Over at Revgals Mary Beth says:Happy Friday to you all!
The sad news of Michael Jackson's untimely death has me thinking about music and its effects on us - individually, as cultures, as generations. Let's think about the soundtracks of our lives...
1) What sort of music did you listen to as a child - this would likely have been determined or influenced by your parents? Or perhaps your family wasn't musical...was the news the background? the radio? Singing around the piano?
I was brought up in the Far East and here was not much music around in my early childhood, radio and TV were rarely broadcast in English, only sp we watched only on Sunday evenings, my first introduction to pop music was the Partridge Family as that was one of the shows we were allowed to watch.
The music that was around on a daily basis was that played by our Amah's, and was almost exclusively Chinese/ Eastern in style.
2) Going ahead to teenage years, is there a song that says "high school" (or whatever it might've been called where you lived) to you?
Ah that has got to be Summer Night's from Grease, Grease was a huge hit as I began what would be equivalent to 10th Grade, my friends and I loved the film and wanted to live out the story. :-) Bet I'm not the only one!!!
3) What is your favorite music for a lift on a down day? (hint: go to www.pandora.com and type in a performer/composer...see what you come up with!)
Ha Pandora won't let me in as I am from outside the U.S., but if I need a lift I either listen to Mr Blue Sky by ELO, or the Bach Double Violin Concerto, it really depends on my mood.
Today is a Bach Double Day.
4) Who is your favorite performer of all time?
Back with the Classical theme, I think my favourite performer of all time has got to be Nigel Kennedy- an ordinary man who plays extraordinary music...
5) What is your favorite style of music for worship?
I enjoy many types of music in worship, for me it depends on the occasion and the setting. I've used pop and classical music as well as traditional hymns and modern worship songs. No favourites. Right now though King of Kings is my favourite worship song. (odd for a feminist?)
Bonus if you include a video of any of the above!
I've added links as you tube is refusing to publish to my blog at the moment! I am sensing a trend here though, could it be because my daughters are both string players????
