To the point of buying just about any random album
Heyyyy so I've not written in this for two weeks, 'cause Week One I was too busy with exams, Week Two I was too busy with holidays.
Actually, I'm seeing less reasons to keep a blog than ever before. But nevermind that.
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You know, since the beginning of this year, I'd been pretty excited to get to mid-year. 'Cause four of my favourite bands will be releasing new material.
But now semester one is gone, and semester two is about to start.
The disappointing thing is, I find there isn't much to be excited about after all.
Linkin Park has their new album out, and boy is it boring.
This, the band whose music I'd rush home after school to listen to, whose concert was the best concert I've been to so far, whom used to write VERY good stuff.
Their latest single is like a watered down version of what you might've gotten from Meteora.
I just skip it when it comes on in my music player. It's that bad.
Then we have SUM 41, whose latest album seems to be in the same vein as their first album, only a little more political. But it's pretty much the same, really.
It's the same "This is a mess, I don't have to take this shit from you, I'mma stand up and I'm going to be different from what you want from me" attitude. Underclass Hero, they say.
It seems a tad immature now, y'know? I mean, "Fcuk the leaders, We don’t need this, We’re the leaders of disarray"?
It's definitely nice enough to listen to if you've not listened to them much before, but if you've been listening to their old albums just a little over Many-Many-Times, it loses its appeal.
My once most-favouritest-band, mannnnnnnn! This is utterly disappointing.
Then Marilyn Manson has got a few new singles out.
It grows on you the more you listen to it, and while they sound very different from his previous material, they sound very similar to each other.
One of Manson's appeal is that he has different voices to convey different emotions, and the songs end up being very dynamic, like an actual story, instead of being Just Another Song.
Like soft whispers at the beginning, then loud, angsty screams in the middle, and some weird kind of voice during the bridge, and ends with soft whispers again.
But on the new singles he sounds the same throughout. Maybe that's what he wanted, but the songs lose their Big Climax.
Fortunately there's that redeeming band, Chevelle.
They're still churning out songs that leave you out of breath by the time you're done with them.
They're a little less cryptic with their lyrics this time, which is a good thing. My most played band, this.
Unfortunately, they don't sell their CDs here.
I had to pay more than the usual CD price for their old album because it was 'imported', and you couldn't even get them if you tried now, 'cause they're no longer being sold.
Or at least, not a single CD store I've visited has them.
My own theory is that they imported a certain number, and they've since been sold off.
Mehhh. I need something else to look forward to.
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Off to Singapore later. Back next Thursday.
This time, I'll make sure we visit the discovery centre.
My mom was going on and on about how we wasted money because we spent an entire day cycling at the beach.
She asks why we couldn't have just went and cycled in Malaysia.
Come to think of it, why couldn't we have cycled in Malaysia?
Ciao!
(Do I need to post photos in my blog? Of myself and fellow cam whoring comrades? Do I need to tell the world what deep dark secrets I have? Or maybe what social events I've been to? Do I? Do I?
No I don't.
Call my blog boring. I still won't.)
Actually, I'm seeing less reasons to keep a blog than ever before. But nevermind that.
* * * * *
You know, since the beginning of this year, I'd been pretty excited to get to mid-year. 'Cause four of my favourite bands will be releasing new material.
But now semester one is gone, and semester two is about to start.
The disappointing thing is, I find there isn't much to be excited about after all.
Linkin Park has their new album out, and boy is it boring.
This, the band whose music I'd rush home after school to listen to, whose concert was the best concert I've been to so far, whom used to write VERY good stuff.
Their latest single is like a watered down version of what you might've gotten from Meteora.
I just skip it when it comes on in my music player. It's that bad.
Then we have SUM 41, whose latest album seems to be in the same vein as their first album, only a little more political. But it's pretty much the same, really.
It's the same "This is a mess, I don't have to take this shit from you, I'mma stand up and I'm going to be different from what you want from me" attitude. Underclass Hero, they say.
It seems a tad immature now, y'know? I mean, "Fcuk the leaders, We don’t need this, We’re the leaders of disarray"?
It's definitely nice enough to listen to if you've not listened to them much before, but if you've been listening to their old albums just a little over Many-Many-Times, it loses its appeal.
My once most-favouritest-band, mannnnnnnn! This is utterly disappointing.
Then Marilyn Manson has got a few new singles out.
It grows on you the more you listen to it, and while they sound very different from his previous material, they sound very similar to each other.
One of Manson's appeal is that he has different voices to convey different emotions, and the songs end up being very dynamic, like an actual story, instead of being Just Another Song.
Like soft whispers at the beginning, then loud, angsty screams in the middle, and some weird kind of voice during the bridge, and ends with soft whispers again.
But on the new singles he sounds the same throughout. Maybe that's what he wanted, but the songs lose their Big Climax.
Fortunately there's that redeeming band, Chevelle.
They're still churning out songs that leave you out of breath by the time you're done with them.
They're a little less cryptic with their lyrics this time, which is a good thing. My most played band, this.
Unfortunately, they don't sell their CDs here.
I had to pay more than the usual CD price for their old album because it was 'imported', and you couldn't even get them if you tried now, 'cause they're no longer being sold.
Or at least, not a single CD store I've visited has them.
My own theory is that they imported a certain number, and they've since been sold off.
Mehhh. I need something else to look forward to.
* * * * *
Off to Singapore later. Back next Thursday.
This time, I'll make sure we visit the discovery centre.
My mom was going on and on about how we wasted money because we spent an entire day cycling at the beach.
She asks why we couldn't have just went and cycled in Malaysia.
Come to think of it, why couldn't we have cycled in Malaysia?
Ciao!
(Do I need to post photos in my blog? Of myself and fellow cam whoring comrades? Do I need to tell the world what deep dark secrets I have? Or maybe what social events I've been to? Do I? Do I?
No I don't.
Call my blog boring. I still won't.)
Labels: Music
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