Show and Tell: Childhood Music

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**Destrado**

Having a kid living with you, even if he isn't yours, can bring back the best memories of your childhood.

So it is that I find myself living with my nephew - and that means being there for meals, walks, talks, and the whole "going to bed" business.

He never really cared for music... except for a particular artist, José Afonso. And let me tell you, this man has the single greatest lullaby in the world.*

So, rather inspired by this song, I thought everyone could share a song from their childhood - I know there are probably dozens of songs you like, but pick the one you like the most, talk about the artist, the song, whatever you want. I guess I'll start, then.

Lyrics / very rough and bad translation

Spoiler:

This beautiful song was written by this great person, a fighter, a bard, and a hero.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeca_Afonso

Hope this inspired you!

*I might be biased

**filbert**

I find the flipside of this personally. Hearing The Wiggles makes me want to murder someone...

**chromedog**

As a child, we had no radio, record player or television.
I didn't start listening to music before I was about 12-13.
Of course, being severely deaf (surgically rectified) until the age of 8 probably also had an effect on this. You can't miss what you don't know.

That was AC-DC and "the Angels". Even "youth oriented" radio of the time didn't appeal to me.

The wiggles didn't happen until I was well into being a "grown up" and are themselves the remnants of an 80s "pop" act called "the cockroaches".

I'm sure youtube will have their video for "hey, let's go" or "She's the one" somewhere.

**Destrado**

Not exactly the kind of memories I wanted to evoke

Didn't know about your condition, Chrome. Glad to know it was curable.

And I actually don't think I've ever heard "the wiggles", I'll get round to it when I digest Portugal's defeat.

Probably Saturday, tomorrow night is the hometown's yearly party and I usually don't regain consciousness for a couple of days.

**Jihadin**

And I actually don't think I've ever heard "the wiggles", I'll get round to it when I digest Portugal's defeat.

Your doomed to find out about them now......but I wouldn't mind removing their heart from the bodies with a cinderblock...espacially after listening to them on a road trip for 4hrs way back in the day

**Destrado**

Just youtube'd "You make me feel like dancing".

You guys could've held on to that information until, I don't know, a lifetime. I feel so bad I created this thread.

/thread.

**Jihadin**

Not neara cinderblock are you?

**KingCracker**

I was rocking out some Helmut the other day, and my son waited in between songs to tell me "That is some rocking tunes"

So I punched him for being so cool