I have now hit a new level of lame and henceforth shall be known as “Super Lame”. Or maybe even “Super DUPER Lame”.

April 26, 2009

*Edited to include the fallout from posting, um, something like this. Though the comments have been quiet there was a great “to do” in my real life. Apparently this is a bit much, even for me. Hee.

I have been up all night.

Most of it was spent listening to “Macarena” by Los del Río.

Repeatedly.

Like WAY more than once. Or twice. Or eleventyhundred.

And I did it ON PURPOSE.

WTF, right? I mean, LOOK AT IT. This is prime retina bleeding material right here, y’all.

This is way, WAY worse than that two week period when I had Bon Jovi’s “Bed of Roses” stuck in my head or when I slept with a Barry Manilow album under my pillow for months because I was going to marry him once I got to the second grade. (I can’t decide if it is worse than fighting for tickets to see Billy Ray Cyrus in concert when he was in full blown mullet and sleeveless shirt mode.)

This is bad, even for me.

Some pregnant mothers listen to classical music to increase the intelligence of their children in utero. I sing classical music when I’m not knocked up and then expose my fetus to the musical equivalent of Funyons and cheap bathtub meth.

Great.

I have a feeling that one day I will be the subject of a “Lame Musical Tastes” intervention filmed by A&E. Either that or an E! True Hollywood Story. Or Geraldo expose. (Seriously, so many options for where this could go.)

At the very least I feel a new Twitter hashtag in my future: #iamwaytoodamnlametolive

Do you think there is any way I can blame this on raging hormones and anemia?

I was young? 

I needed the money?

No?

Damn.

*EDIT:THE MORNING AFTER

This the ONE post my husband read on his own and it prompted an IM message from him that said, “You know you are completley CRAZY. Right?” (Yes. Yes, I do.)  He also told me that he wasn’t coming back upstairs until I stopped listening to the damn thing.

Most of the people I know have really great musical taste. My friend, Michelle always knows the best bands and singles and my other friend, Karen, patiently explained when I popped in a CD and grinned at her that there is a HUGE difference between her favorite band, The Foo Fighters and The Goo Goo Dolls. (What? Goo…Foo…I didn’t really think there was a difference. Everyone thinks they’re the same. Right?)

Jonathan is way too musically cool to be married to me. He was the type in high school and college who listened to bands that hadn’t even been formed yet and went to hundreds of cutting edge, indy concerts held in dark basements of coffee clubs.  His theory is that I will have no readers left as they are now either struck blind and deaf from “whatever that thing you posted from youtube was” or are just too polite to tell me this is the final nail in a coffin of “WTF???”. 

I disagreed and told him that I think everyone secretly loves it and has fond memories of making a public spectacle of themselves by shaking their hips and grabbing their rear ends doing The Macarena on a 90’s dance floor and are too shamed to cop to it publicly.

(No? This song really just sucks that bad? DAMMIT. Will I never win???!!!!! OH,THE HUMANITY?!!!!)

Ok, fine. I admit it. I need help.

Luckily, I got some from close loved ones who thought things were dire enough for other action to take place. I had a musical intervention.  Calls and emails, IM’s and DM’s from people begging me to consider my health and well-being and to GET HELP! NOW!! BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!!

My awesome friend, Michelle, even compiled and brought over the BEST CD mix at 10:30pm last night to save me from myself and my musical lameness. 

It’s catchy.

And I don’t have to look over my shoulder and wear dark sun glasses when listening to it. 

Free at last.

I wonder what the relapse rate for this kind of disorder is?

Hmm…

Stumble it!

20 Responses to “I have now hit a new level of lame and henceforth shall be known as “Super Lame”. Or maybe even “Super DUPER Lame”.”

  • Connie says:

    GOSH I LOVE THIS SONG! I used to be really good at this dance….and I just demonstrated it for my scared little boy (who is now more scared) and he is demanding that I stop and turn on the TV.

    I also have this song on my World of Warcraft playlist. One of my characters did the Macarena dance so I had that one in there for fun!

    Rock On Aaron!

  • tauni says:

    Chalk it up to the hormones, they cause you do do crazy stuff!

  • Kristen says:

    I thought there was more to this dance? I remember more steps…

  • Mrs. Wilson says:

    Okay, but if you didn’t do all those things, then we wouldn’t be able to read about you doing them and have a highlight to our day!!!

