Jeremy's World

Jennifer and I went on a date Saturday evening.  It was very nice…Dinner at Tony’s, a movie and late night at a nightclub downtown.  Huh?!  Yes, we went out and hung out with young kids.  We were checking out a place called the Buckhead Saloon as Aftershock will likely be playing in there soon.  It’s a hoppin’ place with lots of people and the bar was going a million miles an hour.  Very cool atmosphere.

There was a band there that night.  Well, there were 2 guys playing guitars and singing anyway.  They were kind of "eh."  Talent-wise they were good but you can only party so much to two guys singing and playing guitars.  The place was more nuts when the DJ was playing during the band’s break.  That’s when the old was made new.

Mixed into the dance-music-that-I’m-too-old-to-recognize were songs that shocked me.  The place erupted when "Jessie’s Girl" (circa 1981) by Rick Springfield came on.  They went crazy when "Baby Got Back" (circa 1992) by Sir Mix-a-Lot came on.  The real kicker?  Some band has done a cover of an old song that they basically just added club-type drums and bass to and left the original song in tact.

Josie’s on a vacation far away.  Come around and talk it over.  So many things that I want to say.  You know I like my girls a little bit older.  I just want to use your love tonight.  I don’t want to lose your love tonight…

Yes, that is "Your Love" by the Outfield.  The original came out in 1985.  Yes, a full 23 years ago.  Most of the crowd there wasn’t even born yet.  The really scary thing is I recently went on a nostalgic trip through iTunes buying songs I used to have on cassette and early CD purchases that are long-since lost, destroyed or otherwise disposed of.  One of the songs I bought (we’re talking within the last month)?  "Your Love" by the Outfield.  The original.  Not the clubbed up version.

I’m so old.