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Diamond_Dog

(36,928 posts) Sun Mar 16, 2025, 11:14 AM Mar 16

A day late. The Ides of March. "Vehicle"

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A day late. The Ides of March. "Vehicle" (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Mar 16 OP

Loved this growing up without thinking about how cringey the lyrics are. CincyDem Mar 16 #1

You're right CincyDem and I should have thought of that before posting. Diamond_Dog Mar 16 #3

My Wife Has Known Jim Peterik Since She Was A Freshman ProfessorGAC Mar 16 #2

Wow, interesting! TY ProfessorGAC. Diamond_Dog Mar 16 #4

Now For The Weird Part ProfessorGAC Mar 16 #7

She must be a western burbs girl...St. Charles Road/294 neighborhood. CincyDem Mar 16 #5

No, Much Farther South! ProfessorGAC Mar 16 #6

CincyDem

(7,106 posts)

1. Loved this growing up without thinking about how cringey the lyrics are.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 11:24 AM

Mar 16

Tough to listen to now in today’s world and having 3 daughters.

Jim Petrick also wrote Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger (Rocky 2 or 3 theme).

Diamond_Dog

(36,928 posts)

3. You're right CincyDem and I should have thought of that before posting.

Reply to CincyDem (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 11:30 AM

Mar 16

Being from NE Ohio and our former U.S. Rep was Jim Traficant, he always played Eye of the Tiger at his speeches and rallies.

ProfessorGAC

(72,602 posts)

2. My Wife Has Known Jim Peterik Since She Was A Freshman

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 11:30 AM

Mar 16

She met him at a HS school dance where Jim's band was playing.
He was, I think, a senior in HS at the time.
My wife hit it off with his then girlfriend, so my wife & her friends used to follow the band around.
They lost contact in her college years.
A decade later, I met Jim through his partner Frankie Sullivan.
Full circle.

Diamond_Dog

(36,928 posts)

4. Wow, interesting! TY ProfessorGAC.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 11:31 AM

Mar 16

ProfessorGAC

(72,602 posts)

7. Now For The Weird Part

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 03:58 PM

Mar 16

Yesterday was our 45th anniversary, so we got married on >>> The Ides Of March!

CincyDem

(7,106 posts)

5. She must be a western burbs girl...St. Charles Road/294 neighborhood.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 11:47 AM

Mar 16

Grew up in Evergreen Park area and Ides played at our HS often in the early 70’s. Wonder if Mrs ProfGAC and I were at any of the same dances.

Small world.

ProfessorGAC

(72,602 posts)

6. No, Much Farther South!

Reply to CincyDem (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 16, 2025, 02:29 PM

Mar 16

The Ides were a big enough name that they could go from town to town.
Then, she was 25 or 30 miles from the Southern Suburbs.

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