Musical Time Travel

One of the things I love about music is that some songs seem to attach themselves to particular memories. I thought it might be fun if I take you on a musical journey with me, from past to present, through the music of my life, one song at a time.

 

Ready?

 

I don't remember what it was, but at some point  (I was younger than 5, I'm fairly certain) I remember owning a record that had a backwards ABC song. The record player, for some reason, sticks out in my mind as a Sesame Street plastic job, but I might be mistaken (it's been 30 years, so cut me some slack!)  I can actually see my bedroom at that time, I can see the frilly pink canopy bed, and smell the dampness (my room was in a semi-finished basement). I learned the song, and from that point on, I was able to say the alphabet backwards faster than forwards. It's a nifty party trick, I'll tell you. Just one of the many things that makes me... unique.

 

That's not a particularly big memory, but I think it's important for several reasons:

 

1. It was the beginning of my love of music.

2. It quite possibly was part of the beginning of my love of reading and learning.

3. How cool is it that I can say the alphabet backwards?!?

 

XOXO,

Sarah