Emotionally attached to the 70's? Me? Yes! I think so.

Keri and I watched Saturday Night Fever last night. I LOVE that music!!! The movie has some pretty sad ideas in it, but you kinda have to paint a sad picture sometimes to create a feeling of hope and provide a sense that Tony Manero will over come his dismal life experience as a paint store clerk and weekend disco dancer. He does eventually become a fantastic broadway dancer, but you don't even realize this is going to happen unless you also watch the sequel, Staying Alive.

The reason I love the disco music of that movie so much is because it reminds me of my youth. I remember going to the movie theater with my mom in 1977 and watching the dances in that movie and fantasizing that I could have a dance partner like Stephanie. Unlike most girls who, I imagine, were probably fantasizing about Tony. (Did you watch the link connected to Stephanie? It's pretty dreamy)

I can remember my mom playing the record in our apartment and I would practice walking like Tony Manero during the intro of the movie when he's got that big'ol grin on his face and he's strutting the streets of Brooklyn. My mom was really diggin' it. I can still hear her saying, "You're stuttin' just like Tony!". It seemed to me that she was squealing with delight and in my little 7 year old mind, as I was struttin' and being egged on by my mom I was thinking, "I could get a girlfriend like Stephanie. Look at me strut!" Can't you just imagine a little 7 year old Angel struttin' around with a big'ol smile on her face?

Now imagine me at 44, struttin' my stuff because I got myself that girlfriend and made her my wife. I get a big'ol smile on my face every time I hear, Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got by The Four Tops from 1978. That little 7 year old's dream has a life and I am living it!! Dreams do come true.

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