General Non-Fiction posted September 19, 2021 |
Blast from my past: song invokes memories
Amusing Musical Diversion
by Elizabeth Emerald
I attended a farewell-to-summer concert this evening. The band featured a solo male vocalist, who sang several classics made famous by (if not written by), female singers. Respect (Aretha Franklin); Proud Mary (Tina Turner); Piece of my Heart (Janis Joplin); Go Your Own Way (Stevie Nicks).
He wound down with Tell Me Something Good, by Rufus and Chaka Khan.
The song brought me back sixteen years ago, to my ill-fated stint not selling Sleep Number beds. Per corporate mandate, we had to endure an endless loop of their insipid mix of pap (not a typo) music.
The first day, as I was doing my best to tune out the tunes, I was jarred to attention by a chorus of blatantly lustful panting, interspersed with suggestive lyrics, one of which was: I got something that'll sho' 'nuff set your stuff on fire.
Repeated throughout was the title line: Tell Me Something Good.
With each cycle of the loop, the song would repeat. Every two hours, I enjoyed a private giggle hearing the naughty tune amidst the pablum. My chuckle breaks were welcome respites amidst my fruitless attempts to entice customers.
I would wonder whether the song was inadvertently included in the playlist by a clueless programmer, or whether it was slyly inserted by a prankster.
I never learned the answer; regardless, I found the scenarios equally amusing.
To this day, I recall the lyrics.
The wordless ones in particular.
I attended a farewell-to-summer concert this evening. The band featured a solo male vocalist, who sang several classics made famous by (if not written by), female singers. Respect (Aretha Franklin); Proud Mary (Tina Turner); Piece of my Heart (Janis Joplin); Go Your Own Way (Stevie Nicks).
He wound down with Tell Me Something Good, by Rufus and Chaka Khan.
The song brought me back sixteen years ago, to my ill-fated stint not selling Sleep Number beds. Per corporate mandate, we had to endure an endless loop of their insipid mix of pap (not a typo) music.
The first day, as I was doing my best to tune out the tunes, I was jarred to attention by a chorus of blatantly lustful panting, interspersed with suggestive lyrics, one of which was: I got something that'll sho' 'nuff set your stuff on fire.
Repeated throughout was the title line: Tell Me Something Good.
With each cycle of the loop, the song would repeat. Every two hours, I enjoyed a private giggle hearing the naughty tune amidst the pablum. My chuckle breaks were welcome respites amidst my fruitless attempts to entice customers.
I would wonder whether the song was inadvertently included in the playlist by a clueless programmer, or whether it was slyly inserted by a prankster.
I never learned the answer; regardless, I found the scenarios equally amusing.
To this day, I recall the lyrics.
The wordless ones in particular.
He wound down with Tell Me Something Good, by Rufus and Chaka Khan.
The song brought me back sixteen years ago, to my ill-fated stint not selling Sleep Number beds. Per corporate mandate, we had to endure an endless loop of their insipid mix of pap (not a typo) music.
The first day, as I was doing my best to tune out the tunes, I was jarred to attention by a chorus of blatantly lustful panting, interspersed with suggestive lyrics, one of which was: I got something that'll sho' 'nuff set your stuff on fire.
Repeated throughout was the title line: Tell Me Something Good.
With each cycle of the loop, the song would repeat. Every two hours, I enjoyed a private giggle hearing the naughty tune amidst the pablum. My chuckle breaks were welcome respites amidst my fruitless attempts to entice customers.
I would wonder whether the song was inadvertently included in the playlist by a clueless programmer, or whether it was slyly inserted by a prankster.
I never learned the answer; regardless, I found the scenarios equally amusing.
To this day, I recall the lyrics.
The wordless ones in particular.
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