Danger in the Shape of Somethin' Wild....

As a kid I would go through the albums and 45s that could be found in the storage part of the cabinet that the stereo sat in. One of the 45s was "Hot Child in the City".  Now in June of 1978 I was four, about to turn five in August.  I still love hearing the bass and drum intro, it is something that I still enjoy today.  It is just a catchy pop tune.  I believe it still stands up today, it may sound a little dated, but really not too much.  Of course not until I was older did I realize this catchy pop tune is really about child prostitution.  Yes, you read it right.  Nick Gilder wrote this song after he witness 15 to 16 year old's walking(working?), on Hollywood Boulevard with their pimps.  So that innocent, "catchy" pop tune isn't so innocent.

Here is some information from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Child_in_the_City.

Regardless of the songs subject, I still remember listening to this song a lot as a kid.  If I catch it on the radio today, I still listen to it.  I mean it is a classic song if you ask me.

Who can forget the classic butterfly!

The Things We Do For Love....

Probably the first song that I remember is 10cc's, "The Things We Do For Love".  I believe on a trip to Wood River to visit my Aunt Faye and Uncle Bob is when I got the 45 of it.  I think it was Aunt Faye that bought it, but hey this was 1976 or 1977 and I was all of three, maybe four years old at the time.   I'm not sure if this is where my love from music came from, but it's probably a good start, at least I think it was were it started.  To tell you the truth, to this day I do not know that much about the band 10cc, their biggest hit was the song "I'm Not in Love" from the album, The Original Soundtrack.  I just looked that up on the internet.  Mostly the memories of the song are memories of my family(my sister in particular) having a few laughs at their then three year old brother trying to sing "The Things We Do For Love".  For good, bad, or indifferent, I guess I've been singing most of my life.

Music is an important part of my life, I would hope most find some joy in some kind of music.  I don't know if the youth of today feels the same way about music as I did in my younger days.  I'm sure there are still aspiring musicians out there.  I guess getting older you get more removed from the mainstream music scene.  Music seems to be less personal these days.  A digital download doesn't have the "personality" as an album, or even a cassette or even compact discs.  I loved reading the line notes, finding out who wrote the songs, who produced, who played on the album.  The artwork, the thank you's.  You don't get this with an mp3.  Vinyl has been slowly creeping back into stores lately, maybe a new generation will discover the greatness of "old" forms of listening to music.  Like I did with that 10cc 45 from 40 years ago.