Growing up in my household there was a diverse range of music to be experienced and enjoyed as my dad and older brothers are all enthusiasts. As a result I've grown up listening to the classics from ACDC to Zeppelin, which I am very thankful for my father having blast through the speakers over my 27 years causing my hearing to suffer, of course a worthy sacrifice. There were a lot of musical phases that came with both my brothers influence as well. Metal, Indie, Alternative, the list goes on. I also went through quite the punk phase in high school, all on my own. One thing for sure, I will be forever thankful for my both my brother's input on my musical playlists over the years, they've opened my ears to many glorious sounds.
Oh my god. I remember looking up to my eldest brother with his than long rock & roll hair. He was in a metal band, aka: he used to scream into a microphone with friends, and I just thought he was the coolest. I embarrassingly took to an old oversized white t-shirt I stole from him once with a sharpie and wrote KORN on it to impress him. I lived in that makeshift band tee for longer than I care to admit. My brother had me convinced it was cool as we swung our heads around aggressively...
To this day some of my favourite musicians to sing along to are still Tom Petty, The Cars, Eurythmics, Elvis, and of course The Beatles. And although Bowie will forever be my god, Alex Turner is definitely on that pedestal with him. Arctic Monkeys are my favourite band and I really feel like I have grown with them since first hearing the album Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not. They are so delicious. As for mainstream music, it's out there and of course some of it is good and some of it is complete utter shit; it all depends on your preferences and taste. Just because I love Roy Orbison does not mean I can't love Miley Cyrus. I was pleasantly surprised by her album and I think she did a great job. Will I be listening to it in ten years time? Probably not.
I tend to go through moments were I think that music has become a little disposable and it's kind of depressing. I hope you don't read that wrong way, but it just seems as though there is a lot of music getting pumped out so quick and I worry there isn't enough love been put into the production. It seems easy (so to say) to release an album that the masses will listen to today, but goddamn it it sure ain't easy to make that record that people will still be playing decades down the track. That said I imagine myself still busting moves to JT and Lady GaGa well into my 80's, ain't no metal hip going to stop me.
&.the.bohemian.girl.xx.
Postscript: technically I got this entry in on day 17 as it's half past midnight here, but as I haven't gone to bed yet I think that it's still kind of day 16. And that it is perfectly acceptable to the challenge. Goodnight lovelies, pleasant Bowie filled dreams.
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