Bar Fights and SDAs
About 12 years ago, one summer Sunday evening, I was hanging out at Lafitte's in the French Quarter. This is not the Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop that many tourists are familiar with - but rather Cafe Lafitte in Exile, the oldest gay bar (they claim) in the US of A.
Sunday afternoons and evenings at Laffite's are all about Trash Disco. Now, this doesn't mean exclusively 70's disco music, but just about anything fabulously dance-able: there is a club remix of Petula Clark singing Downtown, Tammy Wynette fronting for KLF in Justified and Ancient, and the sensational remake/remix of John Paul Young's Love is in the Air, as featured in the marvelous movie Strictly Ballroom. The last one there even has audience participation of which Al Gore would disapprove. (At the big crescendo of the title, paper napkins are thrown into the air. Quite an effect in a crowded bar...)
So, this one Sunday, I was watching the videos and chatting with friends and being adorable not-40 yet...and an intro started. A very recognizable intro...Whitney Houston. I Wanna Dance with Somebody...
Well, there was a cute young man, standing in front of me, who just about wet himself when he realized what song it was. In fact, he was so excited he had an SDA.
SDA, you ask...what's that?
Spontaneous Drag Attack.
Very entertaining, if viewed from the correct distance.
I was right behind him...and he was about to perform. I didn't know that at the time, but I should have recognizd the signs.
So, when the music got to that first punctuated "Woo" that Ms. Houston does in the intro, the young man in front of me threw his arms up and out...making contact with my face.
My right eye, actually.
Thankfully, I have vodka in my system to help numb the pain and we laughed it off. It really didn't hurt all that much at the time...
The next morning, however...
I got up, made coffee, stumbled around the apartment...and nearly screamed when I looked in the bathroom mirror.
A lovely shiner, right where he'd hit me during his SDA.
Now, try explaining that to your co-workers. Somehow, they didn't believe the line, "Well, you should see the other guy..."
So, for all of you who need your own SDA today, here's Whitney.
Just be sure to check out who's around you before you start flailing your arms, OK? (The "Woo" in question here occurs around 38 seconds.)
3 comment(s):
Oh NO!!! You of all people was felled by a SDA? Of course, I was hoping for a photo of said shiner at the end of the post.
And watching that video of such a young, vivacious Whitney makes me so sad for what she has become. But at least we have the music.
But wait? Who is this mysterious person posting on the Ambassador's site? I mean MY Ambassador wouldn't do Music Monday twice. So really, what did you do with my dear friend?
in HS I was known for my flailing limbs. being tall and lanky and growing tall too fast will do that to you. i never gave anyone a shiner, though.
Yeah, I can definitely see the need for an SDA at that woo!
So... what story DID you give them?
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