Everything I know about pop music, I learned from watching Glee

It's true.  I am musically challenged.  Oh, I can play the piano given enough practice time, or a really simple arrangement.  I can even sing on key.  I am a perfectly competent choir type singer.

But, I produced a family of music savvy children.  They know music I have never heard of.  Music from the 70's and 80's.  Which is theoretically my pop music heyday.  Even the 60's, which was before my time.  Really.  It was!  Don't laugh at me.

They get that from their Dad, who is a pop music genius.  He is the master of song recognition from the 70's through about 2005, when he had to start devoting more of his brain cells to his career.  It happens.

And, they all love music so, so much.  They have all sorts of criteria I never consider.  And standards of quality.  And, some of them even write music.  They make it up.  They have hertofore uninvented tunes that materialize in their heads.  My children are geniuses, in case you didn't know.

Here are my criteria for good music:

--It must have a peppy tune that does not make me feel sad.
--I must be able to memorize the lyrics so I can sing along.
--The lyrics must be appropriate for me to sing along with.
--If at all possible it should be either Christmas music, from a Broadway show, or appear in a favorite movie (good movie criteria is a subject for another day)

Think The Beach Boys (before my time), Barry Manilow, Air Supply, Madonna (the early years), Harry Connick, Jr., Amy Grant, and Michael Buble.

As you can imagine, this is not one of the things my family loves about me.

And, I get to dj car trips exactly 0% of the time.

But, occasionally I hear something familiar as I scan radio stations or  hear Grammy nominated songs,

Every single time, it is because I heard it on Glee.

I'm not sure what this all says about me, but I'm guessing it's not very flattering.