Music isn’t the only thing that’s cool when no one knows what it is.
A few years back, I was a Deadpool fan. Because no one had any idea who Deadpool was. And then they made a movie. At first I was super stoked. Until it sank in that The entire world loved Ryan Reynolds SO MUCH that it now sucked for me.
I’m back to being a Deadpool fan, but there was a middle section where the mainstream bullshit of it made me pretty upset with the whole thing.
I resonate with this a lot. My birthdays have always been a complicated thing for me, and my version of Snow Patrol was Linkin Park, whom I saw open for a totally embarrassing band I won’t mention at a tiny venue before they were known. So I claimed them… then, so did everyone else. But I was *special* you know. Broody. Mysterious. I couldn’t be basic by listening to them.
Even though I still totally did when I was alone in my room with no one in the house.
Maybe I’ll go listen to them in celebration of your birthday. I hope it was a good one. 🥂
I saw Snow Patrol several times at Isle of Wight Festival over the years, so their music brings back good memories. (Fortunately, I didn't see that episode of Grey's Anatomy to ruin it.) And weirdly, I hadn't heard that brilliant duet, Setting Fire to the Third Bar before. Love that, thanks for sharing it.
I hope 43 turns out to be a good age. I'm thinking back to what I was doing and how I was 20 years ago. I was quite dazed, just dealing with life, not really stopping to think.
It's good to be aware of change and step back a bit, like you're doing now.
That’s a rough hand dealt with the birthdays.
Music isn’t the only thing that’s cool when no one knows what it is.
A few years back, I was a Deadpool fan. Because no one had any idea who Deadpool was. And then they made a movie. At first I was super stoked. Until it sank in that The entire world loved Ryan Reynolds SO MUCH that it now sucked for me.
I’m back to being a Deadpool fan, but there was a middle section where the mainstream bullshit of it made me pretty upset with the whole thing.
I resonate with this a lot. My birthdays have always been a complicated thing for me, and my version of Snow Patrol was Linkin Park, whom I saw open for a totally embarrassing band I won’t mention at a tiny venue before they were known. So I claimed them… then, so did everyone else. But I was *special* you know. Broody. Mysterious. I couldn’t be basic by listening to them.
Even though I still totally did when I was alone in my room with no one in the house.
Maybe I’ll go listen to them in celebration of your birthday. I hope it was a good one. 🥂
Go listen to them, I insist! Now I’m curious about who the totally embarrassing band could be of that time…could it be Nickelback?
Oh that would be bad. It’s a more obscure and totally dumb band called Kottonmouth Kings. I was going through a phase.
I saw Snow Patrol several times at Isle of Wight Festival over the years, so their music brings back good memories. (Fortunately, I didn't see that episode of Grey's Anatomy to ruin it.) And weirdly, I hadn't heard that brilliant duet, Setting Fire to the Third Bar before. Love that, thanks for sharing it.
I hope 43 turns out to be a good age. I'm thinking back to what I was doing and how I was 20 years ago. I was quite dazed, just dealing with life, not really stopping to think.
It's good to be aware of change and step back a bit, like you're doing now.
I’m glad I could introduce more Martha Wainwright into your life-she is magical.
Thanks so much for reading!