That's what that song is about???

Yesterday I was in an 80's kind of mood, so I tuned in the 80's tag radio channel on last.fm. At one point I got to hear Phil Collins (In the Air Tonight) and Genesis (Jesus He Knows Me) back-to-back, which brought to mind one my favorite 30 Rock quotes:

Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan): "I'm gonna make you a mix tape. You like Phil Collins?"

Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin): "I have two ears and a heart, don’t I?"

If you don't watch 30 Rock, you should.

Anyway, not long after that Europe's The Final Countdown came on (check out the YouTube video. It's totally rad!). While I'm sure I've heard the opening to that song in dozens of NBA playoff games, I don't think I'd ever listened to the whole thing. Were you aware that this song is actually about the crew of a spaceship that will be traveling from Earth to Venus? Yeah, that seems normal.

So, the next time your favorite NBA thug is getting ready to take the floor in search of a game winning buzzer beater, you better hope the sound guy queues up this 80's glam-rock/sci-fi classic. I mean, nothing can get an athlete pumped up like a man-who-looks-like-a-woman singing about his impending space travels.