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Remember when Grease 2 came out?

Though I can’t say I thought that Maxwell Caulfield was the hunk that John Travolta could have been in the same role, I gotta tell you I was right there with Michelle Pfeiffer when she sang Cool Rider. Now, granted I think I was 10 when the movie came out and really should have been thinking about American Girl dolls and My Little Pony. Instead, I was cruising all over my Grandma and Grandpa’s pasture on an old beat-up go-cart with my cousin singing these lyrics as if my entire soul was hanging on every word.

If you really want to know
What I want in a guy…
Well, I’m lookin’ for a dream on a mean machine
With hell in his eyes.

Hmmmmmm…there is something very…ummm…true about those lyrics.

Oh, except I don’t really want “hell” in his eyes. I want the look that says, “I would go through hell and back for you.” in his eyes. We’ll just use our literary license here in OMSHville to switch that up a bit.

I want a devil in skin tight leather,
And he’s gonna be wild as the wind.
And one fine night, I’ll be holdin’ on tight…

To a coooool rider, a coooool rider.
If he’s cool enough,
He can burn me through and through.
Whhoa ohhhh
If it takes forever,
Then I’ll wait forever.
No ordinary boy,
No ordinary boy is gonna do.
I want a rider that’s cool.

Is it just me or is it getting hot in here?
Just me?
O-kay then…

That’s the way it’s gonna be,
And that’s the way that I feel.
I want a whole lot more than the boy next door,
I want hell on wheels.
Just give me a fine motorcycle,
With a man growin’ out of the seat.
And move aside, cause I’m gonna ride…

I don’t want no ordinary guys,
Comin’ on strong to me.
They don’t know what I’m lookin’ for,
They don’t know what I need.
They’re gonna know when he gets here,
Cause the crowd will be shakin’.
I’ll do anything to let him know,
That I’m his, his for the takin’.

I want a coooooool rider,
A cool, cool, cool, cool rider.
I want a coooooool rider,
A cool, cool, cool, cool rider.
I want a C-O-O-L R-I-D-E-R.
I need a C-O-O-L R-I-D-E-R.

And then she hopped around all over the stage in tight black skinny jeans looking foolish, but somehow EXTREMELY cool too (because Michelle Pfeiffer ALWAYS looks cool).

And I remember thinking that there was hardly anything cooler than a guy on a bike.

I haven’t changed much.

22 Responses to “The only problem is I’m not a Pink Lady”

1. bethany actually

   I’ve never swooned over guys on motorcycles. I think that’s because when I was a kid one of my mom’s best friends and her husband had a motorcycle and were members of a Harley-Davidson club that went on road trips and stuff. Granted, they were only in their mid-20s at the time and they were probably pretty cool to other adults, but to me they were grown-ups like my parents and therefore riding a motorcycle never had that aura of cool mystique to me.

   When I think about Grease 2 I am just in shock that I was 7 years old and singing the lyrics to “Reproduction.” I wonder if I saw that movie at a friend’s house, because I can’t imagine my mom letting me watch that scene.

2. mommyknows

   I must agree, he’s lookin’ pretty hawt.

   He wears a helmet when he isn’t biking for blog photos right? Please say, “yes”!

   MK xo

3. mamalang

   I, too, still have a thing for guys on bikes. And I swear that song plays through my head still whenever I ride behind him. I was 9, and thought that was the ultimate dream of high school. HAHAHAHAHA.

4. Golden

   oh man, I loved that movie, much more than Grease 1 actually. That and the Outsiders!
   Now you’ve got me singing!

5. Cristie

   That’s too funny. I have been singing that song to my girls lately. I haven’t watched the movie for years, but the song’s been on my mind. Love the pictures of Mr. OMSH. Goes great with the lyrics. You Go Girl!!!

6. kimmie

   I’m just glad I’m not the only one who liked the movie……

7. Jill - GlossyVeneer

   It seems that about every 3-4 months I see a reference to this movie and I get “Cool Rider” stuck in my head for the rest of the day…

   But I’m not a motorcycle gal. My husband makes jokes about wanting one, but this town has such crazy traffic I wouldn’t trust his commute on one.

   But it would be kind of funny to have your auditor roll up on a hog…

8. Angela Tippets

   I better not let my husband see this one. Five little words is all it would take (and he would owe me BIGTIME) “Let’s go look at motorcycles”. My SIL did that on HER 40th birthday, what a great gift my brother got :) It’s a sweet Harley!! Mr. OMSH looks good too :)

9. Starwoodgal

   Funny!

10. MidlifeSlices™

    My oldest son is a Harley man and I ask him everytime we talk if he’s wearing his helmet. Then I tell him to say “yes” just so I’ll feel better. Those things make me nervous but I guess it’s an addiction of sorts so to each his own. Btw, it looks like he’s got a suitcase on the back. Is he running away? Where is your seat?

11. OMSH

    MidlifeSlices - Jeff used to wear his helmet, but then here and there he left it off. I think the same thing that attracts some men to bikes - is the same thing that makes’em not want to wear their helmets.

    He was headed to a conference. I had kissed him on the way out the door and took a photo of him going away.

    The sissy bar is covered by his pack.

12. NurseBettyLBoop

    Don’t blame ya a bit! I wanna “cool rider” too. But O.B. really wants a 2009 Camaro or Corvette for his 40th next year. Maybe I’ll get the bike for mine in 2015. HA!

13. naomi

    that hubby?

    and you didn’t drop the camera and hop on the back of the bike leaving us all in the dust because…?

    silly goose.

14. Stefani

    Dude, he’s rockin’ that bike… and the do-rag too ;-)
    I can see that we both went in for the naughty boys.

15. bethany actually

    What!? Jeff doesn’t wear his helmet? He has a wife and three kids to take care of he, why on earth is he taking that risk?

    I know, there’s probably something about the helmet blocking his vision and actually making it less safe, blah blah, but all I can think is if he got hit and his skull hit the road…*shudder*. It doesn’t seem worth the risk to me!

16. Bella

    Will I see you two at OC Bike Week? I’ll be the red-headed Michelle Pfeiffer ;)

17. LizP

    My husband would be jealous (if he read your blog) that you let your husband have a motorcycle. :-)

18. Brooke in WI

    I’m surprised he’s not in my state! It seems everyother Harley rider is here in Milwaukee for the 105th anniversary. They are everywhere, and I mean everywhere. They said on the news last night there were 50,000 bikes in the next county over camping out!! Everywhere!!!

19. OMSH

    No Bella - not until the kids are a wee bit older. :)

20. Mrs. Wilson

    those things scare me. But, I LOVE Grease!!!

21. amy611lou

    PLEASE make him wear his helmet at ALL times. My husband just died on 8/22/08 in a motorcycle accident. He was not wearing his helment, but even if he was he had just a small skull helmet. But he too had a wife and 3 kids. Please please please whatever it takes make him wear that helmet at all times.

22. nancypants

    Hubba hubba!! I wish you’d submit this to my new side-blog, Brag On Your Man! :^D It’s exactly what I’m looking for!