I thought I’d impress the lady and take her up to L.A. to see a rock and roll show. It’d been too long since we’d got our rock on. We were on the guestlist and everything. We had a babysitter and everything. As we were getting on the 405 at 7pm on Friday night I knew we were in trouble. Traffic. Long story short: missed the show, did a quick shopping spree at Amoeba, replaced a Housemartins (The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death) CD that we’d lost, and sang-along to it all the way home while sucking down milkshakes from In ‘N’ Out. Not a bad night after all. Probably, because, unlike Speaker Speaker, I was right when I picked my girl. We still share a similar taste in music years down the road. And like you, it’s safe to assume, we’re still listening to music fanatically when many of our friends have given up on it, or somehow, unexplicably, started listening to Top 40 Country radio. Speaker Speaker shares The Housemartins and Joe Jackson’s youthful exuberance that too many people lose when they hit their late 20s/early 30s. Don’t let it happen to you.
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I've only just begun to get into all of this great music that's out there. And I'm 26. Here's hoping that I stick with it!
i like "I Was Wrong" cause the lyrics could be set to country music.
and how can we let it happen to us with great stuff like this out there. great find. great site. did i say great yet?
You just made me cry Sean, thanks. Good post good tunes.
i know it all too well. how many shows up in LA have i not gone to for that reason alone?
Didn't mean to cause anyone any pain!
Definitely a great post. I could say pretty much the same thing about me and my spouse. We just got a babysitter for the first time ever to see a show…something that we haven't done together in 5 years. Still keeping it real after all these years.
I lovvee their songs and also because my #1 cuz is in the bandd!!! He's the drummer =) This is the coolest band evveeerrr!!
Right, you can tell they're cool by the number of exclamation points she uses. Er, "uses!!!1!!!!!!!one"