So it's been quite a rough week. After Bear's meet I got very sick. It started with a headache that wouldn't quit and ended with a diagnosis of pneumonia. Curly is sick too. She has bronchitis, and so we are both taking tone of medicine. Bear is unhappy because we are both too tired to play. John was out of town until Thursday then left again on Saturday night. Even our cat is sick so I need to take her to the vet tomorrow. So staying true to my resolution to be happy has been difficult.
I decided that a fun blog post will help, and what is more fun than music. I have had a strange and varied past when it comes to music. I thought a trip down memory lane could be fun.
My first favorite song was "My Sharona" by The Knack. I remember sitting on my bed next to my old am clock radio that I got from my Grandpa when he got a new one. I would wait and wait for them to play the song. I was only 7 when it came out, but I remember it so well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdnqEyToqg
From then on I don't have many specific memories for a few years. I listened to pop music, and whatever came on the radio.
When "Thriller" was released I fell in love with Michael Jackson. Of course I loved that album, but I ended up buying all his records. I had just gotten a record player, and spent lots of time listening to his Off the Wall album. "Rock With You" was my favorite song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nleyNwzWwk
Around that same time I, like every other tween girl, discovered Madonna. Once again, while my friends loved "Like a Virgin" I went for a less likely favorite. "Lucky Star" It's so funny when you consider the artist she eventually grew into, but I LOVED it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThHz9wlBeLU
Very soon after I found a new love WHAM! More specifically George Michael. I wanted to marry him. Now I realize that he is so unbelievably gay, but I was only 12, and we didn't talk about that sort of thing then. It's hard to say which song was my favorite. I loved pretty much every song they released. However I am going to go with "Last Christmas" mostly because all the covers I heard this Christmas made me smile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZhoF9Isf0o
I also discovered Prince around the same time. Once again I loved everything about him and his music. My favorite has to be "When Doves Cry" It was so different than anything I ever heard before. It was so sexy, and I was at "that age" I still believe that Prince is one of the best songwriters of all time.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5792204981326161348
Don't think I forgot about George Michael though. When his Faith album came out I listened to nothing else for weeks. It felt so rebellious to sing along to a song with the lyrics "I want your sex." I was 14. My favorite song was probably the title track. Of course it helped that the music video showed a lot of George Michael's butt!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu3VTngm1F0
Then I got a boyfriend, and he was not a traditional guy. He was into the Cure and since I was an insecure teenage girl I was into the Cure too. Actually, they arrived in my life at the perfect moment of teenage angst. I would lock myself in my room for hours and listen to the cassette he had made me on my walkman. In retrospect I am not sure how I escaped slitting my wrists, but I did. Now I look back fondly at the more upbeat songs like "The Love Cats"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcW35t2Gtyk
For the rest of high school I stuck to mostly pop. My best friend was into metal, but I never really got it. The closest thing I liked was Def Leopard. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" was really pretty poppy, but I think it still counts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4xwmZ6zi4
I almost forgot t one of my best memories from high school. I was a band geek, and whenever we took a bus trip we would spend it singing. We sang lots of current pop songs (like the aforementioned Def Leopard song), but every trip we would end up singing "Lean on Me." I know it is cheesy, but it makes me so happy to remember it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPoTGyWT0Cg
So that is only the first half of my life, but it is a good stopping point for now. Looking up all these favorites did the job for me; hope it brings some happiness to you as well!
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