The Other Thingamajig

 I read this really great post on a blog called The Happiness Project.     The writer, Gretchen, talked about the effect of hearing a son as an adult and remembering it as a child and how it makes one aware of the passage of time.  Very nice and well written post.  The Song was "You're so Vain" by Carly Simon, which I am not afraid to say is one of my favorite songs too.  The line about clouds in my coffee is the best part.

But the song that created the effect she described for myself was "once in a lifetime" by the Talking Heads.  As a teenager I saw the "video" on a Midnight Music show that aired about two years before MTV was even invented.  Usually the show was concert footage of big acts form the late 70's and was hosted by legendary DJ Wolfman Jack.  But one night, I guess Jack took a few weeks off, so they had a special playing art films from European and New York artists pioneering music forms that at the time were called Avante Guard but would soon be known as New Wave (even midnight TV in America was not ready for punk).  I taped that episode and if it weren't for Youtube I would still be lamenting its loss.  There were clip by Nina Hagen,  Lene Lovich David Bowie, M (remember Pop Musik?) the Cars and of course the Talking Heads. The film was so strange, David Byrne so weird, and the song so catchy that the message went in one ear and out the other.  I sang that song and listened to it on my stereo and in my car for years.

It was only when i was driving back to my parents house to start my life all over in my late 20's and that song came on the radio and then it all resonated with me.  How did I get here?  Am I right or am I wrong? You may say to yourself "My God what Have I done?"  It all made sense to me then.　　It still does now.

By the way, the Talking Heads were way ahead of their time.  This video proves it.  It was released in 1988. You are a little late Mr. Gore. No offense.

So this is the first post and frankly I am just testing the waters.  I have friends with blogs and all of that , but really this is just to see if Live journal fits my style.  If not, I will delete this in a week or two.