HAPPY BIRTHDAY OGR

Birthday Wishes OGR’s for continuous on air entertainment since

It first hit the Internet, Oct. 8 2008


Real music for all generations

That’s ages not years is OGR’s motto

Hey, its tunes from the 40’s through today with


Daily live broadcasts

And talented DJ’s who keep you entertained

Yes, OGR has the best of both



Worldwide Internet Radio at its finest

It broadcasts live on-air musical group performances and


Something for every listener’s taste...

Here is the one place to be

Enjoyment for listeners is OGR’s creed


So, Happy Birthday OGR, and cheers to a worldwide classic


Ciao for Now and let's party all year long!!




Winnie

AND WE WONDER WHY WE'RE IN SUCH A MESS?

THEN V. NOW...

A little house with three bedrooms and one car on the street.
A mower that you had to push to make the grass look neat.

In the kitchen on the wall we only we had one phone and no need for recording things. Someone was always home.

We only had a living room where we would congregate,
Unless it was at mealtime in the kitchen where we ate.

We had no need for family rooms

or extra rooms to dine.

When meeting as a family those two rooms would work out fine.

We only had one TV set, and channels maybe two,
But always there was one of them with something worth the view.

For snacks we had potato chips that tasted like a chip,
And if you wanted flavor there was Lipton's onion dip.


Store-bought snacks were rare because my mother liked to cook,
And nothing can compare to snacks in Betty Crocker's book.

Weekends were for family trips or staying home to play,
We all did things together -- even go to church to pray.


When we did our weekend trips depending on the weather,
No one stayed at home because we liked to be together.


Sometimes we would separate to do things on our own,
But we knew where the others were without our own cell phone.

Then there were the movies with your favorite movie star,
And nothing can compare to watching movies in your car.


Then there were the picnics at the peak of summer season,
Pack a lunch and find some trees and never need a reason.


One time the music that you played whenever you would jive,
Was from a vinyl, big-holed record called a forty-five.


The record player had a post to keep them all in line,
And then the records would drop down and play one at a time.


Oh sure, we had our problems then, just like we do today,
And always we were striving, trying for a better way.

Oh, the simple life we lived still seems like so much fun,
How can you explain a game, just kick the can and run?

Ciao for now!!!!

Winnie

Summer Songs...

Did you ever notice how music just feels different in the summertime? As Summer draws to a close,memories made and replayed....

Of picnics, summer camps, vacations, juicy burgers hot off the bbq, or a favorite beverage in a frosty mug.

"Cruisin" with car windows or rag top down, blastin those tunes in Dolby.

Or the beach with the breeze carrying the unmistakable scents of water, sand and sun-tan oil.

Summer songs make seasonal memories, only second to those holiday tunes played over the air as early as October coinciding with stores greedy seasonal hype.

So what's the next anthem for 2009? The Black Eyed Peas, “Boom Boom Pow”; Lady Gaga’s “LoveGame” or Phoenix’s “1901” - grab your car keys. sunglasses, sunscreen and cast your vote.
Then load your I-pod with some of these past Summer "Hit Parade" favorites and reminise.


1964 - "UNDER THE BOARDWALK" - The drifters, The opening line references their prior hit "Up on the Roof", the occasional thermal weakness of a rooftop getaway and sets the stage for an alternate meeting location, under the boardwalk.


1966 - "SUMMER WIND", Frank Sinatra sang one of the greatest summer songs ever recorded backed with Nelson Riddle's big band. Soulfully traces the promise of romance, as elusive as the summer wind.



2007 - ‘EVERYTHING”, Michael Buble makes you want to head out to that old Route 66 highway, drop the top bury the speed limit guage and sing--”You’re a falling star, you’re the get away car, you’re the line in the sand when I go to far, you’re the swimming pool on an August day, and you’re the perfect thing to say.”



1967 - “BROWN EYED GIRL”, Van Morrison with its infectious “Sha la la la la la la la la lal te da” that you sing on you way to the beach.



2004 - “YEAH“, Usher, “Forget about game, I’m a spit the truth” And in truth the song ruled that summer.




1970 - “IN THE SUMMERTIME”, Mungo Jerry. The perfect ‘70 summer tune suited for warm , lazy days even when the actual words were replaced with “dee-dee-dees” and “you can shish right up and touch the sky”.


1972 - “SUMMER BREEZE” - Seals & Crofts. Many endless summers trying to figure out the meaning of “Summer breeze makes me feel fine - Blowing through the jasmine in my mind”. Jasmine in my mind - huh - but it's an unforgettable song.



1966 - “CHERISH”, The Association blaring through my first Zenith transistor radio at 15 minute intervals by every AM radio station in town.





1975 “LOVIN’ YOU” - Minnie Riperton - everyone remembers...“La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la…Ooooooo”.



1977 - “JET AIRLINER” - Steve Miller Band - "sweet old jet air liner carry me on back home" as we sang off-key and mastered both air guitar solos and chug a lugs.


1983 - “THAT SUMMER FEELING” - Jonathan Richman. Kinda makes you look back at past summers when that summer felling arrives each year.













The Sensational Epics who immortalized the sun, sand and "shaggin" theme for decades. The song, "Any Other Way", a top pick and first slot on their CD "Sun, Sand, Surf & Suds Vol 2.

...... to quote two of our own OGR DJ's Glee and JimmyDavis , both members of the The Sensational Epics....
"We may grow old, but will never grow up."

Ciao for Now, Winnie.

Winnie's Top 11 Reasons Why.....

It's Fun to be Female



1. We won't ever have to worry about male-pattern baldness or a toupee.



2. We can manipulate our height with a killer pair of hi-heels.

3. We can banish wrinkles with a handy-dandy concealer.








4. We automatically get 3/4 of the shared closet _NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!















5. No one would ever expect us to mow the lawn in the blazing hot sun or any other time!!!

6. We can remember important dates like birthdays or anniversaries without writing them down.




7. We leave the bug killing to someone else.



8. We can cry our way out of a speeding ticket.





9. We never walk out of the house with tiny pieces of tissue stuck to our face.



10. We are abnormal if we don't own at least 100 pairs of shoes.












11. We get to live with those adorable, balding,

bug-killing,
lawn mowing males

with notes on their hands
and little pieces of tissue stuck to their faces.

This list can go on to infinity. So go ahead, add to it while sipping that cold ice tea or lemonade and enjoying these last days of Summer. Don't forget the SPF 25.

See you on the radio that's OGR!!!!
Ciao for now!!