Black Eyed Peas — “I Gotta Feeling”

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Rob Harvilla (2:59)

You get these random, perfect, absurdly idyllic moments when it all just clicks into place.

The perfect song at the perfect time, a sonic thunderbolt of total serenity.

It's even better when it's a totally mundane situation, when the right song turns a laughably ordinary activity into something extraordinary and unforgettable. So I'm driving my kids home, my two teenage sons and my five-year-old daughter. Early evening, we're tooting along in the minivan. We're passing a modest Ohio in, but lovely and peaceful looking body of water. We're bathed in the celestial light of a marvelous technicolor sunset. I got the stereo on and I am regaling my children with various beloved pop songs of my youth and young adulthood. But then one of my sons, he asks for a song and I put it on and boom, the minivan goes silent. The song commands our full attention. I get these instant goosebumps. I am overwhelmed by a sense of absolute contentment. The sunset glows with greater intensity and spiritual import. I can feel this song in this moment imprinting in my memory and in my kids' memories. It's awesome. As we silently enjoy this perfect song and this perfect moment together, what I'm mostly thinking is, are these lyrics dumb?

SPEAKER_6 (4:29)

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday.

Rob Harvilla (4:45)

My Son Requests Piano Man, a beloved 1973 hit from one William Joel. Why does Billy Joel look so pale and frigid and perhaps even deceased on the cover of his 1973 album Piano Man? Why does he look like a marble statue of a member of My Chemical Romance? But more importantly, there's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin. Is that dumb?

Are these bad lyrics? How does one make love to an alcoholic beverage? Don't answer that. And are you annoyed when Billy Joel sings tonic and gin, just so it rhymes with the regular crowd shuffles in? You know who got annoyed about that? You know who quite frankly got a little bitchy about the tonic and gin? Bernie Taupin. Long time superstar lyricist for one, Elton John. Bernie Taupin did an interview with Vulture in 2023 and he talked about how he hates it. When people in pop songs say, I'll die if you don't love me, because of course you won't literally die.