It's been a long recess but I am happy to be back to make new posts for Bleached Bangs!
Every now and then, a forgotten song will suddenly appear, whether it's at a store, a newly uncovered cassette that you don't ever remember existing, or a radio station would have a small hiccup and play something other than the same five songs that are repeated throughout the day, and most people would say, "Where did THAT come from?" while a few 80s nerds will say, "Oh yeah! I hated that song but it's cool to hear it now!"
Guess which category I tend to fall in.
One such time that this happened was a couple of months ago. I am active on Twitter and I follow various celebrities. When my birthday rolls around, I tweet various celebrities and cheekily ask them to Tweet me a "Happy Birthday." While most Tweeters get a large volume of Tweets and do not see my request (I like to think that this is the case. The alternative would be that they are ignoring me) I do get some sweet acknowledgements. (So far, John Taylor has been too overloaded with Tweets to respond to me.)
One kind acknowledgement came from comedian Rob Paravonian (Pachelbel Rant guy. Find him on YouTube.) His kind response was "'Happy Birthday, happy birthday!' sung to the Altered Images tune."
Altered Images? Happy Birthday? Who is Altered Images? What was I to do but to seek it on YouTube?
"Happy Birthday," it turns out, is one of those songs that you either have never heard of, or you have heard it once, forgotten it, and then it just kind of strangely appears back into existence. Rob Paravonian is the kind of person with a rare sort of special who actually knows it enough to refer it to somebody else.
And so, this rare sort of special has been passed on to me.
And now it is yours too. You're welcome!
