Like A Bat Out Of Hell I'll Be Gone When The Morning Comes

Times in life when Meatloaf's song 'Bat Out of Hell' is almost indescribably awesome:

- Immediately after a huge personal success; such as directly after a job interview that went well, or a fantastic first date with a lady, or shooting a 51 on 18 holes of PGA Championship Golf (15 birdies and 3 eagles back on a glorious summer night back in 2006- and until I have a kid or something, there is nothing in my life that I am prouder about.)

- Kicking off a road trip, but not immediately upon entering the vehicle. You can't waste it on the in-town driving, just play some filler until you're merging onto the interstate. Then you can let Meatloaf's guitar growl all over your stereo system.

- Also on road trips, when it's 4:30 in the morning and you're driving back to Grand forks from Minneapolis after a late flight (probably should've just crashed at Chelsey's and left in the morning) and the Dewskis are wearing off and you're starting to drag a little bit.

- On a Friday afternoon when the sun is shining into your office, the weather is getting a liiittle W-A-R-M, March Madness is just around the corner, and you're finishing up a busy week of work and getting ready to head up to Omaha for a mini-trip with the BFC (Best Friend's Club.) Holla holla holla holla hollaaaaaaaaaaa.


Other great Friday afternoon songs I'm really digging without a shovel right now:

Your Daddy Don't Know- The New Pornographers

Atomic Dog- George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

Mary Jane- Rick James

AC/DC- Jailbreak (although any AC/DC song will do; pretty much all of them make me want to drink 34 beers and get in a fistfight with a cop)

White Lines- Grandmaster Melle Mel

Overpowered By Funk- The Clash

Boom Shak A Lak- Apache Indian (the song for the opening credits of Dumb and Dumber, just a great "let's get ready to booze" song for me. I'm easy to please, I don't necessarily need lyrics that make sense- just give me a beat I can dance to and some Jamaican-speak like "rudeboy" "jah" and "stylie" and I'm Golden Richards.)


Happy Friday. Go get your weekend on.