I've always been a music fan, and spent lots of time listening to my dad's records and even spent my allowance on records! I've been collecting albums and CDs ever since. My main interest has been rock music for a very long time...ever since discovering KSHE on my dad's tuner and KXOK-AM on my Charlie Tuna Radio!
Mixed in with the typical 70's rock music were the occasional total POP albums. Inexplicably, one of those pop bands for me was "The Bay City Rollers."
Yeah, that's right, you heard what I said. The same time I was listening to Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Rush, and Boston, I'd also throw on The Bay City Rollers and play air guitar along with this band.
One of these things is not like the others.
To tell you the truth, there are albums in my collection that are even more incongruous than this one. However, I'm kind of testing the waters with "The Bay City Rollers" before I go confessing some of my other band choices!
The funny thing is, I can still hear these songs in my head even though I haven't heard them for many years. I'm pretty convinced my kids would LOVE them. They are catchy! I really need to dig out the turntable and put some of these things on for them.
In particular, off the album above there was ONE particular song that I played over and over and over and over....and over. Check out track #3 on the right (you may have to click the image to expand it):
That's right, it's "Saturday Night!"
You couldn't go to your neighborhood roller skating rink without hearing that track at least once. Good times. Good times. In case you've forgotten, I've included some of the lyrical genius for you below.
S. A. T. U. R. D. A. Y. night!
S. A. T. U. R. D. A. Y. night!
S. A. T. U. R. D. A. Y. night!
Gonna keep on dancin' to the
rock and roll
a Saturday night, Saturday night
Dancin' to the rhythm in our
heart and soul
a Saturday Night, Saturday night
Oh, and for the record, I still DO regularly listen to Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Rush, and to a lesser extent Boston. Of course these are mixed in with a whole bunch of NEW rock music. I'm not totally stuck on the music that was around when I was in high school, just so you know.
update: I should mention for some of you youngsters out there that the pictures are scans of Vinyl Albums. They came in a big 12" cardboard case, which often had fantastic artwork. Inside, was a round vinyl disc that you put on a turntable. It was stereo, though not at first. The turntable would pick up the music from bumps in the sides of the grooves on the disc. The second scan is the paper label that was glued in the middle of the disc. The discs were two-sided. Does that help?
Oh my gosh Gregg! I cannot believe that you have the Bay City Rollers! That has to be the only record that we ever would have both had that is the same. Unless you are hiding Air Supply and Barry Manilow in the back of a closet somewhere. I mean, you listened to KISS! My son Josh (he'll be 17 next week) listens to lots of the old stuff that you mention in your blog plus all sorts of metal. When I have my doubts about what he is listening to I just remind myself that you listened to Kiss and you turned out just fine.
Posted by: Pam | October 16, 2008 at 08:48 AM
I giggled when I saw the picture of the Bay City Rollers! I didn't listen to them a lot (I was a COMPLETE K-SHE girl!), but now I've got the "Saturday Night" song stuck in my head.
Posted by: Kathy G | October 16, 2008 at 06:18 PM