I don't wanna go on a rant here....
It's been a long time, I'll spare you the few lines that seem to open up each of my updates. I could say it's summer, I'll have more time to update, but I know and you know that I won't.
With that in mind, I'm gonna talk about something that really has nothing to do with what I've been doing lately (nothing) or what's going on in my life (nothing). I've just been contemplating this idea after some recent events, and wanted to hear some ideas from the people who may actually read this thing still.
Now I don't want to go off on a rant here...
People are very personal and possessive about many things. For me, once I developed my own taste, it has been the music I listen to. When I was younger, music was about what was cool, and the person that knew what was cool in music was always Henry. So whatever Henry liked, I liked. In high school I went through different phases of what I thought was cool music-wise (including but not limited to, metal, rap, combination of the two, punk, pop, pop-punk).
But since college, my selection has been just that, MY selection. It's become a part of me, and a very important and large part of my life and who I am. As most of you prolly already know, I use lyrics a lot for away messages and just in general conveying how I feel. Through allowing music to become such an important part of my life, I feel like this is my music. When I discover a band or a song, I make a connection with it, it becomes my music. Therefore, an attack or disapproval of a song I like or a band I love is an attack on who I am in a way...
While I'm certainly not selfish with what I consider to be my music (I like when other people like the songs I've discovered), I still get possessive and consider it mine. For example, Better Than Ezra recored one of my favorite songs of all time for their cd in 1995. Granted, I didn't discover this song until about 2 years ago, I still love it. Now, they are due to release a new cd in a week and a half and the first single off the cd is a re-recording of the song, "A Lifetime". I understand I'm not the only person in the world who loves this song, but something about it made it seem like it wasn't a hit, but it was a fantastic song that nobody (well not many) people knew about except me. I donno, maybe that made me feel special about it or something....
Another potential example is definitely Motion City Soundtrack. I remember almost 3 years ago now waiting for Suicide Machines and becoming enamored with MCS. And as they prepare to release their cd, I can't help but notice how big they are getting. And it's certainly just selfish me, but I don't especially want to pay $40 for a concert ticket to see a bunch of 13 year old girls in Simple Plan t-shirts singing along with my favorite band.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I think I'm better than them because I discovered something first (I HATE those people). But I think that everyone feels that way sometimes, especially when it's something you are passionate about.
Anyways, I have no clue if I ever got my point across above (boy im gonna make for a good lawyer....... *sigh*). In fact, I'm not sure what my point is, so I'll stop boring you, sorry if you read all of this and hoped for some resolution.
Feel free to share your thoughts!
With that in mind, I'm gonna talk about something that really has nothing to do with what I've been doing lately (nothing) or what's going on in my life (nothing). I've just been contemplating this idea after some recent events, and wanted to hear some ideas from the people who may actually read this thing still.
Now I don't want to go off on a rant here...
People are very personal and possessive about many things. For me, once I developed my own taste, it has been the music I listen to. When I was younger, music was about what was cool, and the person that knew what was cool in music was always Henry. So whatever Henry liked, I liked. In high school I went through different phases of what I thought was cool music-wise (including but not limited to, metal, rap, combination of the two, punk, pop, pop-punk).
But since college, my selection has been just that, MY selection. It's become a part of me, and a very important and large part of my life and who I am. As most of you prolly already know, I use lyrics a lot for away messages and just in general conveying how I feel. Through allowing music to become such an important part of my life, I feel like this is my music. When I discover a band or a song, I make a connection with it, it becomes my music. Therefore, an attack or disapproval of a song I like or a band I love is an attack on who I am in a way...
While I'm certainly not selfish with what I consider to be my music (I like when other people like the songs I've discovered), I still get possessive and consider it mine. For example, Better Than Ezra recored one of my favorite songs of all time for their cd in 1995. Granted, I didn't discover this song until about 2 years ago, I still love it. Now, they are due to release a new cd in a week and a half and the first single off the cd is a re-recording of the song, "A Lifetime". I understand I'm not the only person in the world who loves this song, but something about it made it seem like it wasn't a hit, but it was a fantastic song that nobody (well not many) people knew about except me. I donno, maybe that made me feel special about it or something....
Another potential example is definitely Motion City Soundtrack. I remember almost 3 years ago now waiting for Suicide Machines and becoming enamored with MCS. And as they prepare to release their cd, I can't help but notice how big they are getting. And it's certainly just selfish me, but I don't especially want to pay $40 for a concert ticket to see a bunch of 13 year old girls in Simple Plan t-shirts singing along with my favorite band.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I think I'm better than them because I discovered something first (I HATE those people). But I think that everyone feels that way sometimes, especially when it's something you are passionate about.
Anyways, I have no clue if I ever got my point across above (boy im gonna make for a good lawyer....... *sigh*). In fact, I'm not sure what my point is, so I'll stop boring you, sorry if you read all of this and hoped for some resolution.
Feel free to share your thoughts!