A musical premonition

A few weeks ago I had a very vivid dream. I dreamt that I was standing chatting to Neil Finn. 

{Background: For those of you not familiar with him, he is lead singer and guitarist in Crowded House (‘Weather with you’, ‘Don’t dream its over’ etc etc). Finn has recently been out on tour playing with Fleetwood Mac since Lindsey Buckingham decided to part company with them. }

Anyway, so Neil and I are chatting and I ask him why he joined Fleetwood Mac instead of sticking with Crowded House. He told me that he’d discussed it with the rest of the band and everyone agreed...... he’d join Fleetwood Mac for two years to raise his profile, therefore also raising the profile of Crowded House. Whilst many know them, the band by their own admission, can be one of those that you don’t realise you know. I remember a greatest hits album many, many years ago being advertised with a slogan something along the lines of “All your favourite songs from the band you didn’t know you liked!”   So in my dream Finn acknowledged they weren’t well known globally and that after he’d done two years with Fleetwood Mac then Crowded House would go back out on tour and would get much larger audiences.

The dream was so vivid that I told people...... this turned out to be a good thing because I’m not sure anyone would’ve believed me if I’d said it yesterday...... when Crowded House released UK tour dates! 

A little weird..... though it’s yet another example of how complex the brain is. I can only assume that somewhere in my head was a ponder about why he’d changed bands.... and a possible (fairly sensible and possibly quite predictable) answer came to mind whilst I was sleeping..... Either that or all the jokes I make about brain surgeries leaving me slightly psychic are actually truth!! Hubby says it’s proof I’m a witch.... but I hope he means a white one like Stevie Nicks rather than a nasty one! I was going to say ‘like the wicked witch of the west’, but if you’ve seen the Wicked musical then you’ll know the truth about that and how you can judge people without all the facts..... 

Either way, this morning I booked four tickets to see Crowded House at a venue conveniently located, in another twist of fate, right next door to my sister and brother in law’s home! Again a bit weird, but also fun. 

My sister and I generally don’t share musical tastes. When I was rocking out to Metallica, she was spinning around to Kylie. When I was throwing horns to AC/DC, she was throwing shapes to Wham..... So it’s nice to find a bit of common ground! The tickets and flights are booked so hopefully I’ll get some decent weather to take with us ;) xx