OK, so I'm cribbing the idea from Pitchfork's ongoing series '5-10-15-20,' but since they aren't going to be interviewing me anytime soon, I thought I'd start my own version for this blog, ages 5-40. I recommend to my readers to do their own. It's a clever and rewarding experience to dig through your own musical past.
Me at: 5 (1977)
Song: Meco - 'Star Wars Theme - Disco version)
Obviously, when you are only five-years-old you are at the musical whim of whatever your parents are buying or listening to. I was five to my brother's eight and we were both obsessed with Star Wars, as was any child of our age/generation. Anything Star Wars, everything Star Wars. Even a rinky-dink 'disco' cover of the theme song. It's novelty records like this that are made for children. They don't see the stupidity of it all, only the fun.
I remember my parents record player in the basement. Picture a giant, seven-foot long brown wooden credenza; open the lid and you'll find the record player and the storage for all those 45s. Is five to young to operate a stereo and load up 45s on the turntable? I was a pro. I remember endlessly twirling around to this Star Wars theme on the basement floor.
My alternate jam and second favorite 45 was ABBA's 'Knowing Me, Knowing You.' I think I stared at this cover for hours in my childhood, thinking they were sooo beautiful, even though Benny and Bjorn looked kinda like neighborhood dads. Maybe if I walked around my snowy Minneapolis in 1977 I would have seen these two couples in the window?
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