We're sick with the flu. Not H1N1 Swine-variety, or Avian Flu, or Martian Death Flu, just run-of-the-mill everyday flu. But, it's not pleasant. The word "SICK", in the new urban lingo, now means "cool, crazy or interesting", such as taking your skateboard on some "sick jumps", or like the Verizon commercial "How sick is the web browsing?" My wife and I are not that kind of sick.
Songs have long told of people who are "heart-sick". "It's A Heartache", "I've Got Heartaches By The Number", and such songs. There are even songs, like Lou Reed's "Sick of You", that describe another kind of sickness. The virus that has taken up residence in my lungs, muscles, and bones (it seems), is not that kind of sickness.
"Doctor, doctor, give me the news. I got a bad case of lovin' you". Nope, not that kind of sick either.
We got what Johnny Rivers called "The Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu". And, like Willie Nelson, I feel "Too Sick to Pray". I got the "Fever" (The Cramps, and others), a "Chest Fever" (The Band, Three Dog Night), and a "Cold Sweat, Pt.1" (James Brown). I am "Sick Again" (Led Zeppelin) and, this time, I am "Sick As A Dog" (Aerosmith). In fact, I feel like I'm in Jim Carroll's punk classic "People Who Died". Sadly, Jim Carroll died this year on 09/11/09. For more about him, go to http://www.catholicboy.com/
I never want to leave you on a downbeat, so let me remind you to stay well and in the words of the great old song "Button Up Your Overcoat" from 1928 by Henderson, DeSylva and Brown:
"Button up your overcoat,
When the wind is free,
Take good care of yourself,
You belong to me!
Eat an apple every day,
Get to bed by three,
Oh, take good care of yourself,
You belong to me!
Wear your flannel underwear,
When you climb a tree,
Oh, take good care of yourself,
You belong to me!"
Until next time, take good care of yourself, and don't get sick.
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