I had a unibrow in 9th grade. I also wore my brothers’ hand-me-downs and had metal-mouth coupled with a minor drooling problem (if you can have a minor drooling problem). The only thing that made me feel slightly sexy was when I put on my headphones and swaggered through the hallways listening to ‘Giving him something he can feel,’ by En Vogue. Strutting my imaginary catwalk, for those brief moments, I would catch a glimpse into what I imagined life was like for the beautiful people.
Fast forward to present day and I’ve discovered the blessings of hot wax, girl clothes, and straight teeth. Aside from those advancements, I still find solace in my music-induced moments of elevation from the mundane. Of course, the songs have changed – when I need to remember that life is bigger than a monitor, I play some of these songs to get that old high like in high school:
* Positive Tension – Bloc Party
* The Moneymaker – Rilo Kiley
* North American Scum and Someone Great – LCD Soundsystem
* And I Was a Boy from School – Hot Chip
* Golden Skans – Klaxons
* Whoo! Alright - Yeah… Uh Huh – The Rapture
* Yeah Yeah Remix – Flosstradamus
* Star Witness – Neko Case
* Roll On – Dntel
* No One’s Gonna Love You – Band of Horses
If you know me and you see me walking like I think I’m a badass, please don’t call me out. I understand I’m still a dork, but let me have my moment of cool even if it is only in my head. And yes, I realize I’ve got drool on my chin.
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If George Thorogood can make Mr. exZaktly feel like a badass, it’s gotta be the real deal.
No One’s Gonna Love You is a great song, but inner badass? I think it actually brings out my inner “drunk dial every ex-girlfriend i still have in my cell phone…”
and that, my friends, is why you take your ex’s numbers out of your phone. the only thing worse than drunk-dialing an ex is being the recipient of such a call.
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Comment by exZAKtly — March 4, 2008 @ 10:49 am
If you’re looking for badass, look no further than George Thorogood and the Destroyers. Seriously. Anything by them will do.