Inspired By Song Contest: Musical Memories - Past and Present

After reading Jesse Clifton's latest post, GET OUT.... of my brain Jason Crouch!,  I had to go fix my makeup and regroup. Jesse had me laughing out loud, tears streaming down my face, songs swimming in my head.

I divide my life into two: LBM, Life Before Missouri and Missouri.

LBM took place in Naperville, Illinois. Life was good, and no matter how often I've been told, I don't believe you can ever go home again. I rarely go back "up North" - but that is a story for another post.

I graduated from Benet Academy in Lisle, IL, a private high school, where the girls wore maroon plaid uniforms and the guys had on ties. We were a huge basketball school; football was pretty high on the list as well.

As we gathered our books and bags on game days, music seemed to appear from the cracks and crevices of the hallways. I never knew exactly where the music came from or who was "in charge." It was one of the great mysteries of high school. Our game day songs, by Queen: We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions. (Catholic school kids living on the edge.) 

After high school and college, I was a field training instructor for Pepsi in their restaurant division. Meetings and parties were a "family" affair. In the restaurant business, you often spend more time with your co-workers than with your own family. "The Electric Slide" was part of every party, most meetings and sometimes an impromptu moment in a restaurant. No matter what our title, no matter what our mood, no matter our age, we couldn't resist it.

Fast forward to living in Missouri - my musical life now revolves around the kids.

A few years ago, a girlfriend from LBM brought her niece and nephew down for a visit. We all piled into her mini van to see the sights, garage sale and have lunch. As we started out, "Who Let the Dogs Out" blasted through the speakers. The kids went nuts! Over and over, again and again, in the van, in the restaurant, at the camp fire - they continued to ask the question and to this day, they've never received an answer. (Even today, I cannot listen to this song just once!)

And, if I ever get tired of that Baha Men song, there is always the famed "Move It Like This"  The kids give a new meaning to break dancing when they hear this song.

Thanks Jesse for bringing up memories old and new. I know, I know, it's not your fault. Blame Jason, go ahead, tell me it's all his fault. Just don't tell me you have an Achy Breaky Heart.

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