Melody by the Rolling Stones
At some point in the mid 1980s all the cool clubs in town started playing the album this song came from. The album had been a flop when it came out; it was reviled by critics and ignored by fans. Except the smooth, clean girls who often owned it, or their friends did. And so it just percolated away in the background for years. And then some observant person somewhere noticed that the kinds of girls you wanted in your club seemed to all know and like these songs.
Sometimes back in high school when this or Memory Motel came on you'd find yourself in a tough spot. All the guys you knew would sneer at that "piece of ____". But a couple of tables over, the smooth clean girls would clearly be enjoying it and you'd be torn between trying to get a smile of approval from a girl who'd never give you anything more than that versus continuing to have the respect of your male peers.
And even after you'd decided in favour of retaining the respect of the boys you'd watch the smooth, clean girls moving in their seats and wonder how you were ever going to learn to dance.
At some point in the mid 1980s all the cool clubs in town started playing the album this song came from. The album had been a flop when it came out; it was reviled by critics and ignored by fans. Except the smooth, clean girls who often owned it, or their friends did. And so it just percolated away in the background for years. And then some observant person somewhere noticed that the kinds of girls you wanted in your club seemed to all know and like these songs.
Sometimes back in high school when this or Memory Motel came on you'd find yourself in a tough spot. All the guys you knew would sneer at that "piece of ____". But a couple of tables over, the smooth clean girls would clearly be enjoying it and you'd be torn between trying to get a smile of approval from a girl who'd never give you anything more than that versus continuing to have the respect of your male peers.
And even after you'd decided in favour of retaining the respect of the boys you'd watch the smooth, clean girls moving in their seats and wonder how you were ever going to learn to dance.
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