Rick Stiebel/Columnist
I woke up early Saturday morning with a riff kicking around in my cranium that I couldnB次元官网网址檛 trace until my second cup of coffee.
Do do, do do do do do, do do do do do do, do do do.
Apologies for my clumsy attempt at sharing the melody; this would make perfect sense to those who can read musical notes if I knew how to copy them.
Turns out it was a song by the Headstones from The Oracle of Hi-Fi, one of a cluster of CDs the bride and I took home, winners of a draw prize we lucked into at a Black Press Christmas party in 2002.
One song in particular had a combination of staccato guitar and pulsing beat that I never dance to that grabbed me by both ears on first listen.
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Although I hadnB次元官网网址檛 heard it again in years, the song enjoyed a moment or two on mainstream radio at the turn of the century during my afternoon commutes back before I eschewed the repetition of classic rock stations.
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The lyrics resonated with me so much I mused to the bride that the words we just shared may have inspired the next Rickter Scale.
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IB次元官网网址檒l spare you the song in its entirety, but feel compelled to share a few lines that left an indelible impression on me.
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Rick Stiebel is a semi-retired local journalist.
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