Gabba Gabba

Yesterday afternoon I was in a Ramones mood and put a couple of cds on the stereo. I bobbed around to the music for a few hours until the stepson emerged from his room "what's this?" he asked his father with a grimace. I was flabbergasted, this boy is hugely talented musically and has a broad knowledge of music from most genres. He made a mumbled disparaging comment and left the room. We called him back. "The Ramones are legends, founding fathers, don't you like it?" I asked "Nah" was the response. "But I've seen your friends wearing Ramones T-shirts, I thought you lot must listen to them" "They probably don't even know The Ramones is a band" he said and sauntered off. So it's come to this: one of the most influential bands of last century have become to today's teenagers merely a cool T-shirt design. Not only have The Ramones provided hours of musical listening pleasure, they have also helped me seduce for physical pleasure on two occasions. Years ago I used them as a topic to start a conversation with a boy I was interested in and more recently, I pretended the friend I was going to the Ramones film with was a date – thus causing the man I was pursuing (and boy was he playing hard to get) to become so jealous he not only showed up at the cinema but was in my bed two days later. The power of The Ramones is awe inspiring.
Old Fartery is not just creeping up on me, it is well and truly engrained. A few years ago my significantly younger brother and I were driving and Cyndi Lauper, True Colours was playing on the car stereo. He asked me who was stuffing up the Casey Chambers' song. I almost kicked him out of the moving vehicle. I know imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but one must give credit where credit is due.
Tonight the husband and I are going to see Alice Cooper. Now that is guaranteed to be an over 30's only event. We are very excited about it, having both spent our teenage years listening to Alice, in different decades of course - me being the child bride. But it proves his music is timeless.
I shall report on the musical extravaganza tomorrow.