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Elle's Music History [important]"If for one minute you think you're better than a sixteen year old girl in a Green Day t-shirt, you are sorely mistaken. Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about." - Gerard Way, My Chemical Romance. Music is a very important part of my life, and over the years things have changed, and things have been added. I thought it was important to go through my music history, starting from what I was listening to when I was a toddler to where I am now... ELLE'S MUSIC HISTORYFirst off, my parents have a lot to do with what I listen to.
My mum listened/listens to a lot of different stuff. She was into the 80's a lot...but "good 80's" if you're picking up what I'm putting down. She was the rock/pop/modern stuff out of my Mum and Dad. She liked ALL the bands above…alot of INXS, Cyndi Lauper and just..ugh everything. It was so rad. My dad on the other hand "nothing beats brit-pop". He was/is a huge Morrissey fan. He loved David Bowie. He saw David Bowie in concert he says. He loved the Clash and The Cure. He LOVED Jarvis and Pulp. Every Saturday and Sunday we would watch Rage and other music clip shows together...and he'd tell me stuff about all the bands. We did that all the damn time. Haha I remember taping this Pulp video where they were all on roller-skates. Dad had a lot of music video tapes. I was six years old when, for Christmas I received my first music that was my own. It was Britney Spears, Back Street Boys, Alley McBeal Soundtrack (wtf haha) and Ricky Martin; equip with a portable radio/tape player thingo. I loved it SO much. *The Smiths *Sinead O'Connor *The Clash *The Cure *Jarvis Cocker/Pulp *The Pixies *Billy Bragg *Elvis Costello * UK Squeeze *Rolling Stones
Then...came Hilary Duff. I was a HUGE Hilary Duff fan. I lost my concert virginity to her when I was 11. I thought she was so awesome. Seriously, I loved her so much. Mainly: The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, White Stripes, The Strokes, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab For Cutie, Artic Monkeys. but it was mainly just KillersKillersKillers. I was taping an MTV awards show one time, taping it as The Killers were nominated and were going to perform. They were nominated for Best Rock Video and right after Mr. Brightside came ..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 />
My life changed after that. I had found MCR. I downloaded the first album and second album and instantly fell in love with it. It was something I related to on so many levels, it was like they were saying everything I had ever thought or felt in my life. I can't properly explain how much they helped me…especially in 2006. Hmm… well I had a lot of things going on. But wow. They changed me, helped me, and saved me so much no matter how cliché that sounds. I wont go into why or how at the moment, but finding them really did change me life so much. I was so happy I found them. Just…everything changed drastically.
This was sometime in 2005 when I found them. I brought 'Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge' in Goulburn, which was the first MCR album I had properly brought. I knew of absolutely no fans around my area, and things were still extremely bad (regardless of mcr, things had to happen) so I got into music more than I ever had. I had no real friends. And music was something I could rely on so I got into more stuff. Still in 2005/2006 I was into a lot of music from early on…still not into really old school punk, and I wasn't into screamo or hardcore at all. Around mid 2006 I discovered a tonne of music that was new to me. Much more old school stuff, I got into more punk/hardcore/screamo stuff…which was weird at first. My music taste hasn't really changed since then except I've gotten into more electronic rock now. My parents are really supportive of most of what I listen to now, they actually really love most of it too. At the moment I'm exploring a lot of genres and loving them all. I don't think you should limit yourself with the music you listen to, and you don't necessarily have to categorize every band you DO listen to. Blocking yourself off from other genres so you don't get discriminated for liking something else is something I've never done and probably will never do. Frank Iero said something like "Its all rock and roll anyway, so why push people away"…and I think that applies not just to the music "scenes" but music in general. It's all music. That's all that matters. Variety is everything. I still listen to Britney Spears a lot…actually I still listen to everything I listened to in the past...except for Hilary Duff I suppose. It doesn't matter what's 'cool'. Like fucking Fergie and Slipknot if you like them both, don't feel like you have to choose one 'musical taste'. Don't stop liking a band because they are having commercial success. I have liked The Killers for over 3 years now, and I still remember the days where no one had even heard of them, let alone listened to them. Same with My Chem. And I don't feel any pressure to stop liking them because they are becoming more popular. All these bands deserve to be huge. People who have been out there street-teaming, saying no one no's what bands they listen to, and then when they do, they ditch them and call them "sellouts" who are "have turned terribly mainstream" I don't understand. xoep. [ this day 6 months was the best day ever :) ]
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