Appropriate shoes

It’s said you can tell a lot about person by the shoes they wear. I’m sure that’s true to an extent. I know I’ve been part of conversations where people complain or praise the shoes they wear. Women are notorious for wearing shoes that are uncomfortable. Shoes that can deform their feet or put pressure on bad parts of the foot. I’m not sure why one would want to do that. While far fewer men seem to say much about their shoes in terms of deformities, I know that dress shoes can be be uncomfortable.

Some might think it’s weird but I tend to look at a woman’s feet if they seem to have a certain amount of height that looks a little out of proportion. What that really means is that I look at female feet a fair amount. Call me silly, I’m 6’4″. I was out and about the other day doing an audition for a commercial. There were two women that were there. One was obviously tall, somewhere around 5’9″. The other gave an appearance of being much taller than she really was. She was standing roughly 5’10” but it looked a little off. Thus my eyes went to the floor and sure enough she was donning stiletto heels that were easily 3″.

What amazes me is the difference in how some women can walk in heels like that and make it look natural, while others simply cannot. I’ve not been privy to walking in heels. No, the most constricted I’ve ever been is ski boots. However, I’m pretty used to ski boots and I have long legs. Thus walking in ski boots is not an issue – but it sounds funny. I guess it takes practice to walk in nutty footwear.

Here’s a little break from an onslaught of holiday music. A little bluesy ode to the concept of relationships and irony based on a Gator and what it’s like to walk in his shoes. With so many things about appearance, it’s no wonder why we do things like shoes, hair, clothing, etc. That’s part of the point here with the song. Another adage comes to mind, like you can’t judge a book by it’s cover. The real flair in the song here is that it’s about a perspective no human is likely to have, walking in a Gators footsteps/shoes. The power of imagination. That’s the beauty of this song. I can’t say that I would have ever thought to sing about a Gator.

There’s a nice gait to the slink in the fiddle line going on here. That’s probably the strongest draw into this song for me. I’m not sure why, but I really like it. Maybe it’s because it’s filling like a sweet glue between parts pushing and pulling the song along. It doesn’t hurt that there’s a spicy cajun feel to the rhythm section. It works. Now all you need to do is wrap it up and make it yours.

This is not a hint for getting me shoes. However, I do hope your holiday shopping is filled with comfortable strides.