Music to my ears

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Sue Vincent

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“Come down at one,” said my son.

“Make it eleven,” he said on the phone that evening.

“As close to eight as you can,” said the text that woke me in the middle of the night.

“Zzzz,” said my son through his bedroom door. By nine I had all his housework done and meals prepared. My own had been abandoned in favour of scraping the ice from the car; the first frost of autumn had been a hard one and would doubtless have been harder still without the fog that blanketed the morning with ephemeral gold.

Even the kites had not taken to the skies when I left, yet the day before I had counted twenty-one of them wheeling above the house and raiding a local bird table. By the time I reached my son’s home through the interminable queues of traffic, the fish in the pond were awake and demanding to be fed, his garden was alive with birds including thirteen magpies in a single tree. I’ve never seen so many together before.

I cleared away the evidence of the previous evening, that spoke in uncompromising terms of an extemporary lads’ night and got the coffee ready to brew. Having clattered about enough to gently nudge the dead into wakefulness, I finally heard a mumbled ‘hello’ from the bedroom and made the coffee.

He was already checking his phone by the time I went in and, after a desultory conversation, mentioned that he and his friend had been talking about music last night. He had been introduced to such bands as the Sex Pistols. They had listened to some heavy metal. They had commented on the use of real instruments instead of electronic gadgetry and the musicianship of the bands. His friend had suggested a couple of tracks. He played me one. Did I know any others?

Did I know any others? I started gently with Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath and it went on for a while spanning decades and styles with Pink Floyd, the Eagles, Joy Division, Green Day and the Foos amongst others. The others were the curve balls I threw in…like the Purple People Eater.

Nick’s sound system is one that makes mine look antiquated and it is all controlled through an app on his phone. I told him the titles, he tapped them in and played them… and the morning was lost to rock. Not that I was complaining. We discussed the benefits of an eclectic taste in music. Mine runs from operatic arias through some very strange veins to the rock we were enjoying.

“You’re the only one who doesn’t have the app on their phone…” he complained after a while tapping in yet another title. He instructed me on how to acquire it and made me install it, so that I, his mother, can play or change the tracks and volume at will.

Perhaps he hadn’t had enough coffee… Image result for evil smiley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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73 Responses to Music to my ears

  1. Marilyn Armstrong's avatar Marilyn Armstrong says:
    November 3, 2016 at 05:10

    What a nice time of sharing for a mother and son. Very lovely. Good taste in music, too.

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  2. Dyanna's avatar ravenhawks magazine says:
    November 3, 2016 at 05:59

    Awesome taste in music.

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  3. The Watts's avatar The Watts says:
    November 3, 2016 at 06:18

    Nice mother son story!

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  4. Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, SCAC's avatar Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, SCAC says:
    November 3, 2016 at 06:23

    I envy the fact that you have a son who can drag you into the century of the ap. I can barely make a call and pick up voicemail on these new phones – and BOY does that make me feel old and irrelevant.
    xx,
    mgh
    (Madelyn Griffith-Haynie – ADDandSoMuchMore dot com)
    – ADD Coach Training Field founder; ADD Coaching co-founder –
    “It takes a village to educate a world!”

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      November 3, 2016 at 06:47

      I’ve always enjoyed tecnology, largely because of my sons, I suspect.

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      • Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, SCAC's avatar Madelyn Griffith-Haynie, MCC, SCAC says:
        November 3, 2016 at 07:07

        I did, when I was younger — actually employed as a sys admin for a bit – self taught. But the rock face learning curve lost its appeal as time went by.

        After having to drop out due to a protracted illness, I lacked the drive to jump back in, working twice as fast until I figured out how to catch back up and work around all the newfangled glitches in new languages and platforms.

        Now I yearn for someone to simply show me how to do what I want to do. Thus the envy.
        xx,
        mgh

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  5. Ritu's avatar Ritu says:
    November 3, 2016 at 06:42

    But how great you were able to share your music with him!
    My time to educate my kids is in the car, when various cds go on of my choice! Rock n roll, 60s. Disco, cheesy 80’s pop, bhangra, bollwood, r’n’ b, swing, soul… there’s a lot to choose from!
    And we use this great app called Smule! To play karaoke too!

