I admit one thing here. I listen to to Toby Keith (before editing it said Tovy Keith...yeah Tovy Keith that Jewish country musician...haven't you heard of him?) from time to time. I enjoy it. Or I should say the "Earl, let's pile the kids in the trailer and go to WalMart" part of me enjoys his music. The Midwestern hick in me loves to belt out, "Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses" at the top of my lungs. I used to hide my musical tastes and be embarassed by them. Now I could care less. I freely admit that I purchased not one but two N'Sync CDs and Justin Timberlake's CD. I know all the words to Nick Lachey songs. I can rap along with Warren G's entire G Funk Era CD. And I love The Judds. I am no longer ashamed. I no longer cringe while people flip through my CD book. Instead I am proud of my openmindedness and ability to love all kinds of music.
Over and over again I have heard people discussing some Bob Dylan-esque inspiration and I just wasn't feeling him. His voice has never appealed to me so I missed out on his apparent lyrical genius most of the time unless someone else I liked decided to cover his music. Such was the case with "All Along The Watchtower" covered by the Dave Matthews Band and The Indigo Girls. I love both versions. I never thought that I would be lyrically inspired by Bob Dylan and I am grateful that I have been.
"those of you who still have eyes to see
ears hear me
you will be saved by grace in the end
saved by time if you don't understand
that your hatred is rooted in your fear
and your paranoia and insecurities
well they don't belong here
you got to take someones hand
you got to learn to make your stand"
Yeah.......uh.....yeah.
Even though she is a weirdo (who isn't?), thisendup got me to thinking about something. She really wanted to see someone do coke in person. Weird as it sounds, I was like yeah I get ya girlfriend. (Not like in the movies...if that was the case I would have seen enough coke snorting by the 3rd or 4th viewing of Boogie Nights.) But then I think of all the weirdo things I would totally like to see. Like...a dead body in the morgue, a real life crime scene, prison, the Cubs winning the World Series, Michael Jackson's old nose(s), my inner ear, what my face looks like during sex...you know weird random shit.