Shannon’s Perspective:

“We’re cut adrift, but still floating.  I’m only hanging on to watch you go down, my love.”

If I had to come up with the first sarcastic song between Larry and myself, I would have to say I think it is this one.  To this day we still quote lines from this song.  I’m pretty sure I tell Larry on a weekly basis, “it doesn’t matter to you, it matters to me”.

Being the wise 50 something adult I am today just looking back on the younger version of myself I sometimes wonder how Larry has managed to tolerate the complete and total stubborn side to my personality but then I remember he has the same stubborn streak.  I know that for us that stubborn streak is part of what keeps us moving forward together.

Larry’s Pick: So Cruel

Yet another classic from Achtung Baby. This has been in the sarcasm arena since the very beginning for one line and one line only:

"We're cut adrift - But still floating - I'm only hanging on - To watch you go down - my love"

Like so many previous references to our stubbornness, neither one of us would ever back down - always moving forward regardless of the chaos we may create.

And the level of spite that must exist to sing that line to one another.

And you may be thinking - WTF is wrong with those two?

Maybe this kind of approach is why we made it 30 years - we never gave up on ourselves - or each other.

P.S. If you have the chance to watch Season Three, Episode Seventeen of Malcolm In The Middle (Dewey's Dog), there is a scene toward the very end where Hal and Lois are sick as dogs and trying to slow dance at a fancy restaurant. That scene was inspired by what Shannon and I went through last night and tonight. But the show must go on!