Hey all you Dialophiles!
Whaddya say we hold on to
summer just a little bit longer? The Radio Dial has locked onto a lovely little
vacation destination, featuring sun, fun, sand, and the occasional storm… but
don’t you worry about that. Hurry, pack your swimwear and sunscreen, and book a
cruise out to Jay Ferguson’s "Thunder
Island"!
Ferguson charted twice
before via his earlier bands Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne, with their hits "I Got A Line On You" (#25 in 1969), and
1972’s "Run Run Run" (#27),
respectively.
Thunder Island, the title
track from Jay’s second solo LP, peaked at #9 in 1978. A cheery, yet ultimately
wistful recollection of a romance on the beautiful isle, it would not have
sounded out of place on a Jimmy Buffett LP of the era.
And in recent years,
Ferguson has been behind a very recognizable tune, which plays in the living
rooms of many Americans on Thursdays at 9pm… the theme to the NBC sitcom "The Office".
Thunder Island is rather
special to me, because after not having heard it since around ’79, it popped up
on the radio (inexplicably) several times in early 2008. Interestingly, this
occurred almost always while on a date with Michele, the woman who would later
become my wife and mother of our daughter.
We considered Ferguson’s Caribbean-flavored pop ditty to be "our
song".
And as today, Tuesday,
9/25/12 marks our two year anniversary, I’m posting our song right here on
the ever lovin’ Radio Dial… Happy Anniversary honey!
Sha la la la la la my
lady… In the sun with your hair undone…
Can you hear me now,
callin’ your name from across the bay.
A summer’s day,
laughin’ and a hidin’… Chasin' love, out on Thunder Island.
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