Look what you did to my song.

Posted by chrystibella on September 30, 2008

Update:  I was perfectly pissed when I wrote this.  I laugh when I look back on it.  I’m not even angry at this person now and would most likely sing with her.  I like her.  I just needed to rant and that’s what I did.  =)

There is a song… a duet that I have been singing with my best friend for years. Everybody loves it. They request it. Our voices blend in unison almost perfect pitch together.

You have asked me many times if I would sing it with you. Out of respect for my friend, I have explained that I only sing it with her. You understand and bow out graciously.

My friend, starts dating a fucktard loser and no longer comes around. I invite you to sing the song with me. The first time, it’s okay. We blend. Not like I do with her, but it’s okay.

Months pass. I get a request for the song. I invite you again to sing it with me when it is my turn to sing. I’ve waited 2 hours for my turn. I didn’t really want to do this song but it was asked of me and I oblige.

As we get ready, you turn to the KJ and ask for it to be brought down 3 keys. 3 KEYS! I gulp. WTF!!! I don’t sing that low and after all, this is MY turn and I invited YOU. Okay…. I’m going to try it. You take over and drown me out. We’re not blending. There is no harmonizing.

When it’s my verse, it’s so low. I’m singing deep. The beat is slooooow…. I see the looks on people’s faces. Something is not right. This is not my key.

Look what you did to my song.

Changing the key on a song when you are a “guest” is RUDE. You wasted my time and now I have to wait through another rotation to redeem myself.

Later I am asked by several people, “Why did she do that?” They were just as shocked as I was.

I have this terrible habit of being polite! I should have said, “NO! I don’t sing in that key.”

I don’t know why you had the nerve to do what you did. I do know this. I’ll never invite you to sing with me again.