What Were You Thinking Of?

On my way out the door yesterday morning I just randomly grabbed a CD from the CD shelf, and when I got in the car I was a bit disappointed to see that it was something like "Love Rock 1984" or some similarly named compilation of 80's rock songs.  19 tracks, most of them not even remotely memorable. 

However you know when, for whatever reason, you're stuck listening to one CD and there's one good song on it so you start just listening to that song over and over?  Basically that's what I ended up doing.  The song was Air Supply's "All Out of Love".

I was enjoying it a great deal partially because I was remembering the hilarious SNL sketch where Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan appear as Air Supply and sing a ridiculous new version of this song.  But I was also enjoying it because I fully admit a weakness for cheesy soft rock. This song certainly fits that bill.

So at this point I'm driving around, with the windows down mind you, just blaring this song... not really realizing my social faux pas.  It's around lunchtime and I pull into a gas station that's crawling with hungry construction workers.  Again, windows down, Air Supply cranked up to 11, me not realizing this at all because I'm having too good of a time listening to the cheese.

But it gets better.  I pull into a parking space and hit the radio button on the dash so I can continue the song when I get back into the car.  And what's playing on the radio?  Yep, Air Supply's "All Out of Love".  It's one of those really weird moments that you wish someone was in the car with you so you could both laugh about it.  So now I'm super amped up on the goofiness and for whatever reason my instincts are to share this weird little thing that just happened with anyone.  And in a cartoonish moment, I turn my head and there's a big, beefy, surly construction worker sitting in the car next to me in the passenger seat with his window down.  I look at him and sorta gesture to the radio and make a face like "Hey!  Ehhh?!  Check that out!" and then IMMEDIATELY realize that I'm going to get myself killed and snap my head back making an "Oooooooh nooooooo" face.

I glanced back later and the guy was just snarling, like someone had brutally murdered his mother in front of him.  Luckily I am still alive today to share this with you.

Comments

[Denirogator]

This was funny. Though the end part sounds fake. I have a hard time seeing you gesturing to a burly constuction guy about air supply playing on the radio.

The SNL version was hilarious. If I had the technology know how, I would have turned that into an audio track to listen to.

As far as cheesy soft rock, I always have my windows up, very aware of what dorkiness I'm rocking out to.

[dvdguy]

I've never made up a story like this. When I make things up its obvious, like getting "served" at the restaurant or meeting Mr. Wizard at Wal-Mart. I actually gestured to the guy next to me and then instantly realized my mistake. The whole thing probably took 1-2 seconds. I'll demonstrate it for you at some point.

[Denirogator]

You should have then yelled to him, that you are not mexican, you are from out of town.

[Jendoodle]

"It's one of those really weird moments that you wish someone was in the car with you so you could both laugh about it." Because if you were laughing out loud at yourself...no telling what beastly construction worker would've done.

[melanie]

i like all the assumptions that b/c this guy's a construction worker, he wanted to hurt you. maybe he wasn't snarling, but rather, reminiscing about when he danced to that song with mary-kate o'malley at the 7th grade dance, and boy he hoped you didn't see the tear in his eye. i found it interesting, and touching that while i was pregnant last summer, there was quite a bit of construction between where i work and my bus stop, and while walking back and forth, i was constantly asked by construction workers how the baby was doing, and god bless the baby, when's the baby coming? etc. there..all preconceptions about construction workers---shattered. your welcome tough scary guys!

[Denirogator]

Saying those things to a nice pregnant lady makes them feel better while they wait for fresh meat to walk by to leer at.

"eat that cheese miss, pluck that banjo..."

[melanie]

ok, i can respect your theory... i will let you know when the warm weather hits up here, and i shed my 50pound down-coat.. if i get any leering/god-awful comments, as the constuction continues... now, if you want a RELIABLE source for such a thing, walk through the streets around times square in the early morning hours as i do on my way to work on early saturday mornings, when the crack heads are still wandering the streets b/c the sun hasn't come up yet. it's amazing how different "hey pretty lady" sounds when you hear it from a well-dressed, clean fella, than when it comes from a fecal-smelling street crawler. but as for the construction workers, we shall see...

[dvdguy]

Pregnancy is the only form of kryptonite to the male libido. Wedding rings won't do it. Walking arm in arm with your spouse won't do it. But walk around pregnant and men instantly see you as a non-sexual entity.

[melanie]

sadly, not necessarily true -- in a disgusting move, one of the crusty gross middle managers here was pretty fixated w/ my boobs while i was pregnant. he had a really hard time with eye contact for a good 6 months (ya know, cuz on account of they get big when yer preggers) GROOOOSSSSS!!!!

[dvdguy]

Well I should have said its kryptonite to 99% of the male population, cause there is a particular kink out there. I've seen the videos.

[dvdguy]

Uh, I mean, someone told me about the videos. Yeah, this guy. He doesn't live here anymore. He moved away. That's right.

[anonymousfriend]

Air Supply? *thinking* Respect level drastically dropping...

Same thing kinda happened to me except it was "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees and the biker dude at the stop light actually motioned for me to turn my radio up.

[anonymousfriend]

BTW, men like pregnant women because they obviously put out and can't get pregnant...and from behind they aren't *that* fat.

At least that's what I've been told. *shrug*

[Happy]

I loved that song, love, love, loved it when I was in junior high and it had just come out.

Later, I was describing musicians I admire to my rocker-guy next door neighbor and I mentioned "Air Supply". He said "Yeah, that guy has great control of his voice."

Later, I realized that he might well have been retching inside, but was being gracious in pointing out something that I might legitimately admire about them. But as I get older and find more and more closet fans of early 80s Air Supply music, I have to muse at whether he actually shared my admiration.

As for the SNL skit, I never saw that one, but however it went, I'll bet it definitely needed more cow bell.