Bedtime Music: Night Ranger - Sister Christian

OK, first, a personal update: I'm recovering. :) We don't know what I had -- some jungle fever -- but we did confirm today through a blood test that I didn't have dengue (thank God!); I've already gone through that once before. However, a lot of the symptoms were very similar to dengue, including the fever, chills, muscular aches, and rashes. You live in the tropics, you get tropical diseases. :P Add to this the fact that Milady is getting very close to delivering the baby (most likely sometime next week, insha'allah), and I haven't had any time to write any regular blog posts. (Update: We got a visit this morning from two guys with the NEA, who were trying to figure out how I came down with the fever; the gov't takes dengue prevention very seriously here. Based on our discussion this morning, I think they concluded that I got bit by a mosquito somewhere in the Little India area, which is the neighborhood where I work.)

Anyhoo... We're now halfway through the theme (if anyone's tried to guess it). This song, the 1984 release Sister Christian, was Night Ranger's biggest hit, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #2 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Drummer Kelly Keagy wrote the song after visiting his home and discovering just how quickly his younger sister, Christy, was growing up. Per Wikipedia:

The lyric, "You're motoring. What's your price for flight? In finding Mr. Right?" is the subject of much debate. The band stated in a VH-1 Behind the Music interview that the term "motoring" was synonymous with the term "cruising." The term is most often used to describe driving around in a car slowly as a social experience, but can also be used to describe picking up people for casual sex. When Keagy visited his family he heard second hand about his sister cruising for a man to casually sleep with. After verifying this with her he was shocked and lamented how fast she was growing up. He then went back home and wrote "Sister Christian" about the experience.

Apparently sister Christy was so mortified after the song was released that she nearly changed her name.

This particular clip comes from an old late night television show called Rock Palace.