Mom! We Learned A New Song Today!

I was sitting at my desk today while the third graders were in P.E. class in the gym right next to me. Our P.E. teacher, Mrs. C, is a wonderful lady who does a great job getting kids excited about exercise and life-long fitness. I’m going to mention her age her not because it is relevant to her job, but because it is relevant to the story. My guess is that Mrs. C is 50something which makes her 15-20 years older than I am.

That age difference probably explains her music choices today. Usually the kids are in there playing to KidzBop tunes or songs from the 60’s. Disney stuff is also popular. It’s usually pleasant and predictable and I’ve gotten to where I just tune it out. Today though there must have been a new CD because suddenly Quiet Riot was blasting out of the gym. I looked up in shock and caught the eye of a passing teacher who looked stunned as well. Mrs. C must have quickly realized that the song was a bit hard core for the kids because it suddenly changed to a catchy little ditty. A pleasant, whistling tune with accompanying clapping. I recognized it within three notes as

Centerfold

by the J. Geils Band. If you aren’t familiar with the song, it’s about a young man who is looking through a “girlie magazine” and sees a former classmate, who he has had lifelong fond memories of, in the Centerfold. If you need further clarification, or a hilarious trip down memory lane, click

here

for the video.

I waited for the song to get to the lyrics to see if Mrs. C had one of those CD’s where they change the lyrics to make the song kid friendly although I couldn’t imagine how they could do that with this particular song. But no, it started right in with “Does she walk? Does she talk? Does she come complete?” so I jumped up and went over to the gym door, laughing. Mrs. C saw me standing coming her way and poked her head out to see what I needed.

“Mrs. C? Do you know what this song is about?”
“No. Why?”
“It’s about porn.”
“Oh! Goodness! Good thing you’re listening out there. I’ll go change it.”

My reward for this good deed? A good laugh and the next forty minutes listening to the High School Musical soundtrack. And yes, the album cover above is

Freeze Frame

from the J. Geils Band. No making fun of me for calling it an album either because that’s exactly what it was.

There are only four school days left and then much of my blog fodder is on hold for the summer. Hopefully something good will happen next week to send us off to summer with a smile.