Week #10 Entry
Music… I’ve been listening to music nonstop lately and I’m finding it rather funny because I didn’t think I could do it any more than I already have. I bought a new pair of badass SkullCandy ™ headphones and they sound amazing- the only problem is that I don’t want to take them off and my mom is yelling at me right now. I’m looking at my various playlists and found that I very much listen to what fits my mood. My Oscar Mike (military jargon for “on the move”) playlist is always changing with my mood and I think that it says a lot about me. When I’m feeling indifferent or sad and or just a little melancholy, I listen to Brand New a lot. I wouldn’t go as far to call them an emo-rock band, because they sound so different that anything else. I think their music is awesome and the lyrics are literally poetry. In Degausser, there is a line that says “Goodbye to sleep, I think this staying up is exactly what I need, take apart your head, take apart the counting and the flock it has bred”. Obviously its talking about not sleeping, and I have major “let’s stay up forever” problems. It is very subtle and poetic and says things offhand… When I’m happy, I listen to Jimmy Eat World’s upbeat and happy tunes. When I’m irate or in a bad mood or feeling just plain rebellious, I tend to listen to the genius of Trent Reznor’s iconic band Nine Inch Nails. These are my top 3 favorite bands in the world and I love how they are so different from each other… The real question might be- what do YOU listen to when you’re in different moods?