{"id":3358,"date":"2010-10-13T22:48:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T02:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2011-03-19T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T15:42:15","slug":"childhood-music-take-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virushead.net\/vhrandom\/2010\/10\/childhood-music-take-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood Music, Take One"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been thinking about narratives, how people create stories about themselves – even (maybe even especially) private stories. <\/p>\n

I’m not sure whether it’s our culture, or if it’s just me, but music anchors me even more than sight or touch. It rivals smell for the primal whole-self response. I had an idea to free-associate, to simply list the music I strongly recall enjoying. For almost a minute, I had the illusion that that I could make a whole list. I suspect that if I did this again, some songs would stay and others would fade back, replaced by others through a different train of constructive memory.<\/p>\n

Tonight, at this moment, here is the music that I recall enjoying, as it occurs to me in a roughly autobiographical, chronological order. <\/p>\n

All Through the Night
\nStar Light, Star Bright
\nI’m a Little Teapot
\nGood Morning to You
\nOh, What a Beautiful Morning
\nHome on the Range
\nSweet Betsy from Pike
\nI’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad
\nOh, Susanna!
\nAu Clair de al Lune
\nRose, Rose and Up She Rises
\nI Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
\nMy Knapsack on My Back
\nFunicul\u00c3\u00ac, Funicul\u00c3\u00a0
\nCool, Clear Water
\nErie Canal
\nShulamite Maiden
\nTsjaikovski
\nSleeping Beauty
\nWhen the Bell in Lighthouse Rings Ding Dong
\nKookaburra
\nOh, How Lovely is the Evening
\nSilent Night
\nHark the Herald Angels Sing
\nHave You Seen the Ghost of John?
\nInchworm
\nCruella deVille (101 Dalmations)
\nRachmaninov
\nSomeone to Watch Over Me
\nThe Beatles
\nIn the Summertime
\nForward, You Witnesses
\nThere Was a Rooster
\nJoy to the Word
\nIf You Go Away
\nOliver!
\nWhere Do I Begin? (Love Story)
\nChopin
\nHushabye Mountin
\nWest Side Story
\nThe Mama’s and the Papa’s
\nThe Sound of Music
\nGodspell
\nCat Stevens
\nSouth Pacific
\nJesus Christ Superstar
\nBeethoven
\nThe Doors
\nJackson Five
\nTony Orlando
\nThe Carpenters
\nLove is Blue
\nThe Locomotion
\nClassical Gas
\nLayla
\nI Think I Love You – The Partridge Family
\nThe Monkeys
\nSeasons in the Sun (and side b) – Terry Jacks
\nHelen Reddy
\nSimon and Garfunkel
\nJohn Denver
\nAmerican Pie
\nLaughter in the Rain – Neil Sedaka
\nMy Eyes Adored You
\nThe Eagles
\nBarbra Streisand
\nElton John
\nTom Jones
\nThe Bee Gees
\nOlivia Newton-John
\nGrease
\nABBA
\nChicago
\nSteve Miller Band
\nCrosby Stills Nash and Young
\nRolling Stones
\nThe Who
\nMy Sharona
\nMaggie May \/ Rod Stewart
\nStarry Starry Night
\nQueen
\nBoston
\nELO<\/p>\n

Looking back over the list, I’m convinced that it must be so off, in a number of ways. I also laughed. It does get better than this eventually (smile).<\/p>\n

Have you ever thought about the music that resonated with you at a young age?<\/p>\n

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