Random music memories...
My parents used to take us on a walk in the evening before bed. One night the moon was bright enough to create silhouettes/shadows of our bodies and my mom sang part of this song. I remember climbing then jumping off these old low window sills made of brick at a former factory. I would have been eight or younger, probably 5-6.
For whatever reason I remember the radio announcing a snow day then this song playing. Given the release date it may have been grade ten.
My mom and her sisters are all musically inclined (piano, guitar and vocalists) so when we went on family camping trips there would be sing-alongs around the campfire. At Christmas we would sing carols before opening presents. They went around the room so everyone had to pick a song they would like to hear. One uncle used to pick the same song every year. When I was in high school or maybe even into early post-secondary if I picked before him then I would select his song because that's what troublemaker high schoolers do, lol.
Through my childhood I was exposed to a lot of The Beach Boys, The Beatles, John Denver, James Taylor, Cat Stevens and Simon & Garfunkel. Mom and I attended a Simon & Garfunkel concert in 2003 which was great and a Beach Boys concert in 2008 which was so-so but maybe bonus points for John Stamos playing drums, lol. I can't sing worth a lick even though I will when I'm alone, don't have the dexterity to play guitar but maybe could drum although I have never explored the instrument. Growing up around so much music may have contributed to my enjoyment of music and live concerts. I have attended 114 concerts and seen 243 bands. Real tours with commercially successful bands. It doesn't include local bands, cover bands, tribute artists/classic albums live, that stuff doesn't make the list. I caught a used drumstick from Atreyu in 2006. I don't care about the band, they were an early opening band at Ozzfest and when it was thrown I simply raised my hand while remaining in my seat and the drumstick went into my hand for a clean catch. Last summer I picked up a Lumineers drumstick off the floor. It was tossed in our direction, the people in front missed it and I don't think I have ever moved that fast in my life to crouch on my knees, grab the drumstick on the ground between someone's leg then stand up. There are no marks on it so it may not be used or the drummer plays a completely different style than Atreyu, which I suppose is possible. As a non-drummer it's difficult to see one chewed to pieces and one pristine and think the pristine one was used throughout the night or at least part of the night since he played two different drum kits. The digital revolution has killed my collection of ticket stubs from events and concerts. I have a ziplock bag for each year an event was attended but whoever finds it when I die will think I actually died years before or became a hermit, lol.
The first band to hit the stage of the first concert I ever attended was System of a Down and I am still a fan of theirs today. I have had the pleasure of seeing them live seven times. The only artist higher than that is Matthew Good who I have seen eight times after he left his band and one other time as Matthew Good Band before the split. His solo acoustic tours are outstanding. I could listen all day to him with an acoustic guitar. One of the more fun concerts was the Up In Smoke tour with Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg performing together as headliners then Eminem, Ice Cube and Warren G opening acts and a few others joining the performers for a song or two.