I could have been an "A" student.....

@ramapo17 (30441)
Melbourne, Florida
April 20, 2017 10:50pm CST
I graduated high school in New Jersey in 1960. As anyone that was into "good old Rock n Roll" would remember that it was the best "Rock and Roll" of all time. The 50's was when it all started and I was there from the beginning. I first started getting into music because of my friends that played it all the time and the more I heard it, the move I LOVED it. To this day, I am almost 75 years old, I can still remember where I was whenever I hear a song from the "good old days". My daughters friends are so amazed that I can sing any oldie that comes on the radio and know all the words. That is what rock and roll was all about. Very catchy music that had a personality all of its own. Parents didn't understand it but the teens loved it. My dad use to say to me, if I put all my school work in songs, I would be an A student. I should have listened to him.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
21 Apr 17
For someone who's into music, you'll always remember the songs back then. Last Sunday, when we were driving on our way home, the music on the radio played only songs in the 80s and I sang to almost all of them and my son told me how come I knew those songs? I told him that when I was in grade school, we weren't allowed to watch tv but my mom allowed us to listen to the radio instead. I loved the local songs back then.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
21 Apr 17
My dad always told me that if all my school classes were put to music I would have been great.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
21 Apr 17
@ramapo17 I totally agree with him.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
21 Apr 17
@toniganzon I do to. I should have tried that but I was to "dumb" to do that.
@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
21 Apr 17
lol. I love all the oldies and know the words too. I often say that about myself.. If I could remember... well anything as well as I remember all the lyrics to all these songs.. I should be a genius... I have used up all my brain storage capacity- it is full of song lyrics... and I don't think there is a delete button.. they are permanently ingrained in there! so cheers! here is to us -Genius - A students - kinda...
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
22 Apr 17
@ramapo17 yea, for sure. We do good on music trivia though!
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
22 Apr 17
@minx267 One of my daughters old boyfriends was a high school music teacher and he was always amazed at me too.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
21 Apr 17
Cheers back at you. We are a group of "what could have been".
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@malibu153 (134)
21 Apr 17
Thats true, rock and roll is an amazing genre. One of my favourites although i am from this generation . :)
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
21 Apr 17
It is really amazing how many younger people liked the music of my day.
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
22 Apr 17
@Lupita234 It is fun music and for me it was my past. Funny how that happens.