Yesterday was exactly six months since Travalon and I got
married – wow, does time fly by! In some ways it seems like a very long time
ago, and yet it seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. He gave me a salsa CD to
mark the occasion, and I gave him a genuine autograph from John Lennon I got on eBay, but we
didn’t go out last night. We will do that tonight, at Liliana’s, after my Irish
class.
Travalon and a couple of his friends were coming up with
their Top Ten list of songs, and I said I could come up with a Top Ten in
several genres, but he said it had to be ten altogether. If you could only
listen to ten songs ever again, what would you choose? Travalon and Light
Bright guessed they probably couldn’t pronounce half the songs on my list if I
ever came up with one. What, I ask you, is so hard about pronouncing “Das
Neugeborne Kindelein” by Dietrich Buxtehude? Or “Marcando la Distancia” by
Manolito y Su Trabuco? And is it weird that my spell check recognizes the words
Buxtehude and Trabuco? It’s like this morning, when Handy Woman overslept and
sent our coworker a text, but her phone autocorrected “overslept,” so her text
said, “Sorry, I overseas – will be in soon.” Our coworker said she hoped she
had a good trip back. Which really has nothing to do with my Top Ten list, but
I am wondering about things like concertos – does each movement count as a
separate selection, or can you include the entire concerto? And of course there’s
Handel’s “Messiah.” Could you put the entire oratorio on your list, or would
you have to limit it to one chorus, like “And He Shall Purify,” which is one of
my favorites? This wasn’t as much of an issue for Travalon and his friends, who
were just comparing classic rock songs, but it becomes a relevant question when
you discuss other genres of music. I guess to be fair you’d have to limit
selections to movements, which are often about three minutes long, just like
your standard rock ditty. No fair putting a three-hour piece of music on the
list. The one thing I can say for sure is my list would have to include something
by Vivaldi and something by Earth, Wind, and Fire, so let’s start mine off with
“Concerto in A Minor for Four Violins” and “Let’s Groove.” Maybe someday I’ll
manage to limit myself to another eight pieces of music.
Famous Hat
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