Glory Days

I recently noticed, being a bit slow on the uptake, that the songs I listened to as a kid are now being played in stores. I could not believe that Rod Stewart was singing, “If you think I’m sexy” in Radio Shack. Who wants to hear that while they are buying a phone card? True story. I heard Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf” in Wal-Mart. I'm standing in the potato chip aisle and there it is. Oh, Simon LeBon, what has happened to the world? When did you stop being cool? Long answer: the minute society broke down and started pandering to a new generation. Short answer: 1986. It is like the uber jerk who decides which music is to be played in very white very safe places has access to my ipod. What the heck?

The big question, besides why is Bruce Springstein being played in the “Paper Factory” is why is“the man” listening to teenagers (who get money from their parents) and not my generation? Why isn't my music still mainstream? We are the ones with jobs, educations, money and evidently, taste. My advice to Skippy, AKA Voltran, Lord of the Musack, go back to playing Bobby Vinton. You are making me feel pretty unhip here.

*Sock Monkey is posing with Bryan Adams: Summer of 69, Corey Hart: Never Surrender, The Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive, and El Debarge: Rhythm of the Night.
See I told you I was cool....