Gosh, don't you just absolutely love music? Ever since the iPod was invented, I feel like everyone and their mother says something along the lines of "oh em gee music is my life" or "I can't live without my music" etc...etc. But as cheesy as it sounds, it's true. Alright, alright maybe I wouldn't actually keel over and die if I didn't have music to listen to every single day, but my life would be agonizingly boring. I love listening to music. I love the way certain melodies and voices can remind you of a time or place, sad or happy. My friend Maeve and I always notify each other of when we hear songs that remind us of something...Goo Goo Dolls for sophomore year of high school and crew races at Lake Arthur, Coldplay for the colder months of the year, the "apple pie song" for the summer she could drive us places, you get the idea. You hear a certain song and something hits you like a ton of bricks. I don't even mind music that makes me sad and mopey. Sometimes you just need that right? Yes. For instance, my favorite song in the entire world is The Scientist by Coldplay. I could listen to it at any time of day, any day of the year, no matter what mood I am in...and that will be true for the rest of my life. I've had numerous experiences attached to that song ranging from being younger and hearing my sister play it on an actual CD and not knowing what it was to listening to it live at their concert to listening to the guy I was currently infatuated with play it on the piano. But each time I listen to it, while all those memories come flooding back, I always get something new from it. And I love that about it.
Anyways, the title of this post is from the song Come As You Are by Nirvana. Now I'll admit, I had never really been a fan of Nirvana or Kurt Cobain up until today. And I am officially obsessed. I was watching the movie Definitely Maybe (one of my favorites! mm'mm Ryan Reynolds) and the main character Will Hayes and the love of his life April listen to it right before their first kiss. Every single time I watch the movie I always tell myself I must download that song because it is so perfect. It's slow and a little weird but for some reason has this way of putting you in a certain mood. It's just like...it's one of those most perfect songs. I love the lyrics...before they start talking about not having a gun (not really my scene) but the "come as you are, as you were...", that's good. So I loved this song so much, I took it upon myself to download the entire album and let me tell you something! It is the most beautiful mix of Cobain's sexy raspy voice, chillingly good lyrics and some pretty kick ass instrumental solos. I'm not usually one for the whole "grunge" rock thing but this is simply too good not to love. Let's get serious here, who is not drooling just looking at this picture?
So good. That about sums it up I think. I started downloading Nevermind from 1991 today...perhaps tomorrow I'll take another step back and get their 1989 album Bleach and work my way forward from there. I found this pretty awesome website...seems to be some pretty knowledgeable fans that created it but I learned a lot about the band and the godly Cobain.
Nirvana Obsessed
If you're as curious as I was, you can probably be on there for a pretty substantial period of time just looking around and seeing what they were all about. I don't know, it just kind of made my day and I love every single song so far and it got me thinking about music in general. So babbling away I decided was extremely appropriate! Hope you venture into the land of the "flagship band of Generation X"...it's a good place to be, believe me. Oh and if you're looking for something real chill, watch the video for Come As You Are. As one of the YouTube commenters stated ever so truly, "it's like one big awesome trip".
Thanks for reading :)
Love,
Rachel
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