tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post5323140139524177278..comments2023-09-24T08:46:14.947-05:00Comments on The Great Vinyl Meltdown: Dancing with the Starscaithiseachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13973481580774229302noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-54594817977170403132008-07-18T17:18:00.000-05:002008-07-18T17:18:00.000-05:00I was seventeen that summer, prime age for radio l...I was seventeen that summer, prime age for radio listening, and I recall watching "Howdy Doody" as it ended its run in the late 1950s (ending in 1960). So maybe it wasn't the parents of 1971's kids who were the audience but those kids of the Fifties who used to watch Howdy Doody and were now in college, or just out of college. Among the myriad worries of the day was the fate of friends and relatives or themselves in an undeclared Asian war. They were kids who were mostly grown-up but who likely could have used a good bit of comfort from a song that reminded them of a time when the world was simpler.whiterayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06024257784522729303noreply@blogger.com