What I am passionate about - Part One(yes I did steal this idea from Mel Mel)
The picture to the left is the album cover of a band called Slipknot, a heavy metal band from Iowa in the United States, formed based around the fact that there are issues in the world which are really crap, and making music was their way of shouting out about it. Their music although loud, agressive and sometimes just downright offensive, has become a calling for millions of almost religious fans around the world.
This is a poster which I spent $$ on, which adorns the walls of my bedroom along with a poster of the 'Choose Life' rant that happens in the movie 'Trainspotting', a 'Green Day - American Idiot' poster, a 'System of a Down' poster, a 'Red Hot Chili Peppers Poster', and many other posters from live music events I have attended.
Why am I telling you this? Well it is only just recently that I figured out why I am such a fan of music that, on the outside does not quite fit in with my demeanour, humanitarian views or career goals. I was surprised at an AIESEC conference in Adelaide a few weeks ago that my team of Sophie, Katherine, Dariusz and some guys I have forgotten told me that they didn't pick me for a Slipknot fan. This was after I told them that the sort of music which gets me going in the mornming is music that is loud and offensive. I started to ponder why...
It wasn't until Mel Mel came to stay with me whilst our state conference in Brisbane a couple of weeks ago happened. Having one of our many long conversations about life in general (not that I dont enjoy every second of them), we got to talking about music and sort of bam, like a freight train it hit me that the reason music like this is a passion of mine, is because it is simply performed by educated young people who recognise there is some shit in this world that is not right, and their music creates awareness around these issues. These bands also know how to have fun, which is something I am also passionate about, but we'll talk about that in more detail later.
If you ever get the chance to look at my music collection, most of you will say that the music isn't fit for parties or chilling out, but on the contrary i disagree. The music on the surface is a clammer of words and loud music that clearly doesn;t make much sense, however the poetic ability of frontmen of bands such as Slipknot, Green Day, System of a Down, NoFX, All, and my favourite band Midnight Oil is pretty awesome when you actually read the lyrics. I was in a band once to try my hand at developing my poetic side, I failed, however I was able to understand why people form bands, spend loads of money trying to get somewhere and then never wanna put their microphone down when they are on stage - they have a message and they have found the people who want to hear it, and maybe, just maybe, those people hearing the message will act on it.
Azz H.
This is a poster which I spent $$ on, which adorns the walls of my bedroom along with a poster of the 'Choose Life' rant that happens in the movie 'Trainspotting', a 'Green Day - American Idiot' poster, a 'System of a Down' poster, a 'Red Hot Chili Peppers Poster', and many other posters from live music events I have attended.
Why am I telling you this? Well it is only just recently that I figured out why I am such a fan of music that, on the outside does not quite fit in with my demeanour, humanitarian views or career goals. I was surprised at an AIESEC conference in Adelaide a few weeks ago that my team of Sophie, Katherine, Dariusz and some guys I have forgotten told me that they didn't pick me for a Slipknot fan. This was after I told them that the sort of music which gets me going in the mornming is music that is loud and offensive. I started to ponder why...
It wasn't until Mel Mel came to stay with me whilst our state conference in Brisbane a couple of weeks ago happened. Having one of our many long conversations about life in general (not that I dont enjoy every second of them), we got to talking about music and sort of bam, like a freight train it hit me that the reason music like this is a passion of mine, is because it is simply performed by educated young people who recognise there is some shit in this world that is not right, and their music creates awareness around these issues. These bands also know how to have fun, which is something I am also passionate about, but we'll talk about that in more detail later.
If you ever get the chance to look at my music collection, most of you will say that the music isn't fit for parties or chilling out, but on the contrary i disagree. The music on the surface is a clammer of words and loud music that clearly doesn;t make much sense, however the poetic ability of frontmen of bands such as Slipknot, Green Day, System of a Down, NoFX, All, and my favourite band Midnight Oil is pretty awesome when you actually read the lyrics. I was in a band once to try my hand at developing my poetic side, I failed, however I was able to understand why people form bands, spend loads of money trying to get somewhere and then never wanna put their microphone down when they are on stage - they have a message and they have found the people who want to hear it, and maybe, just maybe, those people hearing the message will act on it.
Azz H.
2 Comments:
Slipknot are crazy (and not neccesarily in a good way!). saw them live last year at Big Day Out. I have seen no one use a keg in the same way as they did.
7:12 PM
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Yeh I saw them myself at the Big Day Out in Adelaide as well. They certainly dont lie when they say they have 2 'custom percussionists'. Beer kegs, baseball bats and marching band drums - awesome.
Azz H.
2:56 PM
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