Wednesday, April 11, 2007
And Then We'll Take It Higher
My buddy Luke worked construction one summer during college. Most of the guys he worked with were at least ten years his senior, grizzled, tough, and the epitome of macho. He said at the end of one work day, while all the trucks were in line at the construction yard waiting to be checked back in for the night, someone inexplicably started blasting "Electric Avenue" out of their truck radio, got out of their truck, and started dancing. Then one by one, without saying a word, all the crew members in the rest of the trucks tuned their radio to the same station, jumped out their trucks and started dancing as well. After the song ended everyone got back in their truck like nothing happened. Like a Coors Light commercial without the train and the O'Jay's song. Apparently these soldiers found the same beat that Luke's construction workers found.
I'd like to think I'd be coping the same way if I was stuck over there. Either that or I'm sure I'd be like Vern, the fat kid from "Stand By Me," at the 1:25 to go mark in this video:
I'd like to think I'd be coping the same way if I was stuck over there. Either that or I'm sure I'd be like Vern, the fat kid from "Stand By Me," at the 1:25 to go mark in this video:
