What is the connection between love and music?
As a twelve-year-old boy virgin, Spencer had never kissed a girl, held hands with a girl, shared secrets with a girl, gone on a date with a girl, danced with a girl, and he most assuredly had never been naked with and made love to a girl.
The Sixties were over and so were his pre-pubescent days. The beginning of the Seventies were an opened floodgate through which Spencer was frantically eager to spill forth.
Though he had no girlfriend, Spencer had a transistor radio. His father bought it for him while he was in Japan. He listened for hours each day to the top hits of the day in America. It was an intense time in history to do this. Spencer’s little mind was opened up and his newfound libido erupted like an extinct volcano.
Listening to the popular music of the day, he imagined what it would be like to fall in love. That is what most of the songs were about. Judging by the music, Spencer figured that falling in love must be a truly wondrous experience. He desperately wanted to experience it.
But there were also plenty of songs about broken hearts. There were a plethora of songs that pulled on heartstrings and called forth tears. These were incredibly beautiful songs. What a powerful experience it must be to…
