As I visit with Used to Be Mom at her assisted living residence, I often marvel at the lyrics she remembers from songs she knew as a girl during the depression and during the war. She can't remember what brunch is but she definitely knows all the words to "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts".
And Used to Be Mom isn't the only one. Music seems to unlock some energy in these seniors and puts a glint in their eye or a tap in their shoe. So when my generation become Used To Be Moms what music will they play for us? Steve Miller Band, Janis Joplin, Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen?
I'll get worried when they start playing Stairway to Heaven.
3 comments:
oh my gosh i remember when grandmad was ironing once and she started singing que sera sera. i thought it was the weirdest song ever....like how on earth are you supposed to dance to a song like that!
now i kind of like it. and when i hear it, it reminds me of her.
i know you didn't necessarily grow up listening to bryan adams...his songs remind me of you. i don't quite know why. maybe because you went to his concert...
I always remember that Johnny Horton song "In an 1814 took a little trip, along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip; We took a little bacon and we took a little beans, And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans." Always thought it was the best way to remember history ; )
I think I'll remember every Disney song from every Disney movie. And certain songs take me back to high school dances--where I always stood against the wall.
Isn't it remarkable how that generation to which your mother belongs loved their music?I can sure remember the tunes from my youth but I often stumble with the lyrics. For years I recognized the Paul Revere and the Raiders hit - Arizona. I always thought when they hit the chorus and sang "Ar-i-zon-a" - they were actually singing "Hair is Go Now" What early onset disease is that?
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