Ahhh - Real Music!

I am in music heaven and had forgotten what it is like to be able to put a set of headphones on and lose yourself in sound that I am in control of selecting and listening to without screams of anguish from #1 & #2 in the back of the car.

Their usual selection is as follows:

• Walt Disney Themes - only certain selections from Lion King, Hi Ho (Snow White) and Beauty and the Beast allowed.
• Abba Gold - EVERY SINGLE ONE
• Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits (#1 adores The Chain)
• Green Day - American Idiot (#2 adores but we had to remove from sight since skipping over the swear words became too much of a parental responsibility when moving at high speeds in the car)
• Times Tables (sheer pain for myself)
• Animal Jungle Songs - say no more

Due to an evening of absolutely NOTHING on the television worth wasting my sight on, I have retreated to the computer and reclaimed the use of my ears for pure enjoyment of blocking out the real world with a lovely new pair of headphones (the last lovely pair had an unfortunate accident with the hoover a few weeks ago and floated off to headphone heaven unnoticed by me as I was trying to unravel them from the hoover's innards) and submerging myself into a magical world of me, myself and I.

Tonight I have really enjoyed listening to The Black Keys on Spotify and could not place my finger on why I enjoyed listening so much to their Brothers album.  A quick email to a very knowledgeable individual who works in the Music Business pointed out that the lead singer of The BK is Dan Auerbach whose album "Keep it Hid" I was given to by another very knowledgeable individual who knew instinctively that I would love it.