One of the other things that I loved about my Europe trip last month was that I actually recognized the music!! I was constantly tapping my foot in hotel lobbies and humming along in taxi rides.
At one point the song What Is Love (Baby Don't Hurt Me) came on, and Kawakami busted me for dancing and singing to it.
Kawakami was shocked that I knew the song, so I had to tell him about that skit from SNL and the super cheesy movie "A Night at the Roxbury"!
Kawakami also knew the song well, but for a completely different reason. The song is by a guy named Haddaway (can you say "One Hit Wonder"?!) and at one point he was actually the spokesman for Subaru in Europe!! (Or as Kawakami says "just like Tiger Woods & Buick"!!)
Many years ago Kawakami was working for Subaru in Germany (through Mitsui, of course) and at every company event Haddaway was there singing his only popular song. I thought that sounded awesome (like a private concert every few months), but Kawakami said he got really sick of hearing the same song over and over!! LOL.
Here's a pic of Haddaway getting the keys to his new Subaru at some advertising event.
(And NO that's not Kawakami with him...)
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