I grew up listening to a wide variety of genres of music. Some of my aunts and uncles, especially the older ones, played their 8-tracks...Yes, 8-tracks of various Spanish music. I especially remember this song by Juan Gabriel:
My younger aunts and uncles listened to Tony Orlando & Dawn:
or Freddy Fender:
I remember my aunts, Sylvia and Yolanda taking me with them on their dates with my now uncles and listening to "Knock 3 Times" or "Before the Next Teardrop Falls." I was about 5 years old at the time, and I remember I learned the lyrics to those songs pretty quick. (:
I heard one of those songs about a year ago on an oldie station and it immediately took me back to my childhood.
My mom also listened to all of this music, but she also listened to country. Boy, I remember belting out this old Patsy Cline song:
And also old Loretta Lynn/Conway Twitty songs like nobody's business! Especially this one:
I may or may not turn the volume all the way up and sing along while watching "Coal Miner's Daughter." Haha.
So I guess you I can honestly say that I listened to country since before country was "cool," because, well, country is very cool!
Later on when 80's music came along, well....that goes without saying. It is simply the best music in the world. Who can forget REO Speedwagon? Or Foreigner? Michael Jackson??
Apá listened to Carlos y Jose, which isn't music I would personally choose to listen to, but every once in a while I'll be flipping through stations on the radio dial and I'll come across one of their songs and it instantly reminds me of Apá.
Isn't it amazing how a certain song has the ability to flood you with memories of a certain place, or person? I think most everyone has that "time travel" effect from listening to a certain song. I find that pretty amazing.
Oh, and just to clarify...I found these videos on Youtube, and we most certainly never saw them back in the day because we didn't have the internet, MTV, etc. back then. (:
Until tomorrow!
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