Music and Family

My mom grew up in the 80’s and some of the trending artists at the time were Michael Jackson, Madonna, Queen, Bon Jovi, and more. Her earliest memories of music are from when she was a child and every Sunday before church her grandparents would listen to the hymns on the radio as they ate breakfast and got ready for the day. They would continue to listen to the hymns at church and for the rest of their Sunday. Outside of church her earliest memory of music was specifically the song “Hold On Loosely” by 38 Special in which her parents would play on repeat. Growing up her parents would listen to the popular classic 80’s rock hair bands such as Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, Guns N’ Roses, Poison, Kiss, and more. At the time, they would mostly listen to these songs on vinyl. My mom really enjoyed the music her parents listened to growing up and she still rocks out to these 80’s hair bands today. As a teen she enjoyed listening to Michael Jackson, Mötley Crüe, Metallica, and Whitney Houston. My grandma loves to tell the story of how when my mom was a teen she knew all the words to “Funky Cold Medina” by Tone-Loc.

As I mentioned today my mom still enjoys listening to 80’s hair bands which is her go to on her car ride to work. She has around a 45 minute commute to work every morning so she loves utilizing that time to listen to favorite music. She spends most of her time listening to music in the car but she also likes to play music on her new JBL Partybox speaker when she's cleaning up around the house. She enjoys most of today's pop artists such as Rhianna, Ariana Grande, Justin Timberlake, and Eminem. One of her favorite songs is “Bitter Sweet Symphony” by The Verve and her favorite line from the song is “You’re a slave to money then you die.” She also really enjoys “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake. She also still listens to Metallica. She loves “Fade to Black” and “Nothing Else Matters.” For my parents wedding my mom walked down the aisle to “Canon in D” which is a pretty popular song to be played at weddings. They played more fun artists at their wedding such as Backstreet Boys, Michael Jackson, and Spice Girls. My moms favorite Michael Jackson song is “Billie Jean.” She also really appreciates a cover of “Billie Jean” performed by David Cook. David Cook rose to fame after winning American Idol in 2008.