Is it appropriate to listen to Prince's "1999" while watching "I Love Lucy?"
After all it's a song about partying like it's 1999, it feels odd to hear it while watching a show whose principle cast didn't even live to see such a year.
This brings me to the newest of my bizarre habits, watching episodes of Lucy on TV Land every morning while listening to music that doesn't fit it at all. Or does it? Surely this show predates nearly all of the music I listen to and I'm sure the musicians didn't have classic television in mind when recording their songs. But it just feels as entertaining as it feels wrong.
This all stems from my belief that "Dark Side of the Rainbow" is crap. Watching old movies and listening to trippy music isn't exclusive to "The Wizard of Oz" and Pink Floyd. So therefore I sit here today watching this show with the volume down and listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival with some Prince in between. There's nothing like watching television shows that are structured by 1950s American morals while listening to 1980s New Wave interspersed with Classic Rock. There are no parallels, no eerie comparisons. In fact the whole thing feels wrong even. Like eating a pizza at church or ice skating on carpet.
It truly provides an out of mind experience.
It's all I can do when the outdoor temperature is 90 degrees and climbing.
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