MindlessChatter

Knowing the family history around hand injuries, we should pool our money together and get Capt. Punctuation one of these for Christmas.

I just finished watching “It Might Get Loud.” Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White get together and discuss the guitar and describe some of their early experiences.   At one point Page stands up and plays the intro to “Whole Lotta Love” and you can see both The Edge and White turn into awestruck little boys.    

Music has always been a part of our lives.  Sure we watched a lot of T.V. growing up but it was music that kept us grooving during chores or entertained in the car (this was before radio was more commercial than music).  Sometimes we got to experience those special moments when you and a friend/stranger/group all ‘sing’ together, usually off key, and forever link that moment or situation to that song.  I have always been drawn to songs that tell an interesting story and subsequently spending way too much time researching the true events behind the lyrics or interpreting the meaning.   Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan I used to have these lyrics on my bedroom wall.  This was before we had the luxury of the internet and had to actually listen, pause, write, listen, pause, write, rewind, listen, rewind, listen, pause, write….cont. Dad and I used to argue over the lyrics; we never did come to an agreement on the 6 th verse (the part about living with them on Montague Street).  H