30 Day Music Meme - Day 17
Day 17. A song/artist you were sure you'd hate but wound up loving
When you've worked retail as long as I have, you tend to generally deal with the batshit crazy fans of any sort of fandom that may come near your specialty store. Considering that I've always worked with some sort of print media, books, magazines, etc - I've seen a lot of shit from people that I'd love to take a baseball bat to if I could get away with it without landing in jail. And I could go off on tangents forever about the brainless masses related to books, but those are other rants.
Back to the point. I am not an American Idol fan. Being in said retail work, picking 'shows' to watch and get into that are on prime time never works because I have a rotating schedule. They've never been something that I've been into. I've never gotten into that show even if there have been decent singers that have popped up because of the show and I've ended up liking (Clarkson, Daughtry, etc). If anything, I know the rule of thumb with Idol people - is that the runner up will be the more popular than the actual winner. Or at least the top three. It seems that the winner of the show? You never hear of after it. Which is fine, because I get sick and tired of hearing about the damn show, blah blah blah.
I knew about Adam Lambert for being on Idol. I also knew how fucking batshit women older than my mother were over the man. That and the speculation that he was gay, blah blah blah, it's in the past now. Basically, I had to deal with people every damn day coming in looking for shit, magazines, books, paraphernalia, and getting really annoying if we either didn't have it or ran out. Case in point: the Rolling Stone issue with him on the cover with the snake. Very nice eyecandy.
I wanted to buy every single one of them just so I could set them on fire in front of the idiot women who bitched me out because we didn't have more than three copies of it in a damn mall bookstore. Magazines were limited because we usually didn't have the demand for them, so it wasn't my fucking fault. But that's retail for you.
Needless to say, I hadn't heard his music - I hadn't even given it a shot since it was shoved in my face, you couldn't get away from it, and I'm honestly one of those people that if you try and jam it down my throat, I'll tell you to fuck off and never go near it until the fans either calm the fuck down or it dies down enough to tolerable levels around me. I figured I'd hate it because of the hype - so I stayed the hell away from it.
It wasn't until a friend was talking about it to me, calmly and mentioning that she had one of his singles in her head all day that she linked me and my crew to it. And proceeded to get all of us addicted to it in one night. It was catchy, rock/pop mix and he had a really good voice. And I wound up loving him.
Still do - looking forward to the new album.
And since I enjoy linking people to music - here are a few I enjoy. Voodoo and the Mad World Acoustic Cover.
Day 1. A song/artist you're currently hooked on
Day 2. A song/artist that never fails to make you dance
Day 3. A song/artist that never fails to cheer you up
Day 4. A song/artist that never fails to make you cry
Day 5. A song/artist you turn to when you're really angry
Day 6. A song/artist you sing along to at the top of your lungs
Day 7. A song/artist that invariably sparks your creativity
Day 8. A song/artist from your childhood
Day 9. A song/artist you wish more people knew about
Day 10. A song/artist that you used to dislike, but now like
Day 11. A song/artist that you used to like, but now dislike
Day 12. A song/artist no one would expect you to enjoy
Day 13. A song/artist you don't want anyone to know you enjoy
Day 14. A song/artist that reminds you of someone
Day 15. A song/artist that matches in your mind with a completely unrelated memory or activity
Day 16. An album/artist you were looking forward to and were really disappointed by
Day 17. A song/artist you were sure you'd hate but wound up loving
Day 18. A song/artist you just cannot stand
Day 19. A song/artist you can put on endless repeat and not get tired of listening to
Day 20. A song/artist that touched you deeply
Day 21. An artist you would love to go see in concert
Day 22. An artist who's music you enjoy but dislike personally.
