Oh Dear, That's Not the Worst of It

[dime_liora]

I was raised on a mix of fifties music and classic rock.  Take that into account for the next part of this.

My husband is fifteen years older than me. It's only logical that there are times when one of us doesn't understand the other's pop culture references. On the other hand due to my upbringing I can hold my own most days. Most days.

When we first started dating there was this moment when we both realized we liked movies, and that we both had really twisted psyches. What followed was the world's weirdest Schadenfreude Marathon I've ever witnessed/experienced/participated in. For about two months we attempted to out-depress the other with movies. He started it with Gladiator, and I followed with Requiem for a Dream. Things escalated (and in the case of Life as a House almost got heated) and then my husband struck the coup-de-grace (I can't get the stupid alt code to work for the accented a, and I'm sorry for that) with Legends of the Fall. The smug bastard did a teary end-zone dance.

So tonight, somehow, he comes up with introducing me to Lionel Ritchie's "Hello". I've never heard it before, and he's right. It's depressing. Really depressing.

This was my response, I hadn't listened to it since I was ten and it used to make me bawl, and I'm pretty sure I won:

Check and mate motherfucker. *cue teary end-zone dance*

Comments

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

My beloved will still surreptitiously snivel when he hears Patches. I get all torn between going "AWWWW I MUST HUG YOU" and kind of snickering up my sleeve. Mind you, I'm totally unmoved by this song as my heart is made of stone. True fact. It's a brownish granite with little flecks of mica in it.

[dimeliora.livejournal.com]

That combination actually sounds very pretty.

Yeah, there's no logical reason for it to get me the way it used to, but it still does. I was like seven (I think?) the first time I heard it, and the whole lesson I got from it is basically "Yeah kid, your parents are gonna die and life is gonna suck. Good luck with that."

Also, Clarence Carter has one of those voices that makes me go "oooooo". :D

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

"Yeah kid, your parents are gonna die and life is gonna suck. Good luck with that."

*laughs so hard*

yes, that's pretty much the message...and I admit *koff* the song does make my rather attractive but stony heart crack a bit. ;)

[meesasometimes.livejournal.com]

Your movie battle completely cracked me up...my other half and I torture each other endlessly with movies we loved as children. I start with Elivis's Blue Hawaii,she hits me with Apple Dumpling Gang, I do an HBO classic Dot and the Kangaroo, she's got some cracked up horror Watcher in the Woods, I feel like I take it all with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, but no, cause she's got Moving Violations (don't do it EVER, I will never get 89min48sec back)!

I'm not familiar with this "Patches" song...but Hello, well I could play that on the piano at the ripe old age of 10. I had a repertoire of soft smooth classics, some Air Supply, oh, "You Light Up My Life" that was my power ballad. I'm glad the piano and I have parted ways.

[dimeliora.livejournal.com]

Lol! Thanks for the warnings. :D

Yeah, he's never forgiven me for insisting he give Krull a second try. I'll never live it down.

Also, piano playing? Seeeexy! I'm sure also difficult, time-consuming, and intensive, but I've always been turned on by people playing the piano. It's a serious flaw.