A few days ago someone was asking me about one of my New Year’s resolutions – saying yes to more things. They were asking what the limits were, which I thought was an interesting question, as I don’t know.
To me, saying “yes” to more things definitely means stepping out of my comfort zone and trying different experiences but I’m not going to force myself to do anything I don’t want to. Saying yes to more things in my mind is going to be enriching, exhilarating and interesting, not remotely unpleasant.
Having said that, as I write this I am slightly apprehensive, as I have agreed to go to a gig tonight. A Slipknot gig.
In case you don’t know, Slipknot look like this:
My daughter looked incredulous when I told her what I was doing tonight…and I guess that’s fair enough as Slipknot and me are a pretty unlikely combination.
I don’t think I said yes on a whim…I am truly intrigued. I can say hands down I have never been to a gig like this before. I have been to plenty of rock gigs in my time, but not a heavy metal gig and nothing as heavy as I know this is going to be.
I know it’s going to be loud and aggressive and whilst I have had a listen to their most recent album, I’m going to be in that odd position of not knowing any of the tunes (!), so I won’t be singing along (!!).
I am trying not to have any expectations but if I had to pick one word that I feel will describe my experience tonight, it would be “scary”.
I have visions of being surrounded by an audience wearing Slipknot masks with a lot of studded leather, looking menacing – or maybe my brain is just wildly generalizing!
I have been quite vocal on my love of Corey Taylor’s songwriting and maybe I would feel less trepidation if he were performing with Stone Sour, but he’s not.
I’m hoping for a stripped down ballad or two – a nice acoustic interlude… I would love to hear them perform Snuff which I covered on my album “The Way I’m Wired” – although I don’t know how likely that is.
Me being me, my biggest dilemma is what to wear. I feel the need to toughen myself up a bit, so nothing pink or overly girly and comfort is pretty important as apparently I’m going to be standing for the evening – and I haven’t done that at gig for a long time!I am possibly over-thinking the whole thing. Maybe there will be lots of people just like me and I’ll just blend in? Hmmm....Anyway, whatever my experience, rest assured, I’ll let you know how I get on…