WE'VE GOT THE MUSIC...

I almost have to laugh at myself when I'm playing guitar and a chord change just does something to me that makes me want to burst into tears. 

I need to be in the music industry!  Music isn't just something I love, it's a HUGE part of who I am, and frankly I'm kind of mad at myself that it took this long for me to figure out just how huge that part is.

I think people who are Hanson fans are all sort of this way to some degree.  I think we latched on to them eleven years ago because there was something about "MMMBop" we just couldn't escape even if we had wanted to.

But we didn't even want to, because somehow we knew that "MMMBop" meant freedom, even then.

We know it does now because it allows us to be out of the ordinary.  We have been given something that we will not abandon just because someone else doesn't understand it.  And some of us may have never had the opportunity to go against the grain because of our introverted personalities.

Their story is remarkable and even when we're bitching about the fact that they never get enough recognition for being as amazing as they are (Does anyone besides us know who the youngest Grammy nominated songwriter is?), we wouldn't really want it any other way. 

Because we have this part of us that makes us unique.  We appreciate beauty, truth, and greatness where it is otherwise unrecognized.  And I don't think any of us has ever been too keen on sharing that with the masses.

They make us proud of our generation in a time when the rest of the world looks down on us.  They make us hopeful for change.  They make us realize that there are things in life that are worth holding on to, no matter how much crap you have to take for it through the years.  They make us believe in ourselves and know that life is worth all the hardships because if you're strong enough to face them, if you're strong enough to break, you'll be whole again in the end.

Umm...yeah...this is another music post because MUSIC ROCKS THE WORLD!

BAD SOLUTION

Well, you've got to move it
Or you're gonna lose it
Time won't always be there on your side

You've got to choose it
If you're gonna prove it 
But change is gonna come, you can't deny

What I wanna know
Is what choice you're gonna make
Every good debate
Has a bad solution

Who took the first shot?
Who started the riot?
I thought we were marching peacefully

We've got the music
But we've got to use it
Shouldn't we be dancing in the street?

I wanna know
what choice you're gonna make
Every good debate
Has a bad solution
What you choose to see
Might define your fate
Every good debate
Has a bad solution

I can't ever seem to get to bed on time anymore.  But I'm not taking naps during the day either.  I guess I'm some sort of freak of nature that can exist on insanely small amounts of sleep.  

Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what to do with my life...but what else is new?  I've recently decided that English is probably not at all related to what I'm going to do in life.  I used to love the idea of being a published author and I wrote stories all the time (although I rarely finished them to be completely honest).  Now all I can think about is how the heck I'm going to get my foot in the door of the mainstream music industry and make a change in the music scene.

  I just really feel like it's so important for our generation and the generations to follow that we have good music so that we can look back like our parents have on bands like Pink Floyd and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and say "they really changed music for the better" or "they really affected people." 

I think our generation is screaming out to be affected and today's music industry is ignoring the people who could really answer that cry.  We've lost our passion for music.  People aren't moved to tears anymore by guitar solos.  Because musicians don't play guitar with passion anymore.  Because the music industry isn't looking for passion.  They're looking for an artist with enough sex appeal that can sell a couple million records solely because of their looks and maybe a catchy hook or two.  The quick buck is the goal.

Anyway, that's the end of tonight's rant.  I'm exhausted and I'm going to bed! 

I'm going to write about music a lot because I love it.  One of my favorite songwriters is Tom Petty and one of my favorite songs by him is "Crawling Back To You."

Waiting by the side of the road 
For day to break so we could go
Down into Los Angeles
With dirty hands and worn out knees

Ooooo I keep crawling back to you
Ooooo I keep crawling back to you

The ranger came with burning eyes
The chamber maid awoke surprised
Thought she'd seen the last of him
She shook her head, let him in

Ooooo I keep crawling back to you
Ooooo I keep crawling back to you

Hey baby
There's somethin' in your eyes
Tryin' to say to me
That I'm gonna be alright
If I believe in you
It's all I wanna do

It was me and my sidekick
He was drunk and I was sick
We were caught up in a bar room fight
'Til an Indian shot out the lights

I'm so tired of being tired
Sure as night will follow day
Most things I worry 'bout
Never happen anyway

Ooooo I keep crawling back to you
Ooooo I keep crawling back to you
(X2)