I'm bummed I can't see the Go-Go's tonight, even if I could only remember three of their hits last night. (In my defense, no one else could remember more. You try, I dare you.)
Here's a question for you. Why did it take so long for someone to come up with "I just don't feel any chemistry between us" as an excuse for not dating any longer? I mean, it's like squeezable ketchup bottles -- people needed it, so why didn't they think of it earlier?
I have now been the recipient and the offerer of this phrase, and I have to say it's brilliant. Way better than "It's not you; it's me" or "I'm moving to Alaska." Suddenly, everyone is absolved -- it's not anyone's fault, it's just a matter of the cosmos and its wacky ways. You're not to blame. It's a lack of spark. No matter that the other person probably felt more spark than you did. Too bad! It's not my fault.
I think what the person's actually saying is "I prefer guys with 401k-s" or "You have stubby fingers" or "Pottery doesn't turn me on." Or worse. But now no one has to be honest. Or at least not brutally so.
Whew.
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Dan, I think you would like the tracks on Beauty and the Beat, the Go-Go's album with the ladies in towels and face masks. I fondly remember these:
"You Can't Talk In Your Sleep (If You Can't Sleep)"
"This Town"
"Skidmarks on My Heart"
"Fading Fast"
"Automatic" (v. spooky to me as a kid)
as well as the hits from that one.
Whoops. I feel a little embarrassed now.
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