The Soul Patrol spent the next week or so watching Taylor sing "Do I Make You Proud" eleventy-billion times. We watched every interview. Most of the interviews were, well, kinda lame. But we watched them all!
Still, all the press in the world couldn't give me what I was needing: A Taylor fix. Taylor singing a new song on TuesTAY night, on top of his game. One interview that did gave me a little thrill was the one where the did the break dance 'back spin' move...I don't know why, but it was, um...hot? Hilarious? Adorable? Taylor! And the Rolling Stone interview...that was good because they actually asked Taylor about music and it was cool to hear what he had to say...But other than that, there wasn't much except poor Taylor singing the cheese song again, and again.
I started working on writing down the season so I could remember it...
I can feel the magic of this experience fading, and I feel the need to finish writing the whole thing down before the spell is completely broken. It is as if the clock has struck midnight and everything is turning back to normal, but very slowly. *poof!* Suddenly, I don’t need to read that internet post about Taylor’s hiccup on the Early Show, and now *poof!* I can think for 20 minutes at a time about something other than Taylor Hicks…
And it is with a mixture of some relief and some sadness that I watch the enchantment of the last few months fade away. There is a big part of me that doesn’t want to go back to normal. I have had so much fun. The joy level has been off the charts. The JOY LEVEL was OFF the charts!! The adrenalin, the rush…I don’t want it to ever end. I smiled SO much. So much. (And I had not smiled much in a while before this.)
But a person can’t live like that forever. I got no housework done, no work at work done, I neglected my kids and my husband and I generally drove everyone around me crazy. The only people who could stand me were the other Taylor fanatics I met on my journey. Everyone else just wanted me to shut the hell up, for gosh sakes. And maybe do some laundry! There was a part of me, while I was going though it, just wanted it to be over so I could be normal again. The whole experience was out of my control. I COULDN’T stop. That was an uncomfortable feeling. But to be fair, it was only a small part of me that wanted to stop at all, and it was a huge part of me that just savored every moment and didn’t feel the least bit guilty for being completely selfish for 2 ½ months. I knew everyone could survive until the finale, and that I would be back. I just had to go on this journey.
Looking back, I treasure the memory. How crazy is that? I treasure the memory of a TV series that made me lose my mind. But I do. I treasure the whole experience. I wish I could thank Taylor Hicks, because he made me so happy. So happy. I want to remember every moment, write down every part of it.
4 comments:
Lisa, this is the best recap of season 5 I've read. I wasn't online during the show. It didn't even occur to me that people got online and talked about the show. I had no idea there was an AI web site. I rode that roller coaster alone in my living room and wondered why it meant so much to me that I had to stay up to 1:00am the night of the finale 2 competition voting for Taylor as many time as I could. Thanks for writing everything down.
What a rollercoaster ride that was, but instead of dizzy and kinda barfy at the end, it was just teary eyed and triumphant. No other season in recent years left me with quite the same satisfaction. Thanks for your recollections.
Never pull this down. It's fantastic. I was there in the beginning, riding the wave too. It was great, and there are days that I miss it. :)
I reiterate what Freckles said..never take this down...best recap of our AI5 season of soul I've ever read...nice to know I wasn't the only one who was completely insane for almost 3 months, and enjoyed every minute of it. 4 years later, I still miss seeing Taylor every Tuesday night.
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