Geddy Lee “My Favourite Headache”
I watch the sea
It helps to anchor me — Geddy Lee
OK, I’m going to put something a little different up on the old Dealing With Headaches blog today. I think we need a musical break from the clincial trials, drug studies and health insurance blues. I have been insprired buy an other 451 Press blog which occassionally features “Musical Monday”s, so I’m going to steal — er, I mean, repectfully imitate — this idea.
We’re off to See the YouTube
If you play this loud enough in your work cubicle, even on your earphones, you could probably induce a headache in order to get out of work. You could probably induce a migraine in in the annoying co-worker next door who has to argue with his Internet connection every five point five seconds.
The song and the album it’s off of is called My Favourite Headache (yes, there’a “u” in there, so don’t panic, all of you American spelling sticklers (and we know who you are) The artist is Canadian, so the British spelling applies). If the singer sounds familiar, that’s because he’s Geddy Lee, the singer from Canadian hard rock band Rush. This is a solo album that came out in 2000.
The YouTube clip here has good sound quality, but is entirely lacking in the visuals department. It’s just the track playing behind a perpetual stare at the interesting album cover.
The song takes some getting used to if you’re not into Rush (and I admit, I’m not, but I like this track a lot). There is an interesting element of calm in the ominous bass guitar and pounding drums. It reminds me that even in the midst of the headache attack, there is a lifeline to cling to — even if it’s just the thought that eventually the headache will go away.
A lot of art has been inspired by suffering (including almost any novel written by an Irishman), and I think “My Favourite Headache” is a good musical metaphore for what a headache is like.
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