And the reason for that exception is because the song carries a truth for the writer, or even (This happens plenty of times) for the singer of someone else’s song. To some it’s metal (Although why is completely beyond me!), to others it’s modern country, but occasionally there will be an artist, or a song, or an album, that is YOUR exception to the rule. We all have a genre of music that for some reason we just can’t stand. You already know that this is a universal truth. The thing is, that no matter what box, or genre that you put me, or my music into, or even the ones I put myself into, the creativity should only ever be honest. The band was Throwing Muses, the singer Kristin Hersh and the song was Mania. I began a writing spree that didn’t stop until my next epiphany in May 1991. I no longer had to conform to pop, indie, or even the classic rock that had first opened my eyes (Or ears) to the power of music. I suddenly knew I had been given a key and a license to express myself in whatever way it came out. The female guitarist/singer, demurely dressed in a cardigan, yelled and moaned headlong through the song, filled with unrelenting rhythm and repeating chords. It was a visceral, careening, out-of-control sound, with lyrics that were passionate and painful by themselves, and didn’t make any immediate sense together Lots of sharp cut vignettes of hurt and anger like CBS’s, “Your World In 60 Seconds”, on the morning news. After the zany 80’s opening credits and a brief introduction there was live footage of the band that would change my life. We had just watched Joanne Conway fall on her backside in the Ladies Figure Skating and it was replaced by a music program. My mum was very ill and in a lot of pain and was unable to sleep. My dad had left again and my sister must have still been working nights at the hospital. I was sitting watching the winter olympics with my mum late one night in February 1988. I need an umbrella, If I’m gonna stand in the rain”
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