Back in the 1960s, I was a hippie wannabee and listened to folk music and folk rock. I missed out on rock 'n' roll. Now I find I really like 1960s pop music. It's really fun and light, and it makes me feel good. Here and there, I'll go in a store that will be playing that music, and I won't be the only person dancing in the aisles.

Our local health food store has "Senior Day" on Wednesdays, and I started shopping there for my wife when I turned 55 (long, long ago). They played music from the 40s and early 1950s, the music my dad used to play on the car radio. I like that stuff, too. Makes me feel young.

But sometimes, I go to stores where the music is annoying.

Oh, and I love to stop at a local In-N-Out hamburger place on the late night shift, on my way home from singing sessions in Sacramento. No recorded music - the staff members sing, all genres of music. None of them is over 30 years old, but I love the music they make. Sometimes, they sing songs I've sung at a singaround an hour or two before. When I go to a business where the employees sing, I'm in heaven.

-Joe-