Thursday, April 24, 2008 Calinao: The booze By Nick Prill Calinao Free and Easy
AS I was playing requested numbers during my regular radio show over 99.9 Country FM one afternoon, the lyrics of a particular single brought back common "merry-making" scenarios into mind.
A single by Blake Shelton, the song is simply entitled "The More I Drink." The song starts-off with a couple of guys making fun of an "odd" bar costumer who was drinking soda instead of beer or alcohol.
"Listening between the lines," the song implied that the "boozers" started a conversation with the "odd one" since they were unable to control their curiosity on "why the hell wasn't he boozing himself-up?"
Hence the line, "The More I drink." As it turned out, the more the "odd one" consumed alcohol in the past...the more he got to be so damn good at almost everything. Especially in making a fool of himself.
Under normal circumstances, the "odd guy" may be described as the silent type, the timid gentleman, the stiff guy, the soft-spoken, and the peaceful fellow. The more the silent type gulped-down "booze" however, the more he became a karaoke king sounding like a "crying cat;" the more the timid gentleman got drunk, the more he turned into the best flatterer and lover the world has ever seen, unsuccessfully "flattering he way to kingdom come;" the more the stiff guy "boozed," the more he was transformed into a sexy dancer swaying like a "corpse that just came into life;" the more the soft-spoken man abused alcohol the more he became an aggressive but senseless debater; and the more the peaceful fellow got deeper into intoxication, the more he felt like a fighting machine who could barely walk straight or keep his feet flat on the ground.
Admittedly, the "odd one" said that the more he drank, the more he got to be so damn good at many things yet only one in general...embarrassing himself. As a result, he opted to be good at only one thing instead...avoiding or controlling the "booze."
Yes, the song definitely reminded me of "over-indulgement scenarios" which until today are very common in our local setting.
Now don't get me wrong, "merry-making" is good, in fact it is a wonderful thing. Over-indulgement however may have humongous embarrassing results.
After playing and listening to the song, I naturally agreed with its indirect suggestion; "It's either 'boozers' be damn good in controlling the 'booze,' or the 'booze' be damn good in embarrassing the 'boozers'."
