So I've been sitting here listening to old recordings of Carole and Paula on the Magic Garden. Anyone who grew up in the late 70's/early 80's may remember it from daytime kids tv.
Last year, I stumbled across it and it was like this big steel door was opened in my brain and suddenly I rememebred all sorts of things from when I was very very young.
Now, it seems very bittersweet. Not to sound liek an emo kid or anything but, when I listen to those old recordings of Carole and Paula, it takes me back to a time before anger, sadness, hate or pain. Just the joy of music. It makes me sad now to know that all that wonder and joy is gone, subsumed by the requirements of survival as an adult.
But it's good music. Although it makes me sad, it cheers me up at the same time. They used to always close the show with a song called See Ya, which I heard in my subconscious for years without knowing it. They'd roll the credits and close the doors as they were playing it. It had a kind of finality to it without meaning to.
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