DC Metro Moms

Take Me Away With Your Song . . .

That's a picture of me from a long time ago when I used to be in a popular D.C. cover band.  That is my old friend and bandmate, Kevin Sambat standing next to me at Shamrockfest 2005.  He is going to be mad I posted this.  Oops.

More on Cover Band days later.

The point of showing you that picture of me with my nifty tambourine and my "pimp" jacket is so you know that I love, love, LOVE music.

Last week, one of my favorite bloggers, Theta Mom, wrote a post about how a song transported her back to a special moment in time.  The song in question for her was "Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls.  I am not the biggest Goo Goo Dolls fan, but I love that song and understood exactly what she meant.

I love the enormity of what you can feel when you hear a song.  I don't mean to be presumptuous but I am certain you all have your "songs" that can create an almost visceral response for you.  I know that I can be going about a normal task and a song will come up on my iPod and bring me back to a memory from some time ago that I forgot I even remembered.

For example, "Feed The World" from Band Aid came on the other day and I was 9 years old again.  In the 3rd grade and in desperate need of braces.  When that song comes on the radio, it is a sensory rush that overwhelms me and almost brings me to my knees.  The memories come at me like a swift punch to the gut and suddenly I remember.

Parents Are People

If you are of a, ahem, certain age (read:  child of the 1970s), then you are bound to remember a certain album (record album of course) that featured the likes of Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Rosey Grier, Diana Ross, and Dick Cavett.  If you do not know who any of the aforementioned people are, well, boy do I feel old.

For those of you who do remember record albums, do you know what album linked all these fabulous peeps together?

The album Free to Be...You and Me came out in November of 1972 and has since been re-released (along with Free to Be...A Family) on CD.  Marlo Thomas (those of you younger folks would probably recognize her most as the spokesperson for her father's legacy St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ) was the inspiration behind this mix of song, dramatic readings and poetry and is featured on several of the album's tracks.  Unbeknowst to me at the time, proceeds from the album went to the the Ms. Foundation for Women and I can't even remember