...Marvin Gaye got shot? I cried like a baby. Not because I was a fan - I was only a little girl. But because I couldn't believe his father shot him.
...President Reagan got shot? Again, I was a little girl, but I was shocked. They pulled us all into a room to watch the nescast in school.
...The space shuttle took off...up.... up and ..... blew up? Again I was like
... we listened to our parents old vinyl records & that crackly sound it made? i.e. Peaches & Herb, Parliament

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....and speaking of Parliament, remember when every body was saying "a ga ga goo ga, a ga ga goo ga, a ga ga goo ga ga"... songs made so much sense back then.