Baby's into runnin' round
Hangin' with the crowd
Putting your business in the street
Talkin' out loud
Sayin' you bought her this and that
And how much you done spent
I swear she must believe
It's all heaven sent
Hey boy
You better bring the chick around
To the sad sad truth
The dirty lowdown
(Oooh oooh
I wonder wonder wonder wonder who)
Taught her how to talk like that
(Oooh oooh..
I wonder wonder wonder wonder who)
Gave her that big idea
Nothin' you can't handle
Nothin' you ain't got
Put your money on the table
And drive it off the lot
Turn on that old lovelight
And turn a maybe to a yes
Same old schoolboy game
Got you into this mess
Hey son
You better get on back to town
Face the sad old truth
The dirty lowdown
(Oooh oooh
I wonder wonder wonder wonder who)
Put those ideas in your head
(Oooh oooh
I wonder wonder wonder wonder who)
Yeah
Come on back down to earth son
Dig the low low low low lowdown
You ain't got to be so bad
Got to be so cold
This dog eat dog existence
Sure is gettin' old
Got to have a Jones for this
Jones for that
This runnin' with the Jones's boy
Just ain't where it's at
You gonna come back around
To the sad sad truth..
The dirty lowdown
(Oooh oooh
I wonder wonder wonder wonder who)
Got you thinking like that boy
(Oooh oooh
I wonder wonder wonder wonder who)
I wonder wonder wonder wonder who
Said I wonder wonder wonder wonder who
Oh look out for that lowdown
That dirty dirty dirty dirty lowdown
I wonder wonder wonder wonder who
Ooooh hooo
I wonder who got you thinking like that...
Writer(s): David Paich, William Scaggs
A perfect song. In the recent past, when I went to a lot of concerts (COVID broke that habit, as well as the skyrocketing ticket costs), there were four acts that I would walk through glass to see live: Boz Scaggs, Ian Hunter, Cracker and Southside Johnny. You know all of Boz’s hits, mostly from the mid-70’s to the early 80’s, but he was quite prolific in the decade of the 2010’s. Some spectacular work. Some of my very favorite music is the latter part of musical careers that the general public is not aware of, from acts where they know the early stuff. Those artists have established themselves and can then make the music they really love, without concern about commercial success. Tom Petty was a great example of that. Doing so allowed his Hypnotic Eye, the final album of his life, become his only No. 1 album. By the way, Boz’s co-writer on Lowdown, David Paich, was a founding member of Toto.
Why do I tell you all of this? Because I can, because it makes me happy and because I can do so from memory, not the Google machine (except detailed song lyrics).
So why do I dress the way you see and go out and interact with the general public? Because I can, because it makes me happy, because I can do so and create memories.
This is not an adventure post. It is me sharing other parts of my life. But now let me ask some rhetorical questions, these about Facebook. I do post regularly on Facebook. As I have stated here recently and there as well, I do it because, yes, I have an ego. I do it to drive traffic here. And I mostly do it to change that one mind at a time. To show others what is possible, how they too can experience the love and acceptance I have received. Being on Facebook and particularly being on one specific Facebook private group page, I do have my admirers. Many are truly gentlemen. And a gentleman makes me feel so much like a lady. You all understand. That feeling is BEING a woman, BEING a lady. It is truly special. If you are kind to me, if you treat me like a lady and if you share yourself, I will engage you as much as time will allow.
Anyone who makes a lewd comment gets instantly blocked. That’s simple and straightforward and doing this really makes a difference. I do not get many lewd comments. Then there is the messenge that basically says “hi”. What is the point of that? What do they expect? There is the messenge that is a flurry of things like gifs and “How’s your day?”, followed by repeated little things. I try to kindly explain I don’t do the chat thing (and I really don’t, not even with my mom, kids, friends, etc.). Then they get mad (block!). What do they think is going to actually happen? Or when they want to date me? Let’s just say I was interested (not), I am here and they are many miles away. How would that actually happen?
I probably have maybe 5 solid relationships with admirers that I truly enjoy. Because, again, they share themselves and treat me with great respect.
You may have noticed a shift in how I have been posting of late. My work situation, now where I want it, has given me tremendous free time, but not free time that would allow Kandi to get out (usually because I have to be at work at midnight, which means a 5:00PM bedtime. This has resulted in a LOT of introspective writing and nothing, and I do mean nothing, gives me greater pleasure than a well written essay and a well written essay on music. And a well written essay drawn from my memory, not Googling. This is just the most recent example.
The dirty lowdown…
