Soul Music

I and my boys just spent the weekend at my mom’s house. Saturday night, after getting the boys in bed, I sat up with my mom comparing our music libraries.

We have a common love of classic soul music — Barry White, Marvin Gaye, Teddy Pendergrass, Bill Withers, etc. The kind of music that makes for really good lovin’ mood music. Or good “reading” music, as my mom puts it. I often wonder how many 70s babies were made to Barry White songs.

We both have a pretty good selection of the great soul tunes, but we both were surprised to find gaps in our collections. I can’t believe I totally missed Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing, and The Commodores’ Easy.

Get up, let’s make love tonight.
Wake up, ’cause you do it right.

Midnight loving — it’s a special moment.

Technically outside of the soul genre, Mom was surprised she missed any Dr. Hook music.

You know, it’s never been till right now that I’ve thought, Is it weird that my mom and I have similar taste in “mood” music?

Bullgrit