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Let’s get this out of the way:
I like Death Grips. A lot. They’re hundreds of plays higher than anyone else according to last.fm, a number that is currently going up. Niggaz On The Moon is my favorite release, while Interview 2016 is my least favorite. I wish they’d do another album that uses samples as prominently as Ex-Military again, but I get that they are probably too big to get away with that now. I’ll try not to make every other post about Death Grips.
When people ask me why I like Star Wars
y’know, now that I realize it, a lot of people ask me why I’m so obsessed with star wars and why I like it so much. Before, I would have said something along the lines that it’s been something in my childhood, and something I hope to pass on to the next generation of my family. But now, I know the real reason, and it’s taken me a good portion of my teenage years to realize it. It’s the first films that captivated me and really truly made love film. It made me realize how much emotion could be put into a movie, even with just the score and the acting alone. Now, as I study Theatre technology and working on becoming a sound engineer, I truly understand it now. There was an essence that was at the heart of all of these movies. Sound design was brilliant (who thinks that a baby elephant is perfect for a TIE fighter?) and the score... I am a loss for words about it. What I mean to say is that star wars shaped me to be the artist that I am today. Today, I am massively in love with film, and I truly love the art form is created, and how a good movie can instantly suck you in. I got into music because of the score, and how much emotion can come out of an orchestra when they are playing that music. It set up the forefront for me doing sound, because I always loved the sound effects in the movie. I thought that, and the score alone, is what made those films great. And I say, why can’t I do that? why can’t I create sound effects that are unforgettable, and can stand and be remembered for generations. It’s now that I realize, that watching star wars as a kid made me strive to be an artist. Someone that changes lives, and someone that makes people sound really good in a space, even if it is film, theatre, or music. If it wasn’t for star wars, I probably wouldn’t be in the position that I would be in, trying to be an artist, and constantly thinking of ideas for art. And because of that, I will forever hold these movies in my heart.
I really want project trio to do a cover of purple haze. They could pass around pieces of the 95% of the song that consists of guitar solos. The cello player would kick ass on that.
I've returned from the dead~
I Got A Boy. Who hasn't seen it yet? If you haven't, slap yourself. It has already made my year like you don't even know. omg. I've come back on this blog for gifs from people I follow. I'm coming back, guys! I'm coming home to K-Pop. xD
A Long Post About Some Of The Things I Love About blink-182
I really, really wanted to hold out and buy Neighborhoods before I listened to it. I avoided the initial leak, proud of myself. I went searching round town on release day but nowhere sold it. I still avoided downloading it. I went to Chester the other day but they only had the normal version there, no deluxe version. I wanted so badly to be able to put the CD in and press play and take it all in. It would mean so much more to me than downloading the album for free and listening to it.
But today I snapped. I couldn't wait another fuck knows how long before being able to listen to the album. I downloaded it. And fuck me, I love it. I've been told by friends that it's not great and that it sounds like Angels & Airwaves. I've read reviews saying that it's amazing and some saying that it's crap. Whatever, I love it. I got the same feelings I remember always getting the first time I listen to a blink-182 album.
I first heard Enema Of The State. I had heard What's My Age Again on the radio before and definitely really enjoyed it, but I'm talking albums here. My sister had the CD, I was about 10 and saw the CD in her room. The cover art drew me to it (duh) and I was always a bit obsessed with the booklet. Looking at the queue of people, noticing that some of them looked the same and deciding that they must be the band members. I decided that the fun looking one with no tattoos and spiky hair (Mark) must be called Adam, because he sings Adam's song. I thought that the one with the longer hair (Tom) must be called Gary because he sings Dysentery Gary. I had no idea what the tattooed one (Travis) was called. I listened to the album in the car and I had no idea why, but I loved it. The songs all sounded kind of similar and yet so very different at the same time. There were so many things that I wasn't used to in music. I loved it, but I wasn't completely taken in just yet.
Not long after, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket was released. My friend Robin made me a cassette with it on (along with Wheatus) and there was no turning back. Sure, I thought that Anthem Part 2 was called Anthem Park and I had no idea what it meant to "ejaculate into a sock", but it was the best album I had ever heard. I was hooked. Me, Robin and Joe would sing Online Songs all the time. I would listen to the album multiple times daily. I loved the simplistic artwork. I found out about the multiple versions of the album that weren't released in England and made it my goal to one day hear the songs I was missing out on. I fell in love with TOYPAJ.
After this I needed more. I found out that they had other albums out, slightly odder looking albums. I got Dude Ranch next, and whilst it didn't take me in as much as the other two had at first, it eventually got me. Tracks like Lemmings and Apple Shampoo sunk in their claws and the rest helped pull me in. I began putting the three albums in my three disk CD player and letting them shuffle whilst recording to a cassette so I could listen to a random selection of blink-182 tracks at school.
Christmas 2002 will forever stick in my mind as the year I got Buddha, Cheshire Cat and the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets game for Gamecube. I have no idea what else I got, I didn't need anything else. I took my chocolate, went straight up to my room and put those two albums on repeat whilst playing Harry Potter, eventually getting bored of the game but still listening to those CDs for hours. I didn't care that they shared large amounts of the same tracks, in fact I was really interested by that. I didn't understand why they rerecorded them when Buddha is obviously a far better album (I still stick to that opinion almost 10 years on).
I've posted before about how I woke up at 3am on my birthday 2003 and listened to their untitled album on repeat for hours. I eventually got The Mark, Tom & Travis Show off eBay for about £30 and spent hours and hours listening and laughing to that then in late 2004 I saw them live, it was my first gig. It was amazing.
I have since downloaded loads of b-sides, demos, etc. and now have 12 hours of blink-182 tracks. I know some people say that they're untalented, generic and rubbish. Those people may have their opinion but they are so, so wrong. blink-182 means a hell of a lot of things to a hell of a lot of people. There aren't many bands that can actually say that and mean it the way blink can.
I have so many memories with this band. I still get goosebumps at the fact that the three guys who brought me through my adolescent years have gotten over all the shit they went through and are enjoying making music together again. I still occasionally fill up with burning rage at Tom for fucking everything up. I still have strong memories of singing the "one, two, three, four" of Online Songs in french with Robin and Joe on a bus; of singing the whole bridge section of Feeling This in a car with Ollie; of listening to Reebok Commercial with Steve and wondering if it's from an actual Reebok commercial. There are hundreds more memories. I still get such strong feelings whenever I listen to a blink-182 album from start to finish. I strongly doubt any other band could possibly take over from them as my all tim favourite band. I may listen to other bands more often, I may enjoy other bands more, but no band will get into my very being the way that blink-182 have.
And that's how I justify downloading Neighborhoods. I needed that wave of feeling that I knew I'd get. It felt so much stronger than I had thought it would.
Thanks you blink-182. Thank you Mark, Tom and Travis. For everything.
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DALEKS?!? AGAIN?!?!?!
