Speaking Of Age Gap

Yesterday I met up with Brian, a current member of Tanghalang Ateneo; I think he’s in his second year in college. For the 30th anniversary, our theater group is holding its Pearl Ball this Friday. Brian was tasked to ask me for songs that were hits during TA parties of yesteryears. You see, I was the resident DJ for TA parties for almost the whole decade of the 90s, so I had a good idea of which songs to include for the Pearl Ball playlist.

As I was transferring mp3 files onto Brian’s laptop, he asked me, “Do you think we should include more 80s songs?”

I paused and considered it. “Maybe let’s not put too many 80s songs,” I replied. “I’m not sure how many from my generation are going. If we’re only a few, let’s not put a lot of 80s. I don’t want to alienate the younger kids.”

Brian’s face lit up. “Oh no, I like the 80s!” he exclaimed. “A lot of us in our generation love 80s music.”

I smiled at him and said, “Hahaha, I guess you heard those songs from your kuyas and ates, huh?”

Beaming a guileless smile, Brian replied, “Oh no, I heard them from my parents.”

Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech!

I actually heard mental tires squealing to a halt. “Your parents?” I weakly asked.

To his credit Brian got it. And we both laughed.