Hockey Guy: In the Name of Love(joy)
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The following blog, written by former Dartmouth standout Ben Lovejoy, was posted October 26.
By Ben Lovejoy
A brilliant young writer once responded to an innocent question,
“Hey Ben! I was just wondering what kind of music you listen
to?” with a condescendingly arrogant retort, “Why, are
you going to make me a mix tape? Am I in middle school?”
Little did I now how those sarcastic words would come back to haunt
me.
Fast forward a month later, and Brian Coe, our Director of Media
Relations came to me before a game with a smirk that is seen solely
when he has something funny to say. He handed me a mix tape that
was made for me by a fan titled, “Songs About
Love(joy).” I had a quick laugh and stashed the CD in my
locker thinking that if we won, I would pull the CD out after the
game and as a team we would laugh at the ridiculousness of the CD
together. Unfortunately, we lost the game, so I took the CD to my
car and put it into the player. What I heard over the speakers were
eight of the most ridiculous songs I had ever listened to.
The first song on the disc was titled, “Tainted
Love(joy)” by Soft Cell. The song was perfectly normal for
about 45 seconds. It went through the start of the song just as it
normally would as if I were listening to it on the radio.
