Boomer Tunes Pop
Quiz
by Roz Warren
If you’re
a Boomer, your brain is teaming with decades-old
Pop tunes that you just can’t forget. The
real reason you can never remember where you put
your keys? Too many of your brain cells are
clinging to every last lyric to “Fire and
Rain,” “Free Bird” and “Sweet
Home Alabama.” Don’t believe me?
Just take this simple test:
I saw a
werewolf drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vics.
And his hair was
1) gone
2) heavily moussed
3) perfect
Rikki
don’t lose that number, it’s the only
one you own, you might use it if you feel better
1) after a trip to the disco
2) when you get home
3) once you lose the mullet
Floatin’
like the heavens above. Looks like
1) Richard Nixon
2) muskrat love
3) the eagle flies with the dove
Your mama
don’t dance and your daddy don’t
1) watch Dick Cavett
2) rock and roll
3) understand the lyrics to “American Pie.”
Help! I need
___
1) a Quaalude
2) a new leisure suit
3) somebody
Play me a song
you’re the
1) piano man
2) rocket man
3) rock lobster
The wind was
in from Africa and last night I couldn’t
1) party like it’s 1999
2) sleep
3) fear the reaper
The answer my
friend, is
1) 42
2) behind door number 3
3) blowing in the wind
Only the good
die
1) on a bad acid trip
2) young
3) comfortably numb
LA is a great
big freeway. Put a hundred down and buy
1) a brand new nose
2) a heart of glass
3) a car
Oh baby baby
it’s a wild world. It’s hard to get by
just upon a
1) couple of Quaaludes and a hot dog
2) bustle in your hedgerow
3) smile
I’ve been
cheated. Been mistreated. When will I be
1) old enough to vote
2) living for the city
3) loved
Brother
married Becky Thompson, they bought a store
1) in Ohio
2) in Tupelo
3) on the Wild Side
In the desert
you can remember your name, cause there
ain’t no one for to give you no
1) pain
2) rain
3) blame
“I
am” I said. To no one there. And no
one heard at all not even the
1) bear
2) chair
3) au pair
One toke over
the line. Sittin’ downtown in a
1) railway station
2) Mercedes limo
3) tanning parlor
Oo-ooh Child,
things are gonna get
1) weird
2) easier
3) a lot more expensive
If you
didn’t get every one of these right,
you’re not a Boomer. Either that or
you’re a Boomer, but you’re getting
senile. The only upside to dementia? You’ll
finally forget the words to “Dancing Queen.”
This piece
first appeared on www.zestnow.com
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