According to my family, I was VERY into “Turn, Turn, Turn” (youtu.be/eiprqeaydik?...) by The Byrds as a baby.
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“She Drives Me Crazy” (youtu.be/UtvmTu4zAMg?...) by The Fine Young Cannibals was another one of those huge 80s era hits that somehow was still everywhere in the early 90s to the point of being parodied by The Muppets, The Looney Tunes, etc
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Toni Basil’s “Mickey” (youtu.be/3E-Zrg9CB_Q?...) was one of those songs that for obvious reasons would play on the Disney channel
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Here’s 2 of Chubby Checker’s famous songs about “The Twist” (youtu.be/QDGprGUreOc?...). I remember this song from it playing on oldies stations, playing in movies and tv shows A LOT as a kid
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My mother’s a huge Madonna fan and had all of her cassette tapes in the 80s and early 90s (including the one that smelled like patchouli!) I listened to“Like a Prayer” (youtu.be/79fzeNUqQbQ?...) over and over again on tape
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They used show Alejandra Guzmán’s music videos on the Saturday morning block of programing for kids & teens on one of the Spanish channels in the early 90s. That was how I ended up listening to and falling in love with the song “ Eternamente Bella” (youtu.be/ZvNNX91o-bM?...)
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I refuse to believe there’s a single human being alive who doesn’t love “The Sound of Music”.” Do Re Mi” (youtu.be/ekyURclrK60?...) was not only a great song from the musical & film, it was also my first time learning any kind of music theory
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“Xou da Xuxa” & “Xuxa” were Brazilian children's shows that aired on Saturdays on Spanish language TV here in the USA hosted by Xuxa Meneghel. “Ilariê” (youtu.be/R9fDgWVChb0?...) is just one of the most fun songs ever (yes, I had the shoes)
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Here’s La Reina Selena Quintanilla-Pérez with her cover of the Veracruz, Mexico folk song “La Bamba” popularized by Ritchie Valens (youtu.be/AvVyyNZbcC0?...) (pictured 2 of the several Houston murals of Selena)
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Linda Ronstadt was and still is a huge staple of my family’s music. This is the Spanish language version of “Blue Bayou” AKA “Lago Azul” (youtu.be/ne9KXHVXXF4?...)
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“The Little Mermaid” (1989) was the first film I ever saw in theaters. Of course, growing up a bilingual Mexican-American household I got to watch the film in both English & Spanish on VHS. This is the Spanish version of “Part of Your World” (youtu.be/kZ79Tn_fT_k?...)
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Just a head’s up here’s what’s in store for #LaEsoterica, #MusComEnt, #RetroView & #SatMat this October+ I’m hosting #SymSat & #BaroqueSun on the 24th & 25th with some spooky classical music to pre-game #Halloween

“Symphony No. 40 in G Minor” (youtu.be/p8bZ7vm4_6M?...) was the opening track to my favorite of the “Music for Your Life” album series “Mozart for Your Mind” (youtu.be/bV-myTQrsHE?...) and I listened to it every morning for like 10yrs
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While I love The Muppets, my heart will always belong to the Fraggles of “Fraggle Rock”. “Magic Be With You” (youtu.be/DpGy5bTzVSU?...) may have been the last song of the last episode but it’s just one of those songs that always stuck with me. Also,yes, I still have my Boober Fraggle doll
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To this day, I still love watching “Pee Wee’s Playhouse”. The theme song (youtu.be/dUWy21bPGh4?...) was written and performed by none other than Cyndi Lauper.
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“Pinball Number Count” is a staple of “Sesame Street”. I always enjoyed the animation of it since each number has a special slight variation. I picked “8” (youtu.be/dYhj4kW23So?...) for really no particular reason other than that it’s fun
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The Muppets (and, well.. puppets in general) were a pretty big part of my childhood. “The Rainbow Connection” (youtu.be/WS3Lkc6Gzlk?...), of course, if from “The Muppet Movie”. You can listen to the soundtrack here (youtube.com/playlist?lis...)
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“Pinwheel” (youtu.be/MLCg1kb1sA0?...) was a show for preschoolers that was developed by early child development expert & linguist Dr. Vivian Horner. Both the show & title would become the namesake of the early morning block on Nickelodeon until around 1990ish
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3… 2.. 1. . PRESS PLAY!
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⏰ONE HOUR⏰ until #RetroView celebrates my birthday 🎉(info⤵️)