classic rock night at my momma's house
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Track:The Logical Song
I was back in VA this week for work and Tuesday night my mother and I met my sister at Carlos O’Kellys for drinks. My sister was talking about how good Patron was and how she doesn’t drink tequila – she drinks Patron. Curious as to the difference, my mother and I took a shot with her. I immediately regretted it (because it tasted just like the cheapest tequila I’d ever drank) and told my sister I was expecting something magical. (Yes, I’m getting to a point here…) So, I drive my mother home and she slurs her words a bit (my mother is a lightweight, one bloody mary and one shot of tequila, yep) and I ask her if the Patron had stolen her verbs. She said “No. I feel magical….lyrical.”And that’s how our evening really started. Because I knew she was quoting a song but I couldn’t place it and she knew it. She giggled at my frustration but wouldn’t tell me what it was. Eventually, she told me it was The Logical Song by Supertramp. Then, a bit later, she starts singing to herself the “badadabadada” part of that Gym Class Hero’s song. I told her I was surprised she was singing Gym Class Hero’s, which was meet with a blank stare. I said “you know ‘take a look at my girlfriend, she’s the only one I got’…” “Yeah,” she says, “that’s Supertramp.” No shit. Huh. At this point, my sister shows up and my mother pulls up Breakfast in America for my sister and I to listen to. I recognize “Take the Long Way Home” and mention that both The Logical Song and Take the Long Way Home always make me feel sad when I hear them.That starts my sister on trying to remember a song from our childhood that had always made her sad. She says “It’s about a guy that’s an alcoholic, and some land, and there’s an amazing sax solo.” I’m completely lost but my mom starts humming a tune that I know even though I can’t name it. My mother calls my brother to see if he can place it but he’s in the same boat as me. My mother thinks a bit harder, comes up with some lyrics – “Know he’s never gonna stop moving because he’s rolling. He’s a rolling stone.” My sister and I google the lyrics and “sax solo” and come up with Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. Ah yes, good stuff.Then, that mystery solved, my sister starts talking about Jackson Browne. I swore I’d never heard a Jackson Browne song, so she pulls up itunes and starts playing me Jackson Browne songs – and I recognized one – The Road. She’s played five song clips, I’ve recognized one and liked none - so I try to change the subject onto another childhood favorite. I asked them who did the song “oh, won’t you stay…just a little bit longer.” My sister immediately starts playing the song and I was a bit amazed that she was able to pull it up so fast. “Damn! That’s the one. So, who sings it?” … “Jackson Browne.” Heh.I love my family.
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