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  6. TanGental's avatar TanGental says:
    November 3, 2016 at 07:02

    Yep we deliberately damaged our children by having a jukebox at home that takes 100 cds of our choice. Gradually they began to appreciate a wide range of music. I need to up-app I suppose.

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  8. Jaye Marie & Anita Dawes's avatar jenanita01 says:
    November 3, 2016 at 08:26

    this sounds like yet another good reason to get myself a mobile phone. Thinking of exploring this after the current WIP is finished… I have been putting it off, for I didn’t think I needed yet another source of technical frustration, but…

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  9. Judy E Martin's avatar Judy E Martin says:
    November 3, 2016 at 08:34

    I was always into all kinds of different music too, and my daughter has quite an extensive knowledge of 80’s music!!!
    The problem is, my knowledge of ‘modern’ music is pretty grim! 🙂

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  10. Bernadette's avatar Bernadette says:
    November 3, 2016 at 10:34

    It is fun talking music with your kids. Keeps me up to date.

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  11. Steve Tanham's avatar stevetanham says:
    November 3, 2016 at 11:17

    Reblogged this on Sun in Gemini and commented:
    Had to chuckle at this tongue in cheek post from Sue.

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  12. Alethea Kehas's avatar Alethea Kehas says:
    November 3, 2016 at 11:53

    They still play “Stairway to Heaven” as the last song at school dances in my town. Oh, the memories when I was a teen. 🙂

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  13. Bun Karyudo's avatar Bun Karyudo says:
    November 3, 2016 at 12:01

    I think you’re right to praise eclectic musical tastes. For one thing, it’s a great way to make friends with a wide variety of different kinds of people.

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  14. vanbytheriver's avatar vanbytheriver says:
    November 3, 2016 at 12:31

    That list of rock artists you mentioned…pretty much the play list at our home for decades. We weaned our kids on that stuff, they added their own to the mix. Perfect. And I’m loving that illustration for Stairway ! Thanks for the a.m. music. ❤️ 💛 💙 💜

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    • Sue Vincent's avatar Sue Vincent says:
      November 3, 2016 at 13:55

      After inflicting some of my odder tastes upon him this morning… and having him compare some to a strangled cat, pat me in sympathy for others and brandish the carving knife to cut his own ears off after the rest, he may be regretting giving me access to his sound system 😉

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  15. Helen Jones's avatar Helen Jones says:
    November 3, 2016 at 13:54

    Ah, a wonderful way to spend a morning, and in some excellent musical company too 🙂 We’ve always brought up the gorgeous girl with our music – she is choosing her own path now in terms of what she listens too, but she has been exposed to a wide range. Her first concert was Slash haha – she had a great time though 🙂

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  16. Let's CUT the Crap!'s avatar Let's CUT the Crap! says:
    November 3, 2016 at 16:17

    Talking music and comparing, what a time you spent with your son! ❤ ❤ ❤
    Moms have eclectic tastes and are real people, not just moms.

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  18. Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
    November 4, 2016 at 01:14

    We lived through the greatest rock n’ roll. It’s nice to share it with our kids/ my youngest likes our music almost more than the contemporary. 🙂

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  19. dgkaye's avatar dgkaye says:
    November 4, 2016 at 01:24

    Beautiful story Sue, and love the video. 🙂

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  20. Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life.'s avatar Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life. says:
    November 4, 2016 at 08:51

    Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
    Sue Vincent and Led Zeppelin bridging the generation gap.. One of my favourite tracks and delighted to hear that Sue more than held her own in the battle of the bands!

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  21. Chatter Master's avatar Chatter Master says:
    November 4, 2016 at 09:46

    Parents and kids sharing music. Though the genre was quite different, it reminded me of growing up with my parents and their music always playing.

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  22. roughwighting's avatar roughwighting says:
    November 4, 2016 at 11:48

    So fun to read! And yeah to your son for listening to your music and realizing (I hope) that you are a rocking mom. My son still enjoys The Beatles and classic 60s music, since he listened to it with me as a young boy, and we all sang the songs out loud as I drove him and his sister to school. Music brings us all together, no matter the generation.

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  23. olganm's avatar olganm says:
    November 7, 2016 at 09:47

    Fantastic. It’s great to know good things can stand the pass of time. A lovely time. Thanks for sharing, Sue.

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