powderfinger

So ive had a few wines, and so what, im a little emotional, and yes i did just get back from the Powderfinger gig.. But you know what, you can all just hear this! You can go ahead and roll your eyes, mumble “OMG this women is pathetic”, but i dont care. Im going to rant on and tell you all about it anyway!

My love for ”The Finger started from day dot”! All the way from back in the days of Parables for Wooden Ears. They were considered sorta Grunge or Alternative back then, but i loved them. The sound of Bernie’s voice impressed me ,the guitar work of Haug and Darren was awesome and the Bass from JC gave them an edge, but most of all, the drummer did it for me!

Yes, i’m shallow.. and my ever so slight crush on the Cogs inspired my love for the band. I wasnt just impressed by his gorgeous smile and quirky sense of humour. His drumming was pretty awesome too!

And it only got better.. and better.

With each and every CD they released after Parables, i grew more and more in love with their music. Clearly, along with the rest of Australia!
With every new song or CD released, a memory was created. From my Dad (may he rest in peace), hanging shit on me for my “strange taste in music”, but then catching him sing along to the “Pick you up”. He passed away not long after that, and was told after his funeral that he secretly “quite liked the band” .

Then to seeing my best friends son, at the age of 2, totally head banging it out to “Belter”He is 13 in a few months, and a typical teenager. It tears me apart to see him growing up, mainly because it makes me feel so old. So now when i see him, I just envision this cute little toddler headbanging away to the “finger”.. This makes me happy again, and keeps me in denial about my age!

My best friend and i had the most memorable moments with Powderfinger. We had so many nights out on the town when Powderfinger were becoming popular with Internationalist. We are both a bunch of fuck knuckles when we are sober, so you can only imagine what we were like “Runk” and very very young. Lyrical dancing was our thing to do when on the fluids.. well our interpretation anyway. But our best effort in our dance moves was with “My Happiness”. I could never write down in words just how funny our dance moves to that song are. I might have to get her drunk one night and secretly record it, so you can enjoy our humiliation. But it was funny. We re-enacted it tonight at the gig. We Lol’d!

Then there is Dan. The last night i saw him, we sat up till all hours listening to every Powderfinger cd there is. Drunk and slightly in lust, the song “Since you’ve been gone” was the song that pre empted a night i will never forget. I t was our first kiss and our last. I cant listen to that song anymore without shedding a tear. But its a beautifull memory that i’ll always have!

So thank you Powderfinger, for bringing me so much joy,passion,and fun. But thank you first and foremost for the memories that i’ll carry forever! They can never be taken away thanks to you. I will miss you guys!