Both send chills up my back, just different ones!
(rockhard- going to show your age…………HUH!

OK kid… you asked for it. MUSIC…a big part of my life.

First I think music is as much a subconscious experience as the listening part is an acoustical happening. Everyone has their “oldies” (warm and fuzzy…just a general happy feeling) that wasn’t even one of their favorites. It was just part of the background when we were growing up and becoming our own person. You might enjoy most music but for one it’s the 70’s music “that was really good”, for another the 50’s or 80’s that is a special set of sounds. That’s why one tune snaps a personal memory vision into our head as vivid as a photo. It’s different for each of us. (there is a point to all this) Your vision of Christmas might be of the lights and the pretty wrapping and excited kids. Subconsciously there are smells of pine needles and tangerines. The background part. On New Years, stinky sauerkraut cooking (if you had a German grandmother) and whisky in the air. (if you had an IRISH father)

So now you’ve got that part.

Now a little like sex. All nice but when you share it with someone, you both have something common (and personal) in the background. Any music playing during a love session that is part of shared pleasant experiences for both is going to winner for you. If you’re with that person, go through the scrap book and box of snap shots, then immediately check out list of tunes from that time or place. You’ll find “your” love music. Start your new set if you don’t have that shared person. It’ right behind you! Like the water closing behind the ship as you move forward. Depends on how long you’ve been underway and the course you’ve sailed.


PS some favorites of mine-

BODY + SOUL series from Time Life
FAITHFULLY by Nat Cole (old stuff)
RHYTHM OF LOVE by Anita Baker

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