50th Post!!!!

Yee-haw! I made it to my 50th post AND it only took me three months. I would just like to say to all of the people who thought I couldn't do it, I did it! I can't believe I actually had 49 things to talk about.

Now, I would just like to ask a question, is it me or do all of Duran Duran's songs sound the same? I don't remember thinking that when I was jamming to Hungry Like the Wolf with my huge pilotesque TWA headphones plugged into the stereo (that had an 8-track player). I heard Duran Duran is reuniting and they played snippets of some of their hits. Think about it: Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf, Union of the Snake, New Moon on Monday and The Reflex. IT'S THE SAME BLOODY SONG! Well, you win this round, Simon LeBon! So what that I still download your music for my iPod. That doesn't mean I buy into your 80's pop whodoo.

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....