Anyone who knows me, also knows that music is and always has been a major part of my life. My music ‘talents’ begin and end with me being able to play Hot Cross Buns on a recorder, and a little of Europe’s The Final Countdown and Motley Crue’s Home Sweet Home on the piano. (and that is only after a few “oops, I messed up, let me start over”) Needless to say, I’m not musically inclined.. not even a little bit… but that’s beside the point.
Music can make you laugh.. it can make you cry like a baby.. out of the blue while driving down the road (true story, don’t judge).. it can instantly zap you back to an exact moment in time as if it were only yesterday. It can make you cringe at a memory that you wish you could completely erase from your brain (again, true story… and if anyone knows what I’m speaking of.. shut up)… Music really is the soundtrack to life, in so many ways.
Any who… I always describe my taste in music as being a little on the Bi-Polar side… Ok, a lot on the Bi-Polar side. Seriously, one playlist on my iPod has got Gym Class Heroes immediately followed by Johnny Lee’s Cherokee Fiddle. I would be the one who would be rocking my Tony Lama boots with a Rolling Stones shirt, while blaring Snoop Dogg.
My husband Brock often get’s pop quizzed on the art of voice recognition and ‘name that tune’ while driving, or whenever the occasion arises. Most of the time, he fails miserably.. but he’s getting better.. and that’s really all I can ask.. right? He bears the brunt of my music obsession and he does so with a smile.. most of the time. Although, I don’t know how much smiling he was doing when he was installing my new super way cool radio he bought me for my birthday… until 11:00 at night. But he knew I couldn’t possibly be expected to wait until the weekend.. just staring at it sitting in the box. I mean this thing does it all.. Plays my iPod.. my Sirius Radio.. CD’s… DVD’s.. and the regular radio.. but why in the heck would I need to listen to the regular NOT commercial free radio with all of my other options? It truly was the best gift ever. Definitely the gift that keeps on giving.
My son and nephew are already making me proud.
Proud Moment #1
A few weeks ago AC/DC came on the radio and Lane said “Mom, this is the song from Megamind.” Actually, it wasn’t.. but there is an AC/DC song in Megamind, just a different song. Point being, he recognized the fact that it was the same group because the two songs sound a lot alike..
Proud Moment #2
My 11 year old nephew Austin is already showing promise in the ‘voice recognition’ department. The other day, my sister calls me and asks me if I had heard a song that was playing on the radio, because Austin thinks that Adam Levine (swoon) sings part of it. Well, I hadn’t ever heard the song and much to my surprise he was right. He identified him by voice alone. I’m telling you, it made my heart swell with pride and almost brought a tear to my eye. (not really, but it was still pretty cool)
I’m doing my best to see that I pass my appreciation for good tunes on to my child.
And they can both do a mean rendition of Moves Like Jagger that will have you rolling…
Lane showing his Jagger Moves…
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