AM Radio

I grew up in the 60's and 70's. Back then, we had transistor radios. This was before boom boxes and CDs. Heck, it was before cassette tapes even!I grew up in a small north east Texas town and the radio stations I listened to were KLIF in Dallas and late at night WLS out of Chicago.I would listen to the radio all night long. You would have to listen to a lot of crappy songs to be able to hear your favorite songs. The other day I was listening to an oldies station and I was singing along to songs like "Love will keep us together" and "Rock me baby". I know the words to both songs. I know that back in the day I didn't like "The Captain and Teniele" but I know the words because I have heard them so many times. Back then, on the AM radio, you could hear your favorite songs maybe 10-20 times a day. But you could also hear all the suck-ass songs that much too.They would count down the top 40 every weekend with Casey Kasem.Some songs I hear and, of course, they are familiar because they are still getting played, but some of them I haven't heard in a long time. Like "Cherokee "" by Paul Revere and the raiders. I had such a crush on Mark Lindsey!Today, we have FM radio,Ipods,Mp3 players,walkmans,discmans, and CD players. I haven't seen a turntable in I don't know how long! I love it that music has evolved so much.I mean the sound is much better and the way we can listen to only the music we like. No more sitting through the lame songs to hear your favorite song. If you wanted to, you could program your machine to only play one song over and over again! Gone are the days of listening to the radio fading in and out.No more sappy commercials for the local Dairy Queen or Piggly Wiggly. But, sometimes, when I am going home from a crazy day at work, I turn on the oldies station and listen to those old songs and sing along. Yep, I can sing along to "Penny Lane" and "Mony, Mony" all the way home!