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September 30, 2005
Friday Shuffle - The Something to Cry About Edition
Dear Melissa Etheridge and George Canyon:
Please, cut it out, already. Just stop. This is ridiculous. A faint-hearted crybaby girl like me can only take so much, and I have taken enough, Mr. and Ms. I have taken enough from both of you.
First, Ms. Etheridge, you had to go and perform your new song I Run For Life on Oprah yesterday. I was making a big pot of chili when I watched, and let me tell you, I salted that chili with my tears, your gut-wrencher. Not only that, but because you were on the show with a guy who was born without arms and legs who wrestles and plays football, I'm now having major delusions of grandeur and planning to do the Twin Cities Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk next summer. When my feet fall off after walking 60 miles*, I'll be FedExing their bloody, tattered remains to you.
*I don't expect my feet to fall off after 60 miles. I expect them to go somewhere around mile 24.
And Mr. Canyon ... Mr. Canyon ... I hadn't even heard of you until ten minutes ago. You were performing on a local morning news show. I wouldn't have paid you any mind, except I overheard that you're performing at the National SHARE Memorial Walk, which raises awareness for miscarriage and infant loss, in St. Louis this weekend. As I watched my little blonde 19-month tornado destroying my living room, you performed My Name, and once again I found myself sobbing into a food and beverage vessel. Coffee doesn't need salt, you Canuck soul-crusher! And ... and ... as for you local news day-ruiners, I never would have been subjected to THE SADDEST SONG EVER WRITTEN, had you not allowed George to bring his heart-smooshing (albeit very pretty and touching) song to the viewing public.
Here's the goddamn shuffle. Please let there be some Pantera because if I cry anymore, I'm going to be nothing more than a giant wrinkled, red Craisin
1. Gimme a Sign - Ryan Adams
2. Distant Fingers - Patti Smith
3. Hello Dolly - Louis Armstrong
4. Mystery Hours - The New Pornographers
5. Little Sister - Queens of the Stone Age
6. Let's Go Away for Awhile - Beach Boys
7. Untouchable - Garbage
8. Nothing as it Seems - Pearl Jam
9. I'm in Love with My Car - Queen
10. Underneath it All - No Doubt
Posted by Robin at September 30, 2005 08:53 AM
Comments
A little bit of Queen can lift anyone's spirits! We will ROCK YOU!
Posted by: Eulallia at September 30, 2005 09:52 AM
Hey poppymom, Are you in the Twin Cities? I am! Or are you in St. Louis? I'm confused!
Also saw the show you talked about. Also cried. And what about the guy who lost his leg in a car accident, and then got his years later by a van and broke his back?
Man alive. I will remember him next time I think I am having a bad day.
And wrestler guy was really cute too.
Posted by: Meghan at September 30, 2005 10:51 AM
I watched the same "Oprah" and was sobbing for every story she showed. Who loses a leg and then gets hit while on a bike and becomes paralyzed only to be the inspiration to a disabled African boy? And then to have them and the wrestler in the background as Melissa sang that song? I was a mess and had nothing to "salt" but my keyboard.
Posted by: redheadeditor at September 30, 2005 02:41 PM
I watched the same "Oprah" and was sobbing for every story she showed. Who loses a leg and then gets hit while on a bike and becomes paralyzed only to be the inspiration to a disabled African boy? And then to have them and the wrestler in the background as Melissa sang that song? I was a mess and had nothing to "salt" but my keyboard.
Posted by: redheadeditor at September 30, 2005 02:45 PM
There is a reason I don't watch Oprah. I think I'll stick with listening to Dan Zanes with the Bean.
Posted by: Liz at September 30, 2005 04:54 PM
Dan Zanes makes me cry, too. That "no one can take me away from you" song? Kills me.
Posted by: Poppy at September 30, 2005 10:27 PM
