Music; phase by phase

sometimes i think about listening to a certain band like i think about people... "yeah, we met in 1990". will the relationship last? is it just a passing fancy? is it real love? good friends? will we hate each other in a year?

should i buy their new cd or not?

the cure. two simple little words, but they've meant a lot for me. they always will. no matter how much i go through phases, i always - always - come back to the cure. the first nightclub i went to, they played a cure song i didn't know. it was off an album i had a tape of and somehow the track had been left off. it was one of my 9-10 second through fourth generation dubs. heheheh, there are few people in the world i truly despise; and one of them hates me just as much... we both base it on approximately 2 minutes - the total time we've been in contact with each other. a friend of mine described it as an "aura clash". whatever, we instantly and instinctively hated each other. what he doesn't know is that he effectively bought cure albums for me all through high school, if you follow the trail of dubs back a couple of generations.

anyway, back to the club and the missing cure song (open off wish). i sat drinking my first nightclub drink (a Two Dogs. i didn't like beer at that stage and was yet to find out what i liked. Two Dogs was a pretty safe bet :)). illegally bought, naturally; i was 17) mesmerised by the music and more to the point the fact i didn't know it. i went and bought the album on cd about a week later, as soon as i had the money. from my first paycheque, in fact.

but i still have depeche mode phases. they were my first concert, supported by caligula. good old festival hall. stupid security jerks. i think i was about 16, maybe 15. young enough that we didn't even think of trying to get into the drinking (and more importantly, standing) area. great concert, one of the best i've ever seen. i hope they'll tour with their new album's release.

then there's pink floyd. i have a screaming face "the wall" poster on the wall. i haven't listened to the wall for about 2 or 3 months. i'll be back to it sooner or later. i think i always will. the floyd are just integral to being... except maybe Division Bell and Pulse, which just seem to have lost the floyd "something" that The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Momentary Lapse of Reason and Wish You Were Here all had...

nine inch nails. whoo... awsome live. for some time now the screams, whispers and machinery have been an integral part of my cd collection... along with Marilyn Manson, Snog and various other "industrial" bands (classification is such a touchy issue). i was once asked what i liked about industrial.... i'm really not sure how to explain it. the power maybe, the heavy and dark feeling to it. music that kicks the door in but doesn't have shithouse lyrics along the lines of "satan, satan, satan, satan. satan, satan, satan, satan. [then a little backwards masking, like you need it with death metal 'singing'] natas, natas, natas, natas. natas, natas, natas, natas. tihs siht thguob uoy eveileb t'nac i, skcus dnab siht."

i go through phases of all these things, and more. i'll listen to the radio for weeks then cd's only for the next 3 months. i'll go through pink floyd, the cure, depeche mode; then punch in some industrial for a while. phases.

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