Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for June 07, 2015

Rock ‘n’ roll never forgets, but it is easily distracted.

Where was I when Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen got into his car accident New Year’s Eve 1984? I was six months old then! How would I know?

Rat: “Who called, anyway?”Goat: “Called what?”Rat: “Who.”Goat: “Jan. 3rd, 1977, St. Paul. Civic Center. Lost my shoes in the crowd and walked home barefoot in 3-foot tall snowdrifts.”

I don’t know any of those pieces, but I can remember the first time I saw Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”. It was indeed magic. And the first time I heard Beethoven’s “Eroica”, it blew me away.

Suppose everyone has a song, or songs, they remember where they were when they first heard it. For me it’s Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters. August, 1984, family vacation to the Outer Banks of NC, age 9. Had just gone to see a performance of The Lost Colony (the only play I ever recommend) and was in the car trying to leave Roanoke Island when the song came on the radio. Ended up wanting to see the movie because of that (think it was ’85 before we rented it, on Beta at that, and I finally got to see it).

And that’s why Madison Avenue uses jingles.

I have to say, I have no connection to any of the songs mentioned, but the strip is true-to-life funny. Been there, done that, too many times. Even happened this evening…….(where was I?….) oh, yeah- I remember where I was when I first heard Sgt. Pepper’s, at my girlfriend’s house.

I know where I first heard “Let It Bleed” by the Rolling Stones, and a few other albums of less note from that era or even earlier. But none of the albums mentioned here in PBS means squat to me….Now, where were we?

They never said it was in the ‘60s they heard it. I heard Glenn Miller’s rendition of the Anvil Chorus on Sirius radio a few years ago, my folks weren’t even alive when Miller died. So there’s no way I can even remember what was going on when it first came out, but I can remember hearing it on radio today because of satellite radio.

…i am old enough to remember exactly where I was “the day the music died”

I was all tied in an appointment with my dominatrix the first time I heard Devo’s “Whip It”.

Nobody said he first heard Sgt Pepper when it first came out..I can remember the first time I heard “Good Girls Don’t” by the Knack. East side of Tucson, on Broadway, heading into town. I remember thinking “at last, that disco nonsense is over with!”

The song that I’ve never forgotten was Meatloaf’s “Paradise by the Dashboard Lights”……that just struck me so hard…Wow, I knew right where he was coming from!!!

I really hate when that happens……

Who’s “they”?

Hey! Goat’s about my age! Assuming he was a student and not a teacher…

My were was I moment has to be 9-1-2001 wen I saw the jet fly over before crashing in Somerset,Pa.

Johnny Cash, “I walk the line” Beer garden on Sheppard AFB Texas.

“Guess Who” is having a concert. Who? No, “Guess Who”.

Satisfaction,Shades of Blue then forward about ten years to Hotel California..those I definitely remember.

I meant Tangled Up in Blue,or Likka Rolling Stone,sumthin,it gets hazy sometimes,y’know fifthy years..

I remember about four years ago……no, wait, it was yesterday.

Hair album: Navy boot camp, San Diego, January 1969.

I remember the 60s and I can assure you I was there.

I don’t remember which song, but I know I was close to the radio.

I remember watching The Beatles’ second appearance on Ed Sullivan as a 6-year-old, but it was when I heard my first Firesign Theatre album at 13 that I became truly warped.

I used to remember the sixties, but now that I’m in my sixties, uh what was I saying?

I first heard “Light My Fire” on WFIL 560 AM, on my brother’s transistor radio (note to youngsters – early version of a music app on your cell-phone), as I was going to the shower. I was blown away it was still on when I finished. This was in the days of 3:05 songs on AM radio.The only other song I definitely remember the first time I heard it was, like Paris’ example, Nirvana’s “Nevermind”. A friend of my son’s was playing the cassette tape (note 2 to youngsters – an early version of a CD) as I came downstairs. The time difference between the two is about a quarter century.

first listen to Guthrie’s 16m “alice’s restaurant” was on a cheap transistor radio, from my bunk in the barracks of ft monmouth nj, a short while before getting shipped overseas to a bad place.ps: see also comments in today’s Rubes comichttp://www.gocomics.com/rubes/2015/06/07

“Appetite for Destruction” was on heavy rotation by my first college roommate. Other than that, I can rarely remember the first time I hear anything. They have to be instant classics, songs that I swear I’ve already heard before, but hadn’t. “Kyre” by Mr. Mister, “I Need You” by Paul Carrick and “Hourglass” by Squeeze are ones I remember hearing for the first time on the radio, which I don’t listen to any more.

Wow how did Steph come up with Kenosha, WI. Grew up there and seldom ever see it mentioned.

I can remember exactly where I was for Joshua Tree and for Traffic “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” But the rest just feel like they were always there.

The Joshua Tree – Aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Carl Vinson somewhere in the Indian Ocean.Nevermind – NAS Lemoore CA.Appetite for Destruction – Aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Carl Vinson somewhere in the Indian Ocean.USN 65-95

I was going to make a comment but I forgot what I was going to say.

The first time I ever experienced “Surround Sound” was playing Santana’s “Abraxas” on my brand new Quad system in my car with my buds on a nice summer day.

I wish I could have been around when The Beatles topped the charts!

xxx

I was folding newspapers in preparation for delivering them when I read the story of the plane crash on the front page. Yes, February made me shiver, too. I grew up in Iowa.

“Whole Lotta Love” 1969. Krystal drive in on Main Street in Jacksonville, FL.

Didn’t know the groups that the PBS characters talked about from Adam. But I do remember hearing Elvis, who was just 27 days older than I, for the first time while resting on a cot in my first cousin’s den. I don’t remember the song, but I remember thinking something like, “What’s the big deal about him?”

summer camp late night party. the news that harry chapin had died. the world got a little darker.

Crosby, Stills & Nash, John Denver, Grand Funk Railroad (and many others): Sitting on top of a mountain outside of Ankara, Turkey. TUSLOG DET 6-1, Elmadag ‘71-’72.

Very ironic! Shoert term memory disapers much faster than long term memory.That kind of thing happens to me a lot. Most people too I expect.

Don’t get it, and never will.Seems like a stupid joke to me.

@WILL ALL THE STUPID PEOPLE PLEASE SHUT UP You must be young. As you get older, you will understand.

If you want to get away from music then I can remember both the Challenger Disaster and 9/11. Challenger I was a little over 11 and one month sitting in the classroom watching the launch on TV. I remember we were going to be getting some of McAuliffe lessons during the period of the mission and my teacher making a big deal about us watching it. And we really didn’t have much in the way of lessons for the rest of the day, we just were watching and re-watching the disaster play out. About the only thing that our teacher had us do was to write about what we saw and how we felt. For my generation that was our JFK.

9/11 I was asleep in bed when everything began. I was up at night and asleep during the day at the time, so I probably would have slept through everything if it hadn’t been for someone in the house at the time. They had the habit of when they were home they would wake me up so they could have some company. And they always had some lame excuse. I thought that was what was happening that morning, they just wanted a little company and decided to wake me up by saying a plane had just crashed into the WTC. I was ********* and came down stairs to lay into them for what I thought was a stupid prank to get me up. But when I came into the living room they were just reporting the second plane crashing into the other tower at that time. That was an instant wide awake and my anger completely forgotten,

All those bands were after I stopped listening. Anything after ’75 or so.

I remember the first time I heard “Take It Easy” by the Eagles. It was May 1, 1972 and I was standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona.

Only 1 song I can think of when I had a “first time” moment was Aerosmiths “Walk This Way”

Funny, I thought it was a pun

Guns And Roses is awesome.