My Beast of Burden

So I have this friend; let's call him..."Lark."* He is musically challenged. He once thought "The Dark Side of the Moon" was sung by the Moody Blues. It's awesome to go out to eat with him, because you can get him to try and tell you who's singing. He's pretty good with things like Pat Boone or Kenny G, but everything else is just plain fun. The best part is how he guesses Stevie Ray Vaughn for...well, nearly anyone (such as Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, and Enya).

This morning, I was getting a breakfast taco with him, and "Beast of Burden" came on the radio. I said "hey, Lark, who's this?" He listened for a moment, and then said "Mick Jagger?" Imagine my surprise. But I wasn't about to let him off that easy. So I said "well...kind of." Then he said "oh, oh...Aerosmith!" I just stared at him, too dumbfounded to even laugh. Then he said "Mick Jagger's in Aerosmith, right?" If I was drinking diet coke these days, it would have shot straight out of my nose.

Of course, they do both have bad hair and big lips. Maybe Lark isn't so far off after all.

* The names have been changed to protect Mark. Oh, and by the way, dude...thanks for letting me post this. :-)