Piece Comment

Childhood Memory Lane


The piece entitled "Childhood Memories" by City High Radio is a series of interviews with people about their favorite childhood memories. The results surprise the interviewer because she expects nostalgic, idyllic answers, but gets many embarrassing and sad answers instead. We like this piece because it is fresh and new to our ears. Living in a jail is very depressing, and our topics of conversation in class tend often focus on issues about poverty, race, conflicts, etc. Before we listened to the piece we each reflected on our own childhood memories, which are also a mix of happy and sad. The piece sparked up a variety of conversations amongst us about our own childhood memories. The background music of this piece starts with Johnny Cash sadly singing "You Are My Sunshine", which fits the tone of the piece. Later, as the stories become sadder, "Puff the Magic Dragon" plays, and we think that the song reflects the fantasy and sadness, which somehow has a place in everyone's childhood.