thirty-four. [THEME: the beatles]

[cabaretlights.livejournal.com]

In My Life
Artist: The Beatles
Album: Rubber Soul
Year: 1965
♥: This is a really interesting theme, isn't it? I know when last we 'spoke' you had no idea what to post, and it took me a really long time to figure out what I was going to post, too --- how do you take one of the most influential bands of our current musical scene and synthesize them into one song? Do you pick a cover? An artist who lists them as an influence? sgdhsdk. A lot to think about.

Here's a secret while I think: I don't actually like the Beatles all that much.
GASP. I know. I know. I get their musical skill, I find many of their songs excellent, and when V got really into them a few years back, I downloaded a few albums with cheerful results. They just never struck me in the way I think many people have been. That said, one of the albums I listened to ad infinitum as a kid was Rubber Soul. In the Sound System Room, my dad would put this on repeat -- but instead of dancing, I found myself singing.

And alright, here we go. I think you know that I used to sing -- not just in the shower, but onstage. I took voice lessons, performed in musicals, was seriously (well, as seriously as you can at 15) considering moving to NYC to become a Broadway star. This part of my life surprises me when I think of it now: I have to do a mental doubletake. "Oh yeah -- you used to spend hours doing vocal exercizes and belting out Don't Cry for Me Argentina. WEIRD."

Anyway, one of the first songs I sang in public was a Beatles one. It was, surprise surprise, In My Life --- one of my favourites. I love the song independently of it representing a somewhat kinetic moment in my life (haha, no reference intended) -- that concept of everything coming together to create you, loving all of it, but some of it meaning so so very much more.


BUT.
The real importance of this song in my life was that I sang it.
So, thanks to the iPad (shitty quality and all because I refuse to pay for a voice-recorder app),
here is me singing a verse of In My Life
GASP GASP GASP.
13 years after I ACTUALLY sang it,
the first time I've ACTUALLY sung in a very long time,
I might be a little out of tune and I'm definitely a lot amateur,
but this is what this song really represents to me and this is what I want to share with you.
So: The Beatles, SUNG BY JILL. hahahaha

In My Life by cabaretlights
** note that my ACTUAL contribution is their original song, and that's the one that should go on the playlist. There's a reason this verse is streamed. haha

Comments

[amethysting.livejournal.com]

DUDE I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAITED THIS LONG TO READ YOUR POST.

Cause like, it's a very exciting one, isn't it?

ASIDE: I used to belt "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" too (during my Evita phase (the Madonna movie, not the stage musical) and sounded nothing like you probably did (and do!).

I love your singing voice...that it both does and doesn't sound like your talking voice...that it's still YOU.

Would you ever go back to it? The singing, I mean?