Entry #22 - Hip To Be Square

Hip To Be Square

I once had this strange dream; it was the type of dream that stuck with you for a while. You just can’t shake it loose. The dream was more than any normal dream. It was a dream I remembered.

I was standing on a pier by a large river in a big city, very similar to Chicago. I was waiting for this white van to pull up. It was a cloudy cold afternoon and I was wearing shorts and a blue polo shirt with a scarf and gripping a tambourine. Soon, the white van arrived and a group of large bald men carried musical instruments to the end of the pier. Suddenly, a large limo appeared and the band, Huey Lewis and the News climbed out.

“You must our new band member.” Huey Lewis said in an uninterested tone. “We start in five minutes, be ready.”

I was nervous. I have neither sense of rhythm nor any interest in playing the tambourine. I also only knew a few Huey Lewis and the News songs. I knew my first performance with them was going to be a disaster.

Instantly, the pier was covered in people and I was standing in front of the band. Huey Lewis and the News began to play to what I assume was supposed to be “I Want A New Drug.” I clammed up and started to panic. I didn’t know the tambourine part to “I Want A New Drug” nor did I know the song had one. Huey Lewis became furious. He stopped the song and started yelling at me. “You’re out of the band.” Huey Lewis screamed.

I threw down my tambourine and shouted, “Fine, I don’t need to be in Huey Lewis and the News. I can find better 1980’s band to be in.” Then I flew away in anger and became Batman. The rest of the dream consists of me beating up random bad guys as Batman, but not in a Batman costume, just my normal clothes. Sadly, that part is a normal dream for me.

When I woke up, I was angry with Huey Lewis and came to the conclusion that he is an asshole in real life. I know it isn’t right to be angry with someone for something they did in your dreams. But why would he have me in his band in the first place? I have no reason to be in any famous 1980’s rock band. Plus, Huey Lewis has done nothing to me to prove that he isn’t an asshole.

I have no idea how to make sense of this dream. Some people believe dreams represents hidden emotions, true feelings, and even future events or other psycho mumbo jumbo. A lot of people try to make sense of dreams, thinking all dreams have a deeper meaning. If you read into anything enough you’ll find a deeper meaning. I believe dreams are just random set of memories, some recent some not. As for Huey Lewis and the News, I hope they find a better-experienced tambourine player in someone else's dream.