zuropa_fit
Blue Crack Addict
I'm reading this book my friend loaned me by John Sellers, called "Perfect From Now On, How Indie Rock Saved My Life" It's geared exactly to ppl my age (mid-late 30's) and written in a very snarky but self-effacing, tongue in cheek humor, in other words, my kinda book.
Anyway, his description of obsession with a band was spot on and made me think a lot of this place. Here's a couple examples:
"A partial list of things music has made me do: fly overseas at considerable expense to see a live performance..., nurture a crush on a goth chick way out of my league, write a love letter to a German woman made up entirely of lyrics from my favorite...band, get ticketed for doing 82(MPH) in a 55, drive around a remote area of England looking for a hero's grave..., miss a final exam, dive to the bottom of a numbingly cold Scottish pond to retrieve my favorite T-shirt, stab my thumb into the back of a fellow concert attendee's neck to get closer to the stage,..."
or on musical obsession in particular:
"Or you can go all in... You let it dip into every facet of your life your wardrobe, your hairstyle, the foods you eat, the drugs you take, the naming of your pets and children. Fanship of this type is generally expressed outwardly and unabashedly, and as such it tends to draw the bewilderment and ridicule of those who don't understand. Not that you really care what those morons think... you will almost certainly blog about it. Tattoos are possibly involved..." You get the idea
But why is this thread here and not LS or something?
Chapter 4 is entitled "If I could, you know I would let it go" and is about his first obsession, you guessed it, U2, starting with his first listen to War on his friend's walkman tape player to buying the whole catalogue from the Columbia Music Club and through feeling let down by the hype of R&H. I can't say I agree with his thought on stuff after JT but I'll leave that up to you.
Oh, and sorry if there was a thread about this 2 years ago when the book was published - I have a kid, give me a break!
Anyway, his description of obsession with a band was spot on and made me think a lot of this place. Here's a couple examples:
"A partial list of things music has made me do: fly overseas at considerable expense to see a live performance..., nurture a crush on a goth chick way out of my league, write a love letter to a German woman made up entirely of lyrics from my favorite...band, get ticketed for doing 82(MPH) in a 55, drive around a remote area of England looking for a hero's grave..., miss a final exam, dive to the bottom of a numbingly cold Scottish pond to retrieve my favorite T-shirt, stab my thumb into the back of a fellow concert attendee's neck to get closer to the stage,..."
or on musical obsession in particular:
"Or you can go all in... You let it dip into every facet of your life your wardrobe, your hairstyle, the foods you eat, the drugs you take, the naming of your pets and children. Fanship of this type is generally expressed outwardly and unabashedly, and as such it tends to draw the bewilderment and ridicule of those who don't understand. Not that you really care what those morons think... you will almost certainly blog about it. Tattoos are possibly involved..." You get the idea
But why is this thread here and not LS or something?
Chapter 4 is entitled "If I could, you know I would let it go" and is about his first obsession, you guessed it, U2, starting with his first listen to War on his friend's walkman tape player to buying the whole catalogue from the Columbia Music Club and through feeling let down by the hype of R&H. I can't say I agree with his thought on stuff after JT but I'll leave that up to you.
Oh, and sorry if there was a thread about this 2 years ago when the book was published - I have a kid, give me a break!
