Proud Parent

The other day, Rollie said, "Good song," from the backseat when I was playing "(Drawing) Rings Around the World" by Super Furry Animals. About a week before that, I looked in the rearview to catch him nodding his head to Broken Social Scene's "7/4 (Shoreline)." Today, on the way home from the Y, I was listening to The Editors and he said, "Make it Youder." Great musical taste, not so great at the letter L.

I am so proud. This probably seems silly, but I credit some of my parents' music with influencing my own tastes in music - Otis Redding, Elvis, the Everly Brothers, Gordon Lightfoot, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe, The Eagles, the Beatles, Peter Paul & Mary, Jerry Lee Lewis, just to name a few - These all remind me of my childhood, and they are things that I still love to hear today. (Okay, that is not completely true. I have not sought out the Everly Brothers. Ever. But I would love to hear Cathy's Clown!)

I just hope that Rollie and Matilda have fond memories of the music I listen to during their childhood. And I hope that when they think of me listening to it, they smile as big a smile as I do thinking of my Mama driving us around in the red station wagon, singing along with "Peaceful Easy Feeling" playing on the 8-track.