My Childhood Soundtrack
The music you listen to growing up will always be the most enduring because those songs carry with them precious memories. The records that I listened to, mostly due to my parents playing them on cassettes (those existed once) are so powerful that when I hear them, I am transported back to those times. I can recall one day in particular, driving down some freeway in southern California, right around dusk, and Joni Mitchell “Peoples’ Parties” was playing on our tape deck. Whenever I listen to that record, Court and Spark, I feel like I’m there again, four years old in the backseat.
This short list of songs has had an enormous impact on who I’ve become, and I realize that the people who wrote them would probably have trouble fully understanding just how important they are to me. Look them up on Youtube or something if you get a chance.
1. The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
2. Joni Mitchell - Peoples’ Parties
3. The B-52’s - Private Idaho
4. Patsy Cline - Crazy
6. Mary Wells - The One Who Really Loves You
7. The Rolling Stones - Let’s Spend the Night Together
8. Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
9. Bobby Gentry - Ode to Billy Joe
10. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
-CL