  • Erin W. says:

    Excuse me for being out of the loop, but what is with the hashtag things???i keep seeing stuff about how people can #suckit, etc. and I am clueless. Someone please explain this to me?

  • Rhi says:

    At my high school graduation party, my Papa showed me a “new dance” he learned whilst on a cruise with my Grandma. You’ll never guess what the dance was…

  • Allyson/HBMomof2 says:

    I just left a dance floor last weekend when this song came on at the wedding…and I was drunk! I say it’s hormones and the craziness that comes with motherhood. Do you know that everyday I sing that damn Barney song, “I love you, you love me..” to my son, just for his enjoyment? It will be just one of many crappy songs in this kids future.

  • Mrs. Organic says:

    I did this once with Mambo No. 5 – I think I am lamer.

  • Chelle says:

    Uhm, why?

    Haven’t we talked about this dear? You have a lot of other options. They have programs for this type of thing… Especially the “bringing your readers into it” part.

    Maybe we should chalk it up to a tertiary effect of anemia. In addition to green leafy veggies and red meat you needed the visual equivalent in the form of skinny chicks in hot pants and Latin men in three button suits?

    Anyhow, I think maybe it’s a sign I need to bring you some more music.

    (And in the spirit of full disclosure I should probably admit publicly that watching several hours of macarena is not the stupidest thing we have ever done in the middle of the night.)

  • Erin T. says:

    I remember a particular fettish you had with Oingo Boingo’s lead singer… right around the time your little Christopher was conceived…. hmmmmm…..

  • metalia says:

    Wait. What’s wrong with “Bed of Roses”?!

    (You know if you need someone to make you feel better about Crap Rock, I’m your girl. “For toniiiiiiight I sleep on a beddddddd of nails….”)

    (Sorry.)

  • lceel says:

    Oh My God. All spelled out and properly spaced. Because that and “How can you do this to yourself?” are the only things that come to mind right now.

  • JoeInVegas says:

    I remember a company Christmas party back when that song was popular, trying to get everyone up to dance. (no, not me)

    Barry is a regular in town, Billy Rae due next month. Come on down and you can see them both.

  • Molly says:

    Nooooo, embrace the macarena. That was a staple of my childhood.

  • Nicole says:

    3 hours of the macarena following a dragonboat competition. NO LIE.

    Also, I can still sing along with “Bed of Roses”.

    I think I need to go listen to some Iron Maiden or something now.

  • Katie says:

    I totally loved the macarena when I was in high school. I was going to say this last night, even before I saw your update. I am totally going to show the dance (maybe not the hot ladies though) to my boys tonight!! It will be the best FHE ever.

  • Dude, if you like the macarena, LIKE THE MACARENA. Who cares if it’s “crappy” music? If it makes you happy to listen to it, if it makes you feel like dancing and makes you smile, then LISTEN TO IT. Sure, take their advice on new music and enjoy that too, but don’t let anyone tell you that you don’t have the right to like whatever music you like! The heart wants what it wants, right? ;-)

  • Loralee says:

    Huh. WP isn’t letting me log in so this isn’t going to be in white.

    I do embrace my musical dork status. And all the mocking is light hearted and done in good fun.

    Besides, I’m a creature of habit and would never hear anything new if not for everyone else. As it is, my radio stations are all labled with ‘Light” and “Easy” and usually have the term “Breeze” in their ads, so I need to be whipped into shape every now and then.

    I do listen to what I want but I totally wish my heart wanted music that was a LITTLE less embarrassing, ya know? Hee.

  • A couple years ago, my husband and I had a lot of laughs holding our one-year-old son up on our laps and having him “do” the Macarena. I swear my husband should have been a puppeteer. I’ll try to dig that up on video and post it on my blog so you don’t feel like the only loser in the world.

  • Erin W. says:

    “I disagreed and told him that I think everyone secretly loves it and has fond memories of making a public spectacle of themselves by shaking their hips and grabbing their rear ends doing The Macarena on a 90’s dance floor and are too shamed to cop to it publicly.”

    Okay, okay, okay! I admit it. I loved this song when it came out. I loved dancing to it and otherwise making a complete and utter fool of myself while it was playing.
    …I was also in the 7th grade. :)
    But I do have fond memories of this song.

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