{"id":2711,"date":"2010-04-26T23:51:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T03:51:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-04-26T23:53:30","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T23:53:30","slug":"from-the-mouths-of-babes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/from-the-mouths-of-babes\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Mouths of Babes…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMy apologies to a few of you who heard this story already. On Saturday my family and I were suited up and hitting the road for the Bat Mitzvah of the daughter of a friend and Townsman. Car rides to formal events always start off with a bang in our family. In the hour leading up to our departure we’re all on each other’s case, pointing fingers at each other for jeopardizing our ability to get on the road on time. One person’s shower is taking too long, while another person is taking too long to get into the shower. There’s always one more chore to knock out, like a basket of laundry that needs folding. I begin sweating like a pig as soon as I begin putting a tie on. There must be a pill I can take to stop sweating when I’m putting on a tie!<\/em> I inevitably yell to no one in particular.<\/p>\n

For this trip, although I had to finish reading the sports page and have one more cup of coffee before hitting the shower – and although I was already feeling the heat of the tie – I vowed to be the roadtrip’s Dr. Feelgood. I refrained from pointing fingers and threatening to leave without anyone who wasn’t ready at the appointed departure time. Then, in what seemed like a brilliant stroke of spreading some good vibrations, I readied disc 1 of Paul McCartney<\/strong>‘s Wingspan<\/em> collection – nothing but the hits! I knew this CD would ease my wife’s rising stress level, and if Mom’s relaxed the boys have a better chance of being relaxed. (I was cool, mind you, totally sold on my pose as Mr. Calm.)
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\nWe get on the road. We’re only 2 minutes behind schedule. I wasn’t watching the clock, mind you – just happened to see it out of the corner of my eye. Some minor crankiness erupts as we turn onto the ramp to the highway. It’s cool: I’m about to slip Wingspan<\/em>, disc 1 (nothing but the hits – no nerdy B-sides to set me off on an unwanted lecture regarding hidden gems or the fact that Back to the Egg<\/em>-era drummer Steve Holly<\/strong> played on a track on a tribute album that my friends and I commissioned) into the CD player. Almost immediately my wife begins to relax. Our little guy is tired, but is second to me in terms of Proper Attitude Adjustment. Our teenage boy, however, is really burnt out from an extremely fun Friday night on the town with his friends. I was counting on him falling asleep by this point, but he was merely slumped over in misery.<\/p>\n

The distinctive opening rhythms of “Silly Love Songs” start up. My wife is totally relaxed. Our younger son is smiles at me when I drop down the rearview mirror to check on him. Our teenager is still slumped over the arm rest, looking as angst-ridden as Laurence Olivier<\/strong>‘s Maxim de Winter in Rebecca<\/em>. <\/p>\n

McCartney sings the opening line, “You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love…” <\/p>\n

Young Master de Winter lifts his head and huffs, “Man, can’t this guy sing about anything but love?!?!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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