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My Gen X Playlist: See You Again / Love Me Like You Do / Sugar – Mashup by Megan Davies

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I was craving something sweet. I’ve been pretty diligent about not buying junk food recently. Still, I was regretting not dropping that package of Oreos into my basket the other day.

I was too tired to jump in my car to get something to satisfy my craving. I searched the frig and freezer twice and came up empty both times.

I walked into the pantry and looked around. All the way in the back corner on a lower shelf I found a hidden box, tucked away. A big smile came across my face when I saw it was a cake mix. The only problem was the expiration date. August 2021. It must have been left over from our Covid grocery haul.

My wife looked at me side eyed. I don’t know, she said. That’s pretty old. Throw it away.

I rationalized dry goods don’t have an expiration date. Where I got that nugget of truth, I couldn’t tell you. Alternative facts? Maybe. But to me, it made common sense. Plus, I’ve got an iron stomach. I wasn’t worried.

I did compromise, though. I threw out the package of sugary powder needed to make the frosting. I was trying to appear reasonable. My wife wasn’t buying it.

After I mixed all the ingredients, something didn’t look right. The consistency seemed too watery and it was a strange off yellow color. I refused to listen to the voice of reason in my head or admit defeat after I was so adamant about making it. 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Let’s go.

The verdict? I’d say I was 25% on target versus 75% for my wife. Not a good scorecard. The taste was off. The texture was off. It just looked off. It was borderline edible, though. Should I eat it?

There are two things that are true. First, I’m a guy. I can eat almost anything. And second, I didn’t want to admit I was completely wrong. So, I’ve been eating it. With a smile, might I add. I’m a quarter way in, but I think it’s time to throw in the towel. I’m just trying to find the right words to let myself off the hook and be able to walk away gracefully. I could simply state the obvious – it’s not healthy eating an entire cake by myself. While true, my wife won’t buy it. She’s not stupid. Either I admit defeat or eat the entire cake to back up all my big talk. Damn. What a no win situation.

I was thinking about songs about sugar or sweets. Sweetness Follows by REM came to mind. I love that song, but it’s dark and moody. I’ve been watching Riverdale on Netflix so Sugar Sugar by the Archie’s struck a chord. Then I remembered a mashup of Maroon 5’s Sugar. Mashups remind me of that movie Pitch Perfect. I’ve always thought they are pretty creative. Here is Megan Davies’ mashup of See You Again / Love Me Like You Do / Sugar. Not a bad arrangement.

For a complete playlist, please click here.

For the Spotify playlist, please click here.

16 thoughts on “My Gen X Playlist: See You Again / Love Me Like You Do / Sugar – Mashup by Megan Davies”

  2. Sorry your sweet tooth didn’t get the treat it was craving. There are some super easy healthy no bake oat energy bites that you can try to make. I can share a few recipes with you if you want.
    I like the acoustic version of “Love me like you do” but I still prefer Ellie Goulding’s version of this song.

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  3. Sweetly done mash-up. 🙂
    “Dry goods don’t expire” is not altogether wrong (there’s some leeway), but 2021?!?! Even for a guy. hahah

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  4. Well it’s not only a guy thing lol, my oldest daughter will eat pretty much anything, no matter how old/expired it is. I always tease her she has guts like a raven.

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  5. Wow! What a “mash up”. Such beautiful clear voices and harmonies. Thank you for including a direct link.
    i must admit my first reaction to the post was definitely “Sugar, sugar” by The Archies 😊

    I’ve been curtailing my sweet tooth and cravings with a handful of big juicy Turkish raisins of late. My husband buys them to go on his homemade Bircher muesli and into his baking.

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  7. Oh man, cracking up here! We get a lot of hurricanes in our part of NC, so I keep 4-5 days worth of canned stuff and powdered milk on hand. I came across it a few days ago and found it had all expired in 2022. Botulism? No thanks 😂😵‍💫 Ceremonially dumped it under the approving eye of the wife and made a run for Target. Great post and song 👏

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