So I've been listening to lots of music lately. If you know me, you know I like music; but I really don't listen to it as much as I'd like to. When I'm working in my office, I can listen to Pandora Radio (http://www.pandora.com) on my computer. Mostly I listen to my Mozart station while I'm working. But the other day I was listening to my Third Eye Blind station. (I'm actually listening to it right now, too).
At one point this song "Champagne Supernova" by a controversial British band came on. It's a cool song musically, but the words really started to bug me. Not in a moral sense. Not even in the sense that most people don't really know what the song really means because its lyrics are so surreal. It was the repetitive line in every verse, that kept nagging me. It seemed like every few seconds the lead vocalist was asking me, "Where were you while we were getting high?"
About half way through the song I wanted to talk with this guy. I mean, I don't know where I was while they were getting high. They never told me they were going to get high. They never asked me to join them. Not that I would have joined them, but don't project your feelings of rejection and abandonment on me. How am I suppose to know when and where you're getting high. And what do you care where I was when you were getting high. Frankly, it's none of your business where I was when you were getting high. I was probably doing something productive while you were getting high. You know, if you hadn't been getting high, you might have know where I was!
Dude! The song just came on. I don't believe it. While I'm writing this he's asking me, "Where were you while we were getting high." You know, I don't know where I was when he was getting high, but I like the song for the guitar and the melody. Especially this live version. But these guys didn't get their money's worth of whatever they were getting high on. I mean, aren't these emotive poets supposed to find inspiration for lyrics when they're high. It didn't work this time.
So my advice to Oasis is: stop getting high so you will know where I am and you can write meaningful and diverse lyrics for your cool rock songs; or find some better mind altering substances so you won't know where I am and you can write interesting and diverse lyrics for your cool rock songs. But what do I know?
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