I was on Twitter last night (@jonandrews01) and saw a Tweet from BBC Radio Two. They wanted people to take a selfie with their favourite vinyl record and suggest why it should be "inducted into DJ Trever Nelson's 'hall of fame'. I decided to be a bit cheeky and tweeted pictures of me holding vinyl of the Birdie Song and Rat Wrapping. Not quite sure this is what they wanted if I'm honest!
It was a case of Tweeting the Tweets as far as the Birdie song is concerned. This "classic" from the early 80s has to be up there with the most hated cheesy songs of all time hasnt it? it reminds me of child hood holidays in Butlins with the Red Coats doing all the actions and inventing words for the song . I am glad to have found that 45 Single for 20p at a jumble sale. Someone was clearing out their Embarrasing records collection that day. I shamfully blagged myself a single of "Theres no one quite like Grandma" (St Winfreds School Choir) and "Rat Wrapoing" by that famous superstar DJ Roland Rat. Thats just the tip of the iceberg of my record collection. among my collection of singles and LPs, which include a lot of retro "Now Albums" I have a copy of my ultimate guilty pleasure Paul Mcartney and the Frog Chourus. We All Stand Together. "Dom dom dom da da We all stand togetherrrrrrrr"!
Now if you ask anyone about their music theres going to be two answers. The answer they think makes them sound COOL (Yes I love the Beatles and Stones too), Then, probe a bit deeper and your find their "guilty pleasure". A song that nobody admits to buying but it got to top of the charts so soneone must have brought it. I remember going to Woolies in Woking, circa 1993 with £2 29 of my carefully saved pocket money and purchasing Mr Blobby on cassete tape. So, the fact he topped the charts at Christmas that year is partly down to me. Yes I am sorry about that. I wonder, the younsters who sung on "There's no one Quite like Grandma" What are they upnto now? possibly have kids of their own by now. I wonder how they feel when they hear the song? I wonder if their parents ever used said track to embarress their little darlings as they became teenagers? A slice of their childhood imortilised on vinyl. I recon we shoukd re munite the choir and re record the song for charity? That would be an odd experience wouldn't it.
Other musical memories from my youth include my college days at Brooklands College. There I was being a yuppy with my free pager and phone card, (curtosy of my bank, ).Back then I had no fashion sense and my musical sense was called into question too. I would spend my lunch break browsing the bargain bin at Our Price in Weybridge. I was buying all sorts if random stuff normaly just coz I liked the art work on the casstete tape sleve.
Its very funny I don't have any sort of nostagia for casstete tapes. No so, when it comes to Lps I love the idea of leafing through my collection and not only listening to the warm sounding snap crackle and pop as the record spins on my turntable, but I can spend an age checking out the mini works of arts adorning the sleeves. Its so sad that we have this generation now who consume music in a different way. No physical record collection just a computer full of music. none of that beautiful LP art work that we all love. To me that is a sad state of affairs. I have shown 16 year olds around the radio station before now. It amazes me their reaction to a collection of records and their respose "wow how does thst go in the CD player?" or "Whats that? I think my nan has some in her attic". One youngser even told me she doesnt bother with CDs, and shes all digital. Digital is good, I have an ipod. I occasionally download a track to listen to at the gym. For me though I find something so lovely about popping into into a music shop (if any still exist) and walking out with physical product There's always a place in my heart for the vinyl. Its the way music needs to be heard. Long live the LP!
It was a case of Tweeting the Tweets as far as the Birdie song is concerned. This "classic" from the early 80s has to be up there with the most hated cheesy songs of all time hasnt it? it reminds me of child hood holidays in Butlins with the Red Coats doing all the actions and inventing words for the song . I am glad to have found that 45 Single for 20p at a jumble sale. Someone was clearing out their Embarrasing records collection that day. I shamfully blagged myself a single of "Theres no one quite like Grandma" (St Winfreds School Choir) and "Rat Wrapoing" by that famous superstar DJ Roland Rat. Thats just the tip of the iceberg of my record collection. among my collection of singles and LPs, which include a lot of retro "Now Albums" I have a copy of my ultimate guilty pleasure Paul Mcartney and the Frog Chourus. We All Stand Together. "Dom dom dom da da We all stand togetherrrrrrrr"!
Now if you ask anyone about their music theres going to be two answers. The answer they think makes them sound COOL (Yes I love the Beatles and Stones too), Then, probe a bit deeper and your find their "guilty pleasure". A song that nobody admits to buying but it got to top of the charts so soneone must have brought it. I remember going to Woolies in Woking, circa 1993 with £2 29 of my carefully saved pocket money and purchasing Mr Blobby on cassete tape. So, the fact he topped the charts at Christmas that year is partly down to me. Yes I am sorry about that. I wonder, the younsters who sung on "There's no one Quite like Grandma" What are they upnto now? possibly have kids of their own by now. I wonder how they feel when they hear the song? I wonder if their parents ever used said track to embarress their little darlings as they became teenagers? A slice of their childhood imortilised on vinyl. I recon we shoukd re munite the choir and re record the song for charity? That would be an odd experience wouldn't it.
Other musical memories from my youth include my college days at Brooklands College. There I was being a yuppy with my free pager and phone card, (curtosy of my bank, ).Back then I had no fashion sense and my musical sense was called into question too. I would spend my lunch break browsing the bargain bin at Our Price in Weybridge. I was buying all sorts if random stuff normaly just coz I liked the art work on the casstete tape sleve.
Its very funny I don't have any sort of nostagia for casstete tapes. No so, when it comes to Lps I love the idea of leafing through my collection and not only listening to the warm sounding snap crackle and pop as the record spins on my turntable, but I can spend an age checking out the mini works of arts adorning the sleeves. Its so sad that we have this generation now who consume music in a different way. No physical record collection just a computer full of music. none of that beautiful LP art work that we all love. To me that is a sad state of affairs. I have shown 16 year olds around the radio station before now. It amazes me their reaction to a collection of records and their respose "wow how does thst go in the CD player?" or "Whats that? I think my nan has some in her attic". One youngser even told me she doesnt bother with CDs, and shes all digital. Digital is good, I have an ipod. I occasionally download a track to listen to at the gym. For me though I find something so lovely about popping into into a music shop (if any still exist) and walking out with physical product There's always a place in my heart for the vinyl. Its the way music needs to be heard. Long live the LP!