plainoldme wrote:This is fun: you can tell how old posters are from their choices!
exactly, plainoldme. guess it won't hurt reveal my age since there seem to be many compadres on here. though, just because i made up the questionnaire doesn't mean i can actually answer it.
1. what was the first single you ever owned?
ironically it was called "the end" by earl grant 1958. it was actually just the beginning of a life-long obsession.
2.what was the first album/cd you ever owned?
in the fifties it was all about the singles, but i got an everly brothers album
with them on a motorcycle (might have been their first) as a present. i still have it somewhere.
3. favorite band/musical group of all time?
beatles/bruce springsteen and the e street band. too many others come in #2.
4. favorite male singer?
for voice alone it has to be van (the man) morrison.
5. favorite female singer?
aretha franklin, joni mitchell, janis joplin, bonnie raitt. can't choose.
6. first concert you ever saw/ who, where, and when?
alan freed's big beat / spring 1958/nyc with jerry lee louis,chuck berry and buddy holly and the crickets on the bill.
7. best concert you ever saw?
beatles at carnegie hall february 12, 1964/bruce springsteen at the bottom line,NYC august 1975
8. band/musical act that you never got to see live and wish you had.
the one i missed was elvis. i am still kicking myself for that one
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9. favorite song of all time?
in my life (the beatles)/new york city serenade, thunder road (bruce springsteen). the list for 2nd place would be endless.
10. favorite album/cd of all time?
meet the beatles. it changed all of our lives forever back then.
