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give me some classic rock! lessons from the professor of.. for (me!) -sandra, topps, writeousmom

 pretend you are a passenger in my jeep, this past saturday morning, k.

i ALWAYS bring my phone, press a button or two which allows me to play and listen to my spotify [COMMERCIAL FREE] music playlist instead of having to

click.. commercials... click.. more commercials...  click, click..  is anyone playing music? anyone...

so, 

i rarely, if ever, listen to the radio.

but what happen saturday..  , as you know, my imaginary passenger..     i held my phone near the radio in my jeep..  wouldnt link.  tried several times,  -exact same buttons i use every time, in the exact same order...   no link.   tried a few new pathways...  nothing.

this was not a leisurely drive, for the fun of it..   we have an appointment to get to.  with no time left to figure out the glitch..

  -surrendered to listening to the radio..

KLOVE is preprogrammed, but,   -there is just some Christian music that..

well, if you are currently in the pit  -the music will resonate..  it will validate...  it will commiserate..

      why are you drivin' so slow    /says you, my imaginary passenger

but let's say you've graduated out of the pit..   you are in your 'more than a conqueror' season of life..

listening to still-in-the-pit music is the last thing your heart/soul/spirit want to do..

i look at you, my pretend passenger..  glance and press the button..

"can't stand to wallow..."  i say with a smile..

and Thank God, i also have 98.5 classic rock pre-programmed   -so, with the press of a button, the vibe of our ride went from a slow, whiny wallowing...

to 

      are you trying to get a ticket?   /says you,  my imaginary passenger   why are you driving so fast?

[insert mutual laughter here]

but then,  -we started getting to learn 'about' a song that would be coming up..     a little history..

and the first wonderful thing we both loved, is that..  the radio announcer..  he explained how he doesn't necessarily like the term  'one hit wonder'

rather, he likes to call the songs/artist that fit in that well understood category lightning in a bottle.

immediate interest and respect!..    one hit wonder has a subtle critical tone  -it acknowledges a rare success while simultaneously dissin' it for the same reason. 

the attitude embedded is, unless you can do a countless number of remarkable things.. don't do anything remarkable at all

i agree with the attitude embedded in the announcer's lightning in a bottle philosophy..

if you only do one (or only a few) remarkable things   -lightning!    

while your fans may, quite naturally, long for more, the absence of it should do nothing to rob or diminish the impact of that original, remarkable lightning..

   we agreed, didn't we imaginary passenger..   and listened intently to who we know by now goes by, 

the professor of rock    -super cool name.

the professor then shared an audio clip of an interview he did with the artist of a song, he regards as lightning in a bottle..

in the audio clip, the song-writer shares how the song came to be in the first place..   paraphrase to capture the essence..

     i had done something, i dont know what, but must have pissed someone off, on the road..  then they chased, caught up to, threatened me..   i locked all my doors trying to stay safe..

the professor of rock chimes in with,  'road rage'

there is more detail..   but then, the artist and song are formally introduced..

a song we havent heard for...   forever, but is IMMEDIATELY familiar as a treasure in the archives..

and as we are nearing the parking lot, on time for the appointment..

CARS by gary numan is boomin' from the speakers..   

and we hear the lyrics, and hear the song, in a very new, much more meaningful and enriching way..

never knew ANY of the background to this remarkable, cool, very catchy song.. 

"Thank You!" Professor of Rock!  Gary Numan..   98.5...

i will make a point to find your program in the future..

and wouldn't know about it at all without that glitch..   God using all things for good,   yes..

hallelujah & amen. 

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will be a while before i can organize pix from our recent trip to puerto ricoOOooo; but, have a short list of fun things to write about in the interim..   the above, one of the them.

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tbc. 

posted by SANDRA MICKANEN @ 1:21 PM