Venturous Posted March 4, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) OK. What one song more than any other song takes you back to that magical time when you just turned 16 and finally got your drivers license? For me, it is this song released in 1976, the year before I got my license. If I close my eyes I am cruising the streets with friends in my '67 T-Bird and hanging out at the Green Arrow Restaurant. Hard to believe 38 years separates me from those days. It seems like yesterday sometimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94 Edited March 4, 2015 by Venturous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted March 4, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 4, 2015 You expect a guy to remember what song he liked best 52 years ago?? Heck, I can't remember what song I like best now! Dang... there were so many from 1963... Sukiyaki Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash In Dreams - Roy Orbison If I had a Hammer - Trini Lopez Wipe Out - The Surfaris (to name a few) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted March 4, 2015 Share #3 Posted March 4, 2015 Thats a tough one Gary,, to choose one,, just one... Those were unforgettable days, tumultuous to say the least but also extremely exciting.. I guess that's why Don McKlean's hit was it for me and a lot of my friends back than... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaharly Posted March 4, 2015 Share #4 Posted March 4, 2015 This one is easy! Bohemian Rhapsody by queen!! I grew up watching Wayne's World its still one of my favorite movies. I love crooning along with Freddy Mercury. 2009 I got my licence!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted March 4, 2015 Share #5 Posted March 4, 2015 That was so long ago I do not remember if I was ever 16. The only "music" I remember from back then is the scream of a nitro fueled 2 stroke at full throttle with no muffler. I never had the time or the technology to listen to any other kind of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoarizona Posted March 4, 2015 Share #6 Posted March 4, 2015 1964 - Suspicion - Terry Stafford (writer of "Amarillo by Morning" and more) Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops If I really had to choose..... Suspicion by Terry Stafford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowrollwv Posted March 4, 2015 Share #7 Posted March 4, 2015 409 The Beach Boys. I had a 64 chevy ss conv. with that motor. What a blast back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbig1 Posted March 4, 2015 Share #8 Posted March 4, 2015 Had one 8 track when I got my first car. Bought the player and tape same time. Schools out by alice cooper. Ford mustang 289 fastback 67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BratmanXj Posted March 4, 2015 Share #9 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) 1996 - got a "little old lady drove it to dialysis on Tuesdays" Ford Granada, radio shack tape deck head unit and a single working speaker in the dashboard. I had already been playing guitar for a few years and was big into Alternative & Grunge Rock... Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin on a Hole in a Paper Heart, Big Bang Baby Gin Blossoms - anything from New Miserable Experiance But the one song that always rocked was from a somewhat local group out of University of Illinois. Cadillac used the song for a comercial about 5 years back and I nearly broke my ankle running into the living room when it came on the TV. Edited March 4, 2015 by BratmanXj link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealthblade Posted March 4, 2015 Share #10 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) Bruce Springsteen Live: 75 to 85 was the album for me. Thunder Road was the song when I hit 16 in '85 and my first car was a very impressive Dodge Aries K 2 door. That car had a stick shift and nothing else. Manual steering, manual brakes, manual door locks, manual windows, NO A/C, and surprisingly since it was a stick, no tach. It even went faster than others due to the TURBO stickers I bought and stuck on the side. Believe it or not, I beat an automatic Mustang 5.0 through 3 gears in it once. Silly 'Stang just spun the tires. Thunder Road all the way The only version of this song I will listen to is this one. Bob Edited March 4, 2015 by Stealthblade Forgot to add my song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Haywood Posted March 4, 2015 Share #11 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) I have two that take me back to when I was 16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vu0Uo0ubNs Edited March 5, 2015 by Rick Haywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldodge Posted March 5, 2015 Share #12 Posted March 5, 2015 1974 Paperlace, The Night Chicago Died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcrader Posted March 5, 2015 Share #13 Posted March 5, 2015 Supertramp (Goodbye Stranger) and Earth, Wind & Fire (September). When I hear these 2 I think back to the great times I had with my friends on the s ake river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted March 5, 2015 Share #14 Posted March 5, 2015 I have a favorite that stuck with me for quite a few