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Blister in the Sun – The Violent Femmes
I am convinced that this song is the all-nighter anthem.
Notice the tempo: it’s pretty consistently upbeat, pounding on its usual familiar notes. The band sings with zest and purpose. Every word is meant to be there. Then, after about 4 sets of this happy yuppy stuff, the Femmes sing a little softer, and surely enough the tempo slows a little too.
But then ZOOM! They are off singing with just as much forte and playing with just as much gumption.
Before you know it, the song is over.
This mimics an all nigher, perfectly. You start out increasing your speed and working harder as you go. But at some point, you inevitably, hit a ditch. You start surfing the web or clowning around and you get groggy.
If you haven’t given up, at some point, you will jump start, get back into the swing of things. Sometimes it is as if the snail-pace distraction period never even happened.
Once the sun comes up, you always say “Wow, I wasn’t expecting that so soon. I thought I had more time.”
It’s the same thing over and over again.
Recently, I have been pulling one to two all-nighters a week. It’s probably been going on almost six weeks (I know for certain it has been at least four straight weeks.) But what is nice is that I have been able to deal with it pretty well.
Anyway, I want you to listen to this in the mind set of ‘I am trying to stay up all night and be productive.’ Try to ignore the loopy lyrics, although their zany randomness complements the deranged mindset that an all-nighter is undoubtedly associated with. Let me know what you think.
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