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My name is kita! I enjoy the idea of giving people something to think about. I love making people laugh and smile. I think I'm going to become one of those people who blogs about their dog and food. |
I am currently listening to boys like girls. I should be embarrassed but I don’t care at all. I went to hit next and Cascada came on, next again and it was Miley Cyrus (fuck you if you don’t have party in the USA on your iTunes you poser). I guess I’ll try to write in this harsh environment.
A friend I met at Bonnaroo and I were discussing how alt rock from the years of 03-07 will always hold a soft spot in our hearts and it got me to thinking. If I explore my iTunes it becomes almost comical to see my play counts, top rated, and recently added.
I have a history of loving Alt Rock. My friends proclaim, Nakita, please quit listening to music that all sounds the same. WRONG. SO SO SO WRONG ( and malicious). I listened to the Pixies and Built to Spill and Desaparecidos when kids my age were listening to fucking 50 cent. No I don’t have a superiority complex, in fact that’s what I’m arguing about. If you feel like you can relate to Ja Rule as much as I relate to the entire album “We have the facts…” by Death Cab then honestly, I commend you for standing by your taste.
I love Spill Canvas. I own every Paramore album ( here’s looking at you Mia) and I sure as hell love Bright Eyes. I celebrated Taking Back Sunday day when their latest album was released. I would do dirty things to John Nolan. I have a friend who asked me to go to an Ace Enders ( of the Early November) concert and I was all about it. I just took down my “The Used” poster but don’t worry, its folded away in my closet. I pregame to Big D and the Kids table and when I’m with Sam Rat in the Car we have no problem busting out Aaron Carter just as fast as we will Bomb! the music Industry.
My brother and I were sitting on the couch watching TV and he told me he loved “Punk”. This blew my mind seeing as though he turned off Rancid in my car approximately two weeks before. He named bands like The Misfits and followed them with Aerosmith and Green Day…and I corrected him. But, When did I become so musically enlightened and entitled to define an entire genre of music to someone.
Who is the collective “cool” person you base your music taste off of? If you have one, change it to yourself. Explore some blogs, use Genius on iTunes, turn off your radio and turn on your computer. There’s a whole world out there. Hip Hop, funk, Ska, there is no excuse to stick to your guns on a label. You can like it all, AND YOU SHOULD!
My top played song is a Mayday Parade song by the way. Embarrassing, oh hell yeah. My second most played in Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drivebye. My top 25 includes not one but two T-Pain songs, one that was never a single meaning, yes, I have the whole album. My recently played includes the entire U2s greatest hits, an album I snagged en route home from Bonnaroo, Every Time I Die, and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
So next time someone criticizes your music choices quote my man Drake ( or Jimmy in the wheelchair) “What am I doing? Oh yeah, that’s right, I’m doin‘ me.”
