okay, so...this is probably gonna be way more emotional and mushy than i generally like to be, but erin's post really hit me and made me think.

she said:

>>but there is NOTHING like that feeling of the first show you see after its been a long time. its always the best - you can't even begin to capture its emotion, and how overwhelming it is.<<

this just captured everything so well for me.

when these guys stepped on stage in Asbury Park, i literally thought i was gonna burst from smiling and laughing and feeling like i was going to cry and from every single thing that was running through me (and no, i'm not talking about the Corona!!) at that moment. there IS something about seeing a band that you adore, especially after a long absence (in this case, it was 4 months). it's that moment in time where you (or i) feel like the entire rest of the world could collapse and it would be okay.

i agree with Sue (and everyone else that agreed with Sue) that there's a definitive Blurred moment for me. i can't put my finger on exactly what it is about the song or the energy that just totally pumps me up, but i do know that there's no better way to start a show than that.

i've been going to see live music for many more years than i care to admit, and the second the lights go down i've always gotten really psyched...but i don't think i ever really experienced that "thing", that butterfly feeling in my stomach, until i saw Counting Crows for the first time. in the years since then, i became pretty convinced that they were the only band in the world that could evoke THAT much and that KIND of emotion in me.

i was really surprised that Joe 90 could match or even surpass that for me, but it's happened. and it happens every single time i put Dream This into my cd player and hear the beginning of Ferris Wheel.

people ask me pretty often what i meant when i said in my little intro on the site that it's not often a band inspires me to give something back, but these guys did. i never quite know how to answer that, other than "it just happened". i guess it's all about that feeling i get. and great as these guys are as people (and we all know they are), when it comes down to it...it's all about this phenomenal music.

thank you to all of you for being there to share it with me. as special as it is, you just make it that much better.

this post has been brought to you by aimee and the fine folks at Nyquil.

sleep sweet, kids.

-- aimee.* (satylite2s@aol.com), March 01, 2000

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i know we talked about this earlier, but thank you for posting that aimee...i don't know what else i can say other than..ditto. i feel exactly the same. for myself, the only other artists i have found to bring out this kind of...emotion has been tori, ben lee...and now joe90. im completley immersed in the music and its the best place that i can be. and everything is wonderful there. its pure bliss. thank you. erin.
steady. as it comes, right down to you.

-- erin*89 (feelingtornados@aol.com), March 01, 2000.