Yaaaayyyy!!
And perhaps this will be the day HCTB will dance through your letterbox!!
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We should be the one's fuelling that fire. The ones cheering him on. It should be a feverish, thrilling time, rife with anticipation and the unknown. It should be about positive speculation. It should be about hopes and dreams and fantasies of what might be. We're the one's at the finish line with the champagne and the six foot banner!
I want Meat to succeed, and I want the album to be an amazing success - I mean, of course I do, hands down, I love Meat's music - and I want Meat to be happy with it. And I want everyone to like it. Of course I do. Not everyone WILL, but I WANT them to. And if they don't, hey, no big deal. But as a fan of this man and his music, I WANT it to succeed beyond his wildest dreams. I want it to be brilliant. And so should you.
Isn't that how it should be..?
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I agreed then, and I agree still. To me it's also about keeping fuelled a fire of enthusiasm, popping the champagne to celebrate the delivery of an album which so very many have been wowed by .. and which many have yet to bring home to treasure. I so look forward to hearing their excitement, they who have waited as they read of ours who have had it for a couple of weeks now .. only a couple of weeks, so why wouldn't I be fired with delight still?
If any have a mantle of disillusionment so be it. I am so far from any dismal thoughts they aren't even visible as a speck on the distant horizon! For me Meat has yet again woven his magic and delivered in spades. I have simply loved all the activity he has shared with us, and will look forward to seeing and hearing more, as he continues to promote the album and then embarks on a tour. Where it is, is where it is .. and there will be fans who delight in his performances and share their experiences
I consider my self lucky to follow a performer who, even though he wasn't chucked on stage whilst almost an embryo and didn't achieve world wide recognition until he was in his early thirties, over 30 years on is STILL so energetic, so creative, so filled with passion for what he does that he continues to delight me and so many. I waited for the new album with excitement, and now I have it
I feel no sense of deflation because he's now in his own country working to bring it to people's attention there, because I have yet another album, and imo his most significant, and I derive huge pleasure from listening to it. That Meat is no longer in my back yard is not something that saddens me, even though I am always delighted when he is here. He's an American, he's back home, and that's where he is most of the time. But he's in my world, and that's pretty special. Every time I have attended a concert I have thought how lucky I am to have been put onto the planet at the same time as this remarkable entertainer. I still feel that way every time I play his new album
I too hope it will prove to be successful beyond his wildest dreams. I wanted it to be brilliant, I expected it to be so, and imo it is. So in my world there are no deflated balloons, no tired streamers on the floor, no cake squooshed into the carpet
What I see still is a hugely talented man in love with performing and in love with a new work .. and I feel elation that he still has all the fire and passion that first drew me to him, still has the drive to keep pushing forwards, and the creativity to deliver something remarkable. My glass is not merely half-full .. it's brimming and fizzing!! It's a great time! The party continues in full swing!
Caryl