Sometimes, I hear a song, and a physical reaction manifests in response to my psychological response to the music. These are the “Claw Hands” (not Jimmy’s claw hands). You know, when you’re speeding down the parkway at midnight blasting something so strong you loose your voice screaming along to it, or when the singer hits such a note that your whole body tenses up. That’s when the claw hands come out.
Basically, the arms, hands, and fingers get tense and form a claw, kind of like you’re grabbing for the very essence of the deliciousness of what your ears are processing. That’s all there is to it. There’s no varying degree, no extreme claw hands or over-the-head claw hands (unless you’re saluting Lady Gaga, then that’s technically “putting your paws up“).
So without further ado, here are the claw hands of the month:
If I could only listen to 5 voices for the rest of my life, I think Patrick Stump’s would be among them. He sings the word “CENTURIES” and my claw hands pop out. I can’t help it, I can’t hide it, and I can’t help but sing (scream) along. Perfect late-night driving tuneage.
I am an Ellie fan. My claw hand moment in this song is when she sings, “I’ll let you set the pace”. Oooh~. Chills and shivers and all that good stuff. She hits that note and I’m done for. Please go on tour, Ellie. Please.
This song is not new, and if I’m being frank, I was originally thinking of a different song of theirs. But that song- though fabulous and not given any airplay- does not make my claw hands pop out in the same way “This Is Gospel” does. Brendon Urie’s voice might make that top 5 list, too. Lawd, I may need to make it a top 10… ANYWAY. When I get to the hook of this song, I need- like NEED- to belt out that, “IF YOU LOVE ME LET ME GO-O-OOO” and the claw hands are at full attention. Are we seeing a pattern here?
I can’t understand a damn thing they’re saying in this song. That being said. I need to listen to it at about 40 Watts to fully appease my claw hands. They hit that chorus and I’m screaming “BADADADADADADA 40 WATT!!!” This band is so baby, they have less than 2,000 likes on Facebook. Go babies, go!
Are you starting to feel it? Are you developing some claw hands of your own now? Or perhaps you have a different physical reaction when you listen to certain songs? I can’t be the only one. Discuss.
CJ Mars 