Hair bands and the like...


I'm writing this on the train back from Belfast, wifi is being crappy and I'm bored so you're it! 
Been in Belfast for a gig. Journey, Whitesnake, and Thunder. Not many will have heard of the latter. I first saw them in London about %% years ago. They were all long hair, tight trousers and guitars. Something I was mad into back then. It was a small gig, but I was completely blown away by them. So when the chance came to see them in The Odyssey in Belfast I jumped on it. One of my favourite bands in one of my fav cities. Sure I'd be mad not to, eh? 
I love Whitesnake and Journey too so win win for me. 

Sometimes Belfast gets a bit of stick in the media. It's undeserved for the most part. Yes there are a few assholes there but we get them in Dublin too funnily enough. I met a few lovely guys at the gig, couldn't have been nicer. Full of chat and laughs. And when we got lost on the way home the taxi driver from earlier saw us and gave us a free lift back to the hotel. Downside was the bar was closed. What's that all about? In Dublin they're open till at least 2am! So, just had to empty out the fruit machine for a laugh! 

Anyhow, I digress. This was meant to be about the music. I love music. I couldn't imagine life without it. Not one particular genre of music, but all of them. Every song I have on my iPod evokes a memory or a feeling or a thought. My house is constantly filled with music of some sort. When I'm feeling low I'll put on my iPod, headphones in, volume up. When I get migraine I play heavy metal loudly and it helps. Even now while writing this, I'm listening to the ultimate "hair band" Bon Jovi. I've seen them 3 times live. Had to be pulled from the pit at one, cause I passed out. 

It's not just listening to the music though. I sing and dance along to it too. In my head I'm this tall, sexy, god-like rock chick. In reality, I'm just a wee mad woman who can't sing. I think I drove everyone mad last night singing my heart out. Oh well! I looked the part, with my high heeled boots and leather trousers though! (And the hair, high as always)
I'm proud of the fact that none of my kids are much into the pretend music around nowadays. They're more into the same type of music as I am. (Well Anna likes 1d a bit but I'll let her away with it). It's funny the way certain songs evoke memories though. Hmm a lot of mine evoke memories of day drinking during my summer holidays, but that's another story! 

So as we leave Drogheda, on my way home for a big big rugby weekend, I recommend that everyone get their inner rock god/goddess on this weekend. Life's more fun with a soundtrack. At the moment mine is Breaking Point by Bullet for My Valentine. Maybe it's trying to tell me something! 

SharonAnn

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