For those of you who know me, a little or a lot, you know I love karaoke... Well, you know I love to sing... I would sing at the drop of a hat... You remember that show "Cop Rock?.. The one where they sang in the courtroom and all that?.... Sometimes, I think that would be cool..(and yes, then I realize how strange that would actually be, but fuck off anyways)..... So is all this singing talk going to get to some point?.. Who knows.
But, to start, a few weeks ago, I was rocking out at Cheerliters (not a spelling error), where everyone knows my name..... My friend Lauren was eyeing this scruffy looking guy (whom she said looked like the dead guy in Weekend at Bernie's), and I went up to sing "Hemorrhage" by Fuel... Look at my face - do you think I could rock out like Brett Scallions?.. Well, guess what?.... I can (but only Hemorrhage and Shimmer, because I fail at Bad Day). Now, scruffy Bernie-guy comes up to me after that song and explains to me that he has a band that needs a lead singer and he is going to bring his band in next week to hear me at karaoke (he did do that).....
So.."Bernie" and I talked for a bit and I didn't put any stock in the conversation... However, my imagination wandered and I thought about how much I missed performing... Nope, never had a real band... But I sang a lot, with show choir, and open mic nights at the Channing-Murray Center, and once on the street with a homeless guy at Christmas... Everyone has some secret desire that they never plan on acting on... Mine is to be rock star... Apparently, someone has other plans for me.
At my church, like at many other non-Catholic churches, we have a Praise Band, and seriously, they do rock... Pastor Kirk, upon the instruction of a member of my church who is now a sitting judge, invited me to sing during one of the services... Obviously, Fuel is not going be part of the liturgy, so who to sing?.. I found two bands that I can sing their songs and would not scare the congregation into revoking my membership... One is Jars of Clay, one of my all-time favorite bands (yes, I love this band)... The other is Run Kid Run (an edgier Christian Rock band)... Now, I am working on the songs, seeing if I can pull of playing the guitar (probably not, so thankfully Pastor Kirk can play)...
And then tonight, "Bernie" called and told me that his band is practicing this week... Cop Rock, here I come . . .
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