{"id":879056,"date":"2026-10-11T23:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T23:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/879056\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T23:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T23:30:11","slug":"every-baby-boomer-alive-has-a-core-memory-to-go-with-these-4-songs-from-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/879056\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Baby Boomer Alive Has a Core Memory to Go With These 4 Songs From 1973"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Core memories we develop when we\u2019re young deeply root themselves into our identities and world outlooks, and the music that we were listening to at the time inevitably becomes linked to these experiences and recollections by association. Just take these four songs from 1973, all of which likely soundtrack at least one core memory for anyone who identifies as a baby boomer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmoke On The Water\u201d by Deep Purple<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791761409_132_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you were watching more and more guitarists spring up around you, all attempting this song\u2019s signature opening riff, or you were that guitarist, it was hard to escape the power of \u201cSmoke On The Water\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/meaning-behind-the-band-name-deep-purple\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deep Purple<\/a> in 1973. The main guitar riff is one that embeds itself deep in the brain, making it impossible to resist the urge to hum along\u2014or pick up a guitar and start sliding around the neck in fourths.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStuck In The Middle With You\u201d by Stealers Wheel<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791761410_550_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stealers Wheel released <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-story-and-meaning-behind-stuck-in-the-middle-with-you-stealers-wheels-exciting-hit-about-a-long-dull-night\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cStuck In The Middle With You\u201d<\/a> in 1973, became a Top 10 sensation of a band worldwide, and then broke up in 1975. While their tenure as a band might have been short-lived, the power of their one-hit wonder lives on. From car radios to dance floors and plenty of music-playing spaces in between, most baby boomers can remember gallivanting in their youth to this classic track.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLive And Let Die\u201d by Paul McCartney &amp; Wings<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791761411_103_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Film and music tend to leave lasting impressions on us as we develop core memories around the pop culture we consume in our youth, and Paul McCartney &amp; Wings\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-meaning-behind-live-and-let-die-by-paul-mccartney-wings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLive And Let Die\u201d<\/a> scratched both itches with its composition and use in the James Bond film of the same name. This franchise was especially popular in the 1970s, and it goes without saying that McCartney had similar star power in the music realm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKodachrome\u201d by Paul Simon<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791761411_648_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, Paul Simon\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/the-meaning-behind-paul-simons-picture-perfect-kodachrome\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cKodachrome\u201d<\/a> is wistful nostalgia wrapped up in a quintessentially early-70s pop tune. From the first line, Simon sends the listener back to high school, which, for many baby boomers, is right when this song was coming out. Beyond the obvious \u201cremember when\u201d element in the lyrics, most baby boomers also have distinct memories of using Kodachrome, which is another way this song transports this generation straight back to 1973.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo by Armando Gallo\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Core memories we develop when we\u2019re young deeply root themselves into our identities and world outlooks, and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2616,88,216,2156],"class_list":["post-879056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1970s","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-rock-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}