Music Challenge, Day One: A Song from My Chilhood

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I found this fun idea on the blog of @kiwideb, originally the idea of @jokossita. Here is the full list, if you'd like to accept the challenge as well:

Day 01- A song from your childhood.
Day 02 - A song that reminds you of your most recent ex.
Day 03 - A song that reminds you of one/both of your parents.
Day 04 - A song that calms you down.
Day 05 - A song that is often stuck in your head.
Day 06 - A song that reminds you of a best friend.
Day 07 - A song that reminds you of the past summer.
Day 08 - A song that reminds you of your first love.
Day 09 - A song that makes you hopeful.
Day 10 - A song by your favorite band.
Day 11 - A song on the soundtrack of your favorite movie.
Day 12 - The last song you heard.
Day 13 - A song that reminds you of a former friend.
Day 14 - A song that reminds you of your boyfriend/girlfriend.
Day 15 - A song you love singing along to.
Day 16 - A song that has made you cry.
Day 17 - A song that makes you want to dance.
Day 18 - A song you love but rarely listen to.
Day 19 - The first song alphabetically on your iPod/iTunes.
Day 20 - The last song alphabetically on your iPod/iTunes.
Day 21 - Your favorite song.
Day 22 - A song that someone has sung to you.
Day 23 - A song that you cannot stand to listen to.
Day 24 - A song that you have danced to with your best friend.
Day 25 - A song that you could listen to all day without getting tired of.

For Day 1, I have chosen the them from the television show, "Taxi". The actual name of this famous Bob James track is "Angela". This instrumental piece encapsulates the leftover 1970s vibe that I can remember as a very young child in the early eighties. I would hear this song at night, as my parents turned on the (remoteless, click knob) TV when I was going to bed. What a perfect lullaby. :)

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Day 01- A song from your childhood: Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and the Furious Five, The Message. I remember hearing this for the first time from a friend's older brother's boombox, and being mesmerized. I stopped shooting baskets in our game of 'horse' and just sat down and listened.

That is such an excellent song. I hear so much bad rap now, but that absolutely had it. Rap, but also so funky.

You didn't realize how much you would relate to some of these lyrics later in life.

Ah, St. Louis. "It's like a jungle sometimes... except when it's like the tundra."

Ah, that was a great program!