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I listen to grunge quite a bit but anything with a set of guitars and bass get my shit going. I'm the headphones in, singing out loud, blaring car radio, tap on the shoulder for attention type of girl. I also get pissed when you interrupt me midway through a song. The words of the song are mostly unimportant, it's how they are sung. Sing it right and I'll be right up there with you singing my ass off.
I forget what the point of that rant was but I'll get to the point of this post, might jog my memory. So I guess it starts with a question. How much does childhood events affect you later on in life? I hear all kinds of stories about that single moment as a kid that caused and/or affected the outcome of events. Majority of the time you dont get an exact age. It's always "as a kid". So when does that stop? When does it stop being "when I was a kid" to being just about being younger? What's the difference in how it affects your life?
If your a kid when something happens does it stick with you longer or have a more profound impact? Like for example i can credit my taste in music to when i was a kid. My brother listened to what is now my kinda music when I was a child. Mum didn't like it so I wasn't aloud to partake. His CD book thing became this taboo I wasnt aloud to be a part of. I'd see it next to his stereo, just kind of calling me. I wanted so badly to have a look and listen but couldn't.
I was a kid and my brother was a teenager, he did stuff I didn't understand and brought friends over I avoided, only ever looking at them from the edge of the stairs. He lived the "adult" life that i couldn't begin to understand. On some nights when his friends were over I'd sit next to his bedroom door and try to hear his music. This kinda fueled my desire to listen.
I guess all I had to do was ask, one of his buddies opened the door to use the bathroom and there i was. My brother wanted to know what in the hell i was doing and i told him. He said to ask and i was let in. I remember taking a seat in front of the stereo and just letting the music blare in my face. Not sure how they took it but i sat there and listened and tried to understand.
Long story short i like guitars, i like the bass, i like the drums and i hate it when i cant hear the song all the way through. It happened as a kid so my question is does it matter how profound something is as a kid? Does it affect you any differently than any other age of life? Would I love my music any less if i heard it later in life?
Literally eating corn flakes when this thought hit me. Afternoon everyone
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Hi again,
I can understand the notion of "as a kid". It has been proven that, a person's behaviour and his response to all in his life is based upon the learnings of his childhood. If someone was taught kindness then that person will show kindness, and if he learned and experienced arrogance from his parents or anyone who was able to leave that impersonation. Then that person will be arrogant one.
Similarly what you observey and experienced as a child has affected your choice and it has kind of left a benchmark for you, so it will not be wrong to say this, that all your choice in present are somewhat affected by your past.
We can change this, but a great many battle within needs to be won, in order to change ourselves to that level, so that our childhood experio will not affect so much.
But this is all philosophical.
In your case , your mother kind of forbid you to listen to what your brother listened, which kind of became the forbidden fruit for you and you being a kid tried to eat it. And you listened that. And when It felt good, you wanted more of this. And that way you got Into this music. And it went on and become your thing.
ReplyYeah this post was a bit older than my understanding of myself. I like to think I'm still that punk rock girl I was from high school but I know I'm not. I'm an adult now and conformity is what keeps our jobs. I think I made this because I was finally feeling my age. I'm not some teen anymore, I'm getting older by the day and I need to let go of the past.
Yeah, again I was fixated on the past. I had old world Blues. I needed to go back for whatever longing I had. It's been a little over a year since I was the girl in the post. Time flies huh...
Yes, the music. My brothers CD album. The thing was at his side constantly, I remember him switching CDs constantly. It was crazy. I never got to listen until later on. Thank you for joining me and helping me think about this. It's nice and it makes me happy. So thank you, you didn't have to. But you did so thank you
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