One hit wonders and me

[susandennis]

I grew up when the Top 40 was just the Top 10 and those 10 were on 45 RPM records and stacked more often referred to your pile of 45's rather than your breasts (and we never said the word breast outloud when there were boys around). Lipstick on Your Collar and Look, Look, My Heart is an Open Book were hot on the charts and we knew every single word (and still, sadly, do).

I'm not a music person. I just don't have that gene. So I don't have a fancy stereo or MP3 player. But, the songs of my teens are not really music they are like comfort food and estis made me realize I could get some. He kept mentioning his downloading of oldies but goodies. And, finally, yesterday, I had had enough. I had to figure out how to do it and get some for me.

I have a wonderful, local ISP. They are great in every way except their news feed sucks. I usually use Google or a free feed for reading of usenet groups. So it took me a long time and Estis's help to figure out that every newsfeed I was looking at had stripped out the MP3's. But, in the process I did find some nice software for downloading and picked up some other info.

This morning I signed up for a $6.00 a month news server. I get four different news servers and I can cancel at any time. And now I have MP3's. I Want To Be Bobby's Girl (our songs lacked a bit of subtlety back then), was my first download. What great fun.

Then I discovered that some software that came with my PC, translates the MP3's into WAV's when it puts them onto CD's. Very cool. I feel like I am in with the in crowd. Finally.

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[katbyte.livejournal.com]

OK, you got me. I too have intertained the idea of downloading some oldies. I am missing the music gene, and I listen to talk radio, and the oldies station.

How do you get those mp3s?? Or where can I go to find out? I have a new computer with R/W capabilities.

[susandennis]

It's not easy. You need to find a news server that allows binaries and then a news reader that gathers all the parts and puts them together. Get that together and go to the groups that start with alt.binaries.sounds and start hunting.

Sorry the instructions aren't more clear but there are so many variables and I'm not sure of exactly how they all work myself.

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[katbyte.livejournal.com]

Thanks, like anything else, it takes some doing. I will research it further when I get motivated.

[susandennis]

This thread might help you get it all noodled out.

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[katbyte.livejournal.com]

I am not allowed to view this protected entry? What is that about? Thank you, but for some reason I can not use the link.

[emjaybaxter.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm isn't that odd. I always wanted to be Bobby's uh err... too.

[susandennis]

But you are! Rob, Robby, Bobby... ya, know...

One of the greatest concerts our Seattle Men's Chorus ever did was of songs from the 60's. It was wonderful and hilarious and I have the poster from it hangin in my front hallway.

[emjaybaxter.livejournal.com]

Oops how could I forget that?
Some songs just resonate so well with me. Every time I hear The Twist it takes me back to a night when I was probably about 13/14. My sister and I had to do the twist for mom and dad and my uncle and aunt. I can still picture it clearly.
And when I here Needles and Pins I can still see myself and friends going on a long weekend drive through cottage country. I think we were looking for girls(at least they were). Funny how some songs just stay with you.