Drunk on margarita and full of food
Okay, this is only tenuously related to the blog topic at hand - that being the girls - but what's the point of having a platform if you can't post this sort of thing?
I was looking for some music to play tonight as we got Jenna ready for bed and I thought that Poi Dog Pondering's first album would be perfect. Light, fun. I thought the girls might like it. And sure enough, Melanie tells me that this - "Living with the Dreaming Body", the album's opening track - is her favorite. Of course "Falling", the album's second song, was her favorite when we heard that too.
But the tin whistle opening... hearing it I'm just flooded with such joy. And that's what I wanted to share. We all have songs (or sounds, or smells) that take us back to a time or place, or that we associate with good things or bad things. For me, the Eagles will always remind me of the dentist's office. But this song, and particularly the opening, has such a positive, and truly a physiological, effect on me. It doesn't remind me of anything in particular, but is connected with so much of my life from probably junior year in high school on. Maybe it's just an image of being "drunk on margarita and full of food" (song lyrics) on a beautiful, warm Texas day, or something equally pleasing.
I just had to find a clip to put on the blog and amazingly I've found a video for the song. This is from PDP's Austin days and is supposedly directed by Richard Linklater who would later go on to direct films such as "Dazed and Confused" and "Before Sunrise". I hope it brings you a little bit of happiness as well.
PS. Poi Dog has a new album coming out April 1. No joke.
PPS. Sorry about the annoying pre-roll ad. Of course I wanted to use this YouTube clip, but SonyBMG only wants me to share the video from their site, no doubt because of said ad. Marc, can you do something about that? ;-)
4 Comments:
When you go to heaven and God say, "What good have you done in the world?', you can now add two more to the number of people you've introduced to PDP.
Amy
Thanks for spreading the Poi word! I work with Poi so I was directed to your blog because of google alerts.
What a lovely post, I enjoyed reading and will forward to the band. Thanks again for your continued support and for sharing the music.
Best, Chaka T
Wow! I'm honored by your visit, Carolynn/Chaka T. You're a familiar name to me as I've been a member of PDP's email list for years and was even on the DC "street team" back in the Pomegranate/Liquid White Light days.
All the best, and we can't wait for the new album.
Thanks for reminding me of PDP. Should find some old hothouse flowers and buffalo tom for good measure.
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