Still Good

After all these years...

...this player has been in our possession since the 70s.

She loves to dig into archives and find the oddest treasures. So after the player, she looked for old records.Between moving from a rented house to a home-owned one and later to the present place, the records are fortunately not damaged. Who will want to listen to them again after the advent of the latest technology? But some old things still hold good. They give you the vintage feeling and a look into the past.

Linda Ronstadt, The Beatles, The Hollies, The Mama and Papas, Conway Tweety; they were among the treasures.

Have you ever heard of Albert Hammond? He was so popular in the 70s. Friends would actually pop over my place to borrow and exchange albums. Back then almost every teenager would have a personal songbook and we would copy the lyrics and belt them out in our own private moments.

"It never rains in Southern California" was one of everyone's favourite during the then days.It held first position in the weekly throne for many, many runs.

Carole King and her husky, rich voice was every household's name. Who can forget her renditions? Some of  the evergreen ones include "It's Too Late", "So Far Away ", and of course : I Feel The Earth Move". You never get tired of her.

Alba's Dancing Queen is now ringing in my ears...and songs related to Mama Mia.

The Grass Roots "A Million Years" was my favourite.

The Eagles are evergreen too. Hits like Hotel California, All Night Love and Desperado are popularly known to people of my era.

But the rendition I love most from the Eagles is Lying Eyes.

...You can't hide your lying eyes

   And your smile is a thin disguise

   I thought by now you'd realize

   There ain't no way to hide your lying eyes...

The best part of course is when 'old things' attract 'new things'...the 3 girls were caught and mesmerized by the findings. Sophie, Esther and Megan... all of them are products of Seafield. How they have matured and grown and oh... I am now going to be a museum piece soon. How long more before I too become a finding  in archives?

 

Old things are still good.