January 27th, 2008 (07:00 pm)
current mood: thoughtful
Over the last five years I "discovered" so many new bands... it all began with this well known band from New Jersey "My chemical romance" and lead me all through the years to other bands... I made friends through this band who again brought me closer to other bands, made new friends and so on... and yesterday I sat down and thought about the effect that certain bands have on me and my life... and now I want to write down a few things about that... my thoughts might be confusing... so don´t read if you get all weird really fast...
People tend to say that, for example, MyChem saved their lives... I can´t say that... my life was never in danger... not in that way... but I can say... they changed it... changed me... and it´s the same with Aiden... they haven´t saved it, but changed it... for the better, I would say... I am kinda sad all those guys will never know what they mean to me... what they did... words in comments, mails or letters can never express what I mean, not even this blogthingy... seeing these bands live at shows, listening to their music, reading interviews, meeting them after shows... it means so much to me... I could sit here, write down all the bands that I like or even love... and you still won´t get me... it´s a thing, a feeling deep inside my heart that I can´t put in words... and I can´t put a finger on it WHY...
Good example? This band from Wales... you know who I mean ;)... I only "know" them since last november... since Taste of chaos... and I already love those guys to bits (I can hear a few of you say "I´ve heard that before... shut up!" LOL)... and I have no idea why... the whole energy that I feel at their shows... that I can´t get the cd out of my player... that I feel weird when I don´t listen to them... that I travel all the way to Amsterdam just to see them... that I actually feel free at their shows, I mentioned it in my blog about Cologne and Hamburg, atleast I think I did... strange, I know... hahaha... and you thought I am crazy about Aiden? I still am, don´t worry...
Same with this band from Canada called "Your favorite enemies"... they have such a big effect on people... and I´m proud that I can say that I´m a part of this huge family... the effort that they put into their work on MySpace... that they try and get back to everyone who writes them mails and comments, that they barely get some rest cause of this... there are no words that can tell you how much I love you for every comment, every mail that I got over the last couple of months...
But what I try to say is... I live for music, for shows, for bands... when I love a band, then I love them with all my heart... Charlie Chaplin said once "A day without laughter is a day wasted." and it´s the same for me with music. I could never go through a day without music, it´s just impossible...
And another thought... told you... this will be confusing... but I just have to get it all out... and share it with you... or atleast try to...
I was always the shy one around people that I don´t know for a long time... it was worse with "famous" people... and it took me a while until I realized... "Damn, they are all just normal guys and girls... no need to freak out!"... that is probably the reason why some of the bands that I´ve met have the feeling that "this girl isn´t right in the head" LOL (admit it people... ) cause I don´t freak out anymore, I tend to treat them like I treat my friends, with stupid questions, weird things to say... I don´t start to squeal when I meet "my" bands, I don´t run around in weird circles when I see them unpack their stuff from the bus... and I don´t have to run up to them like there is no tomorrow...don´t get me wrong, I love meeting bands... and I definatly love it to get pics and autographs... not to go around and tell everyone "OH I GOT A PIC WITH THIS GUY!" or "SEE... I HAVE HIS/HER AUTOGRAPH!"... that is probably the reason why I don´t like to upload these pics... no offence to anyone who is doing that though... for me these things are memories of a good day/night... nothing more, but sure nothing less...
Nice thing for me... when I can tell bands that the show was awesome and that I had fun... I know, I barely say it straight away... but I like to think that they got it without a lot of words... that I love them for the music... I know, I know... there are certain bandmembers that I have some sort of "soft spot" for... but seriously... you never took me tooo serious, didn´t you?! I mean... chances are small... and I´m totally aware of that... against everything some people might think... and that leads me to the next point...
... one last thing... about spreading rumours and lies... someone in my list has this sentence on his profile and I like it a lot... so quoting time... "Rumours are like tumours."... and it´s true...
I can´t see why it is so bad to have some sort of contact to bands and/or crew... to be nice to the friendly merchguys who is selling the shirts, to the guitartechs who are working their asses off, to the soundguys who are giving us the best sound as possible... to people who are working for records labels, for streeteamleaders, to the busdrivers who are driving "our" bands around safe, the owner of the venues where "our" bands are playing, to everyone who is involved in the whole process... WITHOUT the expectation of a place on a guestlist or a backstage pass... just because they are nice enough to stay in contact... to talk about stuff that has NOTHING to do with the bands they are working for or with...
thank you for reading this, if you did... comments and thoughts about my weird mind are more than welcome 