A few years ago, I took my Belgian/Welsh friends to see the tam tams.
It's one of those things the out-of-towners like to see. Every Sunday in the summer and fall, hundreds of people gather at the foot of the mountain to dance, play bongos, take mind altering substances and kick back in the sunshine.
And that's when we saw them: the two coolest old people ever. 80-year-old hepcats dancing their pants off. So far as we could tell, they were totally high. And wearing the most amazing disco clothes. Truly the awesomest, coolest cats I've ever seen. I'll never forget them.
Maybe I don't go to the tam tams very often. But if I make it to 80 and can still shake my wrinkly booty... you can bet I'll be there with my wild-haired old man in tow.
I did see one of them about a year later, doing his geriatric hepcat thing at the Montreal jazz festival. But haven't come across them since...
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I totally saw this dude in the studios of MusiquePlus, where me and some friends were getting hammered on the Quebec government's dime, and our job was to dance in the background while some VeeJay interviewed people. A kind of living backdrop to some TV show...anyway, that dude was totally there getting hammered with us and dancing his pants off. Unmistakable. The Only 80 year old still making the scene.
True - this Belgian out-of-towner was most impressed.
Have to go now - need to stock up on spangly tops, gold trousers and diamond-encrusted strappy Brazilian shoes and wait until we can join you in a couple of decades...
Hooray! Lies! We'll be waiting for you next to the bongos. I've got the glittery pants to prove it.
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