"If there were no music then I would not get through"~Shawn Colvin
Seriously. I wouldn't. This is where the line blurs for me between NEED and WANT. No matter how broke I have been, I have always had enough money for music (kinda like in college...being completely broke, but always having enough beer money for Thursday Nights at the Dark Horse). I still have records, but no player. I have cassettes. I buy CDs every couple weeks. I even have an old John Denver 8-track...again, nothing to play it on. I have been advised to get various devices and download my music from the internet. But I cannot. I need the jewel case and the liner note. I have to know who played mandolin and who the album is dedicated to. I have to have every bit of information the liner notes offer. I have to have the full experience. I carried around a discman everywhere I went. It was one of 2 items I took into quarantine when I was undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer (once I was out of quarantine, I had to leave the discman in quarantine for another 90 days. It was worth it!). Last Christmas, the Bird Man thought he was giving me the best gift on Earth by giving me this. I was grateful that he tapped into what really makes me happy, but I was upset and thinking, "He doesn't know me at all! I am not parting with my CDs!" So my reaction after opening the gift fell a little flat. For several weeks, he pushed me to put some music on it. I resisted. Finally, after the glow of the holiday season was over, I told him, "Look, you may want me to stop buying CDs but I don't want to stop. Aside from my favorite foods, my must-haves are beads and music and I feel like you are trying to stop that." He got very tender and serious and explained I could buy every damn CD ever made--he wouldn't stop me-- and put them all on here and still have the liner notes. "I just thought it was smaller than your big and very old discman." Being the child I am, I understood what he was telling me, but said, "I hate earbuds." Being with me for 19 years, he countered calmly with "Use earphones." An awkward silence that lasted for minutes with me looking at the floor was broken when I said, "Show me how to put a CD on here. DON'T DO IT FOR ME---Show Me!" And he did. And I think he regrets it. My kitchen CD player broke not long after this. So now, when I am preparing dinner every night, I tuck this little MP3 player between my boobs, put the earbuds in (they are not so bad after all), and sing my heart out while I chop and burn. It drives them nuts :-D
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10 comments:
Christine...sing your heart out and LOUD
I'm not quite that bad, but I *must* have music to create. ANYthing! It's my "white noise", although I've been known to sing along, too (and, since I'm a low alto, not a soprano, that's quite the.... "interesting"... experience ~ ha! ~ )
Keep singin', dahlin'!
oh man, that must drive them nuts! I still have all my CDs, but I am getting used to putting them on my little portable thingy that I still call a 'walkman.' I said that to Anne the other day and she just stared at me because she had no idea what I was talking about
Love you story Christine! I can see you singing away chopping and burning you say!!! Have a wonderful day! Thanks for another glimpse into your life!
I LOVE this post! And I seriously do not mind having that image of you cooking & "cooking" in my head ~ keep on rockin', darlin"!
Hi Christine,
Keep the music in you always, it will keep you sane.
Rock on Sister Rock on!
Therese
LOVE this story! And there's very little in this world that the right music can't make better.
Oh, and we still have albums in our house, so I hear you on the necessity for the old school original technology, with all the trappings. It's like turkey AND the stuffing. Yes, you could eat them separately, but why would you?
Hehehe! I totally understand! These technology changes definately take time to get used too. I remember being so excited going from my first car to my second...from cassettes player to CD player! My iPod was an adjustment but now I love it. However, like you, I still have tons of CD and listen to them in my home office. Some are burned onto the iPod to play in the kitchen since my kitties broke the CD player in there. It is quite cool having this tiny thing hold so much music. I miss the headphones! Those silly ear buds don't fit in my ears properly (maybe I have odd ears).
You have a knack for telling a good story - you know that? If you are as good at cooking as you are at beading (and telling stories) I will bet there isn't much burning going on in your kitchen! Keep singing my friend!
When cds replaced vinyls, I resisted- the vinyls sound better and I have a turntable with a couple of needles, which are getting harder to find. Keep singing ♥
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