Favorite Songs -- Harrison High School Class of 1973

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Subject: Favorite Songs

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John Hampton

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Date Posted: 23:00:44 08/22/06 Tue

Thanks for your email Becky. Greetings to all of you there "back home" in the Ozarks and to all of you who are now somewhere else. I didn't attend high school with you (unless of course the ninth grade counts) but I do remember many of you from elementary school (Skyline Heights) and Junior High.

Hmmm...this does seem like a fun game - for sure a thought-provoking exercise. People our age need to exercise our minds as well as our bodies. Trying to remember things, such as the names and artists of popular songs of such a long-ago era, is probably a good way to stay sharp. It was kind of hard to come up with something but after thinking about it for a couple of days (I think it was just a couple of days since I received your email, Becky...maybe it was three or four...hmmm...I don't know, maybe it was yesterday...or last week...) I got up this morning, thought about it some more, ate some "brain food" (no oatmeal...hate cooked oatmeal, but I do like it right out of the box with cold milk but I don't have any), took my vitamin, my garlic pill, and my daily aspirin, drank a pot of coffee, then took a nap, and upon waking up I began to remember some of the names of some of those songs and even some of the names of the hippies who recorded them. Oh yes. Let' see now...there was

1. Up Around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival

2. Lonely Days - The Bee Gees

3. The Letter - Joe Cocker's remake of the Box Tops hit

and Holy Cow! look what a little nap and a little more coffe does for ones' memory and other related cerebral processing.! There's more! It's all coming back to me now. You only asked for three but I don't want to take too many liberties with this so I'll only offer two more. Just think of them as bonuses. I know they don't count. I mean this is a contest, right. And if I win you're going to send me some money or something, right?

4. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

5. Don't Bogart that Joint - (I forgot the name of that band but I'm fairly certain they must have been some dope-smoking hippies or something like that)

Ah yes...the music of 1970's (which of course includes music from the late sixties). Wasn't that, if my memory serves me right, the sound of things beginning to fall apart? Right. Needless to say, that may not seem to be as true anymore when we compare those days to the way things are going today. Then again, in my case anyway, that might just be an illusion (or a delusion?) brought about by "old age" and a longing for the good ol' days. Perhaps I should just take some Geritol (remember Ted Mack's Amateur Hour) and take another nap. I don't think so!

I think being fifty and going on fifty-one is G=R-R-E-E-A-T! as Tony the Tiger would say. As I was reading some of the posts here I saw a remark one of you made about how you hated being fifty. I think it might have been Malia. Considering how unusual the name is (a very pretty name, though) I believe she must be the same girl who sat behind me (it might have been in front of me or beside me in the next row) in Mr. McCutcheon's 8th grade Math class. Nothing wrong with being fifty or fifty-one, or even fifty-two or more (for any of you who might have flunked a grade or two..hee hee...or just had a late birthday). It's just a number. I always disliked math anyway. Not that I couldn't do it, I just didn't like doing it. Inevitably, as one would expect, my dislike for it didn't help me very much when it was time for exams or report cards. But that girl named Malia in Mr. McCutcheon's math class did help to make things a little more fun and interesting because she was pretty friendly (and pretty, too) and she also gave me the answers sometimes to some of the problems on a test or which were part of a math homework assignment which I almost never even started to do until just a few minutes before it was time to review or turn in. I think I managed to get through that year of math with a C, which was pretty good for me, but I can't accept all the credit. Malia helped me out with that, that is until Mr. McCutcheon changed the seating arrangement and moved some people around for some reason. So anyway, thanks Malia for helping me out.

Well, kids, it was nice skipping down memory lane with you. It's something I do a lot on my own anyway and when I do, it very often takes me back to those days and the time I spent there from 1965 through the summer of 1970. Those are mostly fond memories and always include many of you.

Gotta go now. I need to go to a certain place where I know
I'll find a certain politician who is running for office (state legislature) and torment him by bringing up things he doesn't like being brought up and asking a question or two which are always questions he hates anyone to ask. You know the kinds of questions I mean, the hard ones. The ones which cause some people to feel uncomfortable - like they suddenly got an itchy butt - or make funny faces like they just got a taste of something kinda bitter or nasty. I love doing that to those people. It gets some of them kinda mad at me though and that is sometimes a bit dangerous. But that's alright! Little do some of them know - and most find out too late - I thrive on that kind of stuff! Gotta keep a certain amount of excitement in the mix of things. Uncertainty always helps to make life interesting and fun! How boring life would be without it. Besides, it helps me stay young! Take care.

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[> Subject: Re: Favorite Songs
Author: Becky Stobaugh Waldo [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 01:22:12 08/24/06 Thu Hi John, Glad you found this site. You did not tell us where you are living and what you are up to these days. Michael did a wonderful job on this message board and we all thank him for helping us keep in touch. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]