Stanley was cutting a duplicate key today and Lauren was already in day care and I put in a CD that took me back, a million days to Dubai somewhere in the early 90s. Music does that to everyone I know, you hear a song and if you close your eyes, youre back to the first time the sounds drifted into your ears and laid a foundation to your particular jukebox in your mind of favourite songs, tunes or intros ... Good Lord, I could name a song by just bloody hearing the first cords being played. My father did me the benefit of waking me up to music, it was either Dubai 92 FM or playing a vinyl record, blaring out on his precious JBL speakers. He was a lover of music, playing the guitar, learning to play on his Yamaha keyboard or hammering his bongo drums. His love affair with music goes further than Dubai, playing for a band with his brother, Conrad DSylva in Bombay or going further back to his childhood in Cannanore, listening to vinyl with his mom, dada, sister, Jean and brothers Conrad and Cedric. I remember my dads wild parties in Dubai (which would put my partying and clubbing days to shame) and I remember the home cooked food my mother would prepare, the drinks would be poured and once everyone was in a party mood, the guitar, plastic buckets, bongo drums, spoons and Chris harmonica would come out. They would sing everything under the sun, Suzi Quattro, Hendricks, The Stones, Clapton, Elvis, Smokey Robinson, Tammy Wynette, CCR to the more or less obscure Euro Disco Pop tracks .... and this is where The Art Companys - Susanna comes to mind .... it is a happy memory, being a child, being safe, being happy for no reason, all our family and friends singing along in a tiny, two bed apartment in Ghusais, somewhere in Dubai in 1984. Good Memories, Im going to do this every day if I can ... share a song, shake a memory to life to remember and be happy in today. Happy to hear if this song has a special memory for you.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 02:34:34 +0000
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