These next selections are from a nephew and a niece with her spouse, all 30-somethings:
My Nephew's Songs: "West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys. He notes: "Growing up in rural Indiana, I embraced all things exotic and European, When I first heard the album Please, I loved the urban sounds and dreamed about the bigger world out there." Others described: "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones, "Boys Don't Cry" by the Cure, "Jump" by Van Halen and "Bodhisattva Vow" by the Beastie Boys.
My Niece's Songs: She listed "Crucify" by Tori Amos, "Where Are You Going" by the Dave Matthews Band" and "Fragile" by Sting. Also, the album OK Cumputer by Radiohead and listening to it "in front of a campfire, under the stars after being on the river in a canoe all day."
My Niece's Husband's songs: This artsy guy readily admitted that this exercise was "like asking what your favorite color or food is -- too many variables." So he provided plenty of diverse samples, such as: Viper House "Shed, Give it Up;" Amos Lee "Keep It Loose, Keep it Right;" Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong "Summertime; Alexi Murdoch "Orange Sky;" Arlo Guthrie "Alice's Restaurant" and more. He also noted Pink Floyd's "Great Gig in the Sky" (a song by his all time favorite band.
In time, music all rolls together as an eclectic playlist of who we are. Music is ageless, timeless and always full of surprises.
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