Has your relationship to certain bands or albums changed?
musicismylife78
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What I mean is that, there are bands we love. That soundtrack our teen years, or are our favorite band for a time, or a certain album seems to sum up your existence. And I know thats happened to me. And when I hear that music again, now, in 2012, as opposed to 2003 or 2007 or 1993, I remember all these memories and images that the music speaks to, or what was happening in my life when I loved this album or band.
And there are certain records for me that are pivitol and important records in my life-vitalogy, death cabs-transatlanticism and plans, modest mouse good news and moon and antarctica, Funeral, the shins wincing, sufjan chicago. these are albums that got me through what I was going through personally, spoke to and about me, and whenever i listen to them I instantly think back to that time period, what I was thinking, feeling.
But, sometimes I wish I could go back. As I get older, I realize having albums that define a certain time in your life, thats so rare and special. Albums like that dont come around often. And many times I sort of find myself pining away in nostalgia, to go back to 2007, or 2005, and feel what it felt like to be enveloped and warmed by these albums. They still are important to me, always will be, but Ive changed in some ways. And whats funny is, these albums all soundtracked stressful. unsure, self doubt, confusion periods in my life. So in essence Im pining to go back to a time when things were harder for me, but I felt the albums were my only piller of strength.
Its hard to express. Im still confused and lost, and those albums continue to shape my life, but ive internalized them, they are part of my dna now. And they arent new either, so many thats part of it. Im still in my 20's, and those albums defined it for me.
And there are certain records for me that are pivitol and important records in my life-vitalogy, death cabs-transatlanticism and plans, modest mouse good news and moon and antarctica, Funeral, the shins wincing, sufjan chicago. these are albums that got me through what I was going through personally, spoke to and about me, and whenever i listen to them I instantly think back to that time period, what I was thinking, feeling.
But, sometimes I wish I could go back. As I get older, I realize having albums that define a certain time in your life, thats so rare and special. Albums like that dont come around often. And many times I sort of find myself pining away in nostalgia, to go back to 2007, or 2005, and feel what it felt like to be enveloped and warmed by these albums. They still are important to me, always will be, but Ive changed in some ways. And whats funny is, these albums all soundtracked stressful. unsure, self doubt, confusion periods in my life. So in essence Im pining to go back to a time when things were harder for me, but I felt the albums were my only piller of strength.
Its hard to express. Im still confused and lost, and those albums continue to shape my life, but ive internalized them, they are part of my dna now. And they arent new either, so many thats part of it. Im still in my 20's, and those albums defined it for me.
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Take DMB's Busted Stuff
Was going through hell and that's all I was listening to. It helped.
Every time I turn it on all I remember are the bad times. Can barely stand listening to it at all anymore.
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