The One I Need, Oh Yes Indeed
So there's this new rhythm game coming out for the Wii next week called "Boogie." I'm a sucker for Dance Dance Revolution and its cousins, so this sounds right up my alley. I hit the web to find some videos, trying to see how the game works. In the process, I found this trailer for the game:
(Don't play this unless you want to find yourself in my predicament)
Now I have "You're the One That I Want" stuck in my head. I've been whistling and humming it since last night.
The song, though, does bring up a memory from early post-college. You may remember that "Grease" was re-released to theaters in 1998 to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. We went to see it opening night in a house packed full of high school kids. Everything's coasting smoothly along until the first musical number ("Summer Nights?"). When the song starts, the better part of the theater starts singing along! We were in the front row, so I turn around, and half the kids are out of their seats, dancing and singing in the aisles. I've never had a better time seeing a movie in a crowd, and oddly enough, it's because everyone wouldn't sit down and be quiet.
I wondered at the time why all these sixteen-year olds were so fixed on a movie that came out before they were born. Now, granted, I was two years old when "Grease" originally hit theaters. I do remember watching it as a kid, though, mostly because I liked the animated title sequence.
It occurs to me that our parents must have had some of the same curiosity about our Beatles kick in high school. I remember going to see the Beatles cover band during Fun Fest, spreading out our blankets on the football field and singing along. That's actually one of the more vivid memories I have of my group of friends from Kingsport.