Comments on: Basement Songs: The Kinks, “Don’t Forget to Dance” http://popdose.com/basement-songs-the-kinks-dont-forget-to-dance/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Davehttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-the-kinks-dont-forget-to-dance/comment-page-1/#comment-51150 Dave Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:57:21 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=23433#comment-51150 bvladika said: <br>"North Olmsted has a downtown?"<br>DITTO! LOL!<br><br>That's like saying Bay has one!<br><br><br>I remember my mother ordering me to take my two younger sisters to the theater there back in 12/69<br>to see 'Romeo & Juliet'...blecchh. Me, at the time, 18, on break from college.<br><br>Fast forward to summer of '83, then age 32. 'Don't Forget To Dance'...like 'someone spoke and I went into a dream'.Timeless song that I still listen to often. Can't say that about too many oldies.<br><br>Wasn't in school then so can't associate the song with that swirl of memories and emotional impressions . Looks like 'Jim' and me are in the same boomer generation. I don't respond to<br>these things either, but you pushed my buttons with your article. bvladika said:
“North Olmsted has a downtown?”
DITTO! LOL!

That's like saying Bay has one!

I remember my mother ordering me to take my two younger sisters to the theater there back in 12/69
to see 'Romeo & Juliet'…blecchh. Me, at the time, 18, on break from college.

Fast forward to summer of '83, then age 32. 'Don't Forget To Dance'…like 'someone spoke and I went into a dream'.Timeless song that I still listen to often. Can't say that about too many oldies.

Wasn't in school then so can't associate the song with that swirl of memories and emotional impressions . Looks like 'Jim' and me are in the same boomer generation. I don't respond to
these things either, but you pushed my buttons with your article.

]]> By: Davehttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-the-kinks-dont-forget-to-dance/comment-page-1/#comment-39713 Dave Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:57:21 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=23433#comment-39713 bvladika said: <br>"North Olmsted has a downtown?"<br>DITTO! LOL!<br><br>That's like saying Bay has one!<br><br><br>I remember my mother ordering me to take my two younger sisters to the theater there back in 12/69<br>to see 'Romeo & Juliet'...blecchh. Me, at the time, 18, on break from college.<br><br>Fast forward to summer of '83, then age 32. 'Don't Forget To Dance'...like 'someone spoke and I went into a dream'.Timeless song that I still listen to often. Can't say that about too many oldies.<br><br>Wasn't in school then so can't associate the song with that swirl of memories and emotional impressions . Looks like 'Jim' and me are in the same boomer generation. I don't respond to<br>these things either, but you pushed my buttons with your article. bvladika said:
“North Olmsted has a downtown?”
DITTO! LOL!

That's like saying Bay has one!

I remember my mother ordering me to take my two younger sisters to the theater there back in 12/69
to see 'Romeo & Juliet'…blecchh. Me, at the time, 18, on break from college.

Fast forward to summer of '83, then age 32. 'Don't Forget To Dance'…like 'someone spoke and I went into a dream'.Timeless song that I still listen to often. Can't say that about too many oldies.

Wasn't in school then so can't associate the song with that swirl of memories and emotional impressions . Looks like 'Jim' and me are in the same boomer generation. I don't respond to
these things either, but you pushed my buttons with your article.

]]> By: Davehttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-the-kinks-dont-forget-to-dance/comment-page-1/#comment-34464 Dave Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:57:21 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=23433#comment-34464 bvladika said: <br>"North Olmsted has a downtown?"<br>DITTO! LOL!<br><br>That's like saying Bay has one!<br><br><br>I remember my mother ordering me to take my two younger sisters to the theater there back in 12/69<br>to see 'Romeo & Juliet'...blecchh. Me, at the time, 18, on break from college.<br><br>Fast forward to summer of '83, then age 32. 'Don't Forget To Dance'...like 'someone spoke and I went into a dream'.Timeless song that I still listen to often. Can't say that about too many oldies.<br><br>Wasn't in school then so can't associate the song with that swirl of memories and emotional impressions . Looks like 'Jim' and me are in the same boomer generation. I don't respond to<br>these things either, but you pushed my buttons with your article. bvladika said:
“North Olmsted has a downtown?”
DITTO! LOL!

That's like saying Bay has one!

I remember my mother ordering me to take my two younger sisters to the theater there back in 12/69
to see 'Romeo & Juliet'…blecchh. Me, at the time, 18, on break from college.

Fast forward to summer of '83, then age 32. 'Don't Forget To Dance'…like 'someone spoke and I went into a dream'.Timeless song that I still listen to often. Can't say that about too many oldies.

Wasn't in school then so can't associate the song with that swirl of memories and emotional impressions . Looks like 'Jim' and me are in the same boomer generation. I don't respond to
these things either, but you pushed my buttons with your article.

]]> By: DavidMedskerhttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-the-kinks-dont-forget-to-dance/comment-page-1/#comment-32803 DavidMedsker Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:37:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=23433#comment-32803 That climbing keyboard riff in the pre-chorus was nagging me, I just knew I'd heard something like it before. Then if finally hit me: "She's a Rainbow." Still, I love both songs. That climbing keyboard riff in the pre-chorus was nagging me, I just knew I'd heard something like it before. Then if finally hit me: “She's a Rainbow.” Still, I love both songs.

