Does anyone have memories of the first song they can remember? (Could've phrased that better). I have two songs that I can remember hearing around 1978-79. One is Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and the other is Jeff Beck's version of "Love Is Blue". The latter actually has imagery with it whenever I hear it. I was on my way to the Fairytale Castle (a tourist attraction on the Sunshine Coast) with my parents in I think a blue car. The road is very clear in my head and if there was any chance of it being the same, I would recognise it instantly. There is very little sky visible due to the fact that the road was completely enshrouded by trees. Massive eucalypts towering over a tiny 4 year old in the back of a car. I love this picture and when I hear this song I will close my eyes and go back there. I have many more experiences such as this from my entire life, as I am sure most people do.
Music is a very important part of our household and always has been. Grey plays woodwind instruments although hasn't had one until I convinced her to buy a clarinet last year. Her favourite instrument is the baritone sax and for about two years I have been looking into payment plans and the like. She will have one! I found a reasonably decent plan about August this year, it's just a matter of the money to pay off said plan hehe. I play piano, keyboard and guitar first and foremost. I also dabble in ukulele, banjo-mandolin, auto-harp, violin and various others. I want to get a balalaika and a decent bass guitar but that's another day.
Both of the girls are musically inclined too.
Akayna has an amazing sense of rhythm and can dance till the cows come home and depart the following morn. I tell her that she dances like Mummy and she seems pretty happy with that. She certainly is getting some moves down, even some that I am sure have to be of her own devising. She loves to play daddy's piano and I think that one day I'll get her a keyboard of her very own. She is the proud owner of several brightly coloured recorders. I don't know if she'll play an instrument of any kind when she is older but she will definately have some interest in something stemming from music and I think that will be dance. She loves to sing too and I think she knows the words to Blink-182's 'All The Small Things' just as good, if not better than I do. She's also a big fan of Tenacious D's 'Tribute', The Offsprings 'Hit That' and Bjorks 'It's Oh So Quiet'. As a baby I would play an extended version of Pachalbel's Canon to her to help get her off to sleep. It worked a treat and I suspect that it wtill would to this day. She loves it and says she remembers me playing it for her.
Bella has incredible timing and tone and often sings quitely to herself or for a wider audience. I gave her an half size guitar for her 3rd birthday and, while she would prefer to play one of mine, she loves to sit with it and strum the strings and move her left hand up and down the fret-board. She also has an harmonica and a recorder or two. She also loves dance but leans more towards the interpretive side than Akayna hehe. Definately possesing a rock star attitude, she could totally blitz the airwaves one day. Bella loves Enigma, Elton John and Rick Wakeman. She is also into Deep Purple and a healthy amount of Pink Floyd. Bjork's 'It's Oh So Quiet', the Barenaked Ladies 'If I Had A Million Dollars', Robbie Williams' 'The Road To Mandalay' and 'Beyond The Sea' rank very highly among her favourites. I often hear her singing 'Crocoldile Rock' and 'If I Had A Million Dollars' without any accompianment as well as doing the refrain from 'The Road To Mandalay'..... too cute. Oh, and one song that they both love to sing with me is 'On Top Of Spaghetti'. They do it so well too.
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