British band The Who were about to perform their generation-defining rock opera, Tommy, at a concert being televised live. It was sometime in the late '80s and two young parents in Toronto decided to watch it on TV late at night as an ideal way to spend some alone time.

But they had an unexpected interruption. Their baby boy plonked himself on the sofa between them and, from the moment the first bars were played, he stayed glued to the screen till the very end. He was grasping the magical attraction of music for possibly the very first time.