Music. Music to me is what makes the unbearable of life manageable. It can take just one good song from memories’ past to lift a mood, draw a tear, or find the strength to move forward in this hard knocked world. It is such a broad subject to write about, as the genres are numerous, the decades are many, and the songs- millions!
Growing up, I often woke to the Beatles and Jimmy Buffett, and on nights when the tv was put to bed, and my dad sat reading a new book, Roy Orbison, James Taylor, Willie Nelson, and the great Johnny Cash played their melodic tunes to a peacful house.
My dad infused our very cores with Louis Armstrong, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, and other greats of the 50’s, 60’s and on and on.
In the car, the Stones, the Eagles, Hendrix, the Beach Boys or any catchy diddy that he could play finger drums to on the steering wheel became fair game.
We pretended to be Coral Reeferettes, as Buffett’s back ups, or Mr. Utley as part of Jimmy’s band. My dad was a radio dj and avid drummer, who knows anything and everything about songs and their artists. How do I know who the Strawberry Alarm Clocks are? My dad. They gave a hit wonder with “Incense and Peppermint,” just one odd tune as the 60’s were traversing into the weird music of the 70’s.
Sometimes I reevaluate just what my favorite song is. It is always hard to pinpoint, but I always come back to “Let it Be,” and following in close second is “Yesterday.” It evokes such emotion in me, that even when I put it on replay, I can never get enough.
So, what’s your song? What music takes away your blues or lightens your heart? What music takes you to a place of hope? What music gives you that umph you need to keep kickin?
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