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The Opposite of Wailing
Jim
It is important for those of us who are among the Master Wailers of the Universe to take time
out every now and again to contemplate the plight of The Mass Who Do Not Wail. It is difficult to
characterize them except to note their absence of wailage; there is a myriad of pitfalls on the
Yellow Rock Road. Here are some common habits that prevent a person from rocking on a higher plane.
Bill Evans never wailed. Not even once.
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Humming or half-singing a song. Either belt it out or don’t sing. It doesn’t matter if
you know the words as long as you ride the wail-wave with your attitude and facial expressions.
There are plenty of musicians out there who don’t even know the words to their own songs. Kurt Cobain
is ostensibly singing “Hello, hello, hello, how low?” but really it’s a mumble delivered with a steady
wail. Being able to hold a note is also optional. Just launch into the chorus with a furrowed brow
and no will care if your C above high C was sharp or not.
Being bored in traffic. We all have very interesting and important places to go every
day. It is a sign that you are diametrically opposed to wailing if you miss the opportunity to enhance
your wailing skills during travel time. Since you’re already on the way to pick up some extra guitars
in case of an emergency you might as well be shaking the frame of your vehicle with heart-skipping drum
solos. The reason why so many hard-rockers come from small towns is that these people drive around
rocking out all day with no where else to go.
Avoiding potentially embarrassing situations. You’ve just arrived at the beach and all
of your friends are stripping to their bathing suits. If you are going to leave your shirt and shorts
on because your skin is practically reflective or your paunch hangs out then you have shut the door to
wailing already. The moment you decide to not care about some personal short-coming and play volley
ball with some greased up dudes is the moment when you begin to concentrate on executing a
photosynthesis-energized precision spike. Or in other words, you’ve finally given yourself the
possibility to wail.
So stop reading this and leap over something while giving yourself a high-five. Or walk around
with a Hello Kitty shirt (for guys) or an Everquest shirt (for girls) like it’s no thing. If you can
identify the opposites of wailing in your routine and bust out of them life will get a lot more
interesting. And to find out if you really wail, combine all of the lessons presented here and drive
around town with your windows down singing at the top of your lungs, even at stoplights. If someone
waiting next to you smiles or bestows a thumbs-up on you, you know you’re on the right track.
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