song teasing

Make no mistake. I know that Journey...or Foreigner...or Air Supply is far from the realm of mainstream. Maybe even far from the realm of old-school. That's why, when I devote a hard-earned dollar to flooding a jukebox's airwaves with "Any Way You Want It," I always put out. Meaning, of course, that I give my audience a unique three-minute sensory experience.
Unfortunately, that's not the case for everyone. Enter the song tease, a party goer who keeps his or her passion for a moderately obscure song in the closet.
Song teases are notorious for asking a band to play a selection of waning popularity -- say, Cameo's "Word Up" -- and then joining the rest of the audience in a collective reaction of "what?!?" once the song begins. They'll put an equally questionable song on a jukebox and then hide as the majority of the crowd muses, "Who put THIS song on?!?"
To song teases worldwide...please reform your ways. If you're going to subject us all to your eclectic music tastes, you better bring it. Take it from the girl who just this morning listened to Genesis' "Invisible Touch" on repeat...there's no harm in basking in the obscure.
There is, however, something wrong with being too shy to admit it.
Have a great Monday. Anyone wanna do the Macarena later tonight?