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Lesbian Wisdom

"The best thing you've ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously. It's only life, after all. There's more than one answer to these questions, and the less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine."

Old song, I know it is, but still fantastic. Lesbians rock!

Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine

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  1. ErikaSeptember 14, 2008 at 2:11 PM

    Love, love, love them! I have every cd except Amy's(my husband's fave, b/c she's more rock) solo, which I still want, even though Emily is my favorite. I even have cds that I didn't even originally realize Emily sang back up for like Sister Hazel and I love her duet with Vonda Shepard. My all-time fave IG song is Virginia Woolf off the Rites of Passage cd, which is also my favorite album. I still think their first cd is classic. All of their songs are poetry.

    I've always listed Indigo Girls and Depeche Mode (total opposites)as my top two all-time faves.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2008 at 3:38 PM

    I didn't know Emily as backup for Sister Hazel, I love that group. I particularly like Change Your Mind, which I had forgotten about til you mentioned them! As far as the IG go, I agree that *all* of their songs are poetry. I adore them. Even if they are girls.

    Also a really big Depeche Mode fan here, I have all of their CDs. Between your IG collection and my DM collection we've got the gamut covered. :-)

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  3. ErikaSeptember 14, 2008 at 11:09 PM

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  4. LuminaSeptember 14, 2008 at 11:36 PM

    Great song! I am not familiar with The Indigo Girls, though of course I've heard of them. *dork*

    Speaking of lesbians...my dad was so cute a few years ago...

    "Yeah, I played golf the other day. My buddy brought his friend. Honey, she was a "lisbian." (his eyes pop open a bit shocked that he golfed with one)

    Me smiling: Oh really? A "lisbian."

    Him: Yeah...nice lady...nice lady...good golfer...just a normal person...but yeah, she was a "lisbian" honey.

    It was like he had been "enlightened" having had a blast with a "lisbian." Who knew they were just normal people too huh?

    Parents...whadya gonna do with 'em? ha

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2008 at 11:56 PM

    I really can't pick a favorite Depeche Mode song, I guess, but Enjoy the Silence would be up there. I do like Personal Jesus, a lot actually, too. I guess if I HAD to pick one it would be People Are People.

    As far as lisbians are concerned, well, I have to admit I like Dad sometimes find some of them scary and enjoy when I do find some that are "normal people." :-) But then again, I'm one of those nancy boys, I scare easily.

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:01 AM

    Well, fuck, it just occurred to me that I'm way off course here. My point of the post, despite getting all sidetracked and stuff, is the point of the song, that there is no one "right" path to whatever answer one might be seeking and that when we realizes that, the closer to being okay with wherever we might be here and now. Jeez.

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  7. ErikaSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:08 AM

    My Bad. I got it O.T.

    I also love the lines :

    "I went to see the doctor of philosophy
    With a poster of Rasputin, and a beard down to his knee
    He never did marry, or see a b-grade movie
    He graded my performance, he said he could see through me
    I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind
    I got my paper and I was free"

    I like that they're all about being "real." Real life wisdom and different/varied life choices can sometimes trump inexperienced intellectualism.

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  8. LuminaSeptember 15, 2008 at 12:13 AM

    Sorry bout that.

    It just stirred up the sweet memory for me.

    I LOVE the song and now might check out more from The Indigo Girls!

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2008 at 4:26 AM

    "I like that they're all about being 'real.' Real life wisdom and different/varied life choices can sometimes trump inexperienced intellectualism.

    Fantastically said, sister!

    Lumina - why sorry??? But for whyever, yes, do check out more of the Girls, well worth it!

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  10. Diane J StandifordSeptember 16, 2008 at 9:33 PM

    I am confused. Maybe your dad played with a woman from Lisbon. Although...once I was a security guard at a women's golf tournament and the locker room looked more like a gay bar. Jane Oliver.

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  11. LuminaSeptember 16, 2008 at 9:41 PM

    *giggle* Diane,

    You are kidding right? My dad just doesn't know how to pronounce "lesbian." I thought that was cute, as well as his excitement/amazement that she was "A really nice lady hon...AND a GREAT golfer." :)

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2008 at 4:10 AM

    I love the quip about your dad, that was cute. Why am I all of a sudden thinking of the Dinah Shore Golf Tournament and 18 holes?

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