Right now – right this very second – I am listening to Toby Mac on my iPod. For the first time.
Oh yes I am.
And here’s what’s even more surprising to me:
I AM ENJOYING IT.
Do y’all think that I might be, you know, street like that?
There is this one song called “Boomin’,” and it makes me want to get in my car and play it really loud and ride around a Sonic parking lot.
Which is TOTALLY acceptable behavior for a 30-something mama.
So.
Y’all wanna come with me?
I’ll buy us some tater tots with cheese.
And WE WILL ROCK IT, YO.
July 10th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Now you know how much I LOVE riding around listening to music…almost any music! So come pick me up, ‘kay? I’ll be ready anytime.
And I have to confess, I’ll have to listen to Sir Toby because I ain’t sure if I’ve ever had the pleasure of his company before or not. Chances are I have, because Jessica and Jason like the rap-ier, hip hop-ier stuff. If that’s his thang, that is.
And Sister? Hon,you just say the word and we’ll do that meetin’, greetin’ and eatin’ thing, too!
Love and hugs,
Diane
July 10th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
TobyMac infiltrated my mp3 thanks to my daughter. It totally ROCKS the house.
SO, I’ll take a seat with ya- heck, potatoes are one of my daily potassium requirements. It’s all good!
Should we start calling you BooDawg?
July 10th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Lamar and I loved “Boomin”! “Rockin’ out your stereo system”, in “stere-ere-O!”
I’ll be investigating this phenomenon and looking for more stuff by him! Thanks for the heads up, BooMama! :-)
Love and hugs,
Diane
July 10th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
Hey, hey, hey- I am so proud of you to have expanded out into the world of tobymac! I’m a bit of a junky, saw him a year ago at a small venue here in FL and found myself (a 30-something mama) breakin’ it down with all the 13 year olds- Hey, One Love, One God, One People- says nothing about age in there.
He’s got some good lyrics and YES I’ll join you at Sonic and please turn up the bass a little. Peace out homegirl!
July 10th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
I must confess this post makes me want to go dig out all my old DC Talk albums and listen to some “Jesus Freaks.”
July 10th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
um… he’s white and he’s kind of posing… but I *think* I liked it? I will try again.
July 10th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Love this post! I’ve felt the same way before- my 4 year old has told me to turn the radio down a few times :).
July 10th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
I just challenged my 13 year old to the Spelling Bee TV show and I won..she was impressed that I know ALL THOSE WORDS…
July 10th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
My husband loves Toby Mac. He was in concert here a while back and he had to go and see him. I told him that he had to be the oldest person there.
Maybe I wouldn’t feel so old if I’d listen to a little Toby Mac myself!
July 10th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Yes! Let’s Cruise through Sonic, down to the grocery store, through the Wal-Mart parking lot and back to Sonic again! Windows down, hair blowin’ in the wind, music a blarin’. . .those were the days!
July 10th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
I love his song “I was made to love you”. He’s going to be in my neck of the woods this weekend at the *free* Luis Pulau festival. I’d love to go, but I don’t know if I feel like taking 4 kids with me when the crowds will be huge! Driving around the sonic parking lot, eating tots, and listening to Toby Mac real loud sounds like a ton of fun to this 30-something mom though!!
July 10th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
We love Toby Mac in this house. My daughter is obsessed with “Catch a Fire!” When it comes on the radio we crank it up obnoxiously loud.
July 10th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Boodawg. That is classic. That one’s a keeper. Maybe you should get a new header, just for days when you’re in a “Boomin’” kind of mood. One that says BOODAWG across the top.
July 10th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
I have always loved his songs. Never saw his picture before today though. Interesting.
July 10th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Give me Motown…and fast.
July 10th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
We love tobyMac! “Boomin” is always played loud, with the windows and sunroof open! :)
July 10th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
And to think that just today I was LETTING MY FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER DRIVE while we CRANKED IT UP and sang to the radio as I beat on the top of the roof with the windows down and the wind blowin’ through our collective hair and then…and then…THE HUBSTER TOOK ME TO SONIC FOR A ROOTBEER FLOAT!
Oh yes, he did.
I’m telling you, this old lady is living La Vida Loca this summer. Watch out!
July 10th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
well pleased to say I am a 40 something year old mama that adores Toby mac and DO play his blarin music all the time on my Ipod in the car with everything he has written. I love the song he wrote that he does with his 5 year old son. He is awesome.
July 10th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
As long as you let me roll the window of the car down and flail my hands in praise outside the window!!?? lol
YES!!!
July 10th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Ooo Ooo Ooo… I’ll come!
Hugs,
Melinda
July 10th, 2007 at 10:20 pm
oh, I LOVE LOVE LOVE me some TobyMAc!!!
He played at the Nashville CityFest in May.
Sonic and TobyMac – doesn’t get much better!
Blessings,
Karla
July 10th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Fried Green Tomatoes and Toby Mac. You are one diverse Mama!
July 10th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
I am so “down wid dat yo”…”fo sheezy”!!!
I love Toby Mac!!!
…and fried green tomatoes!!
…do you think we might have been separated at birth???
Get on with yo bad self my Sistah!
July 10th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
I’m 40 something & I love Toby Mac!
