My favorite thing about this video (aside from the obvious fact that it is footage of the rarely-captured, original, Glenn Danzig-era Misfits) is the thought that all of the kids in the crowd are about 40 years old now. Today, many of them are soccer moms and soccer dads, who begrudgingly wear business-casual attire 40+ hours a week, and sit in the cubicle next to us (at their (and our) soul-crushing jobs), as they bitch about the broken coffee maker in the break room, and partake in (decidedly much tamer pursuits as) the annual office March Madness pool. However, what they can never lose (thanks to the age of the internet) is this time capsule, that showcases them in their youth (and in all their crowd-surfing, head-walking, Danzig-tackling glory), watching wide-eyed, and experiencing first-hand, the ushering-in (albeit kicking and screaming) of a new musical era… the phoenix-like birth of punk rock.
Well, maybe some don’t need the miracle of free internet video to remind them. That is, the ones who now so deftly conceal their ever-fading Misfit skull tattoos (that they may or may not have received at 4:30 a.m., in the midst of a hard night of drinking, at a sketchy tattoo shop (aka an acquaintance of an acquaintance’s bathroom) in the Bowery… but they’ll be damned if they can remember) under their Nordstrom’s issue, starched-and-pressed uniform.
So… the next time you ask the mellow (but perceivably unfulfilled by the utter lifelessness of his matrimonial schedule), middle-aged guy that sits two desks down from you to borrow his staple-remover, be sure to check and see if, when he hands you the handy tool, he makes sure that the cuff of his shirt doesn’t hike up too far (for fear of losing his job and his modest house). If you do detect a hint of this rehearsed apprehension, simply smile, and take comfort in the fact that everyone was young at one time. Therefore, the next time you’re thinking of springing questions about anilingus on your grandmother, don’t hesitate, as she’ll probably be happy to inform you that she invented the act. Or, if you’re especially lucky, she’ll regale you with tales of when she gave Sandy Koufax a handjob, or when she was double-teamed by William Howard Taft and Harry Houdini.
Wow… that one took a left turn at the end. Haha…
Enjoy!
