One more music selection. This one from the Doobie Brothers, "Jesus is Just Alright."
This is the month of my Dad's birthday, and it's a week before Father's Day. That might be why I keep thinking of my Dad in regards to this song.
During summer and winter breaks from college, my Dad got me a job at the plastics factory where he was Vice President of Purchasing. I would ride up with him in the morning, and he would let me listen to WBCN's morning show The Big Mattress with Charles Laquidara. On the way home after WBCN's 5:05 Funnies with Mark Parenteau (no relation), it was his turn with the dial turned to sports radio station WEEI.
Sometimes my Dad couldn't help but comment on the morning music, and if The Police's "Can't Stand Losing You" came on, he would always comment how much he hated it.
"All they're doing is singing the same words over and over," he'd say.
Some of you might be thinking, Yeah, that's what songs do, but I understood what he meant with that song's incessant chorus. It wasn't my favorite either, and to this day, I can't hear that song without thinking of Dad giving both thumbs down while driving.
It's also why I think of "Jesus is Just Alright" and am pretty sure my Dad wouldn't have liked it either.
This is the month of my Dad's birthday, and it's a week before Father's Day. That might be why I keep thinking of my Dad in regards to this song.
During summer and winter breaks from college, my Dad got me a job at the plastics factory where he was Vice President of Purchasing. I would ride up with him in the morning, and he would let me listen to WBCN's morning show The Big Mattress with Charles Laquidara. On the way home after WBCN's 5:05 Funnies with Mark Parenteau (no relation), it was his turn with the dial turned to sports radio station WEEI.
Sometimes my Dad couldn't help but comment on the morning music, and if The Police's "Can't Stand Losing You" came on, he would always comment how much he hated it.
"All they're doing is singing the same words over and over," he'd say.
Some of you might be thinking, Yeah, that's what songs do, but I understood what he meant with that song's incessant chorus. It wasn't my favorite either, and to this day, I can't hear that song without thinking of Dad giving both thumbs down while driving.
It's also why I think of "Jesus is Just Alright" and am pretty sure my Dad wouldn't have liked it either.
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