The Nick Drake station on Pandora is becoming like unto a pair of UGGs to me. Of course they are ugly. If they looked any better, they would not be comfortable as all hell. After a long day of collecting the government cheese, followed by a descent to the depths that only an 8 year old can thoroughly plumb, I was ready to slip into the warm bath of pathos that is Nick Drake and become one with the ennui. Maurice and Verdine White had other ideas.
See, Pandora will just start playing something when you open it up. Usually something based on the last station, and the last station I was playing was Prince. Instead of “Northern Sky” I got “Let’s Groove” and the cover art that goes with it. What are they doing? Is that Judo? I don’t know, but it was not at all what I expected.
But it was probably just what I needed. Going with a downer mood is never a good idea. Not that I can’t be honest about being bummed out, but I don’t need to encourage myself in that direction. As Heisenberg said, “You can bum me out by just looking at me.” Much better to let this groove get you to move.
“Let’s Groove” was, by the way, featured in the David Spade vehicle Kronk’s New Groove, which I originally mistook for a Lil’ Jon opus about drinking. As it turns out, this direct-to-dvd film is a follow-up to that Disney classic, The Emperor’s New Groove, but as far as I know it has no relation to How Stella Got Her Groove Back. The thing about the Kronk saga is that it co-stars John Goodman. Co-stars. John Goodman. And Eartha Kitt. Eartha mother friggin’ Kitt. Co-Stars to David Spade. Wonder why that thing never got a wide release.