Dear God shoot me now!

I remember the instant when I became uncool and somewhat felt like an old man. We were at a quincinera, that a birthday celebration for a catholic girl when she reaches 15 and becomes a women. We were sitting there drinking and having fun when the DJ plays some song. All the kids screamed and jumped on to the dance floor in excitement. I looked at my wife and asked what the hell was going on, she replied with "Hell if I know". At that moment I realized that I am no longer cool and I was getting old. We all know that back in the day we would have known exactly what was happening.

That bring s me to this. Last night I was catching the last part of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Paul Anka was introduced as the musical guest, singing a new song from his new Cd "Rock Swings". He had horns, guitars and basically the whole big band feel goin on. I thought this might be cool, then I began to recognize the melody. It sounded very familiar but I just couldn't place it. Then he began to sing the lyrics. "Load up our guns, bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's overboard and self-assured I know, I know , a dirty word". Hmm I swear I have heard this before, he continued. "Hello, hello , hello how low,Hello, hello, hello,how low,Hello, hello, hello..." Oh god don't tell me, please for the sake of all that is holy don't tell me this is what I think it is. He sang "With the lights out, it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid, and contagious Here we are now , entertain us A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido,Yeah. Holy shit!!! It's smells like teen spirit from Nirvana! Paul Anka is covering the song that basically kicked off the grundge movement! Why oh why are they allowing him to do this. Now I am not by any means a Kurt Cobain worshiper, in fact when he died I said "whoa that kinda sucks" and went about my day. When they were comparing him to John Lennon I thought they were high, but still this is an anthem for many in my generation. I wanted to puke on my comforter. I think my stomach actually turned. Now I know some of you may say Tony Bennett did this a few years ago but let me say that he still has cool factor associated with him, this is fucking Paul Anka for Christ sakes. What the hell is cool about Paul Anka? He finished butchering the song and they to a commercial break. When they returned they thanked him and let him "play the show out" with his version of Bon Jovi's "It's my life". I wanted to throw a shoe at the screen. I say in retaliation we should take one of Paul Anka's hits and let Slayer redo it, see if they like it!