There’s something about being in the shower that puts me at ease; it helps me think. I can’t say what it is exactly. I only know that it clears my mind just enough to be able to start putting thoughts together. It could be the mechanically routine process of it. Or it could be the droning sound of the water rushing by that lulls me into some semi-trance. Maybe it’s that confined and private space that is free from distraction. This could be the reason why so many people come up with good (and bad) ideas in the shower. It’s just a hypothesis and, who knows, perhaps scientific research has been done on this. I’m not going to go there.
Anyway, I was taking an exorbitantly long shower this morning when I came up with this awful song that will probably get stuck in my head forever. It’s not all that creative, because it’s a song about mildew. Yes, a shower-inspired song about mildew. I’ve written it down below so that it will become a part of history. Of course, it’s only the words, so to get the full effect you need to imagine a jazzy swing beat with a Frank Sinatra or even a Michael Buble-type crooning in melodic fits. I think you get the idea. So without further ado (besides the ado caused by this sentence and then, of course, this parenthetical statement within it) I present to you a song about mildew:
Mildew, Mil-Don’t bring me down
Oh, Mildew, Mil-Don’t bring me down
You know I need a clean shower when my lady comes around
Oh, Mildew, Mil-Don’t bring me down
Well, she caught that plane, and she’s flyin’ into town
Oh, Mildew, Mil-Don’t bring me down
So there you have it. You’ve just wasted about twenty seconds or more of your life reading that, and actually, come to think of it, it’s not so much a song about mildew as it is about the unsuitable state of my apartment for hosting lady friends.
So today’s ‘Eureka!’ moment in the shower produced the brilliant, groundbreaking idea that, well, I really need to clean my shower.
hahaha love it. I get ALL of my ideas in my (probably equally dirty) shower. Next Step: record that song and present it to the people!
ReplyDeleteThis is really great. Sometimes I wonder where all the songs about genuine 21st century life and our genuine concerns go. Not all our lives are dramatic chains of event, to event, to event ... even though I think many of us think they should be ... or how we edit the narrative of our lives when we share our experiences. I mean, what happens when our first confrontation with personal responsibility of the day is mildew in the shower? Does this not deserve to be sung? As evidenced by your post, I think we have a clear answer. :)
ReplyDeleteI think they become commercial jingles unfortunately. ... Thanks for the comments guys!
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