I saw Swervedriver last night. They blew my mind. It was such a great show, and I've wanted to see them for over 10 years now. Terry was kind enough to give me his free ticket (compliments of "Uncle Henry"- thank you again!), making me the happiest wife in Atlanta on Thursday night.
Not sure how many of you were shoe-gazers in the '90's, but Swervedriver was my favorite out of the lot. Perhaps it's the fact that they were a big part of our "courting" years soundtrack, or perhaps it's that Terry and I listened to 99th Dream on the car ride down to visit his mom for the first time, or perhaps it's that I can't help but imagine a younger pre-Dera Terry listening to them on headphones in the 90's (so cute!), but whatever- I was taken back to happy times as this song played:
I closed my eyes and those tummy butterflies returned, fallen under a spell cast by the gods of 18 year old love. That's what Swervedriver sounds like to me, but don't let that keep you from listening to them. (I forget that my warm fuzzy memories are not to others.)
Anyway, excuse my little brag. It's just that seeing an old favorite band play on a Thursday night isn't the norm these days. How old would I sound if I said, "you don't hear music like this anymore"?
4 comments:
That's probably the nicest compliment I've ever heard pointed in the direction of the band I'm with. Thank you. It means a lot to know we touched a soul or two. jez x (SWD)
wow... i got a message from jez!
had i known you would be reading this, i'd have REALLY told you what i thought {gush, gush}.
i'm sending everyone i know in ny to see you on the 11th and 12th.
best and thanks, dera
dera. yes - you are old (not b/c you said that but b/c you are OLD!). its ok - embrace it. nothing wrong with getting gushy about bands from the 90's. i just saw jeremy enigk (from sunny day real estate) last week and i felt really, really OLD b/c it was nearly 15 yrs. ago that they released their first record that "changed" my life... so, i completely understand all of what you had to say...
Dera, where are you? No blog entries for weeks now is not like you.
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