]]> By: Jimhttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-the-kinks-dont-forget-to-dance/comment-page-1/#comment-32771 Jim Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:08:40 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=23433#comment-32771 Keep in mind, I predate you by over 15 years, but:<br>Holy crap! Grew up in North Olmsted and know the shopping center well. Used to play in Putt-Putt tournaments at the west corner. I'm sure that's not there anymore. Been a Kinks fan since Kinks-Size came out (6th grade at the time - Chestnut Elementary). Went thru the same thing you did in 69-70 when I was listening to The Village Green Preservation Society and Davies singing about lavatories in the backyard (Shangri-la) on my Mangnavox record record player, yes, in the basement. Everyone else listening to acid rock and some blind pinball wizard! (By the way, Ray finally gave Shangri-la its due on his new release with full blown choir accompaniment.) Awesome article. BTW, I never respond to these things, but Ray Davies and North Olmsted and Great Northern Shopping Center was too much for the sensory bank. Thanks for sharing! Keep in mind, I predate you by over 15 years, but:
Holy crap! Grew up in North Olmsted and know the shopping center well. Used to play in Putt-Putt tournaments at the west corner. I'm sure that's not there anymore. Been a Kinks fan since Kinks-Size came out (6th grade at the time – Chestnut Elementary). Went thru the same thing you did in 69-70 when I was listening to The Village Green Preservation Society and Davies singing about lavatories in the backyard (Shangri-la) on my Mangnavox record record player, yes, in the basement. Everyone else listening to acid rock and some blind pinball wizard! (By the way, Ray finally gave Shangri-la its due on his new release with full blown choir accompaniment.) Awesome article. BTW, I never respond to these things, but Ray Davies and North Olmsted and Great Northern Shopping Center was too much for the sensory bank. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Matthttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-the-kinks-dont-forget-to-dance/comment-page-1/#comment-32731 Matt Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:41:59 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=23433#comment-32731 "...timeless compositions like “Don’t Forget to Dance” that offer new insights to the listener as they mature."<br>Well said...<br>I remember when a Kinks video would come up on Night Flight, I felt like I ought to feel kind of sissy (songs about 'dancing'? c'mon!) since it wasn't in the vein of 'Photograph' and it's hoo-rah-rah-isms, but I instead ended up feeling nourished, instead.<br>Speaking of... art class in 7th or 8th grade... teacher let kids bring in (big, clunky, whirring, magical) walkmen... I noticed that all the kids were kind of singing/ mumbling at about the same pitch and speed... I went around and checked... Class of 17 and 16 were listening to, you guessed it, Pyromania! Since it was the first class of the day, It seemed that most of 'em had started the tape on side one, at the beginning, so were roughly (very roughly) in synch, give or take a minute.<br>I sincerely can't remember what I was listening to, but it was about this time in my life that my older brother started sending me mix-tapes... Husker Du, Replacements (yeah, he was in Mpls) but also X, and other stuff that would become my mainstays through high-school... And I'm pretty sure that from that day forward, just to be an asshole, mind you, I cut down Leppard any chance I could. Even though I liked some of their songs, I liked being an asshole more. Yeah the punk was working... and the punks had listened to some Kinks! “…timeless compositions like “Don’t Forget to Dance” that offer new insights to the listener as they mature.”
Well said…
I remember when a Kinks video would come up on Night Flight, I felt like I ought to feel kind of sissy (songs about 'dancing'? c'mon!) since it wasn't in the vein of 'Photograph' and it's hoo-rah-rah-isms, but I instead ended up feeling nourished, instead.
Speaking of… art class in 7th or 8th grade… teacher let kids bring in (big, clunky, whirring, magical) walkmen… I noticed that all the kids were kind of singing/ mumbling at about the same pitch and speed… I went around and checked… Class of 17 and 16 were listening to, you guessed it, Pyromania! Since it was the first class of the day, It seemed that most of 'em had started the tape on side one, at the beginning, so were roughly (very roughly) in synch, give or take a minute.
I sincerely can't remember what I was listening to, but it was about this time in my life that my older brother started sending me mix-tapes… Husker Du, Replacements (yeah, he was in Mpls) but also X, and other stuff that would become my mainstays through high-school… And I'm pretty sure that from that day forward, just to be an asshole, mind you, I cut down Leppard any chance I could. Even though I liked some of their songs, I liked being an asshole more. Yeah the punk was working… and the punks had listened to some Kinks!

]]> By: bvladikahttp://popdose.com/basement-songs-the-kinks-dont-forget-to-dance/comment-page-1/#comment-32681 bvladika Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:23:29 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=23433#comment-32681 North Olmsted has a downtown? <br><br>The Kinks will live forever in my memory based on Lola. In a NOHS Ski Team member's van on one of our training trips to Boston Mills the song came on the air, assuredly it was WMMS. Acting in the manner of a bunch of kids with slightly uncomfortable friendships that have yet to galvanize into meaningful relationships, we turned the song into a parody of our "manager/coach/", Kniola. Altering the verses as well as the refrain to match our jaded opinions of her was our own Wierd Al moment. I still sing the revised version every time the song comes on the air and relive skiing under the lights at Boston Mills on Tuesday nights. North Olmsted has a downtown?

The Kinks will live forever in my memory based on Lola. In a NOHS Ski Team member's van on one of our training trips to Boston Mills the song came on the air, assuredly it was WMMS. Acting in the manner of a bunch of kids with slightly uncomfortable friendships that have yet to galvanize into meaningful relationships, we turned the song into a parody of our “manager/coach/”, Kniola. Altering the verses as well as the refrain to match our jaded opinions of her was our own Wierd Al moment. I still sing the revised version every time the song comes on the air and relive skiing under the lights at Boston Mills on Tuesday nights.

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