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Sep. 25th, 2007 11:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miko2"Hey Mark!" Corndawg yells. "Who sings this song?"
"What song?" I reply.
"Come over here and listen to it! Who sings this?"
I walk over to the C-Dawg's desk. He's on hold with some other company. Over the phone speaker I hear, very faintly, a familar balland from the 1980's:
"No, I'm never going to dance again,
"Guilty feet have got no rhythm..."
"Do you know that song?" he asks.
"Yeah, of course."
"Who does it?"
"I'm not sure. Let me think."
Impatient, C-Dawg yells out to the cubicle on the other side of him. "Hey, Belvedere! Who sings this song?"
"What song?"
"Come here and listen!"
By now, of course, the Dawg is no longer on hold. He asks to be put on hold again. The song's no longer playing. He and I try to sing the song to B. Then the song returns, and B hears it.
"Oh yeah, I know that song," she says.
"Who sings it?" he asks.
"Duran Duran?"
"No, it's not them," I said.
"I have to have that song!" C-Dawg exclaims. "I need to know who it is!"
"Well, it's a band from the same era, she said.
"Yeah, it is," I replied.
"Culture Club, or one of those bands."
"It's not Culture Club," I said. I was wracking my brains for early to mid 1980's cheesy pop bands. Wang Chung? Something along those lines.
"Oh wait!" B exclaims. "What was the name of that boy band? The one with Michael George in it?"
"Wham," I said. "I think that's right. I think that's who it was."
C-Dawg googles Wham. I tell him to look at the Wikipedia entry, that almost always lists a band's major hits. But I don't see a title I recognize as this particular song.
"How else can I look it up?" he asks.
"Ask Belvedere to look for it in iTunes," I say. "She has that on her computer. She can search by song name."
But by now, he's decided to search on the lyrics themselves. "It is Wham," he says. "It's called 'Careless Whisper'?"
"Was I right?" B asks.
"Yeah, you were right," I say.
"Belvedere had a thing for George Michael in her past," C-Dawg suggests.
A minute later, B says, "Is this the song?" The song is playing from her computer.
"Yeah, that's it," C-Dawg says. "How did you do that?"
"Like I told you, she's got iTunes on her computer," I said.
"Turn it up!"
"That's all there is," B replies. "It's just a short sample to let you listen, before you decide to buy the song."
"Oh, you don't have the whole song?"
"Give her a dollar and tell her to download it," I said.
"Can she do that? For a dollar?"
"Of course."
C-Dawg digs a dollar out of his pocket. A couple of minutes later, Wham is playing from Belvedere's computer, and the Corndawg is a happy guy.
"Woo!" he exclaims. "I just feel like making a video when I hear this song! A Milli Vanilli video! You like that song too, Belv?"
"Yeah," she says. "It makes me want to slow dance."
"What song?" I reply.
"Come over here and listen to it! Who sings this?"
I walk over to the C-Dawg's desk. He's on hold with some other company. Over the phone speaker I hear, very faintly, a familar balland from the 1980's:
"No, I'm never going to dance again,
"Guilty feet have got no rhythm..."
"Do you know that song?" he asks.
"Yeah, of course."
"Who does it?"
"I'm not sure. Let me think."
Impatient, C-Dawg yells out to the cubicle on the other side of him. "Hey, Belvedere! Who sings this song?"
"What song?"
"Come here and listen!"
By now, of course, the Dawg is no longer on hold. He asks to be put on hold again. The song's no longer playing. He and I try to sing the song to B. Then the song returns, and B hears it.
"Oh yeah, I know that song," she says.
"Who sings it?" he asks.
"Duran Duran?"
"No, it's not them," I said.
"I have to have that song!" C-Dawg exclaims. "I need to know who it is!"
"Well, it's a band from the same era, she said.
"Yeah, it is," I replied.
"Culture Club, or one of those bands."
"It's not Culture Club," I said. I was wracking my brains for early to mid 1980's cheesy pop bands. Wang Chung? Something along those lines.
"Oh wait!" B exclaims. "What was the name of that boy band? The one with Michael George in it?"
"Wham," I said. "I think that's right. I think that's who it was."
C-Dawg googles Wham. I tell him to look at the Wikipedia entry, that almost always lists a band's major hits. But I don't see a title I recognize as this particular song.
"How else can I look it up?" he asks.
"Ask Belvedere to look for it in iTunes," I say. "She has that on her computer. She can search by song name."
But by now, he's decided to search on the lyrics themselves. "It is Wham," he says. "It's called 'Careless Whisper'?"
"Was I right?" B asks.
"Yeah, you were right," I say.
"Belvedere had a thing for George Michael in her past," C-Dawg suggests.
A minute later, B says, "Is this the song?" The song is playing from her computer.
"Yeah, that's it," C-Dawg says. "How did you do that?"
"Like I told you, she's got iTunes on her computer," I said.
"Turn it up!"
"That's all there is," B replies. "It's just a short sample to let you listen, before you decide to buy the song."
"Oh, you don't have the whole song?"
"Give her a dollar and tell her to download it," I said.
"Can she do that? For a dollar?"
"Of course."
C-Dawg digs a dollar out of his pocket. A couple of minutes later, Wham is playing from Belvedere's computer, and the Corndawg is a happy guy.
"Woo!" he exclaims. "I just feel like making a video when I hear this song! A Milli Vanilli video! You like that song too, Belv?"
"Yeah," she says. "It makes me want to slow dance."
