Andy Cheek
Bio
Retired optician that has written poems occasionally and attempted to start short stories and novels.
Stories (3/0)
Oh The Angst
How do you begin to weave music into feelings that speak to you and capture those urges that are bursting in a teen? Let’s admit it, for the majority of us, love and sex were what we were obsessed with. How much time did I spend staring at the girls with the shear shorts or cheerleading uniforms on? For me that gave me the most anxiety. For those of us that music filled our void of belonging, many songs made us think that getting love or laid was possible. Being 56 now, my music is older and because of my dad, I also listened to music that he enjoyed as a teen. My playlist is varied and extensive. I can’t list all I love because it would take days to write. I gravitated to mellow music and the only “hard” stuff came from Rush and Yes mostly if you can call that hard. Being a fat below average looking kid pushed me to listen to music. I did have a singing talent though and was accepted by audition to the Durham Boys Choir. That training would take me to sing in school choirs and I ended up being the only male soprano in junior high. Loving music with high and falsetto voices appealed to me because of this. While these things made me confident in some ways, the angst was still there with the desires of a teen. Here is a sample of my youth songs and how they spoke to me.
By Andy Cheek3 years ago in Beat