Thanks for the upvote to sift my Thunder Road post.
It's an old song introduced to me by my mom when I was quite young, and still have the old "Original" 45 album for it. The song relates some good memories of my mom and means a little something to me - So thanks again!

Thanks for the Promote on this one - it got a few more votes but it seems to be slow to sift.
I just need the right people to see it I guess...
Historically, It's pretty cool though... Cheers!
In reply to this comment by rasch187:
This was really good. *promote

Thanks for the promote, Much appreciated!!
Though I am sad to say, It's still not getting a ton of hits.
I posted it to Facebook the other day and I've been getting more action there. Strange!
Always make me thing of Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc86_Weoye0

In reply to this comment by rasch187:
This was really good. *promote

The footage from this video is from the Movie of the same name
Thunder Road (1954) Directed by Arthur Ripley

"How strange that a film which fetishises the car and is on the surface about speed and movement is, for the most part, so still. The cars used in Thunder Road were sourced from bootleggers, and Mitchum, “was fascinated by the cars. He was very proud of what the car he was driving could do, how it could outrun the police. Mitchum was really into it, like he'd become one of these whiskey runners.” (6) Other than the car chases there is very little action. It is the tension between the calm of the tableaux and the fast cutting of these car chase scenes that give the film its dynamism." - by Simon McLean
http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/cteq/02/20/thunder.html

Growing up in a radio Station, (my mom has worked in the same station my entire life), I have just always been around rock and roll. I remember meeting everyone that came through town, even Wolfman Jack on several occasions. There were so many, and I was young, I don’t even remember names…. You just don’t care at that age when you are around it all the time.

I used to get all the demo records to bring home. I remember at one of my birthday parties (10th?) I gave out 45s as party favors. (Five to each guest.)

My mom had a collection of 5-600 albums and several hundred original 45s with songs like “Robert Mitchum-
Ballad OF Thunder Road (1958), Janie Grant-Greasy Kids Stuff (1962) 45’s by Jan & Dean, Beach Boys, Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, Little Richard, Richie Vallens, Elvis and that era. I remember putting on CCR albums as young as 6 or 7 years old.

My personal first 45s were Kiss-Beth, Jerry Doucette-Mama Let him play, Eagles-Liyin’ Eyes. My first Albums were Kiss, Rock and Roll Over and Bay City Rollers.

Into grade eight, my favorites became stuff like, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Kiss, ACDC, the Ramones, The Cramps, The Moody Blues, Meatloaf, Styx and so much more. At one point I amassed over 1000 albums…

I thinned my selection down after getting married thinning down to around 50-100 albums and cassettes and have regretted it ever since. Music has been such a large part of my and there is a story to go with every song I ever remembered.

My first Rock Concert was Red Rider, opening for them was (Don’t laugh) Honeymoon Suite !!!

Long live the Music!

I saw him at Wembley Stadium in 1989 - tremendous performer. I'll check out that Thunder Road clip mlx.

I dunno, dw, it seemed ground-breaking at the time, but those were my college years and I don't remember much.

Deano, yeah, can you tell I was a huge fan, too? 1975's Born to Run was probably his best work, even almost posted Thunder Road but loved the crowd singing along in The River video I posted. The whole concert was like that when I saw him in '81 (he hadn't quite prostelitized himself yet)... it was an incredible show.