I've mentioned before that I often play my MP3 player at work. I have close to 14,000 tracks on it, and have learned what settings will consistently provide "SFW" music for the workspace.
But there's just no accounting for taste.
The other day, I set it to play only songs by a certain group that I rather like and is pretty Safe For Work. One of their more... unique compositions came on, and I was enjoying it.
And then my boss spoke up.
"Jay, what in God's green earth are we listening to?"
Now, I know I've lived a sheltered life. I grew up very culturally deprived. It was northern New Hampshire, just a little ways from East Nowheresville.
But this dropped my jaw to the floor.
Once I got the jaw back in place, I calmly and coolly explained to my boss that the song that was just winding down was Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."
And then I followed it up with this brilliant variant:
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Had you played that in the ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by GarandFan | October 31, 2009 11:48 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Had you played that in the office where I worked.......well someone would have found your body, eventually.
1. Posted by GarandFan | October 31, 2009 11:48 AM |
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Posted on October 31, 2009 11:48
2. Posted by epador | October 31, 2009 12:35 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Hope your new job pays better.
2. Posted by epador | October 31, 2009 12:35 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2009 12:35
3. Posted by cirby | October 31, 2009 1:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I work with a nice young man who, apparently, lived in a sealed box up until he went to college.
He has never seen:
Raiders of the Lost Ark or its sequels
Star Wars (any of them)
Star Trek (any movie or TV series)
Alien/Aliens
Princess Bride
any musical, ever
any Mel Brooks film, ever
He also has no clue about music, period (he has an iPhone with no music on it at all, for example).
3. Posted by cirby | October 31, 2009 1:07 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2009 13:07
4. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | October 31, 2009 4:25 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My iPhone has no music (but about a GB of homebuilt rings)...
But then it is owned by my employer...
Here's hoping I can swing a verizon droid next week :)
4. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | October 31, 2009 4:25 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2009 16:25
5. Posted by Kat
| October 31, 2009 7:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
OK... That... That... That is five minutes of my life that I'm never getting back!
Jay, I'm holding you responsible... "Bohemian Rhapsody," Weird Al, and polka music - my brain will never be the same (where's the bleach scrub??)
;-)
5. Posted by Kat
| October 31, 2009 7:34 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2009 19:34
6. Posted by Strick | October 31, 2009 7:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Er, Jay, my third child is in college and the two older ones are out. You do realize that Queen is to these kids as Artie Shaw was to us when we were their age, don't you? It's been 35 years.
Bet those kids who don't know anything about those 70s movies can describe every weapon in Halo, though.
6. Posted by Strick | October 31, 2009 7:37 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2009 19:37
7. Posted by Jay Tea | October 31, 2009 8:16 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I should clarify, folks, that my boss in question is less than a decade older than I am...
J.
7. Posted by Jay Tea | October 31, 2009 8:16 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2009 20:16
8. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | October 31, 2009 9:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I go through this all the time. My wife, God bless her, has never heard of Jethro Tull, and I suspect that she believes Skynnard to be a person, as well as the prev, rather than a band. I am afraid to ask... after I found out she had no idea that Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel were connected to Genesis or that Bowie and Queen came up with a certain bass line, I stopped talking about non-current music.
What I get for marrying outside my generation.
Anyway, they're pulling the tarp off the field. Time to see if the Yankees get put back in their place in game 3.
8. Posted by SCSIwuzzy | October 31, 2009 9:24 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2009 21:24
9. Posted by Strick | October 31, 2009 11:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"I should clarify, folks, that my boss in question is less than a decade older than I am..."
Why didn't you say so? The reason's simple then. Like one of my (much) older hippie brothers, he just doesn't remember the 70s...
Or like the other, he knows Merle Haggard's entire catalog. ;)
9. Posted by Strick | October 31, 2009 11:23 PM |
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Posted on October 31, 2009 23:23
10. Posted by Timmer | November 1, 2009 8:42 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hey, I once worked for a man, 10 years older than me, who had NO idea who Pink Floyd was. When someone in the hangar started blasting "Time" from "Dark Side of the Moon" he was complete bewildered. Didn't know, didn't care.
10. Posted by Timmer | November 1, 2009 8:42 AM |
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Posted on November 1, 2009 08:42
11. Posted by just me | November 1, 2009 9:22 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I can't imagine a world where people don't know who Queen or Pink Floyd are, much less have never watched a Star Wars movie.
I guess I am doing my duty as a mom, since all of my kids know who Queen is, and can sing all the words to Bohemian Rhapsody. They also recognize Pink Floyd although none of them are super into the music.
11. Posted by just me | November 1, 2009 9:22 AM |
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Posted on November 1, 2009 09:22
12. Posted by Imhotep | November 2, 2009 8:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
That guy is putting the "Eek" in GEEK!
12. Posted by Imhotep | November 2, 2009 8:24 AM |
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Posted on November 2, 2009 08:24