Yesterday morning, my son and I were hanging out while he was getting ready for school. I was playing music, as I find it helps him get moving in the morning. I usually try to pick happy up-tempo stuff, and to be honest it gets me moving, too. He was sitting at the breakfast bar, and he looked up and asked me a question.
"Why do you listen to the same music the girls like?" Me: who do you think introduced it to them? (Imagine Dragons was playing) Him: You should listen to old lady music. Me: Like? Him: I don't know. Opera or something. Me: *Plays Ride of the Valkyries*
Then, as I often do with the funny things kids say, I put it up on facebook. To my amusement, it rapidly took off, with friends giving me suggestions for old lady music that would rock the Little Man's socks. By evening, I knew that the best way to organize them and preserve it was to create a playlist, and blog about it.
Music plays a big part of our life. I can't make music, but my daughters do: the Eldest is an amazing trumpet player, and the Otaku Princess plays clarinet and percussion. The girls are constantly listening to music, and will often invite me to listen when they discover a new artist. Recently it's been Twenty-one Pilots, and a Norwegian group called Kaizers Orchestra (try this out for a sample of that one).
I write to music - I fully anticipate that the playlist of Old Lady Music will help the words flow freely. I've got quite the collection of music... but most of it is on an old computer. These days, I use my prime music, or youtube. The ability to have a loosely related playlist of music I'm in the mood for is really nice. I have to be careful and not fall down the rabbit hole of picking songs out... so playlists like this one are great to click and go with.
Feel free to add suggestions in the comments, and I'll add them to a Part II playlist!
Click here to see the full list, or on the photo to start playing it.