Monday, March 1, 2010

I have an inexplicable desire to hear the song "Open Arms" by Journey

Well, not really "inexplicable," it might've been triggered by reading this. Careful, now. Slow dancing might be in my future.

Anyway, I had to take a shower around the same time this urge came upon me, so I spent the time in there, in between washing my hair and various other bits of personal property, flipping around between the three radio stations pre-programmed on my shower radio/CD player most likely to play it (The Sound, Jack, and KLOS; LA radio really sucks. Any minute now all three stations will be playing a Doors song). Instead of the song I wanted to hear (because when the hell does that ever happen?), I was treated to the following (some of them I only heard bits and pieces of):

Sunshine of Your Love, by Cream*
Get It On, by T Rex
Cocaine, by Eric Clapton (a live version, which I don't recommend)
Message In a Bottle, by the Police
Call Me, by Blondie
Gimmee All Your Lovin', by ZZ Top (oh man, I hate this song) 
A generic Tom Petty song, by Tom Petty (and not, say, John Mayer, who should just shut up)
Some song I can't remember the name of, by The Rolling Stones (not "Angie")**


I'm still waiting for Journey. With the quality of the songs I just heard (with one exception, these are all kind of sucky songs. I mean, I pretty much never need to hear "Cocaine" again)... it's gonna happen, I can feel it.

*This song has some of the dumbest lyrics I've ever heard. "Stay with you 'til my seeds are dried up"? That's just fuckin' gross.

**Patrick and I heard "Angie" on the radio on Saturday when we were driving down to Culver City for dinner, and I asked him if he thought Mick Jagger was a good singer. He didn't know (well, I think he does know but he didn't want to say). Later, in the parking lot, he was making me listen to this band he's into right now called Sunn O))). They're some kind of scary-ass doom band, and they're really creepy sounding. So to get back at him for poisoning my brain with Sunn O))), when we were waiting for the light to change so we could cross the street, I whispered, like Mick does in "Angie," "Angie." You know that part, I'm just not writing it out right. Now, I used to like that song because that's my sister's name (Angie. Am I being clear?), but now all of a sudden I'm having some doubt, right? And Patrick goes, "That right there - 'Angie' [imitating me imitating Mick] - is scarier than anything I've ever made you listen to!"

Oh, we have a good time, believe you me.

HEY! In the time it took for me to correct a tiny little boo-boo in the above that nobody would probably have ever noticed, one of those stations decided to play... Wheel In the Sky, by Journey! Also a good song. What else can I make happen today?

2 comments:

  1. Whoa! A link to me? Nice.

    The toboggan incident was almost worth it now. Thanks.

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  2. You're welcome, Scott! I'm still fiending for some Journey!

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