My life in music: chapters 1-50
So what do I do at night? When the sun shines outside and sleeping feels wrong? Well, I worry. I read. I watch TV. I close my eyes and try to sleep. But none of these are really fun. What I truly, madly, deeply enjoy doing is listening to music. New and old. When I retire, I hope that my interest in music is still very much alive. Because that's what I'll do with my days (or nights, rather), when I don't have to get up early in the morning. Dive deep into the music I like and stay there. Lately, approaching 50 has given me another excuse to create a music list. (Yes, I confess! I'm a list-maker!) This time a song for each year I have lived. For the 60's and 70's this would not necessarily be music I listened to at the time (naturally), but songs and artists I've come to love later in life. If you're bored already, feel free to stop reading now. Because I will now list 50 essential songs from the last 50 years. If you don't bother reading this far t...