Music Blog 1

Funny the things we remember because of a tune...

Day after day I'm more confused
Yet I look for the light
Through the pourin' rain
You know that's a game that I hate to lose
And I'm feeling the strain
Ain't it a shame

Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away

A friend posted the chorus on a social networking site and the first thing I thought of was sitting in the front seat of the old white Thunderbird waiting for an old man (He was probably middle aged but I was 5 so...) named Augie to finish pumping "five of unleaded" at the corner gas station opposite the Hess - where Mom could have pumped her own gas but she didn't do that back then.

It was back when I still thought Guy Smiley on Sesame Street hosted "This Is Your Life". And 20 years before I saw a certain Presidential Candidate and thought, "OMG, Guy Smiley wants me to vote for him!".



And now I feel like a little old lady on a front porch waxing nostalgic...