Saturday, April 26, 2025
Time: 7:45 PM
Song: Turn the Page
Artist: Bob Seger
Mode of Consumption: Listening to radio on way home from birthday dinner.
Link to Song: https://open.spotify.com/track/3P2XAL8UpPBM3nfvuEjHHE?si=cf669e9d6a0e4ebe
On a short, rural blacktop north of Sterling, we drove home after my birthday dinner.
“Maybe they will play this?” Jodi says.
By “they,” she means Metallica, who we will be seeing this coming Thursday in Nashville. Metallica covered this song on their covers album from the late 90s known as “Garage, Inc.” This was one of the singles they pushed for that album along with a cover of Thin Lizzy’s “Whiskey in a Jar.”
I haven’t a clue what sort of set list to expect from Metallica. I assume it will be a smattering of the last 40s years. A little of the hard and fast sound from the early 80s, mixed with a heavy dosage with their more “pop” standards from the 90s, along with whatever they have been doing recently.
I prefer Seger’s version of this song, partly because it’s the original and partly because Seger’s voice is hard to beat in my book.
I turned 43 today. I did laundry. I swept the floor. I went to a celebration for life for Kay Clark, a member of our writing group, and followed that with some yardwork.
Jodi and I finished the day with a dinner at Kelly’s, a local Irish-Mexican bar, and then made some obligatory stops at Jo-Ann’s, Farm & Fleet, and Menards. As far as birthdays go, it was all that I needed.
I guess I’ve reached the age where I don’t need a lot. When I was kid, I liked a party with lots of presents. When I was a little older, there were some all-night benders.
We went to bed at 9:30. I read for a half hour, and by a few minutes after 10, I was probably snoring softly.
A guy my age needs his rest to hit the next day.
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