My Hyundai Santa Fe will never be the same.
We were on our way to eat a quick dinner with friends at a local restaurant. The restaurant in question was located in a shopping center near our suburban Orlando neighborhood. The vehicle du jour around there is a Lexus SUV and inside, you'll find 3.2 kids, one dog and a soccer mom with road rage.
I had gotten my review copy of Michael Rose's latest CD, Happiness: The Best of Michael Rose in the mail earlier that day. We decided to bring it along with us and give it a listen. I skipped straight to the sixteenth track, "Never Give It Up." It's a favorite of mine and I was thrilled they'd included it on the CD.
At at an intersection in our suburbian eutopia, we pulled alongside some construction, [and its requisite workers] and waited for the light to turn. We had the windows rolled up, and we were jamming. Heads bopping, the mirrors vibrating, we were quite a scene — two forty-something women dressed for dinner, sitting in a silver SUV, and listening to hardcore reggae. The construction workers saw us and began dancing along. They couldn't hear the music, but it didn't matter — we danced in our seats, they danced in the dirt, we exchanged thumbs-up signs and all was well with the world.
Until the cars behind us began to honk their horns, and we realized that the vehicles ahead of us had departed — leaving us holding up traffic and offering an interesting conversation piece for the construction workers. Feeling like ass, we sped up to the light and got through it just as it turned red.
That's when I decided it would be better to listen to the CD in the comfort of my office, far from soccer moms, contruction workers and road rage.
Article comments
1 - Douglas Mays
Yah mon! Wicked! I-rie vibrations!
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2 - Eric Olsen
very good job, glad you liked it - thanks and welcome back, Chari!
3 - Connell
There's a great photo of Michael Rose playing live at a venue called DRUM in the UK by Pogus Caesar. It's taken from a show called 'music kinda sweet' and features lots more reggae and soul artists [you need to go on exhibitions in oom gallery]...this is a must if you love roots rock. Irie vibe.