Thanks for the memories.

Ty!

... great stereo. Started replaying all the stuff I learned to love as music on a battery powered transistor radio that I would put under my pillow as a kid and listen to the "clear channel" station at night. But only now on a system.

Lol. Love the radio under your pillow.

... my mom gave me the Rolling Stone "Out of Our Heads", the one with Satisfaction on it.

I'm so sorry to hear your dad censored what you read and broke your Beatles' records!

Glad to hear your mom was much more reasonable!

The friend died tragically in a head on collision on his motorcycle with a truck on a rainy night after a bad evening with his "woman", who was my good friend. This happened at a pivotal time in our lives as a group of friends. It kind of changed everything.
So every time I hear it, I'm right back there. We identified as hippies and i went to his funeral in bare feet in my hippie dress. That dress still hangs in my closet upstairs with my grandpa's shirt that has a cigar in the pocket. It's been 50 years, or more.

... even my dreams have sound tracks. None that I have ever been able to remember even as a fragment.

I do this sing from time to time at open mic nights, if I being (or borrow) a 6 string.
I usually bring a 12 string, and this song is better on 6, especially that flamenco run near the end.
Greg Lake, despite being mostly known as a bass player, was quite a good guitarist.

Greg's voice always gets me.

EL&P certainly broke some new ground in progressive rock. From the Beginning is my favorite track.