Wild Like Me
"So, uh, let's play an old song.
A really really old song.
Sing it loud, New York City.
This is called My Heart."
If I was an extravert (although I play one on the Internet), and I could sing (professionally; amateurly I'm hard to beat), I would like to step on stage and sing.
An old song.
One we hadn't played in years.
I don't have enough people who know me who can sing the words back to me, but I always love when the audience does so at concerts.
I mean, at some point I'm like, let the lead singer take back over.
But there are certain songs, like Phil Collins' live in Chicago album, where "Take Me Home" becomes an interactive event.
A choir of thousands.
And that kinda sheet just gives me goosebumps.
There's a live version of a Counting Crows song.
It's one of those where he interloops another completely unrelated song into one of their known songs.
And he sings, "She doesn't exist anymore..."
And you hear one guy, amongst the thousands, who screams this guttural "Yeaaaaah!!!"
It's so loud that the crowd erupts in an ovation.
And you know, love songs and heartbreak songs are like that.
It hit that guy so hard that the audience, even me listening on a iPod, could feel it.
In my home, we say every story is a love story.
But sometimes, it doesn't end well.
Heartbreaks.
Timelines.
Time.
But I don't know man.
Something about a love song is a beautiful, irreplaceable, thing.
But sometimes, the one that hits home, is when one guy screams "Yeah!!!" because he feels it in his burals.
There's something magical about music.
We could talk about vibration, frequency, and sonic energy.
But all I know is sometimes, even during the happiest times, a sad song is the best song.
Or at least, the right song.
"And trust me everything I am is yours."
"Just say the word."
...
"We keep the fire alive, through the trying times!"Â
We're playing Aces high, but you're wild like me.
"YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!"
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Remember, no setbacks, no comebacks.
[Cue saxophone solo]
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"And I wanna get to that place, I want lift up just a few feet off the ground, and see if we can't get a little close to the roof of this building."
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