By Katy

Ain\’t No Rest for the Wicked

I just discovered Cage the Elephants.  OK if you’ve already heard of them, don’t rub it in.  I’m older now.  It takes me longer to find these “new” shiny bands, OK?  Anyway, music for me is like a drug.  When I go and see shows, I forget about my troubles for awhile.  I embrace the beats, the performance, and the sheer musicianship of those on stage.  Even if I had never heard of the band and don’t know a word of the lyrics, I enjoy myself.  I dance.  I laugh.  I am mesmerized by the sensory overload — lights, the video screens, the music…oh the music!  Good music lifts my soul!  Cage the Elephants is not a band I would’ve bought if I had just heard them on the radio.  The song in the video is catchy enough, and it sound like a little bit like the White Stripes whom I love.  But I just wouldn’t have loved the song enough to spend money on the single.  After catching one of their shows though, I was sold.  The energy of the frontman invigorated me.  He looked about 15 years old.  He danced around on stage like a young Mick Jagger on acid.  He dived into the crowd, at one point, like he was at an old school grunge show.  I ate it up.  Money well spent.

I don’t spend a lot of money on random things.  I don’t like to have a lot of possessions.  I’ve always been that way.  Perhaps it’s the commitment-phobic side of me.  But I’ve always collected music.  I would spend my last dollar on good music.  I would love a huge library filled with books and music.  It’s borderline obsessive some days.  I will go months without buying music, but when the mood strikes, I will sit at my computer for an entire day…downloading songs and albums on itunes…making mixes for friends, loved ones or even myself…and just being absorbed by the entire experience.  Of course, it’s so easy these days to buy music.  I just click BUY, and it automatically charges my credit cards.  Just today, I spent about $30 buying 3 CD’s.  Not a lot of money, but when you add it up to the thousands upon thousands of CD’s, LP’s, and cassette tapes I have…it’s a lot.  But worth it, don’t you think?

Tags: Cage the Elephants, money, music, White Stripes

This entry was posted on Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 7:56 pm and is filed under Katy's Korner. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.