Monday's Music Moves Me- June 27

Today's theme is Singers/ Bands with One Name

When I was first learning to drive a car, I owned the world. Really, there was nothing I couldn't do. Like most teenagers, not only did I think I was invincible, but I thought I knew everything and I was "cool." My parents, in my mind, were silly old people who didn't have a life (interestingly enough, I have followed their path of preferring to be home watching TV then out painting the town red, but that's a whole different story).

My dad would take me out driving, and I got to pick the radio station. These were the days of the big hair bands, and of course, I was in love with all of them. When "Your Mama Don't Dance" by Poison came on, I was happily singing along, driving down the road. Until I realized my dad was singing, too. "How do you know this song?" I asked him, in disbelief that he was actually appearing to enjoy "my" music.

"This is an old song," my dad replied. "It's been done a million times." Sure enough "Your Mama Don't Dance" was first written in 1972 and has been done by more than one band before Poison picked it up. The music I thought was so new was simply a cover. What a disappointment!

I learned a big lesson that day. My parents were actually pretty cool people, too, with a lot of stories to tell about their own childhood. I started to listen just a little bit more and started to realize they were people, too. I still don't know how I feel about them singing along to hair bands, though!