Amadanish

[anogete]

I'm semi-obsessed with the guy that works at Bagel Jo's. I think he owns the place or is at least co-owner. Anyway, he is such a random, quirky person that I look forward to going in there for a bagel once every other week or so. It's like an adventure - what memorable thing will happen while I'm waiting for my bagel with cream cheese? He sang "Rock Me Amadanish" for me today. The other woman waiting on customers was asked for a danish by another customer. He was making my lemonade (fresh squeezed, of course) and started singing "Rock Me Amadeus", but replaced "...deus" with "...danish". And because I'm such a spastic dork, it thrilled me. We spent the next five minutes chatting about old '80s songs and random trivia associated with them - like the "Rock Me Amadeus" guy was German. I enjoy people like that. People that march to their own odd little beat. I encounter so many drab, boring, uninspired people with bland senses of humor that it's a treat when I meet someone with a bit a quirk. And I go out of my way to fill my world with characters, oddballs.

It rained. I nearly ran outside and danced in it. My happiness over the moisture and the fresh smell of wet soil drove me to take the long walk around the courtyard this morning to get my mail. It also promoted me to take some pictures.

Rain on my windshield. One of my most favorite of sights.


The clouds gathering at and coming over the mountains.


One of the buildings in my complex. The sky is slowly, but surely being taken over my clouds.


I borrowed (read: stole) Lisa Loeb's Hello Lisa from KUNM because I'm self-centered and I don't think anyone that volunteers there can appreciate it as much as I can. I doubt the thing ever got pulled from the stacks for much airplay at all. I liberated the Buffy: The Musical album from there as well. I'll provide a much nicer home for it than KUMN ever could.

Comments

[bleedtoblue.livejournal.com]

Falco, I love Falco, Der Komissar!

You can have all the rain that's falling here....after the year in New Orleans when we had over 100 inches I've never enjoyed rain again.

You know, those call letters are rather unfortunate.

[fearful-syzygy.livejournal.com]

Wow, I didn't realise Falco had made it this side of the Atlantic. Did he release an English version of it, the way Trio and Nena released English versions of their big eighties hits?

[anogete.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly, the public ate it up in the original German - no translation. Of course, the chorus was in English ("Amadeus, Amadeus. Come and rock me Amadeus.") and very sing-along-able, which probably ensured its success even when the rest was in German.

[bleedtoblue.livejournal.com]

http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/falco.htm

[donttouchmyhat.livejournal.com]

This is gonna date me, but I *remember* when Rock Me Amadeus was a hit. I was already DJing by then, played it for a gymful of goofy kids. Of which I was one.

And those are lovely pictures. I so loved those New Mexico storms. And how nice to see the Sandias!

I loved this post all-around, really.