Alternative Medicine…
I’ve been basking in too much techno, dance and house music that my brother has labeled me as Mr. GT, Mr. Gay Trance. Unfortunately, his ignorance at times will not truly comprehend the rhythmic message of trance music and of course the third gender will actually sue us for our hypocrite ways.
As I have mentioned before the beauty of the music I listen too creates a feeling of euphoria, it is free of emotions and its main aim is to simply start moving my body into an energy craving, orgasmic, out of direction life form. Believe me I may look stupid moving my arms about but the energy release from the beats itself is pretty gratifying.
House music saved me, I believe in the song "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life," music saves and heals and as described by the group "The Shaman" - "Activate the Rhythm, the rhythm that has always been within you;" I have reactivated the missing beats in me. I have done this and never felt more alive than recently and it feels good. But during the times back to the soul searching days, it took a lot of beats to fix me up. Only till yesterday did I decide to dig up the archives for old music. I’ve been telling myself that I was saved before by something else and while looking through Friendster and Youtube did I find the old me through Oasis. The Brit Rock Band of the Mid-90s has lived on forever through the hearts and minds of millions. I love them and listening to them yesterday has brought back missing pieces of me. Songs for my wife, Karen / Bernadette / Meg, Joel and a whole load of others bring back the punch of crisp, fresh memories just like your early morning brew. I honestly just wanted to cry remembering these songs from an era taken for granted.
And now as I listen to the band that made my world rotate, I remember the people as well. I know the people whom I dedicated “Wonderwall,” “Live Forever,” “Don’t Go Away,” “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” “Stand By Me,” “All Around the World,” “Champagne Supernova,” and many others. I’m glad they’ve been a part of me. They are more than just songs, more than just people; they were an alternative version of who I am.