10 voices I love ...

So for as long as I can remember I have been composing a list of 10 singers voices that I am in love with. So here they are in no particular order: (I've also linked the song which I like their voice the most in so you can check out if you feel so inclined)

 

- Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
  'Hitchin a ride'
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWGqQ-TAfq8&feature=fvsr

 

- Jared Leto (30 Seconds to Mars)
  'Search and Destroy'
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KJCeRDRk9E

 

- Matt Bellamy (Muse)
  'Uprising'
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqPVz101nd0

 

- Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance)
  'You know what they do to guys like us in prison'
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsAqP42ukZ8

 

- Johnny Mackay (Children Collide)
  'My Eagle'
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2nKjUC7a6Y

 

- Matt Wright (The Getaway Plan)
  'Shadows'
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrnpevSqAI4

 

- Darren Cordeux (Kisschasy)
  'Perfect way to meet' - my fav is actually weekend but I couldn't find a video
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A9clksMQEg

 

- Brendon Urie (Panic! At the Disco)
  'There's a good reason these tables are numbered honey, you just haven't thought of it yet'
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAD5m4x5sSE

 

- Christian lo Russo (Amy Meredith)
  'Kiss Me Quick'
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYTRvoJn2HQ

 

- Tom Delonge (Blink 182)
  'First Date'
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTWKYZJAdCE

 

Look out for my list of fav drummers, guitarists and front men when I can finally decided on exactly who will be on there. (It's a lot harder than it looks!)

Crisis Alert! - what to do when 2 of your favourite bands are playing at the same time

This post is about the horrible moment when the set times are released and you realise that your 2 favourite bands are on at the same time!!! My dad inspired this post when he couldn't think of any options and was prepared to settle for option 3.

Option 1:

Choose a band. This is the most obvious yet most difficult suggestion. Sure you can pick up a band but then what if you love them equally as much? Do you go on who you’ve seen before? But what if you skip a band because you’ve already seen them before and they go on and play the best show ever while your other favourite band who you also love plays a rubbish set? Also what if you’re wearing a band tshirt? Are you obligated to go and watch the band on your shirt play? Too hard! Next option!

Option 2:

Go to half and half. This requires a lot of planning and is really not as simple as it seems! Firstly you have still have to choose 1 band over the over because whoever you go to 1^st you are guaranteed a better spot. So choose the band you want to see the most of and get to them early. Leaving could be a problem depending on how close you are. It’s probably best if you’re at the barrier because then you can always go over it. You must then run to the other stage and watch your other favourite band. Again this option has serious flaws and requires a lot of research. Firstly you should look up what songs both bands will open and close with and if possible a proposed set list. This will allow you to make an informed judgement as to who you want to see at the start and the end. However it’s still a pretty rubbish option because you only get to see half of each set and festival sets are already really short! Also who’s to say that one bands not going to do something completely amazing when you’re not there like crowd diving or wearing an Indian headdress and pulling people up on stage. Next option!

Option 3:

Stand in the middle of the stages and cry because you can’t choose. Probably not the best option because you not only miss both bands but you look ridiculous and face the possibility of getting bashed up.

Option 4:

Get really mad at both of the bands, think screw you both and go watch a little unknown band. At the time this can seem like a really good idea and you may even discover a really good band that you didn't know about and really enjoy yourself. However later while you’re stalking the bands on facebook you’re going to really regret it. You’ll see all the awesome pictures people will upload of them with setlists, various band members and drumsticks that they’ve caught and get really jealous. Then when the band thanks everyone and says they were the best audience and uploads a picture of the crowd your jealousy is going to turn into anger. And then when the reviews come out and it says that they were the highlight of the festival and the singer ran through the crowd shirtless while everyone belted out all their old classics, your anger will turn into depression and you will be forced to wallow for a couple of days while torturing yourself watching dodgy YouTube videos of what you missed.

Option 5:

This is the only option that really makes sense to me but still your guaranteed to miss something awesome. Choose 1 band to watch the entire set of and then fly over to another state to see the other band. This is the only option that allows you to see both bands entire sets and you had just better pray that they don’t spontaneously do something awesome while you’re at the other band! Still requires research because if they’re Australian make sure you if possible you see them in their hometown because you’re almost guaranteed a better show! If one of them has never played in your hometown than definitely see them here and the other band in another state. When choosing which band to see in which state you should really scope out the crowd before making your decision. If your hometown crowd sucks then the band will play half heartedly or try extra, extra hard to get the crowd involved. It really just depends on the type of band they are, but you being the stalker that’s willing to fly to another state to see them should already know how they are live from many, many of hours youtubing!

Oh God! Not glitter!!

I am actually scared of boys who sparkle. And not because of the whole twilight/vampire sparkling in the sun thing because quite frankly I think that would be kind of cool. The idea of somebody wanting to drink my blood is a lot less scarier than what I’m thinking of. I’m sure by now that my best friend Tash will know the type of sparkly guy scares the hell out of me. Maybe a few of you will know what I'm talking about too. Yes that’s right I’m talking about Ke$ha fans.

To me there is nothing scarier than a drunken bogan covered in glitter screaming out ke$ha lyrics trying to mosh.  If you haven’t guessed already than yes I have had a bad ke$ha experience and yes it has made me actually scared of guys who sparkle. Now don’t go thinking that I love ke$ha and start unfollowing me on twitter or unfriending my or whatever. Just hear me out and while I tell you how scary they can be.

