In a family of 5 kids growing up there was always one of us that instead of watching the idiot box would have their nose in a book with headphones on. My father was a talented muso but refused to let me learn music.
WHy ( as ive learned just recently) He didnt want to lead me down a life of sin.
what a croc of shit
lt broke my heart that he didnt teach me. Ive always felt the music swelling inside me.
To me music is like food, cant live without it. Some people hear music, I on the other hand FEEL it!! No matter what band or song, at that moment nothings better than getting those goosebumps.
What kills me is the general public who buy and support SHIT like Creed, Britney, etc.... Who (creed) by the way are going on tour and there was a vote on aol. Excited about the tour,or makes you puke, or dont care and the excited vote is winning. Makes me soooo, soooo sad to think people out there think that Creed, Britney and the other schmoes are good music.
96' Randalls island II
98' NJ, MSG II
00' Jones Beach I,II,III
03' Nassau, MSG I, II
05' Montreal, Ottawa, Borgata II
06' NJ I, II
08' Camden II, MSG II, Hartford, Beacon NY, Ed Ved NYC I
09' Philly 4
10' MSG I,II
11' Ed Ved Hartford
13' Chicago, Brooklyn II
15' GCF NY
16' Philly II, MSG I
I listen to music, like most people watch tv(do crack, masturbate, eat.......it's an addiction, really). Aside from a few shows, the tv gets muted and the tunes get turned on.
I am picky, but I listen to a pretty broad range of rock music. I would say most bands I listen to have something pretty unique about them.
Aside from that, I play guitar in a band, write songs, jam with friends, collect records, keep a fully stocked ipod, attend several concerts every year etcetcetc
All this and I am married with a child. The wife either loves the music or is the most accepting wife ever, and the baby girl loves to dance around.
In 8th grade music class we had to write a "paper" on Life Without Music. Looking back, I should've just handed in a blank page, something null, devoid of anything.
I need it. Seriously. Every since (God help me) I got hooked on Michael Jackson's Beat It (I was twelve), music has been an integrated part in my life. It helped me through some tough patches, where other art forms - like movies, books, visual art - did not. There is something basic and primordal about music, that hits me harder than anything else... Beat it still rocks btw ;-)
Changed my life--and continues to do so. I can tag moments in my life with music and songs that shaped my view of the world--not my specific opinion, but my "tone."
9 years old--Lola off of "One for the Road": I couldn't believe you could get all of those people singing together. Made me realize how music unites and I was jonesing for my first concert.
11 years old--fully into Queen, The Who, Iron Maiden, Rush, Zeppelin, Beatles. A band for every mood found its way on my turntable.
15 years--live shows. Every penny I had went into concerts. Didn't matter who it was.
17 years--U2. Who knew rock had purpose? Big stories with small sounds--Joshua Tree inspired me to pay attention to politics (Mothers of the Disappeared).
19 years--Grunge rock was raw. Bought my first guitar and lkearned how to play Smells Like Teen Spirit, Tangerine, and Misfit.
Fast forward:
Spanish Boots of Leather: Sunrise on Australia's gold coast
Southern harmony music companion: realized how albums dig a groove
Given To Fly: listened to it every training session for NYC marathon. Training burned a lot of hard times, GTL inspired me every day.
First night I met my wife we stayed up until dawn listening to Ben Harper, Beck, and Jack Johnson.
fuck love?.........wow! someone have their heart broken recently?
how can you know pleasure without pain? how can you know peace without conflict? how can you know hate without love?
it's the balance of the universe my friend!
so you can beg to differ all you want.....you're still wrong.
Love is always first...just because a lot of people don't put it first changes nothing.
i haven't had my heart broken however i did go through 4 meaningless relationships in a short period of time. i've never experienced love, except love for my parents i guess and maybe a friend of mine.
Hmmm well......get the same endorphin drip from hearing the opening notes at a PJ concert and even beginning of SVT as I do sex......if that answers the question....;)
Fk, going to have to throw on some SVT when I get home....as GF cut me off......LOL
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let us not forget about the one thing more important than music...LOVE!!
not love of music...just love...without it there wouldn't be music...
God's greatest gifts (for those of you who believe in the "big guy") are LOVE,LAUGHTER & MUSIC...IMO!
WHy ( as ive learned just recently) He didnt want to lead me down a life of sin.
what a croc of shit
lt broke my heart that he didnt teach me. Ive always felt the music swelling inside me.
What kills me is the general public who buy and support SHIT like Creed, Britney, etc.... Who (creed) by the way are going on tour and there was a vote on aol. Excited about the tour,or makes you puke, or dont care and the excited vote is winning. Makes me soooo, soooo sad to think people out there think that Creed, Britney and the other schmoes are good music.
98' NJ, MSG II
00' Jones Beach I,II,III
03' Nassau, MSG I, II
05' Montreal, Ottawa, Borgata II
06' NJ I, II
08' Camden II, MSG II, Hartford, Beacon NY, Ed Ved NYC I
09' Philly 4
10' MSG I,II
11' Ed Ved Hartford
13' Chicago, Brooklyn II
15' GCF NY
16' Philly II, MSG I
I listen to music, like most people watch tv(do crack, masturbate, eat.......it's an addiction, really). Aside from a few shows, the tv gets muted and the tunes get turned on.
I am picky, but I listen to a pretty broad range of rock music. I would say most bands I listen to have something pretty unique about them.
Aside from that, I play guitar in a band, write songs, jam with friends, collect records, keep a fully stocked ipod, attend several concerts every year etcetcetc
All this and I am married with a child. The wife either loves the music or is the most accepting wife ever, and the baby girl loves to dance around.
Food
Sex
Music
It's important!!!
9 years old--Lola off of "One for the Road": I couldn't believe you could get all of those people singing together. Made me realize how music unites and I was jonesing for my first concert.
11 years old--fully into Queen, The Who, Iron Maiden, Rush, Zeppelin, Beatles. A band for every mood found its way on my turntable.
15 years--live shows. Every penny I had went into concerts. Didn't matter who it was.
17 years--U2. Who knew rock had purpose? Big stories with small sounds--Joshua Tree inspired me to pay attention to politics (Mothers of the Disappeared).
19 years--Grunge rock was raw. Bought my first guitar and lkearned how to play Smells Like Teen Spirit, Tangerine, and Misfit.
Fast forward:
Spanish Boots of Leather: Sunrise on Australia's gold coast
Southern harmony music companion: realized how albums dig a groove
Given To Fly: listened to it every training session for NYC marathon. Training burned a lot of hard times, GTL inspired me every day.
First night I met my wife we stayed up until dawn listening to Ben Harper, Beck, and Jack Johnson.
It is very important to me. Up on the hierarchy of needs for me.
sorry i beg to differ, music comes first no matter what. fuck love, where there is love there is pain
fuck love?.........wow! someone have their heart broken recently?
how can you know pleasure without pain? how can you know peace without conflict? how can you know hate without love?
it's the balance of the universe my friend!
so you can beg to differ all you want.....you're still wrong.
Love is always first...just because a lot of people don't put it first changes nothing.
i haven't had my heart broken however i did go through 4 meaningless relationships in a short period of time. i've never experienced love, except love for my parents i guess and maybe a friend of mine.
apparently, 07162056 is THE date...
how true
Fk, going to have to throw on some SVT when I get home....as GF cut me off......LOL