Toehider's video: Joe Satriani Baroque cover

My best mate Ben died in a motorcycle accident on this day back when I was in highschool. He was 15 years old. He'd just gotten a job working at a petrol station and he didn't have his bike license so he'd ride the back roads to get to and from work. I guess he'd only had the job a few weeks at best when he hit a tree riding home. My friend Danica called me the next day and when she told me, I suddenly remembered that I dreamt he died the night before. Well, did I really though? Maybe it was just my brain trying to cope with the shock and it tricked itself into thinking it already knew? Who knows. Anyway that Christmas my brother Jase gave me Joe Satriani's "Time Machine" album on CD and this song called "Baroque" always reminds me of Ben and that weird, sad time. I learnt some of it by ordering the "official transcription" book at a music store but I never actually bought it because I couldn't afford it. So the shop just put it on their shelf and I used to go in and try and remember as much of it as I could. Anyway it's weird thinking about how much the world has changed since then. Ben and I used to argue over who was better - Motley Crue or Iron Maiden. He had a poster of every metal band you could think of on his wall, it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. I was a Pallbearer at his funeral and his brother lent me some sunglasses because he could tell I was embarrassed about crying so much. I didn't know what to say to his Dad, so I just blurted out "well it's gonna take you a while to get all those posters off his wall huh". His Dad just laughed and said he'd probably leave them up for a while yet. Miss you Benny, sorry mate but Maiden are the clear winner, sucked in mate ❤❤❤