Grandmaster Flash: Fun, baby... There is a tinkling sound, and then the drums, and then the bass; a voice calls out "Freeze! Rock..." The backup singers come in, their voices rising, and then the groove hits... Singers: White lines... Flash: Vision dreams of passion... Singers: Flowing through my mind... Flash: And all the while I think of you. Singers: High rise... Flash: A very strange reaction... Singers: For us to unwind... Flash: The more I see the more I do. Singers: Something like a phenomenon... Flash: Baby. Singers: Tellin' your body to come along...but white lines...blow a-way... Grandmaster Flash raps for a while about the ravages of cocaine use, and there's a drum break, and the backup singers come in, their voices floating: Singers: Rang dang diggity dang-a-dang, rang dang diggity dang a dang diggity dang a dang diggity dang a dang... She did a little dance with her arms. Singers: White lines...blow a-way...

Of all the moments when I was really in love, the one that I remember most was singing "White Lines" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five with her at dusk. We finished eating our ice cream and she dropped me off at home; two days later, we broke up.


(photo: AP)

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