I suppose it should be my first post in which i say why i'm doing this blog but it wasn't so nows the time! I have always seen the idea of blogging as a bit self indulgent: a way of trying to prove to people how different you and your ideas are and how that makes you super cool - hipster i suppose. Now, i'd hate to think that i am now hipster in one way or another so that opinion has to change. Rather than thinking of blogging as a way of showing off, i see this as an experiment to see if i can say things that i wouldn't normally say to anyone else - but to myself. To be honest, this blog is self indulgent; of course it is, but there is no way that it could be regarded as showing off as in all fairness, for most of its life (probably a short life) it'll only be me reading it (likely to be its entirety. So, rather than it being a method to show off my ideas, it is simply a way for me to reflect upon my own ideas and see how much of an idiot (or genius) i really am.
Blogs that i have mostly encountered have been through stumbleupon of which i, along with many other people, am an addict. The blogs that make stumbleupon are, on the whole ones with USPs that keep other readers and i reading on, and if they are really interesting, they may even keep us coming back to. I don't believe for one second that at any time this blog will become one of those, but one can hope. I don't have anywhere near enough friends to have friends that have blogs with which to compare mine with but i hope that in time i can compare mine with other blogs that i will encounter in the future...so, in the hope of attracting some sort of comparison, my unique selling point is: "matt's song of the day!"™ © !!!11!!11!
What i am aiming to do with this blog is to write a sort of diary of my day to day thoughts on various things so i can look back and see what the hell i was thinking on 14th november 2010 when i'm 40 (yeah right). In all honesty, i do think my ideas and opinions are worthwhile and deserve to be aired (albeit to the faceless internet population who have not yet had the pleasure to see them yet) and that my views on various things: politics, current affairs, music, films, etc., are worth reading. So, in the coming days, weeks, and if i can be bothered, months, i will be sharing the thoughts that i have had on a particular day on something that i have seen, read, or come up with out of thin air and writing it down in the hope that someone other than me will read it and think: "wow, isn't that great and insightful. Isn't matt an interesting and intelligent person for thinking such a thing."
My first thought is therefore:
coming tomorrow. night
Song of the day:
Monday, 18 October 2010
Saturday, 16 October 2010
First Post
Well, this is my first post so i better make it special eh? Well no, nothing that i'm going to say is that special because i don't really have anything special to say but to hell with it, it's my blog and i will say what i want; whether its excruciatingly boring or not. Anyway.....
Music:
I think about this a lot but i've never posted it down anywhere so here i go. Music to me is more than simply something to listen to: it's a diary, or a way to remember the past better than any other thing. Take tonight for example. I listened to 3 songs that reminded me vividly of different times in my life. Ok, my life hasnt been long so far (i've recently turned 21) but a huge collection of songs can chronicle my life pretty succinctly. There is nothing that links these songs in any way other than that they are 'my' songs. Now really, do you know any other 21 old who listen to Lady in Red by Chris De Burgh who can tell you exactly the first time they heard the song and why they remember it? (It was on a GCSE history trip to Belgium and I remember it because me and one of my best friends at the time changed the lyrics to badger in blue...long story). I've changed A LOT since then; i no longer keep in contact with the friend and i like to think i've matured a fair bit, but i still remember fondly the memories that that song bring and strangely, even if its been months since i last listened to the song, all of the lyrics.
I don't know why, but when i listen to a song that brings back memories, i always feel regret. I don't think its because i wish i was back in the time I first heard it, or that i wished i hadnt changed, i just wish that i had listened to that song every day so the past would never leave me or that i wouldnt never forget the lyrics to a song that i once listened to so much.
My girlfriend told me today that when she becomes a parent she wants to be a voice of wisdom when it comes to music for her children, and educate them in the music she grew up with. I'm not so naive to think that when the day comes when i'm a parent, if it ever happens, that the dubstep or electronica i listen to at the moment would be anything but a vague figment of the past, but i would like to know that whenever that day comes, i will be able to impart the knowledge of the songs that bring back fond memories now onto anyone who would care to listen and maybe create new memories to go along with old songs.
By the way, x-factor sucks.
Song of the day:
PS: Don't hate on the Burgh
Music:
I think about this a lot but i've never posted it down anywhere so here i go. Music to me is more than simply something to listen to: it's a diary, or a way to remember the past better than any other thing. Take tonight for example. I listened to 3 songs that reminded me vividly of different times in my life. Ok, my life hasnt been long so far (i've recently turned 21) but a huge collection of songs can chronicle my life pretty succinctly. There is nothing that links these songs in any way other than that they are 'my' songs. Now really, do you know any other 21 old who listen to Lady in Red by Chris De Burgh who can tell you exactly the first time they heard the song and why they remember it? (It was on a GCSE history trip to Belgium and I remember it because me and one of my best friends at the time changed the lyrics to badger in blue...long story). I've changed A LOT since then; i no longer keep in contact with the friend and i like to think i've matured a fair bit, but i still remember fondly the memories that that song bring and strangely, even if its been months since i last listened to the song, all of the lyrics.
I don't know why, but when i listen to a song that brings back memories, i always feel regret. I don't think its because i wish i was back in the time I first heard it, or that i wished i hadnt changed, i just wish that i had listened to that song every day so the past would never leave me or that i wouldnt never forget the lyrics to a song that i once listened to so much.
My girlfriend told me today that when she becomes a parent she wants to be a voice of wisdom when it comes to music for her children, and educate them in the music she grew up with. I'm not so naive to think that when the day comes when i'm a parent, if it ever happens, that the dubstep or electronica i listen to at the moment would be anything but a vague figment of the past, but i would like to know that whenever that day comes, i will be able to impart the knowledge of the songs that bring back fond memories now onto anyone who would care to listen and maybe create new memories to go along with old songs.
By the way, x-factor sucks.
Song of the day:
PS: Don't hate on the Burgh
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