like a pinball in a jukebox
by frizztext
Sometimes I felt like a pinball, whipped through the world by the electrical impulses of the music tracks. Recently, surfing through the internet, I discovered a digital jukebox, featuring all those titles of the sixties, heard during my first lessons in the dance school:
http://upchucky.com/JukeCity/1960/player.html
. For 1960: Save the last dance for me, Drifters – Are you lonesome tonight, Elvis – At last, Etta James – Cathys Clown, Everly Brothers – Georgia on my mind, Ray Charles – I’m sorry, Brenda Lee – Only the lonely, Roy Orbison – The Twist, Chubby Checker – Will you love me tomorrow, The Shirelles – Wonderful world, Sam Cooke etc. – nowadays, retired, it’s a pleasure to write from the desktop inmidst a luxury of silence about those teenager experiences …
photo by foxysangels143 / annie laurier, sent to my group BLOG IT – click on the picture to enter her galleries on flickr
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Dear Frizz!!!
I am so happy…The nº1 for the 8 of November of 1960 was “Georgia on my mind I am now listening to it…It is one of my favourite songs….I was born just 4 years later…
Those were the days my friend i’d thought would never end ….
The sound of my youth
And i love this songs now allways like in this time
And the ladies from this time
are in the third youth
you still have that Wurlitzer jukebox, Wolfgang?
danke dietmar
hab das foto ganz vergessen
der wurlitzer steht bei einem freund in der guten stube und ist voll mit original alten platten ( leider nur schnulzen und kein blues
lg wolfgang
Every jukebox should come with eye candy! Glad you like upchucky.
http://acrossthebored.com/2012/11/15/this-was-thursday-1960/
thank you for the link to upchucky, dear ideflex!
You are most welcome – if I come across anything similar I’ll send you the link!
thanks to “foxysangels143″
/ Annie in Paris
for her great jukebox photos!
title: “need it ?”
i have great memories of juke boxes!
Oh, how I loved ‘Cathy’s Clown’ and anything Elvis, of course.
Oh, weren’t they awful? Love it! Watched the whole song and got goosebumps all over.
Thanks sooo much. xx
These are great tunes! My dad introduced me to that era of music while I was still wearing diapers. For the longest time I thought that was the only type of music that existed. Great music indeed.
I’m a little too young but love the Drifters and Sam Cooke!
nearly 3 million clicks on youtube:
and how about this charming karaoke trio, performing sam cooke:
Amazing flashback isn’t it?
Someone sent me that link a while back and it plays in the background whenever I am online
Lovely jukebox indeed…
Music, that’s live…
For me it’s hard to say what kind of music is best
- it all depends on my mood at the time…
Music are like coffee, the taste it changes during the day…
“If you can learn from hard knocks,
you can learn from soft touches too”
(Carolyn Kenmore)
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about the differences between
The Rolling Stones and
The Beatles …
country honk by the Rolling Stones:
and we did the twist ….
Frizz it’s great to have cherished moments of your past to remember. I will certainly remember this November 16 (not the date but the experience) when I personally met Jorge Marin, a Mexican sculptor whose work of art I admire. You can see one of his winged bronze sculptures here http://mariannegv.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/weekly-photo-challenge-green/
hi Marianne,
a big green angel!
http://mariannegv.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/weekly-photo-challenge-green/#jp-carousel-1050
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Ah yes, the old pinball machine – being whipped around, not knowing which path will be your next. A metaphor for life sometimes.
I remember the small jukebox selection devices that used to be at each table in some restaurants, the ones where you could flip through all the music options. I haven’t seen those for a long time.
thank you for:
“… the old pinball machine –
being whipped around,
not knowing which path will be your next.
..”A metaphor for life sometimes.