Day 23. The first artist on your 'desert island' list
Day 24. The second artist on your 'desert island' list
Day 25. The third artist on your 'desert island' list
Day 26. Your favourite song over all
Day 27. Your favourite music genre
Day 28. Your favourite video game soundtrack
Day 29. Your favourite movie soundtrack
Day 30. Your favourite artist over all
When you've worked retail as long as I have, you tend to generally deal with the batshit crazy fans of any sort of fandom that may come near your specialty store. Considering that I've always worked with some sort of print media, books, magazines, etc - I've seen a lot of shit from people that I'd love to take a baseball bat to if I could get away with it without landing in jail. And I could go off on tangents forever about the brainless masses related to books, but those are other rants.
Back to the point. I am not an American Idol fan. Being in said retail work, picking 'shows' to watch and get into that are on prime time never works because I have a rotating schedule. They've never been something that I've been into. I've never gotten into that show even if there have been decent singers that have popped up because of the show and I've ended up liking (Clarkson, Daughtry, etc). If anything, I know the rule of thumb with Idol people - is that the runner up will be the more popular than the actual winner. Or at least the top three. It seems that the winner of the show? You never hear of after it. Which is fine, because I get sick and tired of hearing about the damn show, blah blah blah.
I knew about Adam Lambert for being on Idol. I also knew how fucking batshit women older than my mother were over the man. That and the speculation that he was gay, blah blah blah, it's in the past now. Basically, I had to deal with people every damn day coming in looking for shit, magazines, books, paraphernalia, and getting really annoying if we either didn't have it or ran out. Case in point: the Rolling Stone issue with him on the cover with the snake. Very nice eyecandy.
I wanted to buy every single one of them just so I could set them on fire in front of the idiot women who bitched me out because we didn't have more than three copies of it in a damn mall bookstore. Magazines were limited because we usually didn't have the demand for them, so it wasn't my fucking fault. But that's retail for you.
Needless to say, I hadn't heard his music - I hadn't even given it a shot since it was shoved in my face, you couldn't get away from it, and I'm honestly one of those people that if you try and jam it down my throat, I'll tell you to fuck off and never go near it until the fans either calm the fuck down or it dies down enough to tolerable levels around me. I figured I'd hate it because of the hype - so I stayed the hell away from it.
It wasn't until a friend was talking about it to me, calmly and mentioning that she had one of his singles in her head all day that she linked me and my crew to it. And proceeded to get all of us addicted to it in one night. It was catchy, rock/pop mix and he had a really good voice. And I wound up loving him.
Still do - looking forward to the new album.
And since I enjoy linking people to music - here are a few I enjoy. Voodoo and the Mad World Acoustic Cover.
Click to viewDay 1. A song/artist you're currently hooked on
Day 2. A song/artist that never fails to make you dance
Day 3. A song/artist that never fails to cheer you up
Day 4. A song/artist that never fails to make you cry
Day 5. A song/artist you turn to when you're really angry
Day 6. A song/artist you sing along to at the top of your lungs
Day 7. A song/artist that invariably sparks your creativity
Day 8. A song/artist from your childhood
Day 9. A song/artist you wish more people knew about
Day 10. A song/artist that you used to dislike, but now like
Day 11. A song/artist that you used to like, but now dislike
Day 12. A song/artist no one would expect you to enjoy
Day 13. A song/artist you don't want anyone to know you enjoy
Day 14. A song/artist that reminds you of someone
Day 15. A song/artist that matches in your mind with a completely unrelated memory or activity
Day 16. An album/artist you were looking forward to and were really disappointed by
Day 17. A song/artist you were sure you'd hate but wound up loving
Day 18. A song/artist you just cannot stand
Day 19. A song/artist you can put on endless repeat and not get tired of listening to
Day 20. A song/artist that touched you deeply
Day 21. An artist you would love to go see in concert
Day 22. An artist who's music you enjoy but dislike personally.
Day 23. The first artist on your 'desert island' list
Day 24. The second artist on your 'desert island' list
Day 25. The third artist on your 'desert island' list
Day 26. Your favourite song over all
Day 27. Your favourite music genre
Day 28. Your favourite video game soundtrack
Day 29. Your favourite movie soundtrack
Day 30. Your favourite artist over all