So I sit at home sometimes and wonder where all the years have gone and who in heavens is that old lady in the mirror? I think some of the people from my generation feel the same way but are afraid to voice it for some Never-land reason. Kind of like the lost boys in reverse. It isn't like I am afraid of the Grim Reaper...it's more like I don't really want to make his acquaintance until it is entirely necessary.
I was always a great fan of the Beatles since I was 16 and I heard "Please Please Me". The first single I bought of the Beatles was in February of 1963 ...it was "Love Me Do' backed by "P.S. I Love You". I went to their concert in September 7, 1964 when I was 16. My seat was right over Ringo's drum kit. I remember dropping a rose on his snare drum. My ever suffering Mom sat in the seat beside me. I saw them the second time when I was 17 on August 17, 1966. They remain one of my favourite groups of all times.
When I was a young woman in the 70's I heard about a band called Queen. I followed them on Music Videos. I read everything on them and bought their first recording "Queen I" when it came out in 1973
By this time I had been married, divorced, remarried and had my first baby. My husband hated Queen and broke my record on me.
Well to bring this thing full circle...I was deeply saddened when Freddy Mercury died on November 24, 1991. I had bought Bohemian Rhapsody after I divorced my 2nd husband and my third in 1999. Now I could listen to my other favourite band anytime I wanted. My fourth husband was a keeper. He didn't mind me and my music choices. I would be married still if cancer hadn't made me a widow in May 12, 2001.
Someone who thought they should have what was mine went and stole all my CDs of Queen, Whitney Houston, Clint Black, some mixed jazz recordings, some old blues CDs and any Beatle recordings I had replaced.
I moved back to Ontario, Canada in the May of 2011. I knew I would never go to America to live again. Tommy wasn't there anymore.
But Now I treated myself this month! I still like the "Coat of Arms" Freddie created. Queen and all their wonderful music is in my life again and I am playing it just because I can.