So I think those of you that listened to music in the ’90s will appreciate this blog the most.
I was driving home on Friday afternoon after a fairly hectic week. There was an unexpected issue that came up on the project, and I’ve been staying late to meet with my learning group for the altMBA course that I signed up to complete. I just wanted to get home! Ohh, and my drive was from the Denver Tech Center to Westminster, which is about an hour an 20-minute commute on Friday afternoons. I don’t get road rage, but I was dreading it.
When I got in the car, it was on Sports talk radio and I finally had enough listening to guys talk about the Denver Broncos quarterback situation (again). So I ended up moving to satellite radio and landed on the Lithium Station that plays ’90s alternative music.
Then it came on… the song by Geggy Tau, ‘Whoever you are’.
One of the few ’90s songs centred on positivity.
“All I want to do is to thank you
Geggy Tau, Whoever you are
even though I don’t know who you are
You let me change lanes
while I was driving in my car “
It worked. This song about an act of gratitude put a smile on my face and I just sort of embraced the traffic. I found myself thinking about other things that I was grateful for. It went way beyond people changing lanes and being alone in the car moving at 10 miles per hour was the perfect place for me to reflect.
Well, the next song was Rage Against the Machine’s, ‘Killing in the Name of..’ and since I was on the satellite radio, all the f-bombs weren’t edited out. It was awesome! Now I had could rock out and let out any of the remaining frustration and speed up my heart rate a bit.
These two songs together were like peanut butter and jelly and the perfect mash-up to close out a hectic work week and head into the weekend.
After dinner, we had a dance party with the girls. Alexa played Pharrell William’s ‘Happy’, (Despicable Me 2) and Bruno Mars’, ’24K Magic’ (Hotel Transylvania 3) about 12 times each. Our family of four jamming out, dancing and Maggie showing us her
So next time you need a change in attitude, maybe just put on some tunes to help you change your mind and enjoy the ride.
