@Bunniekins
I wanted to thank you for your post asking about the music that gets you up in the morning. I don't have anything of that sort that works for me, but you really got me thinking about music and how I have used music in my life.
My thanks are for the shift in my focus of attention, your question came at a time when I needed something to get me thinking differently, and I am so very thankful to you for posting that.
I didn't feel it right to post what I wanted to say in that thread as my experience of music is way off the topic, so after much deliberation, I have decided to mention it here instead of saying nothing at all.
Getting up in the morning has always been something more or less forced upon me, from childhood, about age 5, mother woke me at 6am to go to the dairy to help father with the milking. Every day for just over 10 years. The waking was not done gently.
After a move to a citified area, the waking for school was done by either shouting at us, or turning the volume of the radio up, and up and up until it would not have been surprising to have seen the dead walking the street outside.
The radio might have been interspersed with cupboard door slamming. If she was up, so should everyone else be. By this time father had already gone to work so missed out on the performances I was privy to.
Later, when working shift work, I was not allowed to sleep in regardless of the shift ending time. Again, the radio on full blast and doors slamming. There was always work to be done even when there wasn't. I moved out as soon as possible.
Holidays would see me and the husband and children visit. Still, there was no respite from being woken, no sleep-in allowed for me. Others, yes; me, no. Closed doors were not respected.
At one stage, after my divorce when myself and the little ones were visiting, she had somehow obtained a copy of Reveille (the military bugle wake up tune) which she played at volume, having first roused the kiddies to see the spectacle of me being woken so rudely.
At other times I have used music to motivate me toward a better outcome in my life, Cat Steven's 'Tea for the Tillerman' album worked to keep me balanced during the year after the bad thing happened. I can recall Deep Purple being influental around that time too.
Toni Childs' 'Gotta Go Now' was the force behind me having the gumption to make the move out of my DV situation, with Tracy Chapman providing back up along the way. I remember when we could call the radio station to have a song played for us.
Queen's 'We Will Rock You' is a marvellous motivator for getting the house work done. The 'Mariner' CD used to be relaxing to go to sleep to.
These are just a few that came to mind as I was thinking the thoughts inspired by your question Pea. I currently can't listen to music, it links into to many other associations that I'm trying to rise above. I need to find something that is new and different, but that I can listen to.
Having sung in so many choirs, choral societies and drama groups as well as having played (badly) a couple of instruments over the years, there are many associations with a very broad range of music, unfortunately. I need something that does not have words, and that I don't know the words to and isn't classical, country or jazz.
The things I used to love no longer work for me.
Some anime theme music is satisfactory but finding a place to obtain it has proven more than difficult.
I shall keep trying. Thank you again for your question.
