I was only about 6 or 7 years old back then when I was gifted with a Walkman, a portable cassette player so popular back then during the 80's. Since then, I have learned to love music, every genre except the hard metal ones. The first song I have learned to memorize was Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, then followed by Kokomo. I still remember everything way back then.
My father bought it for me when we went shopping at a local shopping center here. I was listening through my headset all the way back going home, riding a bus.
My love for music got more intense during the last years of the 80's and early 90's. The music industry back then was thriving. All songs are originally composed. The Western Music industry was at the forefront of Pop Music.
The likes of Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and Tiffany made the music scene ever so colorful.
On the onset of the new century, songs were not the same anymore. Revivals made a trend. Boy bands and their fandoms will always be a headline on Billboard. Classical music became obsolete.
But every decade, I have come to love songs that are played, whether it be through radio, cd's ,karaoke and videoke machines and now, through online.
2010 was the start of the popularity of online music. Youtube made a huge profit by allowing Music Videos, oftentimes seen before on MTV, to be played on their platform. Mp3 was the ideal format back then, but is still alive until now.
My neighbors would usually give me a bittersweet smile when they hear me play songs arranged by genre. Just the other day, I played songs being played by a famous Japanese through piano.
And how about the whole album of Miss Saigon? Very captivating indeed.
Pop music will always be popular but classical and broadway music are songs for the soul.
Just loved it when Aretha Franklin sang Natural Woman live infront of Obama.
The new generation now has Tiktok with tons of new songs being played, and to dance for.
But one thing I can say is, nothing really beat originally composed songs. I'm not into revivals. The original always is the best.