I was in West Milwaukee yesterday, and drove by Electric Avenue. I forgot that we have an Electric Avenue in Milwaukee, and when I saw it, immediately started thinking of the ‘80s Eddy Grant song of the same name. (You know the one: “We gonna rock down to …”)
Back at the office, being the pop culture information junkie / procrastinator that I am, I did a little research on Electric Avenue. I learned that the street Grant’s singing about is in Brixton, London, and there are also Electric Avenues in Venice, Calif.; Seal Beach, Calif.; Calgary, Alberta; Vienna, Va., and Cambridge, Mass.
So there you have it: useless information about Electric Avenue, and I apologize in advance if you have this song cranking in your brain for the rest of the day. Oh, and since I’m still yammering on about this, might I add that I would love to see someone walk down Milwaukee’s Electric Avenue holding a "boom box" and blaring that song. Just once.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
