Turntable 07/14/2014

Since I didn't hear comments on last weeks turntable, I don't know if the music was a "turn off" or if everyone was just in the pool!  I'm attempting to bring us up to date with some of the popular music currently in circulation (the stuff our grandchildren are listening to).  Do you want the new stuff tossed in when I find something?  Let me know! 

Do you know what your grandkids are listening to?

That question came clear to me this weekend during our 4th of July celebration.  The question came from Grandchildren. Not mine.  They belonged to Nancie Kieweg.  Nancy Niemann (the name you might be familiar with), lived across the street from me on Lindbergh Drive in Manitowoc.  She was one year ahead of us in HS and dated Vic Schiegg.  I married Joan, Nancie's cousin. That's why we still get together.  Her dad, Joan's Uncle Kenny, turned 100 on the 4th of July.  So we had a party - at her family home on Lindbergh Drive.  We've been getting together for several years . . . Kenny at 95, 96, etc. and for the last couple of years I brought music.  An Ipod and Bose portable speaker.  I'd play all the oldies and pretty much everyone enjoyed the music.  Well almost everyone.  This year, because of the Turntable's "Do you know what your Grandchildren are listening to", I decided to do some research and update my Ipod with some "relevant " music! Relevant to those grandkids of 14 to 16 years of age.  So when the question was asked by little Allie (Nancie's granddaughter 15) do you have some of OUR MUSIC?  I was happy to say yes!  "I think so".  

Previewing the top 10 songs for years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 I picked the songs I liked best!  Not as easy as it sounds, some of the music was really good but the lyrics were BAD!  and I mean REALLY BAD!  This I discovered by playing the music "with lyrics displayed" on youtube.  After carefully previewing the songs, I found some real gems!   I liked some of them so well that they replaced selections I had already chosen for last weeks Turntable.  I knew I liked the music, but how about the kids?  

As soon as that selection started playing I had my answer!  The grandkids loved it!  They sang right along with the music.  I gotta say it was pretty special.  I'm glad I took the time to find the music for those teenagers . . . and so were they!  Something else I discovered was that their parents also had music they preferred.  Kyle, Allie's Uncle couldn't wait to mount his cellphone on the speaker and play his new favorite song.  He couldn't stop laughing telling us it was about a guy who went to his girlfriends house to ask her dad for permission to marry her . . .  her Dad said NO!  Let's just say this guy is persistent!

So what else did I discover?  Well not all the Billboard top 10 songs are suitable for playing in public.  I previewed each song in youtube.com using the "lyrics" version.  Most times you could not decipher what was being said while listening to the song.  The music was good but when you actually saw the words on the screen!!!  Lots of songs never made the cut!  I could play "one of those" for you, but I'd prefer not to do that.  I'd rather play something I really liked.  By the way I don't consider myself a "Country" fan. At least not until now.  The best songs in the top 10 each year for the last couple of years seem to be Country.  Interestingly, if you listen to our old "Pop" songs, many of them were kinda like Country anyway!  This one is my current favorite!

 You'll be hearing more "New Music" on the Turntable in the future.  We need to learn this stuff . . .  for the Grandkids!


Hope the rest of your summer is "Beachin!"!

Till Next Week

Harv