). It's too bad kids in school don't get exposed to the arts anymore. So sad.

LMAO!! It was "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" from the 2nd Mother's LP, Absolutely Free, that sent my Mom running into the room when she heard the lyics: 'But back in the bedroom his teenage queen, was rocking and rolling and acting obscene...' and the various noises that follow!! Plus the part about: 'She's only 13 and she knows how to nasty...' (since I was 13 at the time... but no, I didn't know!! LOL)

OT: Someone mentioned Porcupine Tree? This is Steven Wilson's first band (he's singer) Karma. I was hoping some of his bedroom cassettes were from the 70's but I can't find them on YouTube. They are great and floating around the net if you hunt for them. Tarrapin Seaweed? I'd have to check the spelling. Then came I.E.M (on YouTube) -> Bass Communion and No Man (still recording) -> Porcupine Tree. He might have other stuff I haven't found yet. This is from apx '82 so it doesn't qualify.

That would have been Krusty, although I am a fan as well...

A very dear friend of mine, Michael Piper... who passed away in 2008, had worked very closely with the band for many years and was the one who introduced me to their music... as well as Steven Wilson's work with 'Blackfield' when they first started up.

He had done a limited edition vinyl pressing of one of PT's compilations on his 'Gates of Dawn' label, and I believe was going to do a new release from them, but his unexpected death stopped that from happening... They had a nice thread on the PT Forum that ended up turning into a kind of tribute for him.

I still can't believe he's gone, and I am tearing up as I write this... R.I.P. my dear, sweet Michael

 

[Ding]

#2 5/27

Bet there was not many that remember these guys..Funkadelic.I think Timothy Leary had this on when mixing juices.

 

[Reddhott]

just a lil reminder to number the posts you want to count towards the contest

 

[CountBoredom]

5/27 #4
Posting about the Electric Company reminded me of another show that was on PBS: Zoom. It was an unscripted show by kids showing off things that can be done away from the television, like science experiments, writing, games, and so on. One of the things that many people remember from the show is the arm trick that Bernadette (see the video, below) performed. It was so popular that a segment was actually devoted to how to do it. (I wow my kids with it!)

 

[spacekitty]

#2

Bet there was not many that remeber these guys..Funkadelic.I think Timothy Leary had this on when mixing juices.

I always did like me a little George Clinton and P-Funk... (from 1976)

Not to mention a slammin' solo from Bootsy Collins!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIzN51SLwwg​

 

[Reddhott]

dnc

ohhhhh i want this!!!

 

[Lynzy]

#1

 

[Lynzy]

#2 1964

 

[spacekitty]

#3

How about a little 'Space Jazz' from the incredible Sun Ra???
Not sure of the date, but by the look of the film, I'd say it fits in with those decades!!

(very rare footage... almost as rare as his original LP's!! )​

 

[whodat2112]

5/27
#1

I used to watch this show all the time

 

[JoanJ]

5/27

1

How many gals beside me had a poncho???

 

[Ding]

#3 5/27

64 Chevy Impala SS low rider.Yeah i had one of these except it was maroon.

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