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bethofalltrades at 01:32pm on 07/02/2009 under memory, music, the cranberries, the internet is magic
bethofalltrades at 01:32pm on 07/02/2009 under memory, music, the cranberries, the internet is magicAfter my last post, y'all delivered magic in the form of the SNL videos of the Cranberries that I wanted.
Zombie:
Ode to My Family:
This makes me realize a couple of things.
- Dolores O'Riordan is not an incredible lyricist. That is okay. I still love her anyway.
- It's no wonder I'm totally emo, considering THIS was what I cut my pop music teeth on.
- Memory is such a malleable thing in some ways. If you'd asked me to describe that video of Zombie before I saw it, I would have told you that Dolores was wearing ripped jeans and had choppy blonde hair and was playing a red electric guitar. I would have sworn in front of God and country that it was a red guitar. But it's a white guitar? Where did the red guitar come from?
It probably came from here:
My brain conflated the two.
- But in other ways, memory is solid. In Ode to My Family, the first time they went from close up on Dolores to the two-shot, I remember it. I could have told you precisely when she'd open and close her eyes. I don't always remember the details, but I remember the visuals that really impact.
My blogs are ending abruptly recently because I am distractable. Today is day one with no Redbull... I'm not quitting, per se, but I'm seeing if I can go a day without the stuff. We'll see. Generally I'm just feeling mentally fuzzy without it.
Love,
Beth
Zombie:
Ode to My Family:
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This makes me realize a couple of things.
- Dolores O'Riordan is not an incredible lyricist. That is okay. I still love her anyway.
- It's no wonder I'm totally emo, considering THIS was what I cut my pop music teeth on.
- Memory is such a malleable thing in some ways. If you'd asked me to describe that video of Zombie before I saw it, I would have told you that Dolores was wearing ripped jeans and had choppy blonde hair and was playing a red electric guitar. I would have sworn in front of God and country that it was a red guitar. But it's a white guitar? Where did the red guitar come from?
It probably came from here:
My brain conflated the two.
- But in other ways, memory is solid. In Ode to My Family, the first time they went from close up on Dolores to the two-shot, I remember it. I could have told you precisely when she'd open and close her eyes. I don't always remember the details, but I remember the visuals that really impact.
My blogs are ending abruptly recently because I am distractable. Today is day one with no Redbull... I'm not quitting, per se, but I'm seeing if I can go a day without the stuff. We'll see. Generally I'm just feeling mentally fuzzy without it.
Love,
Beth
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