Some of my strongest memories from early childhood come from music. When I was roughly three or four years old, my favorites were…..
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The Beatles - Someone gave me a mix tape of Beatles songs. I remember learning all the words and running around singing the tunes and telling everyone that I sounded just like The Beatles. Guess some things never change.
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The Carpenters - We used to have one of those huge 70’s console stereos with a tuner, record player, and of course, 8-track player. I kind of wish I still had that thing….
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I’m not sure why, but the only record I ever played on it was The Carpenters’ Greatest Hits
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The Stray Cats - Even though we didn’t have a lot of money, my family did splurge on cable which enabled me to spend most of the 80’s glued to MTV and Nickelodeon. The first video I have any recollection of was Stray Cat Strut. Singing along to this is probably one of my earliest and strongest memories.
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Wow. I probably haven’t seen that video in 25 years. Watching it just now, it occurred to me that as a toddler I seemed to take the lyrics literally and thought that the Stray Cats were actual cats……Beyond Stray Cat Strut and Rock This Town, I’m really not too familiar with the rest of The Stray Cats’ material. When Lee Rocker, bass player for The Stray Cats, came through The Dame last night I was excited to see my childhood favorite video brought back to life before my eyes, but didn’t know what to expect beyond that.
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Crown Electric, the opening act from right here in Lexington, blew away Lee Rocker. Mike Tevis performed with 300% more energy, digging into the songs like a man possessed with the spirit of 1956. When Lee came on, therefore, it was striking how subdued everything was. It was a good show, don’t get me wrong, but the contrast really made me realize what a treasure Lexington has in Crown Electric.
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Lee had a couple of stories to tell, the kind that you imagine they repeat night after night. One was about how The Stray Cats first album was recorded and came out in Britain in 1980 but didn’t get released in the U.S. until a year or two later. When it did, they shot up to number two and stayed there for 26 weeks, right behind Michael Jackson. “After thinking about this for many many years, I realized that I’d rather be behind Michael Jackson then in front of him.” It took you years to come up with that? Jeez.
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Click here to purchase Stray Cats - Greatest Hits
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Remainder of Lee Rocker’s tour dates…
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Feb 8 2008 8:00P Cal Expo Sacramento, California
Feb 9 2008 8:00P Fishlips Bakersfield, California
Mar 19 2008 8:00P Schüür Lucerne
Mar 20 2008 8:00P Chez Paulette Nancy
Mar 21 2008 8:00P 013 Tilburg, Holland
Mar 22 2008 8:00P Druckerei Bad Oeyenhausen
Mar 23 2008 8:00P Tattoo Convention After-Show Party Hamburg
Mar 24 2008 8:00P Tattoo Convention Hamburg
Mar 24 2008 9:00P Stengade 30 Copenhagen
Mar 25 2008 8:00P FZW Dortmund
Mar 26 2008 8:00P Zwölfzehn Stuttgart
Mar 27 2008 8:00P Birdland Vienna
Mar 28 2008 8:00P Café Libella Munich
Mar 29 2008 8:00P Gabbia Club San Georgio in Bosco
May 17 2008 8:00P Texas Rockabilly Revival at Stubb’s Outdoor Amphitheater Austin, Texas
Oct 3 2008 8:00P Ørland Bluesfestival Ørland
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3 responses so far ↓
1 colleen // Feb 4, 2008 at 11:12 am
ooh - when i was in 6th or 7th grade, my sister & i used to dance in the basement to various hitz. we made up a dance to this some - very repetitive & easy. at the school dance (my sister was there too) we started doing it & started a LINE DANCE!
it was totally like out of “can’t buy me love” without the tribal moves. i think it made me popular for like that dance. then things went back to normal at school on monday. sigh.
xo colleen
2 colleen // Feb 4, 2008 at 11:17 am
typos - SONG not some. i guess i got a lil over excited thinking of it again!
3 utahpolis // Feb 10, 2008 at 1:05 am
You totally need to revive that dance and put it on youtube. It will be the next big internet meme!
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