Well, Emily, if you promise to do your impromptu
showtune at the next fez show then I KNOW that
my airfare was worth every penny and more.
Who knows, I may join you. Les Mis anyone?
But seriously, you are so right about that feeling of
an 'intimate kinship' with IM and people who 'get'
them. I had been listening to them for a couple
of years before I went to their show in Denver
in 1995 (?). They opened the set with "Surreal"
and that was exactly how it felt to be in a room with
these people who knew and loved this music that
was more than just music to me... and then actually
talking to Karen with my eyes still attractively swollen
from my exuberant weeping during Umbrella. What an
emotional experience... goodness!
Anyway, I for one love your rambling, you breathe
life into this otherwise quiet ("am i still shy?") list...
Liz <--quickly clicking "send mail" before I get stage fright!
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 01:45:27 +0000 "Emily Druchunas"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Belinda, I'm so happy you had a beautiful experience.
>
> It's nice to hear about other peoples reactions to the night,
> because I
> think we all can relate. There is a certain feeling that's
> associated
> with seeing the innocence mission that I think is unique to just
> seeing
> them, that I don't get with any other band. To know that there is a
> relatively small group of people out there that have recognized and
> that
> share this feeling creates a certain kind of intimate kinship with
> people
> that we haven't even really met. Thats why I love this list. I've
> met so
> many kindred spirits on this thing...and I have Steve, Mike, Don and
> Karen to thank for it. (and Natalie Merchant....entirely grateful to
> Natalie for having them open for her in 96 and for my boyfriend at
> the
> time who swooped me up last minute to drive to Sienna College for
> the
> show.)
>
> But to hear about the "babbling"...( I remember the first time I
> ever
> spoke with Karen I started five sentences and didn't finish one) to
> hear
> about the "crying" one moment and "dancing" the next...(I mean my
> face
> typically looks like chevy chase and dan acroy's in the movie Spies
> Like
> Us when they are being turned around in that excelerator g-force
> thingy
> one minute and then a song like Never Knew You From The Sun comes on
> and
> I'm this wallowing weeping mess that's trying most anything to grasp
> what
> little composure I have left before I become a red eyed pool of a
> fool on
> the floor.) And well, this list if it does nothing else reminds me
> that
> I'm not a complete loon because there are others out there just like
> me,
> and well if I am a loon, I'm in very good company.
>
> Belinda...I've seen you on the list a good many times...wish I had
> gotten
> to meet you at the show...if I just woulda stepped up to that mic!
> Mic's
> in hands are scary things...scary powerful things. Lord knows it
> wouldn't
> have been pretty. I probably would have gone up there with every
> intention of asking list people to raise their hands (which would
> have
> been entirely insane to begin with) but then I'd probably have
> gotten it
> in my hand and no sooner would I be belting out some show tune at
> the top
> of my lungs...however irritating they may be, I could surprise you
> with
> something even worse! A spotlight and mic = an ON switch to show
> tunes
> and tapdance. Or some love song that has gone entirely wrong
> <picture the
> scene in Bridget Jones' Diary when Bridget ( Renee Z.) sings that
> song,
> "I can't live...if living is without you"> heh heh.
>
> are you cringing yet?
>
> ah k...I tend to ramble like anyones interested!...Have a goodnight
> everyone! ~Emily
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