I recently found myself begging a friend to go to NKOTB with me. I don't know why, but I feel this sense of owing my younger self things...like I owe my 12 year old self the fact that I'm seeing them up close for the first time. Sort of a bucket list of things to do before I die. Now I have to go, she's bought tickets and I have to sit through the Back Street Boys. I mean, both "bands" suck, their music is dated and corny, and yet they are a sure thing to make a few bucks for the industry. I'd be happier if the BSB weren't involved but it'll be a good time, I'm going with one of my most favourite people from the good ol' days. I just find it funny when I see gals who still love them. Hopeless romantics.
And then I turn around and listen to darker stuff, mostly Skinny Puppy, Wumpscut and obscure (to the mainstream audience) bands. On occasion, I do pause to wonder how I got from "there" to "here" musically.
Pull up a chair, I could talk about music for hours.
I'll give you a list of music, and I'm sure you'll see an evolution, though it might not make sense, some species skip others. NKOTB; Vanilla Ice; C&C Music Factory; then I made a very drastic jump to Metallica due to being friends with the only 3 banger girls in jr. high (you know who you are). That led to Guns n Roses, which gave way to Blind Melon. The next logical step was to examine my older brother's CD collection. He had all sorts of posters on his wall of hair bands...Cinderella, White Snake, I'm not even sure if he listened to that stuff, their band members just looked bad ass (to the standards of the early nineties, anyway). I stole his Red Hot Chilli Peppers albums, the rest of the Metallica albums, he introduced me to The Gandharvas (who I still love very much even though they're now defunct), and of course, Nirvana. My mother religiously bought the National Enquirer, where Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain were featured on occasion. I noted that Courtney had a band, so I checked out the album, "Pretty on the Inside." That made way for my obsession with L7 (Can I Run is an amazing track). Then came Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. (I am really putting dates on my lifetime).
I would be taken backwards and introduced to the Sex Pistols, and somehow that led to Nine Inch Nails. It kinda stopped there for a while. I met my soulmate in Trent Reznor. I'll skip the showtunes part because that came from being a band geek at school. But then I'd buy metal magazines and would see a picture of a cool looking band, read the review, buy their album and go from there. Some newer friends I made in my last year of highschool got me hooked on Tori Amos...another soulmate.
During university I worked at two of the most famous live music bars in Toronto: Lee's Palace and the Horseshoe Tavern. Pretty much every Canadian band got their start at either or both venues. I loved working there...getting paid to watch live bands, keeping my ear to the door of the next big musical phenomenon. If I hadn't moved back to Ottawa I'd probably still be working at least at the Shoe. I still have friends who work there and I'm itching for a visit.
After that, many of my influences came from boyfriends...mostly metalheads and punks but I have them to thank for a lot of what I had on my ipod.
That being said, I'd like you all to take a minute of silence...my ipod died a few days ago. Long live the pod.
I wonder what's to come and how I'll find it...
Honourable mentions must go to Mr Bungle, Faith No More, Dog Fashion Disco, Frank Zappa, Mudvayne, Tool, The Residents, Gaga, Type O Negative, Rammstein, Sarah Brightman, many many many others...
And then I turn around and listen to darker stuff, mostly Skinny Puppy, Wumpscut and obscure (to the mainstream audience) bands. On occasion, I do pause to wonder how I got from "there" to "here" musically.
Pull up a chair, I could talk about music for hours.
I'll give you a list of music, and I'm sure you'll see an evolution, though it might not make sense, some species skip others. NKOTB; Vanilla Ice; C&C Music Factory; then I made a very drastic jump to Metallica due to being friends with the only 3 banger girls in jr. high (you know who you are). That led to Guns n Roses, which gave way to Blind Melon. The next logical step was to examine my older brother's CD collection. He had all sorts of posters on his wall of hair bands...Cinderella, White Snake, I'm not even sure if he listened to that stuff, their band members just looked bad ass (to the standards of the early nineties, anyway). I stole his Red Hot Chilli Peppers albums, the rest of the Metallica albums, he introduced me to The Gandharvas (who I still love very much even though they're now defunct), and of course, Nirvana. My mother religiously bought the National Enquirer, where Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain were featured on occasion. I noted that Courtney had a band, so I checked out the album, "Pretty on the Inside." That made way for my obsession with L7 (Can I Run is an amazing track). Then came Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. (I am really putting dates on my lifetime).
I would be taken backwards and introduced to the Sex Pistols, and somehow that led to Nine Inch Nails. It kinda stopped there for a while. I met my soulmate in Trent Reznor. I'll skip the showtunes part because that came from being a band geek at school. But then I'd buy metal magazines and would see a picture of a cool looking band, read the review, buy their album and go from there. Some newer friends I made in my last year of highschool got me hooked on Tori Amos...another soulmate.
During university I worked at two of the most famous live music bars in Toronto: Lee's Palace and the Horseshoe Tavern. Pretty much every Canadian band got their start at either or both venues. I loved working there...getting paid to watch live bands, keeping my ear to the door of the next big musical phenomenon. If I hadn't moved back to Ottawa I'd probably still be working at least at the Shoe. I still have friends who work there and I'm itching for a visit.
After that, many of my influences came from boyfriends...mostly metalheads and punks but I have them to thank for a lot of what I had on my ipod.
That being said, I'd like you all to take a minute of silence...my ipod died a few days ago. Long live the pod.
I wonder what's to come and how I'll find it...
Honourable mentions must go to Mr Bungle, Faith No More, Dog Fashion Disco, Frank Zappa, Mudvayne, Tool, The Residents, Gaga, Type O Negative, Rammstein, Sarah Brightman, many many many others...
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