Lunch today was a homemade ham sandwich and a bag of Funyuns while sitting in the truck at Riverfront Park. I had planned to get out and sit at a picnic table for a more expansive view of the Neches River in downtown Beaumont, Texas, but Jack FM was playing Blondie’s “Rapture” upon pulling up and I just couldn’t tear myself away.
Wikipedia has an interesting article about the 1981 hit which incorporated a little of several music genres including rap. It remains today probably the only song with any amount of rap music that I truly like. As is always the case with Wikipedia, I caution the reader as to the article’s veracity.
Speaking of Jack FM, almost six months have passed since the “iPod shuffle” station hit the airwaves in Houston. I have to say that I like it for the most part. One gets to hear a lot of songs that would not be heard on your run-of-the-mill rock station these days such as Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” or the B-52’s “Rock Lobster.” Of course, you will hear crap played on Jack but crap — as music goes — reigns supreme on the radio these days just as the music format’s counterpart talk radio does the same. Actually, talk radio would win a crap-off with music radio. But, hey, that’s just me talking.