18th April, 2009 - 10 Songs That Mean Something To Me #1

There is a song by the B52s called Hot Pant Explosion which makes me think with some fondness of a drunken evening at Virgo's Show Bar somewhere in my late teens. This was one of those terrible theme bars which sprang up in the 80s where the bar staff had to dress up as Hollywood film characters and do little routines when particular songs came on.

I had a bit of a crush on the Marilyn Munro lookalike, and now and again I would dress up in my best going out clothes - button down shirt, multi coloured braces, chinos and a dress jacket with the sleeves rolled up - and watch her singing "Happy Birthday Mr President" to some lucky punter. I had 4 birthdays that year.

Anyway. They didn't play "Hot Pants Explosion" at the show bar, but I had it on my Walkman. After going to the bar I used to sit on the garden wall and listen to it on my own.

Sometimes I danced a bit on the front lawn.