Song of the day plus

A few weeks back mkm and I went to the Bat Mitzvah party of a friend’s daughter. It was a nice time and similar to other Bar and Bat Mitzvah parties we have been to. They had a DJ playing music and games for the kids and they brought a couple of dancers to help get the kids dancing. The music was a mix of the all the stuff the kids listen to today. I really cannot comment on it all (although my kids are starting to listen to the Disney stuff like Hannah Montana (warning, PG-13 at least), so perhaps I will have to learn some of it soon).

Anyway, after listening to this music (and of course the all important hora mix) suddenly, we hear music like Mony Mony, Dancing with Myself (warning again), Footloose, etc. Well, we, and all of our friends, got up to dance. It was an amazing 10 minutes. The DJ did not play complete songs, but had a medley of these late 70’s early 80’s tunes. Of course the kids were still dancing too. So for 10 minutes of this party All the kids AND THEIR PARENTS were on the dance floor bopping around to some of the best music ever.

I wonder what the kids were thinking about us. What would I have thought had my parents been on the dance floor with us when we were kids (although they music my parents listen to would never have been played at our parties). Perhaps kids today think it is kind of cool that they share a similar taste in music with their parents. I hope so.

For that wonderful 10 minutes I can truly say that I felt like I was back in High School at a USY dance. And it all came rushing back. In my married life I have never been much of a dancer at these parties. This night, I think I freaked out my wife. When “Footloose” came on I was dancing like I was in that movie! And when today’s song of the day came up, I was bopping around like I was in High School.

Here’s to getting a chance (albeit short) to relive some of high school.

Oh, yeah, the song is “I Wanna Be Sedated” by the Ramones.

Enjoy!

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