BOBBY GOLDSBORO - "The Straight Life" (1968)

Great, forgotten hit.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 1960s
• pop
• rock
• country
• standards
• easy
• listening

[75surfgirl]

Wow--once again --It's breakfast ,getting

ready for school--and WIP on the radio and the smell of coffee brewing. Great memories--you always make me cry.

I miss my parents so much. Thank you!!

[MrTrashcan1]

Thank you, sweetheart. BTW, I've got some of the stuff on your list coming up. :-)

[thespeez]

@MrTrashcan1 With the powers-that-be having moved WIP's sports format to FM, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea for the AM to go to a MOR format appropriate for today. There's a station in Albany NY which is doing that (WROW) and they're doing well with it.

[MrTrashcan1]

@thespeez There was an independent station here for the last few years playing nostalgia, WHAT 1340, but their 60s/70s playlist was feeble with too much swing/big band. They don't really remember the MOR format or the original songs. And these stations don't think they can sustain a baby boomer audience alone--so they include their parents and grandparents and end up alienating everyone. Also WIP is now owned by CBS, so the likelihood of MOR on the AM station is probably zilch.

[pat2004tbird]

OMG I REMEMBER THIS. I LOVE THIS SONG. HE LOOKS LIKE THE GUITAR TEACHER I HAD BACK 40 YEARS AGO. I FOUND THAT GUITAR TEACHER AGAIN. I LOVE HIM. WE'RE A COUPLE NOW. BACK THEN COULDN'T DO IT; I WAS 15; HE WAS 20. NOW IT'S OK. GLAD I FOUND HIM. GLAD I FOUND THIS SONG TOO. NICE POST THANKS!!!

[11weinstein]

for everyone looking for AM MOR format, google WGPA Bethlehem. they do have a presence on the world wide web. They are a 500 watt daytime only broadcast station in Bethlehem PA. Privately owned. they may have what some are looking for in good old-fashioned AM terrestrial radio...

[wfarrar69]

#36pop,1968.like this one since i found a cracked 45 of this song in 1990.

[thespeez]

@MrTrashcan1 With WHAT's limited range and with lack of an 'inner city' appeal, it's little surprise that they failed. If a station such as either 1540 or 950 was to pick up such a format, they'd have a fighting chance (and I mean FIGHTING). I just figured with 'ROW having relative success with their 18 m/o MOR format that MAYBE there'd be a chance that other stations in different markets might get a clue. IMNSHO I just thought 610 would've been great.

[MrTrashcan1]

@thespeez I agree with what you've been saying, but the hasbeens had replacements, like for example, Manilow, Judy Collins, Carol King, etc. When I was young, they were considered uncool. There will always be a segment of every age group that likes raucous or wild music, and one which likes tame, nice sounding music--that which you would call sappy. And that segment often remains quiet about it. I was one who didn't care what others thought. I listened to what I liked.

[crazybobdj]

Ken Garland? 610 WIP now Philly Sports (since 1987)

[thespeez]

(p2) I will admit; I'm not a big Goldsboro fan myself (a song like "Honey" does nothing for me). With that said, there are 3 other songs besides this one he did that I liked [those being "Watching Scotty Grow"; "It's Too Late" and every teen boy's ultimate fantasy "Summer (The First Time)"].

[thespeez]

@zyxquark The artists you mention have a certain level of respect and 'coolness' about them. I remember as a teen in the early '80s how many of my peers would like not only those artists; but Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who and other classic rock artists. But don't forget, we're talking rock 'n' roll here, not 'sappy' pop! Goldsboro fits the latter category. It was considered about as cool to admit you liked Goldsboro in my day as, say, Barry Manilow or Barbra Streisand. (go to p2, Please)

[zyxquark]

@thespeez then why are so many teenagers and twenty-somethings obsessed with the beatles, the stones, the doors, credence etc. I talk to them on youtube all the time