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Day 21: Favorite Song from your Childhood

I grew up in a home where “secular” music was not encouraged … unless it was Elvis. So, my most impressionable music memories from my childhood involved riding in the car with my older cousin Julie. She was (and still is) my favorite cousin. Even though she was 7 years older than me, she still made time for me in her busy teenage schedule.

It was 1982. I was 9 years old. The first time I heard this song, we were driving in her awesome Honda Civic on our way to Skate World for an epic afternoon of backward skating practice. It was love at first listen. I made her play that song over and over again on the way there and then again on the way back. Every time I was riding anywhere with her I would request Eye of the Tiger. She must have been so sick of it yet she never complained. She just happily played it for me whenever I asked.

Flash forward 28 years. It’s a repeat of the same scenario except that York can listen to whatever he wants, and the song is Usher’s DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love. And I am not nearly as gracious as my wonderful cousin Julie.