Wandering through the produce aisle yesterday morning I was surprised to hear the Annie Lennox song, "Missionary Man," coming through the store's speaker system. It was 8:00 am on a Sunday and lyrics like,
"Well, I was born an original sinner. I was borne from original sin. And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done, there'd be a mountain of money piled up to my chin," seemed a tad out of place for a Sunday morning at the Shoprite.
I'm a big fan of Annie Lennox and was an immediate fan of the song when it came out in 1986. Those days you would have found me and a few friends doing the bar thing in the Fells Point section of Baltimore. A night of drinkin' the suds meant there would be laughter and of course dancing.
We often started out the evening at a place called "The Horse You Came in On" and finished off the night sweating it out on the dance floor at "The Dead End." When a song like Missionary Man came on you could be sure the gang was out on the floor jumping around to the beat.
It was just that dancing mob that I pictured as I stopped to listen to Annie Lennox belt it out. I laughed. And then I picked up a second sweet potato and put it in my cart pushing on as I sang along.
Music really is like time traveling! It's amazing how a song can take you back to a moment in time. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteDon't mess with the sweet potato lady-- I think there's a ring to it!
ReplyDeleteNow THAT is a closing line. Mic drop.
ReplyDeleteI have missed you! This is great, I was singing and dancing along with you.
ReplyDeleteA bar named “The Horse You Rode In On” sounds intriguing, and 80’s group dancing sounds fun. How it takes us all back, Mary!
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