I was at music festival with a couple of my best friends and before one of our favourite bands we had to wait it out in the ke$ha crowd. It wouldn’t have been that bad if I could see the stage because her show was pretty theatrical but the crowd was completely crazy and I was crushed. Usually I’m fine with that because I’ve been to a million music festivals and it comes with the territory. It was the people I was getting crushed by that was the scariest thing. I was shocked to see that it wasn’t just screaming girls who were dressed like ke$ha but also giant drunk guys to who my surprise had covered their bodies in glitter. Obviously as a regular festival goer I’m used to drunk guys in fluro shorts and bintang bali shirts but for some reason when you add the glitter it becomes instantly more terrifying! When ke$ha finally began playing the crowd was going nuts and I was squashed up against a guy who had taken his shirt off and covered his back in glitter. Drunk, sweaty, guys in glitter are something that you should all be afraid of. The guy next to me decided it would a good idea to pump his fist in the air not only elbowing me in the head with every fist pump but also shaking his sweaty glitter all over me. My friend tash had it worse though she was behind a guy who had an actual pot of glitter and was throwing it around the place. I blame ke$ha for this because her lyrics are actually ‘lot’s of glitter make it rain’ and the poor guy probably thought that throwing glitter around would make him cool! But glitter is just so incredibly hard to get off! You can scrub and scrub and days later you will still be finding glitter in random places. Tash had it in her hair which is almost impossible to get out! She probably still has some in there.

So later we were at a different music festival and we were having a great time just dancing around when we saw him. Yepp a guy covered in glitter. I noticed him at the same time Tash did and we looked at each other with the same terrified expression. That’s when we knew that we would forever be scared of guys in glitter.

The highs and lows of a music festival

The absolute best moments at a festival:

-          The rush you get when you finally getting through the gates

-          Being on the barrier and feeling far superior to all the punters behind you

-          Seeing your favourite band side stage making whatever rubbish your watching worth it

-          When your band finally sets foot on the stage and you almost explode from excitement

-          When your band plays your favourite song and your singing so much you can barely breathe

-          Leaving the mosh pit and actually being able to breathe again

-          Getting to the front of the impossibly long food line

-          Finding a vacant toilet that has toilet paper and no vomit in it

-          Buying a tshirt before they sell out

-          Seeing random friends that you didn't know were coming

-          Filming really good bands so you can re-live it while watching rubbish bands

-          Realising that you actually know heaps of songs that a random band is playing

-          Meeting people who love your favourite band too and instantly becoming friends

-          Discovering new music

-          Seeing people in awesome costumes

-          Seeing people in incredibly strange costumes and trying to guess what they are

-          Taking your shoes off at the end of the day

-          Finally getting to your bed

And the worst bits:

-          Sitting through rubbish bands that are on before yours

-          When your favourite band ends :(

-          When your separated from your friends and there’s a tiny moment of panic when you wonder if you will ever see them again

-          People passing out on you

-          Getting bashed around in the mosh pit

-          When there are two really good bands on at the same time and you have to choose

-          Drunk/drugged up people

-          Dying a little on the inside when you see the toilet and food lines

-          When the tshirt you want has sold out of your size and your only choices are one that doesn’t fit, one with a rubbish design or bands that you hardly like

-          Standing on the train when your feet are dead and you all want to do is lie down

-          Losing your little map/timetable and having no idea where or when bands are starting.

-          When your favourite band doesn’t sing the song you want them to sing

-          When your fav band cancels and there’s no-one else worth watching at that time so you end up sitting down sadly hating your favourite band for not being there

-          The bruises and other battle wounds that you discover the next day

(if you can think of anymore feel free to comment!)

Not right now, I'm listening to Skip Hop

It actually blows my mind when I think about how many different types of music there are. I mean there's so many types that I almost need a map when I walk into large music shops. I think it just makes everything so much more confusing when I'm trying to buy music. I can never remember if Green Day is punk or heavy rock or pop/rock and I end up having to check every section which takes ages and then the shop people think I have no life.

The other day I was in a cd shop and I noticed a section I hadn't seen before. It was only a small section labelled as 'Skip hop'. Intrigued I began running through possible classifications in my head of what on earth skip hop could possibly be. Finally a shop assistant made his way over to me and asked if I needed any help. I pointed to the Cd and asked "actually I was just wondering what skip hop is." Well he gave me a look. I'm sure you can all appreciate what I mean by 'a look'. It was the kind of look that screamed "OMG YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT SKIP HOP IS?" I instantly felt ashamed while I waited for his answer. "It's Aussie Hip Hop' he said disgustedly before walking off to probably go laugh about me behind my back.  I actually do a like a bit of Aussie hip hop (skip hop) I'm quite into Bliss en Eso and Drapht. I don't know if this makes me a 'fake fan' because I don’t even know what it's classed as or a 'true fan' because I don't care about the labels. Personally I think it just means that I’m still clueless about music genres.

So anyway the next time I walked into the shop with my dad I felt so superior because I knew what skip hop was. I walked in and said loudly 'meet you back here dad I’m just going to check out the skip hop'. He looked at me like I was crazy but if anybody else heard I’m pretty sure they would have been like "dayyyum that girl knows about music!'

Because the thing about skip hop is that it’s a lot of fun to say because most people have no idea what you’re talking about and then you can give them 'the look' when they ask you about it. Now if someone asks me something and I'm listening to Drapht I just yell out "Not right now, I'm listening to Skip Hop!"