{"id":305,"date":"2003-12-02T00:49:39-05:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-02T08:49:39+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/wordpress\/?p=305"},"modified":"2006-03-25T11:35:44-05:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-25T16:35:44+00:00","slug":"jungle-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/2003\/12\/02\/jungle-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Jungle life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today I talked to some people at work who made me feel like I was getting old. Then I talked to someone else my age and realized I’m just weird… which I’ve always suspected anyway.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The topic of conversation was this: over the weekend I turned on commercial radio for the first time in a long time. It was one of those named<\/cite> oldies stations that seem to be the rage right now… Dave<\/cite>, or Bob<\/cite>, or Attila<\/cite>, or whatever. One of the first songs to come on was—get this—a remix of Tarzan Boy<\/cite>, by Baltimora<\/cite>. When I told the youngsters<\/cite> about this, they looked at me like I’d just grown hair.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

You’ve never heard of Tarzan Boy<\/cite>‽ That was out in 1985! When you were… oh, right. Well, do you remember the Listerine commercial from a couple of years ago where the bottle is swinging on a vine through the jungle? No? Umm… Hey Barry, you<\/em> must remember Tarzan Boy<\/cite>! By Baltimora<\/cite>?<\/q><\/p>\r\n\r\n

I turned to the other guy in the group of similar age.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Come on, Barry, you’ve heard it… Woody Boogie<\/cite>? Oh come on, next you’re going to tell me you’ve never heard of Pac-Man Fever<\/cite> either. Oh man, you’re killing me… the album sleeve had patterns for the game? It was huge, guys, honestly! There was a song about Berzerk<\/cite>, and Defender<\/cite>….<\/q><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fortunately at this point one of the group took pity on me and admitted to having owned an Atari 2600; Defender<\/cite> was one of his favourite games… when he was 5.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Sheesh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Tomorrow they’re all getting an education. I’m bringing in my copies of Living in the Background<\/cite> (the Baltimora<\/cite> album) and Pac-Man Fever<\/cite>. Classic music like that must be passed on through the generations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Jungle life
\r\nYou’re far away from nothing
\r\nIt’s all right
\r\nYou won’t miss home
\r\nTake a chance
\r\nLeave everything behind you
\r\nCome and join me
\r\nWon’t be sorry
\r\nIt’s easy to survive<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>

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