Music (was wow)

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Catherine Keegan <keegan at m...> wrote:

> What do you put onto the stereo (oi!  I'm showing my age.  CD 
player.) when 
> you sit down for a nice long afternoon or evening of reading?
> 
> How about writing or being creative in some other form?

Hey, my DH still says hi-fi sometimes!  And we've still got loads of 
records...y'know, round black things with a hole in the middle :)

Well, while reading or studying it has to be instrumental as I'm 
distracted very easily.  While at uni I made good use of a Gregorian 
Chant CD I had, and if my mood was low enough I put on Gorecki's 
(sp?  Too lazy to check) 3rd Symphony.  At other times my mom just 
banged away on the piano, which stood just above my bedroom, and 
drove me nuts.

Now I'm a Domestic Goddess and no longer studying I can be more 
adventurous with what I throw on the stereo.  When I'm ironing (a 
rare occurence) I put on rock classics like Styx and the Guess Who.  
When I have a sick child on my lap (a frequent occurence) it's Enya, 
Clannad, Adiemus or the Medieval Baebes (another fan here!).  When 
it's me and DH and a bottle of something-or-other and all the kids 
are in bed, it's whatever tickles our fancy.  Our stereo has a 5-CD 
player and the combo of discs in there can be quite 
interesting.   :::::runs off to check:::::  At the moment it is 
housing Simon and Garfunkel, Roy Orbison, Mozart, Clannad, and Neil 
Young.  Now does that indicate a broad love of music, or a 
personality disorder?

Answers in a plain brown envelope, please.

Mary Ann
(who is not in the same room as the stereo because a kiddie nursery 
rhyme tape is playing...aarrgh...)