From New York City to Africa in a heartbeat

memories that will date me for sure

In my room,
I couldn't have been
more than 10 plus two
spin a 45
over and over again
from New York city
to Africa in a blink of an eye,
every beat and every word
taking me to places,
I'd never been.

Blondie, she was my hero,
and ABBA, my Dancing Queen,
Prince ruled them all from his purple dream machine.

Author's Note

Sappy and not so profound. Oh well, sometimes we just play.
Ok kids, a 45 was a little RECORD -- we put a little thingy in the middle to keep it
spinning on a turntable -- which, if we worked hard, we could buy a cheap Candle
model, to keep in our own room ...

Reviews

[Paul Bell]

A 45, is that a big cassette. Think the first 45 I bought was, Lola by the Kinks. Then I got the parent lecture. On the plus side, vinyl is making a comeback.

[Lyn Anderson]

Ha ha, seems we're all in the same era speak around here. Weirdly, my parents never bothered to give me crap about my music. Bought me a KISS and a Prince Album. :)

[Paul Bell]

Never got Kiss. Prince was king though.

[Lyn Anderson]

Sad when your icons start to drop.

[Ted Kniffen]

Music shapes our soul, and influences our thinking. Pop on Guy Mitchell's 'Singing the Blues' or Gogi Grant's 'The Wayward Wind' and I'm whisked back to a 12 year old again enjoying all that was new. Thanks for the memories. Good poem.
P.S. I like Abba Too.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I like hearing other people's memories.:)

[Papaya]

Now there's a little way back stroll through the past... I do remember 45's.
And that thingy. I remember that song too. Those were my Kung-fu fighting days.
Thanks for taking me back.

[Lyn Anderson]

45s were good when they were around a buck and you made 10 bucks per week in allowance. But cassettes took over shortly thereafter, so I never had a big collection.

[Lorry]

A beautiful and sappy reminiscence of the things that shape who we become, by being so important to us in those younger of years. I like some sappy too. I would probably die of embarrassment if anyone ever found out I still listen to Adam and the ants, so thank goodness I am only thinking this review, rather than actually leaving it for all to see :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, I appreciate the pop in. Just a little thought back to a simpler time. They very much shape who we are -- ABBA was the band that people fell out of love with, but now enjoys a nostalgia pick up.

[Lorry]

Yeah, I remember them well. I have three sisters and it was like living in an ABBA album back then :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i love this...my first 45 record was Hound Dog/ Don't be cruel by Elvis...and then Singing the Blues by Guy Mitchell...that dates me a bit too...i had about 500 45's at one time...i hated when they skipped...but they were classics...unless left out in the sun...

and i listened to my first ones in our apartment on Sedgewick Avenue in the Bronx...fifth floor apartment.

thanks for the memories.

j.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. My first 45 was Blondie, I believe -- Rapture. I didn't have a big collection -- I started on albums and cassettes soon after. But yeah, I heard Toto, and thought of that time.