Family heirlooms are treasures inherited through the generations. From jewelry to recipes, people live on through what they pass down, but that doesn’t always have to be something physical.
Growing up, whether we realize it or not, we subtly pick up some of our parents’ traits and interests. You might find yourself copying their quirks or picking up one of their sayings, but one more subtle is their music tastes.
Music is one of the earliest things we have been introduced to since infancy. Every day it constantly surrounds us from the speakers in a club to background instrumentals during an elevator ride. The first exposures were before we could even remember with no other than our parents choosing the playlist.
The Nostalgia Factor
Growing up, the power to choose what to listen to was limited. Childhood was marked by sitting in the back seat humming to your parent’s favorite songs. At first, the unfamiliar tunes and heavy rock could have made anyone’s ears bleed.
It was as if the good stations with today’s top hits were purposely skipped. As time passed the songs became familiar. Staring out the window, praying to see the destination turned into sing-alongs and laughter trying to recreate the singer’s dialect.
When you finally hit that age to choose what you listen to, you might have found yourself gravitating towards those songs you’d hear from the backseat. Maybe not because you loved the artist or it was a favorite, but because the music reminded you of something.
Those nostalgic moments no matter how small will stay with us forever, and just a simple beat can rewind the clock even if just for a second.
Your Own Mix
Your music taste is still unique to you. It’s most common to explore different genres and songs during teenage years as parental influence decreases. Outside factors such as friends become one of the more impactful aspects of what we listen to.
Car rides with friends replace those with parents creating new nostalgic memories with songs special to us. This time helps us find what we like and connect the songs with the experiences, just as our parents did before us.
Relatives live on through the stories and things they have left behind. While some are material, we mostly carry them through our personality, outlook and memories. The music our parents introduced to us is something cherished and the flashbacks of family events and road trips create the sound that defines them.
The songs learned from our parents are a gift we can revisit to connect and relive moments with them. It is intertwined through generations and finally adding our tastes makes something just as special for us to pass down.
What are some of your road trip family favorites? Tweet us @VALLEYmag on X with your songs!
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