It's Back - Music Wed Celebrates Embarrassing, But Fun, "Tool Tunes" - listen, cringe and enjoy!

Music Wed - To reintroduce Music Wed, I thought I would start with a fun idea I heard on a podcast, which is to list off a few of my favorite "Tool Tunes". We all have them - songs we take secret pleasure in singing along with, but are reluctant to admit we actually like them. These songs can be favorites for all types of weird reasons, but to be a true Tool Tune, a song must be a bit embarrassing, a bit cheesy or goofy, and always something nostalgic (at least for the person picking the tune). Here are a few of mine for some laughs. First one requires a trip in the wayback machine to the early 70's and the beginning of the Equal Rights movement and the anthem of that movement, "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy (http://youtu.be/Gpu_PV3BTfI). Soak in every lyric because each cliche of empowerment is precious. Next is one of the weirdest songs ever, namely "Escape (Piña Colada Song)" (http://youtu.be/_WkR2Tv4dq4). Tired of his "lady", so he seeks out a hookup and happily ends up back with his "lovely lady"? Huh? Let's wrap up this episode with an old Police tune, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" (http://youtu.be/xFHm3HCN9_k). I can assure you that if "all I wanted to say" to Rena was that drivel, I would still be single! Let's finish with a bonus tune, the brainless, but slightly naughty, ditty from the early crest of New Wave music, The Knack and "My Sharona" (http://youtu.be/g1T71PGd-J0). Love 'em all! Enjoy!