When I Met You
When I Met You is a live recording of an original musical written by students at Avalon Juniour High (Edmonton, Alberta). I bought it because I know some people who went to this school and knew they would get a kick out of it. The majority of the album is exactly what I expected; a bunch of kids singing with some guitar accompaniment. This was until I heard one particular song which is really blowing my mind. “Dear Michelle” is the sob story of a boy who lost his girlfriend in an arm wrestling match. While that sounds ridiculous, please listen to the clip. How can this boy, so young, have so much soul? The kind that pulls on your heart-strings, makes you stare at your computer screen agape, thinking “have my own relationship problems been any worse?”
Please excuse the rather hilarious cheering when he loses the arm-wrestle match. I also suspect that a girl may be singing, and not the boy playing simon.
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this is incredible
this song is kind of confusing…
michelle is jason’s girl to begin with. simon unsuccessfully tries to steal her away. jason tells him “no hard feelings,” then simon writes her a letter saying he has to go away and not to cry for him.
anyway, co-sign. its incredible.
i would like to hear a reply record from jason telling simon not to step to his girl.
I think the implication is that Jason stepped to Simon on some bully-stuff and was like “Michelle is my girl, step off!” without ever consulting Michelle to whoever’s girl she is.
This sounds overly complicated, but it’s made worse by the fact that after this song is the song “Klondike Stomp” which has nothing to do with girls and then the album ends. I haven’t had the time to sit down and really listen to all the songs to follow the story.
But honestly, this song is killing me. I might try to contact whoever was singing and playing guitar.
post more this is grate!
oh darlin’ remember me, and ill be back to see you again
It was an original musical written–lyrics and music–I believe by a teacher at the school, Mr. Gibson. All the music was played by students except for Mr. Gibson on a honky-tonk piano. It ran for three nights in the spring of 1972 or 1973. I saw it live and remember being totally blown away by the talent of the kids playing and singing.