July 10th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Oh Yeah, I’m in…a Lemon-Berry Slush for me! And Toby Mac can boom…sounds like a great time.
Love ya!
Holly
July 10th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
I’m so glad you are enjoying it. Did you find the song with Mandisa?
July 10th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
the first tobymac song I ever heard was this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0O7BSBO7wE
and I’ve been a tobymac fan ever since…
can I get a chili cheese dog instead of tots…???
blessings, mamabright :-)
July 10th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
I can’t believe you are just now listening to Toby Mac. He rocks (in a good way.)
My Fav. is Diverse City.
July 10th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
I will go anywhere where I can get tots with cheese. Toby Mac is a bonus!
July 10th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
I would totally love to rock to some very loud music with the likes of you. And you wouldn’t even have to buy me any tater tots.
July 10th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Count me in, YO! :)
July 11th, 2007 at 12:30 am
Throw in a diet cherry vanilla coke with those tots and I’m there.
July 11th, 2007 at 3:00 am
Hey, want to email me that music file? I have an iPod Nano and I’d love to try that one out. :)
I can’t remember the last time I’ve been to Sonic but if I lived closer I’d go!
July 11th, 2007 at 5:09 am
I have always loved me some Toby Mac! Even back in the D.C. Talk days!
I’ll take a strawberry slushie with those tots too, please!
July 11th, 2007 at 6:58 am
Count me in! And my gracious alive, I will buy the Cherry Limeades! Tots with cheese…oh the pounds. Oh the goodness.
July 11th, 2007 at 8:08 am
And let’s be wild and crazy and not even go during Happy Hour where we can get our Route 44′s for less money! Because that would be too responsible for someone as street and hip as you!
July 11th, 2007 at 8:11 am
I’m surprise you haven’t at least listened to him before! And, I’m all with you on the Sonic except, I’ll take onion rings please.
BTW, did Sonic start using that non-trans fat grease?? The tater tots leave an after taste in my mouth now.
July 11th, 2007 at 8:16 am
My 13yo son is not out of bed yet at 8:14 (luckily for him it’s not Garbage Day today) so I am not yet being subjected to Boomin’ boomin’ through the house. Thankfully.
But I know it’s just a matter of time.
July 11th, 2007 at 8:21 am
My 2 oldest kids have listened to him for a while now…I never paid much attention until they went to the Celebrate Freedom Concert in Dallas with some friends….they now have his picture on their own blogs and are calling him “The Macster” :-D
I must admit I enjoyed the 1 song I’ve paid attention to since then… :-D Very ‘Fun’! (…is that word too boring to use on such a hip hoppin’ rockin’ post as this?) and Sonic?…Always! Every Day if I could!
July 11th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Where have you been girl? Toby Mac has been on my MP3 player for years! Love Toby Mac. He’s awesome to see in concert if you get the chance. So much fun. And yes, I felt like an “oldie but a goodie” at his concert, but it’s worth feeling “old” so see him live!
Blessings,
Georgia Mom
July 11th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Toby Mac is coming to Omaha this weekend for the Luis Palau festival. I was just going to look up his songs and start listening to them with the 10 and 7 year old. Thanks for the great endorsement.
Wish I could go hear him; but the 2 year old is recovering from having her tonsils out on Friday and is still down for the count. Maybe I’ll make my husband buy me a CD or two.
July 11th, 2007 at 8:37 am
I LOVE this! Toby Mac is big in our house – the kids can dance to it and it is totally safe.
And Sonic? I think I would go to Sonic for just about any reason! Sign me up! :)
July 11th, 2007 at 9:09 am
Haven’t listened to Toby Mac since I was all up in some DC Talk. I’m still pretty darn hip 13 years later and maybe it’s time to try out some “Boomin’” (when I was reading the post the first time, I thought you were about to say he had a song called “Boomama”… I did a double take!)
July 11th, 2007 at 9:13 am
We don’t have a Sonic here in the greater Knox Agropolis but we have a Dairy Queen and a regular route for “making a drag” through town. And the DQ has really good tots and Dr Pepper. SO come on west girlfriend. Last September my daughter and I and some other friends and daughters went tothe Revolve Tour in Big D. There was Christian rapper named KJ-52 and let me tell you HE ROCKED THE ARENA! 10000 hands in the air. Lots of white girls gettin it!
July 11th, 2007 at 9:20 am
I am there girl! I met my husband at Sonic, so you can tell I have been there a few times before with the top down (car, not shirt) and radio blarin’.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:21 am
Sounds like fun!
July 11th, 2007 at 9:49 am
I’m a 30-something mama, too, and I am the biggest TobyMac fan! I’ve been a fan since his DCTalk days. I even took my 7-year-old daughter to a TobyMac concert two years ago. I love Boomin’ and anything else he sings. I’m in for the Sonic parking lot – tots and all!
July 11th, 2007 at 9:49 am
I’m with Sister, give me Motown. I’ll will meet you at Sonic for the meetin, greetin, and eatin part. :-)
July 11th, 2007 at 10:16 am
LOVE Toby! He rocks. Boomin’ is my favorite song on Portable Sounds. : )
July 11th, 2007 at 11:03 am
I’m so there!!! Just point me in the right direction. I can even teach you how to do the arm/hand motions so you’ll be even more cool!