[Vision2020] MHS on You Tube

[Ted Moffett]

Albums as pop art were taking over from the pop single as a dominant
format in the music business in the late 1960s, and in 1969 the number
one album was "Abbey Road" by the Beatles.

I can guarantee that if any public lip synching by I and my friends at
Moscow High in 1969 occurred, it would not have been to "Sugar,
Sugar."

Yikes!

Maybe "House Burning Down" by Jimi Hendrix from "Electric Ladyland,"
released Oct. 1968, or "Revolution" by John Lennon from the late 1968
Beatles' the "White Album" or numerous other songs of import too
numerous to list from the explosion in creativity in music
characteristic of that time period.

Vinyl was the dominant music carrier format in those days, and unlike
8-track, is still commercially viable in 2012, as I write... Hastings
in Moscow has been carrying a large selection of new vinyl, so this is
not just a used vinyl market.
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On 4/20/12, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> And if Chatsworth (California) High School had done the same thing for my
> graduating class of 1969, y'all would be crankin' up your 8-tracks to listen
> to us sing (my favorite) . . .
>
> "Sweet Cream Ladies" by the Box Tops
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGR9I-s1BYg
>
> Sing along . . .
>
> "Sweet cream ladies, forward march;
> The world owes you a living
> Sweet cream ladies, do your part,
> Think of what you're giving
> To the lost and lonely people of the night
> Out of need, they seek direction for their life
> They will love you in the darkness,
> Take advantage of your starkness,
> And refuse to recognize you in the light
>
> Sweet cream ladies, forward march;
> Think what you're providing
> Sweet cream ladies, show your starch;
> What's the use of hiding?
> Tell the socialites to look the other way;
> It's instinctive stimulation you convey
> It's a necessary function,
> Meant for those without compunction,
> Who get tired of vanilla every day
>
> Sweet cream ladies forward march;
> Puritans ignore them
> Sweet cream ladies do their part;
> Sweet cream men adore them
> Let them satisfy the ego of the male
> Let them fabricate success to those who fail,
> And should penalties pursue them,
> When there's really credit due them,
> They might keep a simple fellow out of jail!"
>
> --------------------------------------
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
>
> - Unknown
>
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2012, at 16:48, Carl Westberg <idahovandal1 at live.com> wrote:
>
>> That's great! If the MHS class I graduated with 43 years ago had done
>> something similar, it would have been filmed on Super 8, and if we'd lip
>> synched the number one song of 1969, it would have been "Sugar, Sugar" by
>> the Archies.  It's just as well we did not do that.
>
>