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April 07, 2007
Murphy's Law of Car Radio Music
Ages ago, someone put out a collection of "Murphy's Law" type rules, such as "The other line moves faster" or "you cannot make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious". Subjective and anecdotal evidence has convincedme of another rule, to wit, viz. and I quote: "The best song comes on the car radio only when you are pulling into your destination at the last minute." How often one finds oneself, soaring on a highway for 45 minutes , barely enduring Hall and Oates (you young'uns won't understand) stuck on the airwaves, only to hear, just as you're turning into the parking lot with moments to spare,the radio commencing some generational anthemic opening like this, or some spine-shaking grand old Rolling Stones chestnut. You kids with your post- grunge, and your CDs, and your iTooths, and Blueberries, and PalmTunes won't understand the unique value of the surprise selection of a familiar oldie while driving. But we ancient ones still appreciate it. Sadly, however, we only get to appreciate the opening riffs og these selections as we hurriedly align the vehicle inside the yellow stripes and race to the office or train.
Posted by Matthew Hogan at April 7, 2007 04:16 PM
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fwiw, H&O has been huge amongst the Brooklyn 20-somethings for the past year or two - it's rare to go to a party without 'rich girl', 'private eyes', 'maneater', and/or 'I can't go for that' on the soundtrack
Posted by: johnAaa at April 8, 2007 09:02 PM
Don't tell me that. The whole future is lost.
All hope is gone.
Posted by: matthew hogan at April 8, 2007 09:14 PM
I think the success of this entertaining work of historical fiction based on the musical exploits of the Doobie Bros, H&O, Steely Dan etc has something to do with it:
http://www.channel101.com/shows/show.php?show_id=152
that said, me and like 25 friends went to see Steely Dan and Michael McDonald last August and it was completely unironically the show of the summer. we've made 'power hour' mixtapes (where you drink a shot of beer every minute for an hour, with the passing of minutes marked by one-minute snippets of music) for both H&O and SD! I'll send a link when it hits the net
Posted by: johnAaa at April 8, 2007 10:59 PM
Ah, but Steely Dan you could appreciate. Jazzy variant of doobie brothers. H & O was just tiresome. Doobie Brothers could put on a great concert.
Not sure I catch the drift of Yacht Music but hadn't enough time to explore.
Posted by: matthew hogan at April 8, 2007 11:20 PM
Does anyone besides me think Mick Jagger is a terrible dancer?
Posted by: Klaus ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://matthew.aqoul.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at April 9, 2007 09:36 PM
Mick Jagger is the one single human being who has perfected the ability to earn money in inverse relationship to his singing ability. His dancing pales in comparison to his singing.
Posted by: Eva Luna at April 10, 2007 07:48 AM
Who needs singing and dancing ability when one is so strikingly handsome?
Posted by: matthew hogan at April 10, 2007 12:14 PM
That last statement makes me wish for the female counter part to "I wouldn't $@#%*@$% him with someone else's $@($%(."
(Yes, I am a goody-two-shoes.)
Posted by: Eva Luna at April 10, 2007 12:37 PM
