A song is a key for locked memory boxes. A song can transport you back through time, giving you a chance to relive moments and ideas that occurred back when you first heard that song. A song is not just a song; it is also a story.
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I was in grade 6 at the time when I first saw the video for “Tinfoil” on MuchMusic, which sparked my life-long love for Limblifter. At the time I played drums in a three-piece cover band with my best friend Andrew and his older brother Vince. We would play basement shows for our friends birthday parties and play our elementary school talent shows. “Tinfoil” was one of the three or four songs in our repertoire, along with covers by Age of Electric and Pluto. We were cool grade 6ers. It was my first experience ever being in a band. At the talent show we all wore matching black suits with red ties and all the girls went crazy for us.
Years later in high school we were still playing together but writing our own songs for a punk band called Jive. I always joked about covering “Tinfoil” again and how much better it would sound but unfortunately it never happened. Anytime I hear that song it reminds me of the friendship all three of us had playing music together over the years and how we’ve grown apart as we’ve gotten older.
Vince and I still try to collaborate every now and then. We recorded a song together about half a year ago under the moniker Rhythm Church.
- Mitch Fillion, Southern Souls
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