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My love affair with music began at a very young age.  Actually, it began even earlier than that.  My Mom would routinely play “The Blue Danube Waltz” when she was pregnant with me.  Once I was born, the love affair took off.  I was lucky.  My parents played music all the time when I was growing up.  I mean ALL THE TIME.  We rarely watched television and until I was a teenager, I wasn’t allowed to have my own music player.  And my parents aren’t the type to let the kids control the radio.  So that means, even though I was born in the ‘80’s, they didn’t tolerate a lot of the newer crap that was coming out when I was very young. I didn’t even know who New Kids On The Block were until the late ‘90’s.  All of this meant that I got a TON of exposure to the classics at a very, very young age.  Unlike a lot of teenagers, I never had a “Beatles phase” – I’ve always loved them.  And I really think the reason I never “went punk” was because my parents were playing me The Clash since before I can remember.

So, in continuation of my “reflective” themed playlists, this week is focusing on a very small sample of the songs that I grew up on.  And I mean VERY small.  I could make an entire playlist of Marvin Gaye songs that my parents played for me – and Marvin Gaye isn’t even on this list!!  So I just had to pick some of the songs that come to mind when I think of my house growing up.  I don’t even remember learning these songs.  I’ve just always known them.  A conservative estimate is that I’ve heard each of these songs at least a thousand times. Some of them, probably even more than that.  I’m sure I’ve heard The Beatles and Bruce songs tens of thousands of times (I’ve been alive for a little more than 12,775 days.  It’s not unreasonable to assume that I’ve listened to certain songs by Bruce and The Beatles around once per day my entire life).  That’s how frequently music was played in my house, and how much I’ve loved music from a very young age.  

Want further proof that I loved music at a very young age?  In her diary of my first year of life, my Mom wrote, when I was SEVEN WEEKS OLD (!!!!) that “he does begin to fuss when the music stops, however”.

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/songs-of-my-youth-thanks-mom-and-dad/pl.u-NpXmDM3CvL74WM

Spotify: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/songs-of-my-youth-thanks-mom-and-dad/pl.u-NpXmDM3CvL74WM

The Beatles – “Yellow Submarine” (Yellow Submarine)

The Rolling Stones – “Gimme Shelter” (Let It Bleed)

Fleetwood Mac – “Don’t Stop” (Rumours)

Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Down On The Corner” (Willy And The Poor Boys)

The Kingsmen – “Louie Louie”

Manfred Mann – “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”

Curtis Lee – “Pretty Little Angel Eyes”

The Marvelows – “I Do”

The Toys – “A Lover’s Concerto”

Simon & Garfunkel – “I Am A Rock” (Sounds Of Silence)

The Doors – “Light My Fire” (The Doors)

The Clash – “I Fought The Law”

Procol Harum – “A Whiter Shade Of Pale”

Elvis Presley – “Any Way You Want Me (That’s How I Will Be)” (Elvis’ Golden Records)

Buddy Holly – “Peggy Sue”

Bob Dylan – “Like A Rolling Stone” (Highway 61 Revisited)

Bruce Springsteen – “Born To Run” (Born To Run)

R.E.M. – “Man On The Moon” (Automatic For The People)

Boston – “Let Me Take You Home Tonight” (Boston)

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