Still, when my dad would take my brother and I to the park it was filled with colorfully dressed people strolling around slowly muttering phrases like ‘hey, peace man.’ What was up with them? My dad whispered to me that these people were known as ‘hippies.’ Apparently, they didn’t want to go fight a war in Vietnam. The Vietnam war was going on and the evening news had scary war footage and lists of people who were dying. Politicians and public figures like Martin Luther King were getting killed and there was rioting. They were all kind of edgy and liked the rebelliousness, which was scary to me in some way (I was ten years old then). I Can’t Get No Satisfaction was their anthem. My friends older brothers and sisters were listening to The Rolling Stones. The Sixties were all around me and that was the only magic I was aware of. She told me to keep working on The Magic Froggy. She reprimanded me and told me not to do that anymore. Then I figured out how to play it on the piano, and gleefully showed my piano teacher –thinking she’d believe I was a musical prodigy for being able to learn a song by ear rather than relying on sheet music. I listened to to it over and and over, memorized the lyrics, and sang along with it constantly. The first song I really went nuts over was Windy by The Association. So I started out buying the small records, which are now archaic, known as 45s. I saw them on TV and was obviously familiar with their music same with the Monkees. As a young kid the Beatles were a big deal. I’m going to respond, but in an extended post, so feel free to click on the ‘continue reading…’ link if you want to read my responses.įirst, let me say that this exercise is good because it caused me to reflect on how much music has meant to me over the years. five people I’m passing the musical baton to.what five songs do I listen to a lot because they are special to me.Ray Ward has passed me the musical baton.
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