years. Nothing to do with speed or riding. Have no reason for liking it so well but Ricky Nelson's "Patches" and several yrs later "Garden Party" was a good one but nothing matched "Patches" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSky Posted March 5, 2015 Share #15 Posted March 5, 2015 When I was 18 and just graduated high school, I spent some time that summer at my friends home located close to a drive-in restaurant with delivery to your car door. The juke box had outside speakers and I could hear them play the Ray Charles song, "I can't stop loving you". Somebody kept feeding the juke box and played it over and over again. Stuck with me more than any other song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzyzx Posted March 5, 2015 Share #16 Posted March 5, 2015 IRON BUTTERFLY - IN A GADDA DA VIDA - 1968 (ORIGINAL FULL VERSION) Always had to much Boone's Farm by the time this one ended man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted March 5, 2015 Share #17 Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) Just about everything they did takes me back to those days. Also Hendrix, the temptations and Ten Years After. Can't believe I actually lived through those days! Deep Purple - New York 1973 (Full Concert) - YouTube Then there was The Fugs,,, pretty much the first punk band. They played some raw, controversial and at times xrated stuff. I won't link it here but there is plenty examples on utube. A few years before I could drive legally. Edited March 5, 2015 by ragtop69gs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venture n Dixie Posted March 5, 2015 Share #18 Posted March 5, 2015 Ricky Nelson's "Patches" and several yrs later "Garden Party" was a good one but nothing matched "Patches" I know the Clarence Carter version of Patches recorded in muscle shoals Alabama. Never heard ricky nelsons. Will look that up. Joy to the world (Jeremiah was a bullfrog) 3 dog night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted March 5, 2015 Share #19 Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) Oddly enough, I LOVED Country Western back than too (still do) and Willie has always done me good.. Seconded only by him and Waylon.. Edited March 5, 2015 by cowpuc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted March 5, 2015 Share #20 Posted March 5, 2015 Oddly enough, I LOVED Country Western back than too (still do) and Willie has always done me good.. Thanks for that Willie video, all the pictures shown sure did bring back memories of my childhood days of tv watchin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted March 5, 2015 Share #21 Posted March 5, 2015 Thanks for that Willie video, all the pictures shown sure did bring back memories of my childhood days of tv watchin' ,, Mine too Raggie,, mine too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksbike Posted March 5, 2015 Share #22 Posted March 5, 2015 House of the Rising Sun--Still love it!!!:sun: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motorcycle Mike Posted March 5, 2015 Share #23 Posted March 5, 2015 Wow! 16 was 45 years ago! So much GREAT music from that era it's hard to pick any one song. I've all ways had an appreciation for and enjoy most types of music but the rock-n-roll of the 60s & 70s has allways been, and still is, my choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Haywood Posted March 5, 2015 Share #24 Posted March 5, 2015 Just about everything they did takes me back to those days. Also Hendrix, the temptations and Ten Years After. Can't believe I actually lived through those days! Deep Purple - New York 1973 (Full Concert) - YouTube Then there was The Fugs,,, pretty much the first punk band. They played some raw, controversial and at times xrated stuff. I won't link it here but there is plenty examples on utube. A few years before I could drive legally. Jay, we were lucky to grow up with the best music rock and roll had to offer. There is so much great music fro 1955-1980. I work part time security at a college campus and I was surprised how many young people listen to that era of music. I guess being force feed it growing up from your parents may have helped. I know our 22 year old daughter loves it is listens o it an a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Haywood Posted March 5, 2015 Share #25 Posted March 5, 2015 Just about everything they did takes me back to those days. Also Hendrix, the temptations and Ten Years After. Can't believe I actually lived through those days! Deep Purple - New York 1973 (Full Concert) - YouTube Then there was The Fugs,,, pretty much the first punk band. They played some raw, controversial and at times xrated stuff. I won't link it here but there is plenty examples on utube. A few years before I could drive legally. Jay, we were lucky to grow up with the best music rock and roll had to offer. There is so much great music fro 1955-1980. I work part time security at a college campus and I was surprised how many young people listen to that era of music. I guess being force feed it growing up from your parents may have helped. I know our 22 year old daughter loves it is listens o it an a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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