This is one of those albums that is really hard to separate the music from my life, but I’ll try. Maybe. Probably shouldn’t should I?
Mad Verb came into my life at the annual Taste of Madison in 2001, which was kind of tradition for my friends and I to go make a weekend out of it. It seemed like everyone knew all about them and I was the last to know. It was their first time playing up in these parts and I hadn’t been down to Tulsa like the rest of the gang. So there was a lot of hype and my expectations were set high. I was not disappointed. They were an amazing live band! Sincerely Your Obedient Servant was their first CD.
Mad Verb seemed to be only around for a short while before going on and pursuing different projects. They only released two CDs during that time and very little about them can be found on the internet. Just one little radio clip with their song Cream Puff. This was the song that usually closed their set, a high energy, good-time song that makes for a great mosh pit.
Their song Take Me Places is perhaps one of songs that mean the most to me. It is a slower tempo song about a new relationship. Yes, a cliche subject, but there are certain lines in the song that I repeat to myself when I’m dealing with difficult things.
The past gives us courage. The future lets us know, that today we hold the balance
There’s not much more to life than living blissfully.
And really, that right there is my truth. Don’t worry so much about the past or the future, as none of its really completely within my control. Do what makes me happy, my bliss, and really, that’s what’s going to get me through each day. Perhaps that wasn’t what they meant when they wrote the song, but it what I got out of it.
Mad Verb and this CD hold a lot of wonderful memories for me. I listen to this CD frequently still, all these years later. I listen, and I smile.
Yesterday's Tomorrow Today 