My Brilliant Feat

12.29.05

I woke up this morning with a stiff neck, a sore back, aching arms and legs, yet all I did was sit in a bar for six hours! I think I took a cab straight home from Motor City last night. Hmmm.... a bit concerning. I mean disconcerting (thanks brother).

Spent a good part of the morning learning about George Best (Irish-born soccer/football hero who recently died) for absolutely no reason since I'm not the least bit interested in sports. But I was searching the iTunes music store for some Bee Gees track and stumbled upon "My Brilliant Feat," a musical tribute to George Best by Men At Work vocalist Colin Hay. Since I haven't heard the song, I can't tell you if it's as bad as Puff Daddy's lame tribute to Biggie Smalls, but I imagine it's close. Seems there's a bit of controversy surrounding "My Brilliant Feat." Y'see, the cause of Best's death has been listed as "multiple organ failure," so proceeds from the tribute are being donated to the Organ Donor Family Network. Truth is, however, the man drank himself to death. As one reviewer pointed out, "he destroyed his first liver through drinking, and upon receiving his second, ignored doctor's advice and continued with the same." So the person who consciously destroyed his donated liver is now the poster boy for organ donation. Brilliant!

My dreams for the past three nights all involved Barry Gibb, which reminds me of my plan to make 2006 a Bee Gees appreciation year. I love the Bee Gees—so much that I want to do them right by purchasing one Bee Gees LP a month (beginning with their debut and continuing in chronological order) and spend a significant amount of time really getting to know each one. It'll be my personal Bee Gees salon! Feel free to join me. We shall begin on January 2nd with Bee Gees First.

Sheila

photo: Sheryl + Sheila cruisin' for a bruisin' at Pianos

Posted by Sheila at 02:25 PM