RE: First radio thread meets tight playlist thread

["Larry A. Lovering" <lloverin@bbnplanet.com>]

Martin J. Walters wrote so eloquently on October 26, 1998:

>         OK, so I'm going to admit that the first record I bought, I
> believe, was "Abilene" by George Hamilton IV. I think the second was "I'm
> So Lonesome I Could Cry," by B.J. Thomas (1963, before he had had any
> previous crossover hits, to the extent this was a hit). And, no I did not
> go on to become a country music fan. And, no, not every 45 I ever bought
> was as obscure as those (although I still like the B.J. Thomas. It was a
> remake of someone, maybe Hank Williams?). I think my next record was
> "String Along" by Rick Nelson, not one of his biggest, either. But good.
> And, in case any of these are collector's items, I still have them and I'm
> taking bids <g>.
>         And speaking of songs you don't hear on the radio because of tight
> play lists, and Kevin and the 5th Dimension, this weekend I heard one of
> their songs that's great but you never hear it: Do What You Wanna Do. A
> true piece of the '60s ethos ("do what you wanna, wanna do; with whoever
> you wanna, wanna do it with . . .). And just like a regular civilian radio
> listener, I cannot now remember which Boston / Providence market
> FM station
> to pat on the back for having played it.
>

I think the song you heard was "Go Where You Wanna Go" by the Mamas and the
Papas.
"(Go where you wanna go, do what you wanna do, with whoever you wanna do it
with)".

And, I think that B.J.'s song was the best he ever did.

- -Larry

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