Today's Tuesday 4 is all about music. Thanks to Annie @Tuesday 4 for the questions this week.
My parents would go dancing often and every time my Dad would request this song for Mom. He also would play it at home and they would dance in the kitchen. This song is one of my earliest childhood musical memories.
What kid of music do you like best?
I like just about all music except for contemporary country, rap, and ska.
2. Does the radio play in your car and if so what station or kind of music plays?
I keep Sirius instead of a radio station going all the time. It stays tuned to the Broadway station.
Does music play in your home often?
All the time!
3. What do you think of the music played in restaurants or stores?
In a restaurant it should be background so you can have conversations. There is a grocery store near me and they blast rap all the time. I refuse to go there.
Do you find it relaxing or annoying?
It depends on the music, volume and type of music.
4. What part has music played in your life?
Music is critical to my life. I listen to it all the time, TheHub and I listen to it at dinner, I play and all my sons play various instruments. We had a rule when they were kids that if they wanted to play sports they had to take piano. As adults they no longer play team sports, but they all still play music.
What kind of music played at your wedding?
We had only classical music played at both our wedding and reception
or at parties you have been to?
Every kind of music under the sun! We have been to events where bluegrass bands play, jazz bands, classical groups, rock, oldies, and even some country music parties.
I have an interesting relationship with music. In the right setting, at the right time, I love it, but it also has the ability to make me miserable, so here goes:
ReplyDelete) I like classical music, and classic rock best.
2. I cannot bear the radio to be on when I am driving. I long for quiet, and the car is one place I can be sure to get it. I don't even let the kids turn on the radio when I am in the car. It hurts my head. To me, music is its own activity. If it is on for the sake of being on, it is noise, and I have no use for noise which serves no intelligent purpose. I love however, hearing my kids noodle on their instruments, as long as they are in their rooms.
3) Like Anne, it depends on the type and volume. I went to a wine tasting room with DH two summers ago, and they were playing Led Zeppelin. While I love Zeppelin, it was annoying in that setting, and we left early.
4) I was a dancer, and dance teacher, so music played a big part in that area. I was also forced to play the clarinet as a kid, and hated, HATED it. It made me miserable, so I never forced my kids to play an instrument. I kept deliberately breaking the clarinet (biting holes in reeds, pulling pads off the keys), until my parents got tired of paying for repairs, and let me quit, but not without a huge lecture of how I had disappointed them. I swore never to do that to my kids. Granted, had I been allowed to choose the instrument I wanted, I would have picked the flute, and I probably would still be playing. That said, I did ENCOURAGE my kids to try instruments or singing in the choir. One kid sang in the chamber choir, two kids played in band, and one kid is currently taking an advanced guitar class. They can also listen to any music whatsoever, and I've introduced them to a lot of my favorites, but the rule is that when they are listening to music, I must not be able to hear it.
I was married in a courthouse, so no music. I avoid parties like the plague. I can't stand noise without a purpose, and parties are noisy. I have, however, been to more concerts, rock and classical, and musicals than I could list.
Thanks for playing along.
ReplyDeleteI am so with you with modern country music-it makes me crazy annoyed. I will say, I've grown more appreciative of some rap music-more spoken word poetry set to music, but the foul mouthed degrading crap I cannot tolerate. We had a similar rule at least through 8th grade. My middle left music behind, but has an appreciation for it. My youngest still sings and plays, and my son is a decent guitarist. It was an opportunity I didn't really have as a child.
ReplyDeleteWe only made them take until middle school, but they all continued playing, though Son3 majored in music.
DeleteI actually enjoyed piano lessons.
A Broadway station sounds good to me! I would not like that grocery store either. Music is definitely a big part of your life.
ReplyDeleteThe Broadway station is really enjoyable, plus I hear music from musicals I did not even know existed.
DeleteYou and I jumped from the same star, I love music and so does Hubs. I despise Rap. But, Hubs and I will dance to our favorite song in the living room. It cracks people up.I grew up with music every day and I am so grateful for it. I cannot imagine a day without music.
ReplyDeleteEven when I was a little little kid I remember Mom listening to music as she did her housework. When I was in Jr. High my Dad jacked up the stereo system and had speakers wired throughout the house so you could hear it from every room. When the cats were away, my sister and I would play our music at full volume through all speakers. bad for our hearing but great for a teen age psyche!
DeleteThat's wonderful (that) your sons continue to play! I can't say I ever enjoyed my years of piano lessons -- except for those times I was permitted to play from the Rogers and Hammerstein songbook.
ReplyDeleteI had a Rogers and Hammerstein songbook too!
