Like every home, I’m certain, the Casa de Gibson has been busy compiling our own year in review package for publication in our annual Arbor Day newsletter (it’s a long lead-time publication). While we were discussing our top five events of 2007, there was some disagreement about the top spot, with my wife Tara’s contention that the birth of our daughter should be No. 1, and my contention that since said birth on Dec. 17 missed the Dec. 15 cutoff it will have to wait and see how it does in 2008. Rules are rules, I say. I placed the Happy Mondays reunion at Coachella up top, and that’s when the real ugliness began.
Either because she’s totally insane or deliberately hurtful, Tara made the statement that she didn’t see what the big deal about the Happy Mondays was.
It’s OK. Take a moment to recover. I certainly did.
What about this, wife of mine?
Or THIS?
Somehow, this needs to be resolved. Tell my wife she’s wrong (or take her side, I suppose, and have history judge you).
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Dude. You put the Happy Mondays above the birth of your daughter? You’re lucky you’ve still GOT a wife.
Tara may kill me… but you can have ANOTHER daughter. There’s only one Happy Mondays.
@slowburn: If my daughter would have met the deadline requirements, it would be less of an issue.
Something about Shaun Ryder dangling from a massive ‘E’ helps your cause considerably. Still, just as in wrestling, child trumps junkie. Now, had the Stone Roses played Coachella…
@DanGibson: That kind of logic is why she’s going to be yelling at you about this in 20 years.
“….and you thought our daughter wasn’t #1 because she didn’t meet a fucking deadline!!”
**Broken china**
Don’t do it, man.
Happy Mondays won’t keep you up at night for months doing diaper changes and feedings.
Happy Mondays win.
Good good good. Good good double good.
don’t think the Mondays needed the reunion to be remembered… you could still just put them at #1 every year!
@slowburn: Forget the wife, I can’t imagine explaining to his daughter in 20 years why Unkle Dysfunctional was more important than her in 2007 and why the Cocteau Twins reunion was more important than her in 2008, and why the Smiths reunion was more important than her in 2009 and why the Bad Seeds reunion in 2025 is more important than her 18th birthday….
Personally I prefer the Mondays but then again I don’t know the kid. :P
@KinetiQ: Yes, the thought of those explanations make my head hurt, too.
Clearly I am the only woman on this thread. I’ll be leaving now.
@KINETIQ - If it’s a Gibson child, I’m sure she’ll understand.
@KinetiQ: Unkle Dysfunctional was not terribly good…there was a Mickey Avalon appearance, after all.
I’m not contending that my daughter isn’t great, miracle of life, etc. The discussion at hand is whether my wife is insane for not recognizing the greatness of the Mondays. I’m sure my daughter will recognize that soon enough, but it might be too late for Tara.
@slowburn:
I’m a woman. Lack of sleep is a bitch.
50/50. Damn. There are some battles you just can’t win, though. Domestic musical dischord. It’s a killer.
My wife said shut up about the Mondays but then I thought
“WHY THE FOOK SHOULD I???”
I vote Mondays. I saw them in Barcelona last year and they still rock. I also gave Bez a fanzinatra.com demo cd, I hope he heard it but I guess chances are slim.
Also, I support the “rules are rules” policy. Anarchy’s a bitch.
@RHYTHMCHYC: Happy Mondays won’t keep you up at night for months doing diaper changes and feedings.
Obviously your real name isn’t Tony Wilson.
I saw Happy Mondays at their peak and I thought they were good, better than the Charlatans and the Soup Dragons and EMF, but not as good as Jesus Jones, and certainly not to the level of Screamadelica-era Primal Scream, which was almost shockingly amazing. But since it’s a reunion show you’re talking about and because reunion shows almost always suck more than fans will ever admit, I’m going to side with your wife on this one.