Indie Music Chatter

I had a lot of fun last weekend.

I took out a few of my favorite CDs and also made a playlist on my PC of songs that I love singing. Yes, I had my own mini concert at home by singing along to my favorites songs! It was quite a riot and it really brought back memories of when I was a pubescent teenager who had just discovered rock. I remember going crazy over U2’s Joshua Tree and singing my lungs out as I tried to reach the notes the great Bono was singing effortlessly. At that age, all I ever wanted to be was to become the singer in a rock band.

Well, fast forward to the present. I never got to fulfill that dream mainly because I was too shy to even go on stage. My first attempt at being a member of a band (I played bass) was more funny than inspiring. I was too nervous to play so I ended up playing the bass while sitting on a stool. Our singer didn’t know how to sing (I knew how to sing but I refused to even go near the mic because of my extreme shyness), and we played a song I didn’t even like. Reliving those memories and trying to be a “rock star” for even one day was still quite a thrill for me. I sang (or at least tried to) my anthem of the week Cherry Ghost’s People Help The People, the whole Dust album from Screaming Trees, A few tunes from Jose Gonzalez, and even my regular staple U2. I even tried singing some of Glen Hansard’s songs from the Once soundtrack. I think I’ll do this again next week — provided I can find a room in the house where I can let go of my inhibitions and hide from my wife who must be thinking her husband has lost his marbles.

Cherry Ghost, Screaming Trees, U2, Jose Gonzalez

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