Hello Hello Silverites and bees of the Hive
Today is August 16th and the date August 16th 1977 is a date that will be forever etched in my mind.
Do you remember what you were doing then?
source Image by Uwe Conrad from Pixabay edited by me in pixlr
This month's #BOM from the Silver Bloggers community is a fun one!
Pick a song from four decades or more of your life Fiona said!
A fun but hard task and this is what springs to mind.
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The 70s
As a child we were moving from Edinburgh to the Orkney Islands on 17th August 1977 (my birthday).
For those of you that don't know the Orkney islands are a group of islands off the northern coast of Scotland, and it meant a long-arse drive up to Scrabster in the far north of Scotland on shitty roads in those days to catch a ferry to Orkney.
We were up early and all that I can remember coming from the radio was the news that Elvis Pressley The King of Rock n Roll had passed away the night before on August 16th. It was Elvis songs and stories all day long on the radio whist we driving on the long journey, eating sliced and diced cabbage in the back of the car.
Way Down had only just been released in the UK not long before his death and it was played alot and so is my choice of song from the 70s that brings back memories!
The 80s
In actual fact I could have chosen loads of songs from the 70s and 80s, and whilst I picked the Elvis for the 70s, narrowing it down to one for the 80s is much harder. Although when I was university in Wales some of the local girls would call me the Scottish Elvis🤣
I am going back to the early 80s and probably my most favourite all round genre of music which is ska/2 tone and this song is Ghost Town by The Specials.
Ghost Town was playing in the shop when I got my first pair of black Dr Martens shoes as a teenager for school. I was pretty chuffed as I had earned the money myself from a summer job to buy them!
The 90s
The 90s is the easist decade for me to choose, in fact it so easy that I can only choose only one song.
It was the era of my Rangers football watching days at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow. We won the league title nine years in a row and there was one song that was adopted by the fans and club alike, and it was played as the players ran out on to the pitch.
The artist is Tina Turner and I am sure @coquicoin knows what song it will be!
The naughties
Three decades down and one to go, now this is when it gets trickier. I must admit I have far more memories related to music from the last century compared to this current one!
I think however, that it is fitting that this charming rascal picks a song from the naughties!
I do remember working in Spain and going to the pub one night and seeing this video that came out and just thinking wtf!
These four songs comprise my musical memories and this is my out of competition post for the Silver Bloggers Community #BOM for August.
Thank you very much for reading and/or listening!
The YouTube videos shared are not owned by me, but shared to enjoy the music
All images and ramblings are from me, the mad Scotsman @TengoLoTodo unless otherwise stated.
August 16th 2022
DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND DO IT OFTEN
Haste Ye Back!
To You....
