That was RD's declaration in relation to Rick Springfield's song, Jessie's Girl.
I tried to convince him that his sympathy should be directed towards the singer, and not Jessie, because as the song suggests, the singer was the one left pining for Jessie's girl. Jessie didn't have to do anything since he is the one with the girl.
But apparently it was MacGyver who first came up with this opinion so I couldn't convince RD otherwise.
After some minor discussion on the matter, RD and MyGirl ended up singing the first few lines of the song all the way to the refrain.
While they were singing, I checked out wikipedia to find out more about the song. (They had been in disagreement over the spelling of 'Jessie' and I wanted to put an end to the argument.) I found out some trivia about the song in wikipedia -- Rick Springfield wrote the song based on a real girl but his friend's real name was Gary. He had seen the name "Jessie" on a softball jersey and decided to change the name he would use for the song. He was never really introduced to the girl.
When I read the wikipedia entry out loud, the kids started singing, "Gary is a friend. ... You know, I wish that I had Gary's girl, I wish that I had Gary's girl ..."
I had a lot of fun listening to them sing a song which was popular years before they were born. Yes, this song is among the hit songs when I was in high school. But the fun factor includes me thinking of London Eye, who swooned over Rick Springfield when we were younger. I wonder if she remembers that we used to watch Mission:Magic which was the cartoon which "starred" this teen heartthrob. (Oh, those were the days.)
From this old song comes new memories. These new memories include the kids playing Jessie's girl in Guitar Hero (DS), RD and MyGirl singing, and GI playing the melody in the guitar.
But apparently it was MacGyver who first came up with this opinion so I couldn't convince RD otherwise.
After some minor discussion on the matter, RD and MyGirl ended up singing the first few lines of the song all the way to the refrain.
While they were singing, I checked out wikipedia to find out more about the song. (They had been in disagreement over the spelling of 'Jessie' and I wanted to put an end to the argument.) I found out some trivia about the song in wikipedia -- Rick Springfield wrote the song based on a real girl but his friend's real name was Gary. He had seen the name "Jessie" on a softball jersey and decided to change the name he would use for the song. He was never really introduced to the girl.
When I read the wikipedia entry out loud, the kids started singing, "Gary is a friend. ... You know, I wish that I had Gary's girl, I wish that I had Gary's girl ..."
I had a lot of fun listening to them sing a song which was popular years before they were born. Yes, this song is among the hit songs when I was in high school. But the fun factor includes me thinking of London Eye, who swooned over Rick Springfield when we were younger. I wonder if she remembers that we used to watch Mission:Magic which was the cartoon which "starred" this teen heartthrob. (Oh, those were the days.)
From this old song comes new memories. These new memories include the kids playing Jessie's girl in Guitar Hero (DS), RD and MyGirl singing, and GI playing the melody in the guitar.
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swooning sister reminded me of her swooning over donnie osmond
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