Have you ever dismissed a song for whatever reason and then like years and years later you rediscover it and you just can't get enough of it? That's happening to me now.
First off, I would like to start this off by saying I am not, in any way, shape, or form a Phish fan. Jamie is. He might say he isn't, but he has to be because he went on Phish tour for a while (like more than once to God knows how many shows in how many different venues). I am a hippie though. I love, love, love the Grateful Dead and I love the whole 60's counter-culture movement and all that it brought us like clothes (tie dye!), and TV (have you ever seen Dragnet, even though they hate hippies I love Sgt. Joe Friday), and Woodstock (I'm talking the Oscar winning documentary here because I was not alive in 1969 to actually be there). Ok, that has nothing to do with anything. My point is, is that I don't like Phish (but they weren't around the 60's but "modern day" hippies like them, except me).
But recently I rediscovered a song by them called "Bouncing Around the Room" and I can't stop listening to it. I can't believe I'm even blogging about this (not that anyone reads my blog) because this is something that I would never admit in public. But I'm obsessed with this song right now for some reason. I'm sure it's just a phase and I'll go grow out of it in like a day or two, but why does this happen?
Jamie and I are going to Bonnaroo in June and Phish is playing (yea for Jamie, boo for Melissa) and I told him I would see them with him since they were such a part of his life (see above). Plus there won't be much else to do while they are playing since I don't imagine any other bands will be on different stages while this is going on. The first year of Roo Widespread Panic headlined two nights and I really dislike them too (except for "Don't Tell The Band" because it's a nice little rock n' roll album, not very Panic-y and probably not good live because they'll jam it all up with jam). So while they were playing (I did try to enjoy them for like 10 minutes and then gave up because I wasn't into their sound and their fans, the ones I was standing around anyway, were gross and kept touching me and talking to me) I wandered my way over to the movie theater and watched a fascinating Bob Marley documentary. It might've been so good because it wasn't Widespread Panic and because it was the only other thing to do while Panic was playing. So I was hoping for something cool to be happening while Phish would play but then I promised Jamie. And if they play "Bouncing Around the Room" then I'll be happy. But of course by then I'll probably be over it.
Bee-Tee-Dubs, the pic above is the first thing that came up in a Google Image Search when I typed in Bouncing Around the Room. I think it's very appropo given the picture of the fish. Some Phish-Head (is that what they're called?) probably made it.
UPDATE: I checked Wikipedia and Phish fans are called Phishheads, Phamily, or Phans.
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