Friday, August 20, 2010

Day 14 - A song from my childhood

Probably the song that sticks out the most from my childhood is "Somewhere Out There" by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram, from 1987 (it was also in the movie "An American Tale".  I remember we had a record of it when we lived on Riverside Drive (in NH) and we would beg my parents to play it over and over again so we could dance to it in the living room.

I think my siblings would also agree that we listened to a lot of Don Williams, Marty Robbins, George Strait (esp. "Baby Blue"!!!), Vince Gill, the Judds, Crosby/Stills/Nash/Young, Sting.

Speaking of music, there was one time (for two years) when all four of us kids shared a tiny bedroom (we had bunk beds, and a mattress on the floor that would rest against the wall during the day).  My mom used to play the guitar for us after we went to bed and I loved that.

Also, I remember riding whenever we drove in the big silver van, my dad would have music on the radio.  I don't really remember the exact music that we would listen to but I remember that sometimes after the intro music would start, my dad would say the beginning phrase or sentence from the song.... about 3 seconds before it was actually sung.  I was always amazed and wondered how my dad knew the words to so many songs.Save as Draft

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Up tomorrow: Someone I wish I could meet

1 comment:

sos said...

Good memories - thanks for reminding me.