It's funny. I more or less have my tastes in books, music, and movie engraved in my brain, but when I get to Half Price Books or the music store, it's like my memory's been wiped. I wander the aisles, desperately looking for some kind of visual landmark to remind me what I like. Sure, I have a Wish List on Amazon, but trips to the bookstore are largely a spur-of-the-moment thing, and I don't usually remember to print it out, meaning I'm doomed to roam my local retail outlets, unsure of what I actually like,
A similar problem afflicts me with regard to other things. I have a kind of mental block that goes into effect when I encounter a home repair issue or computer problem I don't immediately know how to solve, preventing me from using the usual avenues of investigation to figure things out.
And then there's the ex-girlfriend.
The young woman I dated shortly before I met The Wife had mentioned to me she appeared in a music video. Okay, maybe "appeared" is the wrong word. It was a live video and she showed up in it for a few seconds. I never saw it at the time, it being the early '90s and all. Not only was MTV not really playing music videos anymore, but the band in question had largely faded from popularity.
Fast forward thirteen years. I'm goofing around on YouTube, vainly trying to populate some playlists, when I come across a collection of '80s metal videos. As I'm scrolling through it, it hits me: Holy shit, I bet [ex-girlfriend's] video is on here too.
Sure enough, it took no time to find it. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you "Love Song," by Tesla. I won't tell you who my ex is. See if you can guess, if you actually have the patience to sit through it all. Hint: It's not any of the chicks on stage.
And I trust the two or three APCB readers who actually know what she looks like to keep their mouths shut.
I think she was the one who was waving her arms in time with the music.
Am I right?!
I’m pretty sure that isn’t her, but give me a minute count.
Forgot how much I hated that song, and Tesla in general. Thanks Pete! But now I remember how much fun it was to just people watch at metal concerts.
Well, Natalie had it right I think. The chick with the hair, and the shirt, right? With her arms waving in the air. That’s definitely her. Either that, or she’s rolled up inside the carpet at the beginning.
Next up, find my ex-sort-of-girlfriend somewhere in the film Something Wild.
The chick with the hair, and the shirt, right? With her arms waving in the air. That’s definitely her.
Hurtful sarcasm aside, she’s one of the few females who doesn’t have her arm(s) in the air.
Next up, find my ex-sort-of-girlfriend somewhere in the film Something Wild.
You dated Charles Napier?
She’s the one in the Captain Feathersword outfit, right?
“Hurtful sarcasm aside, she’s one of the few females who doesn’t have her arm(s) in the air.”
So I guess that eliminates the one-armed chick waving her prosthesis around wildly?
As a fan of Tesla (and owner of a few guitar picks from their 1988 show in Milwaukee when they opened for Def Leppard), I appreciated this blog…….and I am sure you’re ex was the hottest chick in the video. This song was their last gasp though.
FWIW, I am guessin the blonde in the black top that appeared about 90 secs into the vid is your ex…she also appeared at the tail end of the video.
Not the blonde. I’ll spare anyone else needless aggravation by pointing out she’s actually the first girl you see after the stadium starts filling up: long brown hair, sleeveless striped shirt, bouncing up and down, at the 1:03 mark. She’s onscreen for about a second and a half.
Sorry dude, but they all looked like mullet-headed 80’s skanks to me (including your ex). You traded up when you got The Wife.
It was hard to concentrate on the people because I was so moved by the song itself, but if I had to guess, I think she was the one who was waving her arms in time with the music.
Am I right?!