Something different

Now anyone who knows me is aware I am about as hardcore Newcastle Knights / Andrew Johns supporters as they come. Before I’d even started to allow my blood to boil of kids missing school to part take in a protest as pointless as the Cronulla Riots, my mood was not exactly positive.

I had intended to spend this post ranting and raving about why I don’t like protestors and why hopeless university students with phony dreams that culminate in becoming librarians should stick to not turning up for classes and smoking the good stuff much to the sarcastic cheers of me and my arrogant entourage. Until I realized for starters the only difference between myself and those other no hopers is that I have an undeserved sense of inflated importance over and I’ll be blessed if my phony dreams are even humoured with enough good grace to result in employment whether it be librarian or otherwise.

So rather than going on some ill-informed rant on why anyone who causes waves which fill my first @ five Channel 10 news experience with useless media, I thought I’d take a chill pill and try to be a little more peace, love & all that bullshit instead.

What resulted in a more positive than usual perspective was whilst enjoying the Late Show with David Letterman and even more so his musical guest for that evenings show was Feist. Now I won’t sit here and tell you how I’ve always loved her and Broken Social Scene’s “You forgot it in people” changed my life or any of that junk. I wouldn’t even go as far to say I own a non burnt copy of her album.

Previously, Feist was nothing more than a sweet voice with a sprinkling of enjoyable music here and there. Like the rest of the world “1234” was the most I knew of this lass and really I was probably even more of an uneducated git as I had downloaded the Van She Technologic remix before I did the actual original.

Wrapping things up quickly, my point is that after seeing Feist absolutely blow me away with this live performance on the Late Show, I knew that the point to so many things was lost on me.

Whether I support the APEC Summits or even can truly sit here and tell you I know what I’m talking about is erroneous. When every politician, every childhood sporting hero, every friend, every hope and dream has abandoned you, you’ll sit in your room (provided your house hasn’t been demolished) or you’ll walk down the street and it’ll be there. And when you’ve lost it all, that little hint of rhythm in the way your walk or that irregular heart beat that tells you your cholesterol is too high, let it remind you that music is all we need. We sometimes take music too lightly, and everyone’s myspace profiles confess “music is my life” I doubt many of you fuckers even realize, it really is.

Youtube: Feist - "1234"

Feel free to disagree with me if it might make your day feel a little bit more worthwhile.