#1 Son: Did you hear that Ronnie Dio died?And later:
Me: The guy from Black Sabbath? Yeah.
#1 Son: Huh?
#1 Son: You mean from Dio.
Me: Huh?
#1 Son: Hey, there's this guy with a stage name of "Meatloaf"!I'm a bad father.
Me: He's awesome. "Bat out of Hell" rules.
#1 Son: Oh, yeah - I've heard of that.
Our wedding music was "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"...
ReplyDeleteNot "bad", jus' weird.
Perfect segway to watching "Rocky Horror Picture Show" now. lol
ReplyDeleteOther news you might get in a huff about:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7731513/Autistic-boy-charged-with-terrorist-offence.html
Autistic boy draws stick figure with gun and is charged with terrorist offence, in Atlanta! WTH?
Number 1 son and I were headed to the range on Saturday and he was trying to find a station when most are either classic rock or country where we were headed.
ReplyDeleteHe would flip a station on look at me and say "Some Dumb Named Band of Today" does this song way better.
I smacked him..
Who the hell is 5 Fingered Death Punch and Slipknot is not a band! It is a knot used when tying teenagers to the bumper!!!
Geesh..
My daughter came home from school once, exuberant about a CD loaned to her by her then boyfriend. As we sat down for dinner, she raved about this new-found wonder - some band named "Jethro Tull". She showed us the CD case, complete with cover art.
ReplyDeletePausing briefly to rummage through the vinyl in the stereo cabinet, I pulled out my original LP of the same release, put it on the turntable, and cranked up the volume as much as I dared (the wife was more an aficionado of "The Monkeys", "The Turtles" and such).
As the lilting chords of "Aqualung" rang out, I smiled and asked "Oh - you mean THIS album??!!!
My daughter, my son, and I had a great time listening. It was all my poor wife could do not to stab herself in the eyes with a fork while muttering something about me corrupting her babies ...