First note: I think I use too many keywords at times.

Right, so I have been watching some movies from my childhood. The main one that really sticks in my mind is Stand By Me, the movie based on the novella 'The Body' by Stephen King.

The Song "Stand By Me - Ben E. King"

I think the reason is the movie itself was about a "simpler time". Though there was a great deal of trouble then too, for a tween, life was filled with more 'physical' adventures, the seemingly slower loss of innocence and more of a sense of closeness between friends. Maybe it’s just this movie, but then I don’t think so.

Let me tell you a little history that connects me more to the story a little, for starters, the music is what I was raised on. The title song, Lollipop, Yakety Yak, Come Go With Me, Book of Love… I used to sing some of these songs when I was in Choir.

*sighs*

I love and still have that soundtrack on vinyl somewhere. Now, the reason I grew up on that mostly instead of other new-agey 1980’s fare is that my Dad was the same age as Ace and the Greaser boys in the movie. He would have been 17, he was a greaser and he was a badass back then too. (There are pictures to prove it!)

My mother on the other hand, well she would have been my age at the time of the movie, she’s a complete Baby Boomer and enjoyed the older 1960’s Beatles music the most. I am ok with that, but I think I more identify with my Dad’s Pre-Baby-Boomer music and attitude.

The music was smooth, harmonious, and innocent. It hinted many times, but at least to me, it seemed more like holding hands or that first kiss or the first dance.

Late at night sometimes, I sit at my laptop here, musing as I always do and I just need to be comforted or I just need to sing to something I know by heart… That’s when I search online for whichever song happens to be in my head at the time and I normally fall onto YouTube and spend a few hours going through Doo Wop songs singing along as I used to when I was young.

The music reminds me of Christmas before it became just another holiday, of times before I knew everything that I do now, of times when I would look out the window and the world was still full of wonder that I couldn’t wait to find out all its secrets.

How sad is it that the music that takes my Dad back also takes me back to a simpler time?

Enjoy some of the YouTube videos I do:

I might try my hand at making a vblog sometime with me singing some of these classics. Maybe.