Music Nostalgia

(NOTE: I wrote this last week but my Internet has been a bit of a poop all week so here it is anyway, I'm gonna write something else in a bit as well :D)

Thursday 25th July 2013

So this afternoon I was going through my collection of albums to find some CDs to give to my best friend and I was looking at them, thinking about how each of them have somehow had some sort of influence on me and my attitude about life and all that cheesy stuff.  So I decide to compile this little list of things together.

The first album I ever bought for myself was A Beautiful Lie by 30 Seconds to Mars. I was thirteen years old and I had just watched the video for 'A Beautiful Lie' on television and that was probably the first time I was so inspired by music and I would say too, the moment I became so interested in music. I went to the music shop pretty much the next day and bought the album and listened to it in complete awe. Everything about the album was perfect to me, it had emotion and had such empowering lyrics, especially after entering my teenage years and feeling as if I had found some sort of solace and a place in society.

Don't Panic by All Time Low is the album I feel has a song for every occasion. I felt as if last year I was in this really weird rut for the most part. When the album came out, I listened to it on repeat for about a month (well not literally, you get me right?). But it just felt so appropriate for everything that was happening around me. It is probably my favourite album that I own.

Pretty much anything by blink-182 somehow captures everything about my time growing up. I think everyone can agree with me on that though. If you look beneath the pretty ridiculous lyrics, the meanings of some of the songs are amazing. 'Dammit' from Dude Ranch is one of those songs which have encapsulated the majority of my teenage angst. While it is about a break up, it kind of has the same messages about friendships as well. I grew up having some pretty interesting friendships and associated myself with some "interesting" (for a lack of a better word) people who I had some pretty interesting times with. But blink-182 just always seem to help me with everything. 

I got into Avenged Sevenfold towards the end of last year and I'm so bloody glad I got into them when I did. In November last year, my dog passed away-I was honestly convinced that Bonnie was my guardian angel who always cheered me up. So when I bought Nightmare, the album which is a tribute to The Rev, it helped me so much with dealing with the grief of not having Bonnie around and getting used to life without her. I do miss her terribly almost nine months down the track, but I don't think I would've gotten my act together as quickly if I didn't have that album.

The Flood by Of Mice & Men is the album I listen to when I'm getting pumped or prepared for something. It doesn't even matter what it is, I listen to it when I go for a run and it makes me feel like I'm on a mission. They're lyrics are really empowering and inspirational and there's something about the emotion in Austin Carlile's vocals that just make me what to get stuff done...or start a riot I'm not entirely sure.

When I'm sad, I listen to In Love and Death by The Used. That album means a lot to me, I used to listen to it whenever I was so inherently sad and it's really nice having a nice cry along to it. Bert's voice is just amazing and kind of raw as well and in some songs, particularly in All That I've Got. It's nice having that one album you can just let go to and this album has been the go-to album.

You're probably surprised that I haven't mentioned My Chemical Romance or Green Day in this post. It's because their albums Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge and  American Idiot  are my anrgy albums. Being the genuinely angry person that I am, these albums make me feel like I'm not the victim in any of the drama that I encounter and that the problems I somehow embroiled myself in aren't necessarily always caused by me and my dumb actions. I feel really important when I listen to these albums and they make me feel like I could punch someone in the face if I truly wanted to.

So yes that's my music nostalgia for the day...or ever I'm not sure. It's really fascinating how music can have such a profound impact on everything in your life, isn't it?