As I ran on the treadmill, the music sent me back to the days of my youth. The song went
In the navy. We can sail the seven seas..
In my mind's eye, I saw the macho pigs from the pigs in space segment of muppet show dressed as sailors.
The chorus -
We want you as a new recruit..
had the entire cast of the muppet show chanting in my head, with a ship as part of the back drop, in the grand finale of a typical episode of muppet show.
Was I even a teen back then? Memories of my own childhood flooded me as I was whisked back to those evenings with mom, dad and my little sister in the sitting room in our bedok flat, watching our weekly fix of muppet show.
Life was so simple back then. No worries about paying the bills. Only study, friends.. in a way, I miss those carefree days.
I'd spend an afternoon playing the piano. My dad would whisk my mom off her feet and dance. A waltz, cha cha.. or whatever ballroom dance appropriate for the music I played.
Music.
It played a huge role in my youth. My cousins and I could spend an entire day composing music. Most of the Wee cousins were musical, playing one instrument or other. Kev played the guitar and drums. Angie once sat on the swivel chair with 2 synthesizers, a piano, an organ and a flute for a performance in church. She played all of them in one piece, putting down the flute to play both synthesizers, swivelling over to play the piano.. boy did she look stressed.
Fast forward several decades.
I'm no longer a teen. Now I have two sons - a teen and a tween. Both my kids are musical. I'll be taking them for their piano exams next month. The older also plays the trombone and guitar while the younger mixes music using the computer.
They were musical since small. The elder boy danced to Pacabel while he was still in my womb.
Music runs in their veins.
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