“Mommy’s alright, Daddy’s alright, they just seem a little weird.” Truer words have never been spoken.
Remember growing up and thinking that your parents just didn’t get it? Well, Cheap Trick was telling the truth all along with their 1978 hit “Surrender.” The song shows how parents can be a lot cooler than kids give them credit for.
Even though I’m a parent now with two kids, I don’t feel any different than I did B.C. (Before children.) Of course, my kids look at me like some sort of authority figure, the guy who puts the kibosh on all the fun (which usually entails doing head first dives off the couch.) I’m holding on to this song to play for them when they’re a little older to help explain that their parents aren’t as square as they might think. In the song the mom and dad are even found “rolling on the couch.” Maybe in a few years Cheap Trick will help to explain to my kids that I’m alright, if nothing else “Surrender” is a great song to get your young ones rockin.’
