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[blustocking]

It wasn't for lack of poison that I made it home.

3.000 pounds of steel, a layered pink and purple haze of sky, marine layer fog so close you can touch it, but you'll never reach it, music, a new CD, thoughts scattered over a busy highway...no time to pause, collect, regroup...gone.

It smells not of rain, but of heavy wet air...not oppressive, elevating. I love the drive home, late. I love the drive. Home. Late. Faster than I should, always faster than I should. Gaining time, losing space, only to find that time is lost again.

And then a song, never heard before tonight, made me cry for no reason save everything.
Had it been raining, what a beautiful tragedy I would have made.



What We Want To Believe In

She was my sunlight
She made my skin glow
She had these bow legs
I didn't want her to go
Blue skies were turning red
Learned my grade the hard way
She loved me or so she said
So I say

We all believe
What we want to believe in
We like to dream
What we want to believe in
This is the real thing

I stretched her dress tight
I cut her hair low
I made her speak right
I didn't want her to go
Grey skies beneath my feet
I slipped on truth the hard way
She preferred herself to me
So I say

We all believe
What we want to believe in
We like to dream
And we want to believe it
So we all believe
What we want to believe in
This is the real thing so dance
Every woman & man
In cloud cuckoo land

--Catherine Wheel

Comments

[photicdriver.livejournal.com]

i love that song! it reminds me of driving solo to vancouver summer before last. i played that song incessantly. i videotaped my journey, and in at least 4 non-consectutive parts you can hear it playing in the background. that whole album is brilliant, although not the best catherine wheel album ever. that would be happy days.
rob dickenson has such a wise voice, especially on that album. it's like he's grown up a lot.

[motherevol.livejournal.com]

Catherine Wheel can bring tears to my eyes in a snap. Their music reminds me of a time that is lost and the people I lost within those times. It also reminds me of Bridgette and how much I miss her.

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[photicdriver.livejournal.com]

i was listening to "adam and eve" the other day. it tells a story, from beginning to end, and it's so naked. have you heard their version of "wish you were here"? i always cry when i hear it.

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

INdeed!

Great album, Happy Days is one of their best, I LOVE his voice, and he's damn sexy to boot!

:D

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[photicdriver.livejournal.com]

oh, hell yes.
my friend sarah and i have seen them twice at the el rey. damn, he's really one of the only rock stars i would fuck. i'm not really an obsessive person, but they are pretty much one of my most favorite bands.

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Luuuuucky, and at the El Rey too. He is definitely "rock-star fuckable".

I think the first time I saw/heard of them was the video for "Waydown". I thought what a cool fucking song! Wait...what a hot guy singing it! woo-woo! It's the eyes I think, so intense and piercing, but in that good way. ;) I only have 3 of their albums. I need to get the rest. So goooood. :)

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[photicdriver.livejournal.com]

yes, very nice. i love waydown! i was in my first semester of college in san francisco when that album came out.
the radio station up there (live 105?) played them live in concert. fucking brilliant. i used to sit in my dorm room, write and listen to happy days very loud on my stereo. i think i was quite angry and it helped soak up all my anger.

Rob Dickinson

[motherevol.livejournal.com]

You know his cousin is Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden, don't you?

I have meet Catherine Wheel twice. The first time it was just Rob sitting up by the bar by himself. I recognized him, and he kept staring back at me, with this huge smile on his face. I finally got up, walked over and said, "nice show" to him. He said, "thanks". I turned around and left. That was all that I needed to improve my evening.

The second time, their record label, PGD threw a party for them. Open bar, free show and parting with the band before and after the gig. That was a great hook-up. I still have that autographed flat that they all signed and the backstage pass somewhere. Damn, I almost forgot all about that, until this post- OUCH, am I old!

Now I have to listen to some Wheel this afternoon and weep into my coffee!

Re: Rob Dickinson

[photicdriver.livejournal.com]

yeah, i knew about him and bruce. rob definately got the looks, although bruce looks much better with short hair. i did see the behind the music...
wow! i am very jealous of your meeting him. i always wondered what he smells like. probably very warm, spicy and nice. like leather and patchouli.
all i have is a stolen copy of ferment with their autographs from my friend will, who is as much of a fan (maybe even more). he has a big autographed poster framed in his apartment. too bad he and i disagree about the best album though. i guess it doesn't matter.
don't feel old. feel rad for having signed shit from an awesome band.
i saw that you like the white stripes. aren't they the dog's bollocks? i saw them at the troubador- excellent.

Re: Rob Dickinson

[motherevol.livejournal.com]

I saw the White Stripes a couple of times at The Empty Bottle (Chicago). They RAWKED my lame ass hard!

BTW, I'm going to add you for having amazing taste in music. Nice to meet you- I'm eVol.

Hobo Love

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

My journal: "Singing songs, makin' friends"

Re: Rob Dickinson

[photicdriver.livejournal.com]

thank you! i am photicdriver, the alter ego of jacque, mild mannered science dork!

[aubreycolors.livejournal.com]

Let me remind you that it's The Catherine Wheel.
kudos to High Fidelity!!
Bah..............

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Fuck that shiz. Sometimes "the" sounds reTAHded, wicked retahded even.

[blustocking.livejournal.com]

Wait a minute, this from the person who thought Catherine Wheel was a chick?! ;)

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