Being Canadian let me be honest in saying when the Dixie Chicks shot down Pres. Bush I really didn’t give a shit and thought the whole thing was fucking stupid. I saw them live on their ‘Fly’ tour and they are AMAZING. Freedom of speech??? Ok, fine that means whoever wants to can go on hating them. Whatever.
Their brand new song, ‘I’m Not Ready to Make Nice’ pretty much sums up my whole life right now.
I’m HUGE on theme songs, they never had a name before Ally McBeal but I have always had one. They change, some are classics, some are so bad even I’m happy when they’ve served their purpose. Some follow me and just become a part of me. Sarah McLachlan has always been such a sacred artist to me I made a rule that no song of hers would EVER make me think of any other person but myself as to not ruin her songs because music touches my core so deeply that there are times I have felt so hurt I haven’t been able to listen to it. I find no one ever understands that and I can never really explain it. I love it SO MUCH yet can’t listen?
I love that I’m open minded about music that I really will listen to pretty much anything. I may hate it but I’ll listen to it once. And I called Taylor Hicks winning American Idol on day one, what I wouldn’t give to have bet someone money on that one.
I went to see the same Sarah McLachlan concert twice and dragged Adam both times so her songs not making me think of people pretty much went out the window when I met Adam. But I held that rule for YEARS.
I’ve actually seen her live four times which to some music lovers is like ohhhh wow FOUR times!!! But with my migraines live music is something I rarely get to enjoy. I know, it IS a bloody travesty. Even if I take ear plugs or show up after the opening act which is LAME and un-supportive of bands or singers that may need it I’m in so much pain it quickly becomes more of a scary situation than a fun one. I want to see Tool really fucking bad. I have a plan, It won’t work but I’m going to have to suffer, that is unless they pull the same shit they pulled last time they toured and screw Vancouver with two Seattle shows- shocking pretty much their entire fan base here. I honestly hope they got the memo on how NOT COOL that was. I’m going to show up RIGHT as Maynard is walking on stage, get NOSE BLEED seats and just take it in and do meditation breathing so I don’t die from my headache. Just being around that many people fuels my social anxiety and I start snapping at people and become ‘the crazy girl’ anyway but I don’t know if that is such a bad thing it keeps people the fuck away from me for one thing.
