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free u'rself from these things called subcultures
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
what urged me to type this post? well, the numbers of people listening to a7x that is.before we get to subcultures, lets talk abt a7x.
do i know them? yes, but not personally. do i like their music? yes i do. BUT, has my (so called)support for them increased after the release of City Of Evil? definitely NOT. infact, it has gone down. i used to think that City Of Evil was another awesome album by the band, but changed my mind later on. what my friend told me was true. the band has become too commercialized. u see, the "fierceness" of the songs are no longer there. the songs sounded poppish. very cheery. however, i cannot fight the fact that the lead in the songs are way cool. all of them. so here we have a commercialized band with poppish music but awesome lead. dun believe me? ok, try listening to Bat Country(from city of evil) and compare it with Darkness Surrounding(from sounding the seventh trumpet). infact, compare any songs from albums before City Of Evil and City Of Evil itself. dun tell me they sound the same. its not whether the songs sounded emo-ish/soft/soothing with the vocals, but its the music. there just this big difference. with all this said, we now have the reason why a7x's songs are listened by people who previously had never listened to metal in their whole life. including mats and minahs. seriously, the phenomenon of ppl listening to a7x nowadays are overcrowding. correction, a7x's City Of Evil. i'm not saying it is wrong, but like, wtf. its a sad thing, really.
now, lets move on to "free u'rself from these things called concepts or subcultures".
(we'll only concentrate on band stuff. hip hop, rnb, etc. can fuck off)
to get things straight, subcultures are actually a way of life. so listen properly. if you think u'r emo and u'r an emokid, well look at it this way. emo kids are emotional u see. EMOTIONAL. real ones are those with abusive parents or those who lived a crappy life. so crappy that they cut themselves just to ease their emotional pain. so now, i ask you. have you ever cut u'rself? if yes, was it because u were emotionally unstable because u'r parents are abusive and you have a junk home or izzit because you think its cool? if u'r answer is the second one, then too bad, u'r not it. same goes for the other subcultures.
so why free u'rself? ok, its like this. everyone cares abt how other people think about them right. well, most of us. so its like this. YOU listen to hip hop, dressed that way. then u liked techno the next day. but the next day, u got soo stuck to this emo song that u wanted to be emopunk. after that, u heard an a7x song. u call u'rself a metalhead. like, crap right. and just so coincidentally, someone realises that you've called u'rself many many diferent subcultures that u'r fallen into the category of the mats and minahs.
downsides of being in a subculture.
you can only listen to one type of song, if not people will critisize you. eg. hello. i'm a metalhead and i'm listening to my chemical romance. and fyi, mcr is not, i repeat NOT a metal band. so thats the irony. fashion wise, it'll be quite tough also. punks. u want the mohawk-spike. go to school with that hairstyle and you might get into trouble. punks are also know to be against the government. err, hello, we in singapore have an awesome government. so why would you want to go against it. goths. mostly associated with dressing black. if you havent notice, singapore is located VERY NEAR TO THE EQUATOR. and another point for general knowledge, black is a good conductor of heat. so coming out in the day as a goth would be stupid. unless u go out at night, then thats ok. same goes for those ska people. wear coat in singapore just for a gig. i mean, come on.
thats abt all the examples i have.
lastly, how to free u'rself.
firstly, dun call u'rself something lah. i mean, dun call u'rself a metal head/emo-pink, etc.
secondly, pick up an instrument. be it trumpet, guitar or trombones. when u can play music, u will not only be able to play but listen to many songs as well without being critisized. as my cousin said, be versatile. X|
thats abt it.
so, i hope this has helped you in finding u'r true path in life without being sidetracked by subcultures. aniwae, know more abt your culture first before having a second one.
--anep--