Though I really like listening to what’s playing on the radio now, (for instance the Eminem and Sia collaboration “Gut’s Over Fear” is an amazing piece of music, even though it’s a year old!) it’s fun to revisit music from the past. I was a heavy-metal maiden back in the day, but will probably not relive that genre, though Motley Crue is still a favorite, and when I take my ’80’s Toyota 4 X 4 on the road it is a requisite listen! When the New Wave generation of music hit in the late ’70’s and into the 1980’s, I was rolling right along with it, infused with a musical enthusiasm I have never quite matched since. The B-52’s first album was a huge turning point in what I was listening to, which had been the basic rock n’ roll of the time, as well as quite a bit of disco (remember, it was the late 1970’s!). Another band that really influenced my music and style was Devo, and I have been getting back into listening to that lately. “Ton ‘O Luv” is my favorite from them as well as “Beautiful World”, and I love the backbeat in the remastered “Jerking back and Forth”. Another favorite of mine is Gary Numan…you may only know of him from his one hit, “Cars”…but his repertoire of music is really quite good, if you like electronica. He’s come out with some new stuff, and his “Love, Hurt, Bleed” is pretty good stuff! I went through a dark period in my musical tastes 20 years or so ago, and really got into Hole. I think Courtney Love’s vocals are the most intense and hardcore , and every song she sings I totally get, and it get’s me back!
I have found that listening to music during this period of dealing with my Charcot Foot has really helped to keep my sanity…it keeps me grounded in that it reminds me of who I am. As my whole world has been turned upside down by not being at work, staying at my folks house, not being able to walk…the music helps to keep me going. So go out and get yourself some headphones and jam to your favorite tunes, my fellow Charcoter’s!!
-Cassandra, Charcotchacha copyright 2015