when you finally fly away I'll be hoping that I served you well
I know everyone's already linked it and all, but the new Brendon interview has been making me smile all morning.
We all have that ADHD in us, so that helps with the music. LOL, THIS BOY.
I jump from one thing, I'm like, 'Oh, yeah, that's cool. Oh, but that's cool, too. Oh, shit, that's cool, too.' So I'm just kind of jumping all over the place. THIS IS MY BRENDON, YOU GUYS. THIS IS WHY I LOVE HIM!
I think the one thing that we missed from the first record was how a lot of the songs sounded different... each had their own respective vibe to them, and we kind of missed out on that a lot on the second record. Even though it was so much fun, we just wanted to do something different this time. Me and Spencer just kind of miss throwing in whatever idea came in. Like, "Okay, start with a weird jazz arc, then we'd go into a chorus that sounds like 'In Your Eyes' or something." It was just cool to throw out ideas regardless of genre or taste--as long as we thought it was cool or good. That's something that we want to get back. What I'm taking away from this is that Ryan and Jon were looking for an album that flowed and was themed and fit together in a certain way, and that way was maybe not so much the type of way that fit Brendon's music (random: think of the Northern Downpour strains tagged onto the back of Brendon's song in Pretty. Odd). And Brendon and Spencer didn't want to tailor all the songs to fit each other stylistically, they wanted to write what they felt like writing at the moment and not worry so much about the overall aesthetic. And all in all, I think that's a pretty fair reason to split.
I never know what people actually think about me--I just kind of take whatever they say to me at face value. Like, okay, yeah, I believe you. Yeah sure, you tell me, I'll believe you. So I'm not really sure. Whether or not they look at me as just the singer, that's cool--I just really, that's all I've ever wanted to do was write music, and that's all I spend my time on. BRENDON. This boy kind of breaks my heart, you know. THIS is why I love him - the earnestness, the insecurity, the love of music. Even the lack of self-esteem - I hope that's getting better now, I hope that the split helps it, but it just makes me want someone to cuddle him harder. (Oh, man, I want so many stories about Brendon's low self-esteem, and how sometimes in the past his band has inadvertantly contributed to it, and how they show him they love him afterward.)
In summation, this interview! THIS BOY! <3333333
Also, speaking of Journey (well, Brendon was, at least) I have none on my computer, and would be pathetically grateful to anyone who wanted to help me out! Less relatedly, Rod Stewart's "Forever Young"? This song is an integral part of a playlist of my dad's music, and it has mysteriously disappeared from my computer, which is depressing me ridiculous amounts. /shameless mooching
We all have that ADHD in us, so that helps with the music. LOL, THIS BOY.
I jump from one thing, I'm like, 'Oh, yeah, that's cool. Oh, but that's cool, too. Oh, shit, that's cool, too.' So I'm just kind of jumping all over the place. THIS IS MY BRENDON, YOU GUYS. THIS IS WHY I LOVE HIM!
I think the one thing that we missed from the first record was how a lot of the songs sounded different... each had their own respective vibe to them, and we kind of missed out on that a lot on the second record. Even though it was so much fun, we just wanted to do something different this time. Me and Spencer just kind of miss throwing in whatever idea came in. Like, "Okay, start with a weird jazz arc, then we'd go into a chorus that sounds like 'In Your Eyes' or something." It was just cool to throw out ideas regardless of genre or taste--as long as we thought it was cool or good. That's something that we want to get back. What I'm taking away from this is that Ryan and Jon were looking for an album that flowed and was themed and fit together in a certain way, and that way was maybe not so much the type of way that fit Brendon's music (random: think of the Northern Downpour strains tagged onto the back of Brendon's song in Pretty. Odd). And Brendon and Spencer didn't want to tailor all the songs to fit each other stylistically, they wanted to write what they felt like writing at the moment and not worry so much about the overall aesthetic. And all in all, I think that's a pretty fair reason to split.
I never know what people actually think about me--I just kind of take whatever they say to me at face value. Like, okay, yeah, I believe you. Yeah sure, you tell me, I'll believe you. So I'm not really sure. Whether or not they look at me as just the singer, that's cool--I just really, that's all I've ever wanted to do was write music, and that's all I spend my time on. BRENDON. This boy kind of breaks my heart, you know. THIS is why I love him - the earnestness, the insecurity, the love of music. Even the lack of self-esteem - I hope that's getting better now, I hope that the split helps it, but it just makes me want someone to cuddle him harder. (Oh, man, I want so many stories about Brendon's low self-esteem, and how sometimes in the past his band has inadvertantly contributed to it, and how they show him they love him afterward.)
In summation, this interview! THIS BOY! <3333333
Also, speaking of Journey (well, Brendon was, at least) I have none on my computer, and would be pathetically grateful to anyone who wanted to help me out! Less relatedly, Rod Stewart's "Forever Young"? This song is an integral part of a playlist of my dad's music, and it has mysteriously disappeared from my computer, which is depressing me ridiculous amounts. /shameless mooching