Monday, February 3, 2025
Time: 7:50 AM
Song: Truckin’
Artist: Grateful Dead
Mode of Consumption: MP3s on Phone on the way to work
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/1I6l01BaBgBCVkfQCpIlR6?si=121ffc2a49bd4974
Probably ten years ago or so, Jodi and I were at home, having
a discussion, maybe even dancing around to the radio while we did dishes.
Basically, being silly young married people while doing adult chores.
Well, I asked her what that thing all the kids were doing?
“What’s that?”
“Oh, you know…”
I couldn’t think of the name. I wasn’t really all that
connected to young people’s culture even though I was probably only in my early
30s. Working at the paper was long hours, and while I spent most of the time
covering high school athletes, the interviews usually stayed the course of the
usual athletic banter. Yet, I had heard the term somewhere, probably even seen
it on TV. Who knows where?
What I was thinking of was twerking.
What I said was: “Truckin’.”
Well, needless to say, I haven’t lived that one down.
So, now anytime this song comes on, I think about that time.
If we are together, we both tend to yell, “Hey, this is what all those kids are
doing!”
Usually that follows with us singing the chorus: “What a long,
strange trip it’s been.”
Yes, yes it has, Jerry.
No comments:
Post a Comment