Why am I soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard
The other day I felt it was necessary to apologize to CPT Fromage for my choice in music. Not because we have to like all of the same tunes, but because it was 7AM and I was on the 5th repeat, at full volume, of “Break My Stride”. To me, this is a fabulous way to start the morning, but CPT Fromage isn’t as into 80’s music, so I’m fairly certain this was equivalent to waterboarding or some other form of torture to him. Trying to be a good wife, I put on some mutually enjoyed bluegrass over breakfast, but was jamming out again as soon as the door closed behind him. (And now I’ve had to go que it up for another listen since I’m talking about it! “Oh! Ain’t nothin’ gonna break-a my stride, nobody gonna slow me down, oh no! I got to keep on movin’!”)
I love 80’s music. Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Eric Carmen and Howard Jones… Those guys get some serious play time on my iTunes. No ZZ Top or Aerosmith songs have a home on my playlist, nope, I like the more terrible stuff. Ashamed to admit this? I am not.
So this morning, as per the usual, I was rocking out to the 80’s on VH1 when the video for “You Can Call Me Al” came on. Seriously? How have I not seen this in my nearly 27 years of life? (*Pausing Matthew Wilder to pull up the Paul Simon video*)
I have to assume everyone else in the music listening world has enjoyed this terribleness already, but in case you have missed out, or just want to subject yourself to it once more… (Once more won’t kill you… I’ve played it at least a dozen times.)
Break My Stride is my very favorite. We used to go to this Italian restaurant all the time when I was a kid. There was a server there who was so nice to me, always humored me, joked with me, knew my name. I adored him. I heard Break My Stride on the radio once and was convinced he sang that song.
A couple years later, he died of a brain tumor. I'll never forget him or that I thought he sang this song.
I'm sorry about your friend, Q. It's nice that you have that song as a memory of him, and I'll always think of you both now when I listen to it (and I do... Often!)
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Break My Stride is my very favorite. We used to go to this Italian restaurant all the time when I was a kid. There was a server there who was so nice to me, always humored me, joked with me, knew my name. I adored him. I heard Break My Stride on the radio once and was convinced he sang that song.
ReplyDeleteA couple years later, he died of a brain tumor. I'll never forget him or that I thought he sang this song.
I'm sorry about your friend, Q. It's nice that you have that song as a memory of him, and I'll always think of you both now when I listen to it (and I do... Often!)
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