The first song that came to mind when I think of music from my family traditions or any traditions at all growing up was a song called " Los Mananitas" by Vicente Fernandez. If you can't tell by now Im Mexican and grew up in a very Mexican house hold. Besides the point, this song is a Birthday song. Every morning before I would wake up my family would barge into my room and play this song super loud in my ears. And if you were to have cake weather it was just with your parents or having a birthday party while the cake is getting brought out and setting up they play "Los Mananitas" and EVERYONE has to sing and I mean everyone. Then we get your old fashion birthday song but "Los Manaitas" is a must at every birthday. Understanding the lyrics and really listening to them brings me joy, truly is a beautiful song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnokRScKgU0&list=RDfnokRScKgU0&start_radio=1
Other than that song I don't have any other family tradition songs that were played at a wedding, birthdays or a funeral. Majority of my tradition song came from my sport softball or being with my friends. One song that I remember from my high school season that my coach played throughout my four year there was "Enter Sandman" by Metallica. Every home game we would play music on our speakers and this song would appear on the playlist and he HAD to hear it or he would request it before the game started. When we had our hitting days at practice we would also play this song just for him. He would look at us all and make a rock sign with his hand and just start bopping his head to the beat, like he was at the concert himself. Every time we would mention this song to him, he would go on and on how this is the best song ever in the world. A girl on the team who was one of my best friends actually made it her walk up song so he could also hear it during the game and every time he did, we would all look down the third base line and there he was with his hand shaped into the rock hand sign. This rock hand sign became so serious that it showed up on one our practice shirts we got every year. At the end of the day, this song was just more than a song to him and the rest of us girls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384&list=RDCD-E-LDc384&start_radio=1
Another Song that came from softball for me was "Circo Loco" by Drake. Just like the previous song, this song would be played for every home game day and every hitting practice. But unlike the other song this song had to be played first. This song was a song I played over and over my senior year, it was considered "Myahs" song and I knew the song word for word. I would also play this song on the way back from lunch on game days with my friends in the car. Eventually this song would get played all the time in the car. If the game was an away game I would still play the song in my headphones as the first song. Me and my friends still play this song and is a continues song that gets played. This song brings back from many memories of my senior year especially my last softball season in high school.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxILuhLm6hs&list=RDjxILuhLm6hs&start_radio=1
Myah, great job! I personally resonate with your last song. I also have a special song that I must listen to before games. I wrote about it in my blog, but it's definitely a hype song for me and my team. I really understand the importance and significance of playing that one song you just need before competing. Maybe it's a weird superstition, but it's a necessity for sure!
ReplyDeleteHi Myah, I really like all of your stories and experiences that you have with these song. I can relate to not having very many family tradition songs for weddings and birthdays and having more within sports settings. And I love that you have a song thats just for you, to get you hype.
ReplyDeleteHi Myah! Hearing Vicente Fernandez was so nice! listening to his music again brings me back to my last few years living in California. I had connected with some friends who played his music at every party and i loved every moment of it! I also enjoy "Enter Sandman" by Matallica.
ReplyDeleteHey Myah, I really liked your blog! I loved the first part when you were talking about your family walking into your room and blasting the song. It gave me memories of when I was younger and my dad would do the same every year on my birthday before school!
ReplyDeleteHello Myah, I really liked your blog! I personally relate to your first song "Las Mañanitas' by Vicente Fernández. As a Hispanic myself, I have listened to this song many times on people's birthdays. It reminded me of traveling to Honduras and listening to this song on my moms birthday.
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