I've volunteered in 3 nursing homes. In a dementia ward, I remember one lady, the moment she woke in the morning, her mouth started babbling before her eyes had even opened. She used to be a principal of a well known school and now she couldn't even recognise her own daughter. The only time she ever stopped jabbering, was therapy hour when the music came on. These people who have all literally lost their minds seem to come out of their reveries to sing these slow somewhat calm songs like Daisy Bell or You Are My Sunshine.
It got me thinking, what would be played when I'm in a home? The music that defines my generation? God forbid mainstream pop. Imagine the Gen Xrs sitting around listening to bad boy bands "baby bye bye bye". The Spice Girls anyone? Even more hilarious the gen Ys and their "untz untz" music.
"Hey fellas it's music hour! First up, I Gotta Feeling!"
And all the seniors sit in their chairs sit bobbing their heads along, waving their sticks around wishing they were no longer alive to hear this crap.
Dear God if there is no Bowie, Buckley, Queen or Blondie in the home, I pray I never end up in it.
