Ag please daddy!

Ah, the nostalgia!

Hooked on classics

On our Zululand trip, through Antony, I rediscovered the album Hooked on Classics — one we listened to over and over on childhood car journeys in the 1980s. Dad absolutely loved it. The moment it started playing, the nostalgia came flooding back. It really was a phenomenon at the time, becoming one of the bestselling classical crossover albums ever and introducing a whole generation to classical music through its catchy disco-style arrangements.

 

Music

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Red Auerbach

 

Music, to me, is one of the great gifts of being alive. Nothing makes me feel like music and often it facilitates a sacred release. My preferred way of listening to music is to play it through my headphones and focus mindfully on the music alone, as a form of meditation. At times, I also like to listen to instrumental music while I work. 

Songs

• Songs I created (with help from AI)

Favourite music

• Nostalgic music
• Favourite songs
• Favourite music (spiritual)
• The soundtrack of my childhood & teens
• Albums I listened to over and over in my twenties
• Spotify playlists
• Nostalgic music from my childhood  (Spotify playlist)
• Nostalgic music from my twenties  (Spotify playlist)
• Nostalgic music from my thirties  (Spotify playlist)
• Nostalgic music from my fourties  (Spotify playlist)
• Nostalgic music from my fifties  (Spotify playlist)
• Favourite music from musicals  (Spotify playlist)
• Favourite spiritual music  (Spotify playlist)

Music from movies and TV

• My favourite instrumental music from movies  (Spotify playlist)
• My favourite songs from movies  (Spotify playlist)
• Nostalgic music: TV themes  (Spotify playlist)

Concerts & Musicals

• Music concerts I've been to
• Musicals
• Stage musicals I've been to

Technology

• Posts labelled as "music + technology"

Music listening ongoing

• All posts tagged "music"
• All posts tagged "live music"

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Spotify Top Songs by Year

Spotify gives you a playlist of your most listened to songs by year. Unfortunately 2022 and 2020 won't embed here.

2024

   

 2023

   

 2021

 

Favourite spiritual music

Nostalgic Music: My favourite songs from musicals

I absolutely adore musicals. The first musical I ever saw on stage was South Pacific and it made a big impact. Dad had the record of "Joseph and His Technicolored Dreamcoat" and I was mesmerised by it (and would later, at school, star as "Pharoah" in this musical.)  At school, I also starred as an orphan in "Oliver!" and loved all the songs.  My musical watching reached its zenith in London where I saw many of the great musicals on stage.  I also love watching movie musicals.  Here is a list of my favourite songs from musicals.

Nostalgic music from my childhood and teens

"Every life has a soundtrack." Jodi Picoult

I love that you can embed your Spotify playlists into your web site. Here are the songs that were the soundtrack of my childhood and teens.  I had so much fun compiling it and revisiting songs, many of which have special, vivid memories attached.

Nostalgic music from my 20's

Nostalgic music from my 40's

 

Nostalgic music from my 50's

My favourite instrumental music from movies

Music is such an important part of a movie. It sets the mood and can help turn the movie into a deeply emotional experience.  The most gifted composers of musical scores are, in my view, the modern equivalents of Beethoven and Mozart.  

Here are my favourite music themes.  I can listen to them over and over again.

Favourite songs from movies

Nostalgic music: TV Themes

Favourite songs (Cambridge years)

These albums and songs were my anthems and soundtrack while I lived in London and Cambridge.

 

My beloved MiniDisk player and David Gray

Ally gifted me this beautiful device and I absolutely love it. It allows me to put several albums on a disk. I take it on the train with me, listening to lots of David Gray and classical music.

Albums I remember listening to over and over in my twenties

I was very excited to get a music system (CD player, amplifier and speakers) for my 21st birthday. Here are the first albums I listened to. Some were owned by me, others by Dain.

Pure nostalgia: The soundtrack of my childhood and early teens

All played on Dad's vinyl record player or cassette tape deck. All these songs and singers take me straight back to my childhood.  Music has an amazing way to do that.