Mama's Music

Mama loves music and she especially likes to dance to her 1960's rock and roll.  She introduced us to a variety of music during our childhood years.  Albums were the craze in the 1970's and we knew the words to every song on every album.  Everybody's favorite songs were on the Beatles' albums.  It was easy to sing along with "Yellow Submarine", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Hello, Goodbye"....darn good music!  :)

Saturdays were (and still are) housecleaning days.  Mama would stack record upon record on her console stereo and crank up the music while we did our household chores.  The music didn't really help with the dusting but at least we didn't bicker about it since we were singing at the tops of our lungs.  There were certain songs that would set Mama off into a dance frenzy.....beware of  "Peggy Sue" and "La Bamba".  Her love of dancing would infect us and we would all join in trying to do the "pony", "mashed potato", "twist", etc.

Music at home spilled over to music in the suburban with 8-track tapes.  I never did learn all the words to Simon and Garfunkel's "Scarborough Fair" due to 30 seconds into the song the track skipped to the next song.  Something about parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme??  We sang along with Neil Diamond, Fleetwood Mac, Tanya Tucker, Barbara Streisand, Ray Stevens, Eagles, just to name a few.  We went through the disco era with The Bee Gees and Donna Summer. 

Don't bother knocking on Mama's door on a Saturday morning if you can hear the music as if you are at a live concert.  Just go right in and you will find her jamming to the oldies and dancing in the kitchen...