I don’t recall how it happened but somehow I ended up with Madonna’s movie Desperately Seeking Susan on video tape. Did I record it from one of the cable movie channels? I really don’t know. I do know that for a while we watched it more than a few times. If you aren’t familiar with the story, sorry but I’m not going to go into it here. Try to find it someplace and check it out. Madonna played a mysterious, exotic woman named Susan. She didn’t seem to have a mailing address and the guy who was romantically pursuing her had to use the classifieds section of the newspapaer to contact her. I’m sure that today Susan would have an iPhone [most likely borrowed].
I’m primarily bringing it up because I had a similar relationship with a girl during The Roach Days. Remember the beautiful blonde woman that I mentioned in Part 221? Well this was her. We met casually in passing a year prior and it was some time into our second meeting that either of us realized that we had met before.
She was beautiful, provocative, mysterious and exotic. When she was with me, she made feel like the only guy in her life even though I knew full well that I wasn’t. We’d spend some time together and then she’d disappear leaving me with no way to reach her. She would show up every once in a while sometimes more frequently than others. Usually it was unannounced or preceded by a phone call. For a brief period it felt like we were dating but that could have been just wishdul thinking.
I wondered if that mysterious quality was responsible for the intensity of the attraction. One of her favorite songs at the time was Billy Idol’s Hot In The City so I got to work learning it so I could play it for her.
Billy Idol – Hot In The City
Saga – On The Loose
John Cougar Mellenkamp – I Need A Lover The first ime I heard this I was really entracned by the long instrumental into and thought “wow, somebody has done a really cool guitar version of that Pat Benetar song.”
The Fixx – Saved By Zero
Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok
Madonna – Into The Groove