To know me is to know I am obsessed with the eighties. But to really know me is to know I am also a dork that is enthralled by the sounds of the seventies, from the pop AM-Radio hits to the disco to the classic rock. Obviously the music of the seventies represents my childhood from ages five to fourteen, the most formative and developmental. Elementary and Middle School, my mom’s many red-headed hairstyles, holidays at Aunt Annie’s, a park the size of the world across the street: I have a fondness for it all. Most days I try and remember what a lucky person I am to have had such a dreamy, innocent childhood. Well protected, overbearingly loved. There are several songs on this countdown from that decade, quite definitive of this genre of music, but this song resonates extra-specially with me. It’s another volume-blaster that inspires my best car-karaoke. Get Closer by Seals & Crofts is the epitome of that early seventies feel that was my childhood. The consistent harmonies and the soft rock melodies are, to me, the sound of love, of joy, of togetherness. And that was what my childhood was.
From the historical writing archive. Original date: November 20, 2015. Recovered from local source material; editorial review is still in progress.
