Fact
I am a Sagittarian (see the “Dog-eared 14” post immediately below).
Anecdote
I was in my car with a woman I was trying to woo. We had spent much of the day together in a group with a common purpose and there was clearly some mutual attraction, or at least desire, but we hadn’t yet gotten to that moment when the mutual interest was made clearly known. It was late at night and we were driving through the trees [n.1]. We had just started driving and I excitedly turned to her and said: “Do you want to hear the saddest song I’ve ever heard?” [n.2] Simultaneously I reached for my iPod and started scrolling through my playlists with alacrity. [n.3]
Note 1: Not literally, of course.
Note 2: “Levi Stubbs' Tears,” by Billy Bragg. The lyrics of course, and the guitar—my God the guitar—it just rings with sadness and pain. [n.2a] [n.2b]
Note 3: She very delicately and politely laughed and said yes, but later, suggesting something a bit lighter for the moment. It was remarkably deft handling.
Note 2a: Billy Bragg is in my top-five of all time. He has a solid shot at #1.
Note 2b: Anne and I just saw the Four Tops in concert, but sadly Levi Stubbs is dead.
Correction: We saw the Temptations. Except we were on the lawn at Ravinia so "saw" is perhaps not he right word. Which may be why you weren't sure who we "saw." :-)
ReplyDeleteWe saw the Temptations AND the Four Tops. The Four Tops played second.
ReplyDelete