Singing Time

James: Hemmingway, Woodstock, Sputnik!

Me: What?

 James: …Eisenhower, Watergate, Reagonomics!

Me: Are you drunk?

James: No, I'm rehearsing and you're breaking my concentration, thank you very much.

Me: Rehearsing for what?

James: For Kidz Bop!

Me: You mean those CD's where kids are singing pop songs?

James: "Ho Chi Mihn, Budapest, Marilyn Monroe!" - Yes, old man. I'm surprised you know what that is. After all, you're not the coolest popsicle in the freezer

Me: Yeah, probably...So, what song are you practicing?

James: I'm trying to get the lyrics down for a delightful little ditty I heard the other day in Mom's car: "We Didn't Start the Fire" by a one Mr. Billy Joel. I'm sure you've never heard of it, as it is popular with the "Kidz."

Me: "Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye"

Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye"

James: Really?

Me: Yeah, it came out in 1989, Mr. Hipster...Soooo...any ideas for a different rehearsal song?

James: (pause) "Woo-oh! Half-way there! Woo-oh! Livin' on a prayer!"

Me: Good luck with that....