Just a song before I go

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Turn it up.
–Lynyrd Skynyrd/Sweet Home Alabama

Music and cars.

Between Summer road trips and football games, I spend a lot of time in the car this time of year. That means a lot of music.

It’s a home game weekend, and Mark has a wedding to go to, so i’m on my own. That means I get a Portland/Eugene round trip in full control of the car stereo.

Sweet Home Alabama is one of my favorite road songs. I don’t like Southern Rock, and I’m not a Skynyrd fan, but if I’m in a moving vehicle and this song comes on, the volume goes up. Maybe it’s just because they start the song telling me to turn it up. Or maybe it’s because it’s a great song.

When I’m in the car alone, the music gets turned way up and I get to listen to stuff my spouse might not like to hear. Italian rock, Springsteen. I can also put songs on over and over. If I have other people in the car, I might be less inclined to play Precious 9 times in a row. Or indulge my love of P!nk.

I try not to sing along too much when other people are in the car. There’s only so much singing normal people can stand. I also indulge in a fair amount of car dancing when I’m on a solo trip.

If Prince sings “Think I’m gonna dance” and you don’t move in your seat at least a little, you may be dead. And if you don’t sing along when Marvin Gaye asks “What’s Going On” then you might not have a soul.

Turn it up.
Let’s go.

Why is this song on my iPod?!?

“Brown Eyed Girl” by… WTF…Jimmy Buffet?!?

Who would do this to me? I have no enemies!

Oh. Right.
I copied everything.
Including Mark’s music.

Mark–really? You clearly should have warned me. I could have crashed my car.

She’s a what?!?

So I was listening to the song “Brick House” on my way to work this morning, and something has always bugged me about that song.

No, not that it’s a Commodores song and what was it doing in my ipod.

Well. Actually.
Yes.

But no.

The babe in question is supposed to be 36-24-36, right? But isn’t the song title taken from the expression “built like a brick shithouse?”

I don’t get it.

A brick shithouse is a very large rectangle. Meatloaf is built like a brick shithouse. Not a hot chick with a big rack and tiny waist.

I’m over-analyzing again, aren’t I?

I’ll go back to singing along.

But in my mind, Lionel Ritchie is totally singing about Meatloaf.

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