Happy Car Trip
On the drive back from Tulsa this evening, in the pouring rain, the Happy Car came alive. Tulsa has a classic rock channel (103.3), which is great, and I listen to it everytime I am in the area. Tonight a song came on which I knew it instantly once I heard the lead in. The hand leaves the steering wheel acting with a mind of its own and heads straight over to the radio volume control to CRANK IT UP! The head starts bobbing and the shoulders start twitching and then it begins...the song starts and you realize that still to this day you can't make out the words to the song! Some things never change even after 32 years. Ahhh... but the refrain comes in and you start singing at the top of your lungs, because have the radio cranked up and you have to hear yourself sing. All together now - join me when I sing
JUMPING JACK FLASH IT'S A GAS! JUMPING JACK FLASH IT'S A GAS! JUMPING JACK FLASH IT'S A GAS - GAS - GAS! ( NOW START BOBBING THE HEAD WITH THE BEAT).
The sad part about listening to this song and having such a good time (like I was 18 again) is that the radio signal starts to cut out. It begins to sound like someone on their cell phone walking around and losing their signal. (Which can happen very easily in Watonga, Oklahoma) I hear the static coming in louder and louder but Mick hangs in there until the end. Then I hear the other radio signal coming in and knocking Mick off the air waves. Ahhh, the Happy Car lived again and it was fun!
Ciao Jack!
JUMPING JACK FLASH IT'S A GAS! JUMPING JACK FLASH IT'S A GAS! JUMPING JACK FLASH IT'S A GAS - GAS - GAS! ( NOW START BOBBING THE HEAD WITH THE BEAT).
The sad part about listening to this song and having such a good time (like I was 18 again) is that the radio signal starts to cut out. It begins to sound like someone on their cell phone walking around and losing their signal. (Which can happen very easily in Watonga, Oklahoma) I hear the static coming in louder and louder but Mick hangs in there until the end. Then I hear the other radio signal coming in and knocking Mick off the air waves. Ahhh, the Happy Car lived again and it was fun!
Ciao Jack!
posted by Terri | 8:06 PM
5 Comments:
I relived the car ride right with you! : )
And songs like that become ear worms that don't leave my head for the entire day. lol Music always takes me back to many memories.
we'll always be 18 in our heads!
Shelly - I'm so glad. It's always fun when someone understands where you come from. ha
Rebecca - Amen! Last October I was in D.C. celebrating our 50th birthdays with girlfriends. The Metro attendant asked what it felt like to be 50. I responded "Like 18!"
Kay - you should hear the one stuck in my head right now - Patrizio - Home to Mamma!
Making the drive between Tulsa and Oklahoma City, then back home I can so relate to grooving with the music, having the station start to fade and then the other station coming in close to the same frequency. Love that station!
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