If Trinity is winning the game, you can here the crowd chanting, “We will, we will ROCK you.” In the fourth quarter if St. X is winning, you can hear the crowd singing, “Nah, nah, nah, nah/Nah, nah, nah, nah/Hey, hey-ay/Goodbye.”
I attended those games from 1969 until 1982, first as a child sitting on her dad’s shoulders, last as a cheerleader standing on her partner’s shoulders. And you can add this game to the long list of things I miss about my hometown.
Last night a little nostalgia came over me as I took my son to see the Friday night lights in the 2751-oh zip code.
The library lights at Carrbor-Oh High shone like a beacon, but on closer inspection, the library was empty.
Even the principals were out of their offices. And in Carrbor-oh, Principal Batten is cool enough to wear a purple velvet jacket to the game.
I ran into one of my babies who’s in Raleigh at college this year.
But no one was drinking beer. Somebody tell me if I’m wrong: I think they sold beer at the St.X-Trinity game in the 80’s. Not that I had any.
Carrbor-oh was 5-0 going into this game, and it's the talk of the town that this team has beaten the others in town in its first five years in existence.
This morning I can’t get the soul song “Backfield in Motion” off my mind. It hit the charts before “Starting All Over Again.” This Soul Train video of the latter song showcases the talent of the cousins from Mississippi. Their moves remind me of those of the backup singers in the Kentucky band The Trendells that I used to go see at a bar in Lexington when I was in med school.
How did we get from football to soul?
Backfield in motion, yeah/
I’m gonna have to penalize you/
Backfield in motion, baby/
You know that’s against the rules
“Backfield in Motion”
-Mel and Tim
