tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post3495690787507887878..comments2023-08-25T18:09:09.834-07:00Comments on Wrote By Rote: Volare #atozchallengeArlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-48967121326259256232014-04-25T20:47:15.380-07:002014-04-25T20:47:15.380-07:00JoJo -- Sad that your mother was so anti-music. I ...JoJo -- Sad that your mother was so anti-music. I don't understand how anyone can be like that.<br /><br />Larry -- My parents would both like to just listen to music. And they would sing along and when my sister and I were kids we'd love it. My father would often sing along to the radio and sometimes my sister would sing along with him. They had such a wide range of music in their collection--I guess that's where I picked up my eclecticism. Especially in college I would sit and listen for hours to music. Also all the years on the road I listened to music while I drived. We had hundreds of cassettes in our van and I was continually buying new ones.<br /><br />Teresa -- I faithfully tuned in to Dean Martin's TV show every week. I was in high school at that time. Always liked Dino.<br /><br />Alicia -- I share the same interests that my parents had and more. It's what we grew up with I guess and what makes us feel comfortable.<br /><br />CW -- I used to hear "Summer Place" all the time. We must have had the record in the house. It was on the radio a lot too.<br /><br />Lee<br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-36323925701806386882014-04-25T14:10:59.314-07:002014-04-25T14:10:59.314-07:00My earliest memories are Sherry and A Summer Place...My earliest memories are Sherry and A Summer Place. Growing up with a sister ten years older, you get a good early appreciation of music.CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-54917179492194586842014-04-25T12:43:32.839-07:002014-04-25T12:43:32.839-07:00You inspired a blog about memories of my mom with ...You inspired a blog about memories of my mom with this post. I linked back to your post. <br />http://calangel58.blogspot.com/2014/04/i-am-my-mother-and-proud-of-it.htmlAliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-5060167177029903252014-04-25T10:52:04.281-07:002014-04-25T10:52:04.281-07:00It's funny how much we become what our mothers...It's funny how much we become what our mothers were. Your mom loved music and played it often. My mom wasn't a big fan of music. I rarely remembered it being played in our home so I never became a fan of music and even now only listen to it on the radio in the car. I don't have an ipod, I don't download music, I don't buy CDs.<br /><br />But mom loved books and I grew up with a love of reading. Mom loved games so I have every game imaginable. Mom loved puzzles, so I in turn love puzzles, even though now I do them online.<br /><br />Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-20970682637642618902014-04-25T09:32:43.429-07:002014-04-25T09:32:43.429-07:00I grew up with Johnny Cash and Hank Williams-Count...I grew up with Johnny Cash and Hank Williams-Country Music. I loved rock. Today, there's not much in music that I don't like. I love classical, christian, country and rock -- nearly all of it. <br /><br />PS when I was nine years old, I loved Dean Martin with all my heart. :)T. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-91301103526644339322014-04-25T08:46:10.478-07:002014-04-25T08:46:10.478-07:00Lee-
What saddens me is how rarely it seems to be...Lee-<br /><br />What saddens me is how rarely it seems to be that people put on a piece of music just to listen to it these days.<br /><br />Not that your mother having music as background to clean to is a bad thing-I have music playing in my house, car, office, etc virtually around the clock.<br /><br />But I also make time several times a week, to just put on an album and sit myself down between the speakers and <i>listen</i>.<br /><br />I do not know many people who do that any more. I know that as we age, responsibilities get in the way (children, yard work, "honey-do" lists).<br /><br />But I often wonder if any teenagers listen like that these days.<br /><br />Anyway, as I read your post, I was picturing the old console record player we had in our living room...I saw one for sale a few years ago at a garage sale, and I was really tempted to pick it up.<br /><br />Memories.<br /><br />For my mom, it was Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.<br /><br />I heard those records so much, I now have my own CD copies (and will probably pick up the records one day).<br /><br />LarryDiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-26086580466188256562014-04-25T06:58:48.363-07:002014-04-25T06:58:48.363-07:00My mother was anti-music. She complained that the...My mother was anti-music. She complained that the beat made her heart beat too fast. *rolling eyes* My dad had a HiFi but rarely got to use it. He got a stereo and put it in the out building used for recreation and would listen to his music in there and I'd join him. He'd do his paperwork for his business and listen to Ray Conniff, Dean Martin, stuff like that and I'd be colouring or making crafts. The only rock music I got to hear was when my cousins came up in summer, till my uncle gave me my first transistor at age 7 or 8. Then all I heard the rest of my life living at home (after I got my own stereo) was 'TURN THAT DOWN!'JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.com