DeleteI am tone deaf. I cannot sing. This is really sad because my dad, uncle and I are the only members of the family who can't sing or play an instrument. And guess what, my grandma was a music teacher. Her genes did not pass on to me I guess. However, I do like to listen to music and for me Classic Rock is the best. I used to listen to music in the car up until a few years ago. Suddenly, I started disliking it. On long drives I like to listen to books. I am not a fan of country music, modern or not. I rarely listen to Turkish Music. There are only a few Turkish bands and artists I actually like. 60', 70's and 80's make me happy. I do love Irish music, pub, sailor and pirate songs. I don't know why though.
ReplyDeleteAll of those old sea shanties are such wonderfully happy songs!
DeleteMy mom, who was tone deaf, had me play the piano. I eagerly joined the band, played clarinet, played in a youth orchestra, made all state on oboe, as my daughter did as well. She loves the sax, took lessons while in high school from University of Alabama wind ensemble director, so much she was awarded a full ride music scholarship to LSU, majoring in music performance on the sax ( being close to New Orleans and all), Upon graduation, she auditioned and was among a select few to make the Navy band. She met her husband in the Navy band in Hawaii. So they were both professional musicians. They both have nursing degrees and that is their primary occupation now but my daughter has my old clarinet for my granddaughter and they sing to her all the time. I am so grateful to my nonsinging, nonmusical mother who encouraged me. I feel it has been passed down several generations. I will say my sons cannot sing a lick. They are tone deaf like their dad. Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteOur sons all have pretty good singing voices, but they prefer playing, except for Son3 and as long as he is on stage he does not care what he is doing!
DeleteI enjoyed reading your answers, Anne; I guess I tend to like the real "oldies" type of songs, the best. Songs my mother taught me, songs I grew up listening to, and so forth. Both in English and in Sinhalese. :)
ReplyDeleteMusic can transport me back in time so quickly!
DeleteRetail music is usually bad
ReplyDeleteI don't mind it as long as it is low and unobtrusive. Loud rap in the grocery store is too much for me though
DeleteI was 18 and my husband 19 when we got married. When we renewed our vows at our 25th, we had Christian music at the ceremony and a DJ at our reception. I am not really into rap either, but I did enjoy Alexander Hamilton that we saw on the Disney channel.
ReplyDeleteI think seeing a play and the rap that went with it is totally different than the rap that you hear over the radio now. Plus Hamilton was not just rap.
DeleteOldies and opera are my music taste. :-) Never, ever listen to the radio in my car these days. But I drive so little -- I walk more miles than I drive.
ReplyDeleteI drive very little now, mainly because I don't go much of anywhere anymore. Thanks Covid!
DeleteI like a mix of music, but most of it seems to be oldies from my high school days.
ReplyDeleteWhen I hear old high school music I transport back to the time and have vivid memories of what I was doing and what I was wearing.
DeleteWhen I was younger, I loved the radio on in the car. When my mother was in the car, she wanted me to turn it down or off. Now, I understand. I cannot deal with the radio being on and driving.
ReplyDeleteMusic in the house is fine and very enjoyable. However, Tommy likes the television on. So, I am out of the habit.
I don't like rap at all, old country is better than new country. When I was a bit younger, I like 50s qne 60s oldies. Now, oldies are 80s and not to my taste.
Music is the background to my life. Saturday mornings are often spent doing housework or meal prep while listening to 2 curated radio programs on CKUA. I'm often listening to the radio, usually a country station. The station of choice has been on the air for 60-some years and has a great mix of new and old. This was the same station that played when I was a kid and we would be scolded by dad for changing to the rock station to listen to the daily top 10. Other genres I enjoy - folk, Americana and Canadiana, southern rock, 70's & 80's rock. I've come across some excellent music (IMHO) from movie soundtracks. Some of my best listening occurs in the car on a road trip and I will select the music to take along. The one time I don't like music is when I'm out walking; I prefer the sounds of nature to any playlist. My young cousin once said - Oh, you're an album person. I didn't even know what that meant. I now know it means buying the whole album vs a single song. It's like Christmas when I get introduced to all the other songs on an album introduced by a single tune. I have found myself humming to the music playing in the local grocery store while perusing the shelves. My paternal grandma played the piano and my maternal grandpa played the fiddle & banjo & accordion. I think it's in my genes although I do not play an instrument other than the radio. My son & granddaughters play guitar & piano. My youngest granddaughter will often ask me to "play some tunes," i.e. turn on the radio while going down the road.
ReplyDeleteGreat answers. I agree with #3. I want to have conversation rather than listen to music
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