tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post1718065323136259913..comments2024-03-15T21:09:11.319+02:00Comments on Thoughts from Botswana by Lauri Kubuitsile: Songs Lost to TechnologyLaurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-86419965543363043632008-09-16T10:01:00.000+02:002008-09-16T10:01:00.000+02:00Karen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks for your lovely co...Karen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR/>Thanks for your lovely comments at your blog.<BR/><BR/>You are so right about the lyrics on the CD. I thought it was for people like me who want to sing with the songs but really shouldn't. They'd been listening to me for years with the LP's and I think they said - 'This is really enough now' but didn't want to be rude, so they made the writing so tiny no one like me could read it. <BR/>BUT what they didn't know is if I don't know the words -I just make up anything! Like for years I sang- I believe in Malcolm ( after the Malcolm Softpaws cartoon) but I've learned recently that it is I believe in Miracles (which makes a bit more sense). <BR/>Whodathunkit??Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-16675250533594392052008-09-16T05:12:00.000+02:002008-09-16T05:12:00.000+02:00By the way, there's something for you over at my b...By the way, there's something for you over at my blog...Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769610505748900163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-28180127742087403102008-09-16T05:03:00.000+02:002008-09-16T05:03:00.000+02:00Oh, how very true! I have many of the albums from ...Oh, how very true! I have many of the albums from my childhood, and no way to play them. I'd love to just go out and get them on CD so I can listen to them again, but many aren't available on that format, so I'm stuck just looking at the cover and trying to remember all the songs. <BR/><BR/>Even if I did have all the right equipment to play them, I don't know that I would, for fear they'd become damaged and unlistenable (ooh, new word??? LOL!)<BR/><BR/>Albums were wonderful, because you could really look at the covers and the artwork. Not only that, but the lyrics were printed in a size that can be read by the human eye. WITHOUT bifocals... ok, I can't read much of anything without bifocals, but you know what I mean.<BR/><BR/>For me, 8tracks meant Jethro Tull and Donna Summer (the only 8-tracks I could afford for the longest time) Then the deck got stolen from my car and that was it for me, musically (unless I wanted to listen to the AM radio. Bleh.<BR/><BR/>Cassettes weren't trustworthy, since I had many tapes gobbled up by hungry tapedecks. But my husband had a Yes tape that became one of my favorites to listen to on long car trips.<BR/><BR/>Now I have classical CD's in my car and an ecclectic mix of them near the computer. Music feeds my muse, so I don't go too long without it.<BR/><BR/>Great post, Lauri. You rock. And roll...Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769610505748900163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-50350381664992171282008-09-15T17:27:00.000+02:002008-09-15T17:27:00.000+02:00I'm so glad that memory was true. I find nowadays ...I'm so glad that memory was true. I find nowadays some of those memories are wonky. <BR/><BR/>What I miss are those big album covers. Especially the double ones that fold. With lyrics and pictures. An MP3 player just does not fit the bill....Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-47908608065188963432008-09-15T15:31:00.000+02:002008-09-15T15:31:00.000+02:00I had that red Archies single. This post struck a ...I had that red Archies single. This post struck a chord with me because so many of my musical memories are associated with LPs rather than CDs. I still have all my records. Although I rarely play them I just can't give them up. They were very significant to me at the time. It seems sad to think that our children will have completely digital musical memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com