There I’ve said it. Out of the handful of women in music I can tolerate Exene is right on up at the tippy top. There was a time when I would have loved to have been her.. ahem.. anyway.
Time has not been kind but then again in my research I have found that she is 10 years my senior.(and just celebrated a birthday Feb 1. “HB my Soul Sistah!”) and suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. Shes not crying about it though, hell no. Shes bitching it out as only a real punk Goddess could.
But now its solo recording time and I aint gonna kid ya I dont have high hopes. The woman who sang “Come Back To Me” could never ever age. Such a glorious song.. I used to sing it way too loud and far too inappropriately. Go find it. John Doe’s drone back up in the chorus is chill inducing. Sigh….
But back to 2011…a solo event. I say event because Exene is Exene and she deserves it. March 8 her solo release ‘The Excitement of Maybe” will ‘drop’ as they say. I want to love it alot. I want to chirp in here on that day screaming its the best thing I have heard in forever. I want her to take me and with the power of her unique voice whip me back to less stressed times. Can it be done? Doubt it. Until then I got ‘Wild Gift” of full blast right now… that’ll do.