You're Obsolete, My Baby

I was in the process of declaring that Chris Farlowe's version of Out of Time is my favorite - sorry Rolling Stones but thanks for writing it and The Ramones version is great but kinda perfunctory - and realized that besides the guy's weirdly 60's "Italian guy really going for it at hour 3 of the wedding reception" singing and the perfect strings, one thing that kept jumping out to me were the vibes that popped up throughout.

"But Xmastime", you say in the voice of Craig “Ironhead” Heyward from those soap commercials (RIP), "didn’t you have a funny vibes moment back when YOU were rocking back in the late 90's?"

Sigh. Yes I did, faithful readers, YES I did:

About 12 years ago I went to see some band of a friend of mine, I can't even remember who, and the opening band was setting their shit up onstage, and one of them was a smoking hot blonde chick. And since this was back in the Dark Ages when I approached live women and spoke to them, I walked up to her and blah blah blah, and asked her what she played in the band and she answered "vibes." I was blown away - I thought wow, this girl is so hot that her job in the band is to just stand around the room and spread around good vibes? I was smitten.

Of course once they started playing I realized that the vibes are an actual percussion instrument, so I felt like an idiot.

Anyways congrats Chris Farlowe and ENJOY, EARF!