Boogie Woogie dancin shoes...

There are some triggers which bring back memories of your childhood. different people would have different triggers, some would have food, some places which remind them of their childhood; mine is music. and not just any song, the really old english songs which my dad taped during his time on the ship. in a way it was a great thing that he was in merchant navy and roamed the world at a time when there were no cellphones, no emails to let your near and dear ones know that you are safe. ships were slower, loading/unloading took time, and so my dad had plenty of time to visit all the places and stay at a port city for a week or more. so he taped songs on cassettes, almost obsolete these days. and we played it in our car stereo when we were very young, and one of the only families in the locality to have a vehicle. we went on many tours, every year someplace new, and the tapes would play all through the route. we didnt really know much about songs and music then, but some songs got embedded in my system. everytime i listen to them, it brings back a flood of memories of dad driving the car really fast, me and my brother jostling to get between the two front seats of the maruti and cheering him on to overtake any vehicle we could see ahead. and all the time, the tape was playing in the background. we used to play the same tapes when we got up and got ready for school, such classics as harry belafonte, percy sledge, songs like blue bayou, boogie woogie dancing shoes, songs that i once played recently while driving with friends and was dissapointed at their lack of appreciation for them as they made fun of them and said how they sounded like right out of some 1960 movies. maybe...but then like revisiting my childhood sometimes, and whenever i feel the urge, i just pop open my laptop and get transformed into a kid againwith such timeless melodies!