This morning, while taking the kids to daycare and listening to Sirius, Don’t Stop Believing by Journey came on and reminded me of a conversation my wife and I had recently, playing a game we play often. It’s the same game guys play with each other when picking the hottest girl, but with our game the criteria has to remain undisclosed, you simply pick based on whatever criteria you come up with in your own mind.
“Who would you pick: Gene Simmons or Donald Trump?” I asked her, after seeing a commercial for Celebrity Apprentice (which we don’t watch).
“Ugh. Just go ahead and kill me.”
“You have to pick,” I smiled.
“Fine…Trump.” She said it with a grumble.
I, of course, already had part two of this little test lined up. With a smile, “Trump, or Martha Stewart?”
Her face became serious, because we always take this game very, very seriously, and her brow tightened introspectively. “Wash,” she said, which is an allowable answer if you absolutely have no preference.
“Okay then,” I asked, “whose voice would you rather have: David Lee Roth or Axl Rose?” (Yes: We are children of the 80s).
“Roth.”
“Roth, or Ronnie James Dio?”
“Roth.”
“Roth or Ozzy?”
“Roth!”
“Okay, okay. Who’s got the best voice: Dennis de Young or Steve Perry?”
“Steve Perry,” she said, with a voice that said, “Duh.”
“You don’t like Styx?”
“I like Styx; but I believe Steve Perry could knock down that wall with his voice.”
At which point I dropped out of the conversation and into contemplation. She was right, as always, and she had given me something to think about. I later asked her if she would rather have Roth’s voice or Perry’s, and she said “Roth.”
I cocked my head slightly, because I thought the answer would have been Perry.
“I think Steve Perry has a powerful, great voice, but Dave was always the most fun. He just sounds like he’s having fun all the time. He doesn’t do ballads.”
I nodded.
“But really, if I had my choice, I would rather sound like a girl.”
I nodded again. “Pat Benatar or Joan Jett?”
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