gypsy girl and the things she thinks driving in her borrowed car

the other morning, as i drove the fifty-some-odd miles to work, i thought:

i wish every band that ever existed, from currently touring to broken up a generation ago, from mega-super-famous to garage band goofballs who just love to play their guitars, would all start playing at once. everywhere around the world all musicians would pick up or sit down at their respective instruments with their respective band/group/ensemble mates and start playing.

and i wonder what that would sound like?

i imagine, at first, it would only be guitars twanging, inharmonious, in far too many different keys. melodic, folksy voices clashing sourly with rough, screaming, been-there-done-that rocker voices. drum sets beating a million different bone-shattering rhythms. fingers on pianos banging the keys in a myriad of uncomplimentary styles. tambourines, harmonicas, talk boxes, and even a few kazoos, just piling on top of each other to create an eardrum bursting cacophony of noise.

but then, if you just give it time, i believe, all that noise will start to sound like . . . something. guitar riffs will start to mesh. voices will begin to blend. drums will find a common beat. pianos will create a new, never before heard style. and all the tambourines, harmonicas, talk boxes, and all the kazoos, will begin to compliment each other, each taking turns telling their part of the song. and it will all start to become something . . . wonderful.

the melody will begin to ebb and flow, a dynamic living story. the rhythm will become a steady heart beat, a solid foundation for the voices that rise and swell in harmonies that make us smile in spite of ourselves.

and this new song will be . . . indescribable. never before heard and never again repeatable. this song will make hearts race with joy, make bodies dance and sway on sidewalks, it will say things mouths will never be able to say with just words. it will be the most beautiful music any ears have ever heard.

i'm not sure if this would really happen. i'm sure i'll never know for sure. but i'm going to go ahead and believe it would.