The "Old" Songs Are the Best

The other day, while I was watching videos on YouTube, I found this one song that was so popular when I was a kid.  I played it, and childhood memories came flashing back.  After listening to the song, I started remembering more and more songs that I used to dance to every time I heard them playing on the radio.  I listened to them one by one.  And, that's when an idea popped into my head.

I went to our bedroom, grabbed my iPod, hooked it to the laptop and started deleting "new" songs I had on there that I never really listen to anymore.  I went online and looked for the "old" songs, and luckily, I found all that I searched for.  I downloaded them, and transferred them to my iPod.  I'm just so happy that I can finally listen to them anytime I want now!

I actually cannot believe I would go back to listening to the songs from 80s and early 90s.  Even my husband was surprised about it.  When he listened to the song that was playing on my iPod, he laughed.  He wasn't making fun of me, though.  He was joking about how I know the song when I wasn't even around yet when they came out, or I was still too small.  He was like, "Do you even know who sang the song?"  Then, when I replied, "No!  But, I'm sure you do because you're old", he stopped.  And, we both started laughing.

I don't know if it's just me, but I love the old songs more than the hit songs nowadays.  To me, there's more feelings to them compared to the type of music we all listen to today.  Most of the songs we have in the present, create noise.  Most of the singers sing because they can sing.  They don't sing from the heart, thus, you don't feel the connection between you and their songs anymore.  It's very rare to find one who still does. That's why, when I want to listen to music, especially love songs, I listen to songs by England Dan, Chris Norman, Barry Manilow, David Pomeranz, David Foster, Peter Cetera, to name a few.  I feel their music.  They convey truer feelings than the love songs I hear these days.

I am picky when it comes to music genre, particularly the type of songs I want to listen to.  If there's something I didn't like today, don't expect me to like it anytime soon.  Maybe even forever.  And if there's a song I fell in love with, expect to find me listening to it over and over again.  And I don't stop until I memorize every line of the song, by heart.

You'd be surprised that I know more songs from the 80s than songs that are supposedly from "my generation".  I just don't like them that much, plain and simple.

Are you, in any way, like me when it comes to music?