my rant on music/life in general

"You've probably never heard of them."
Okay, cool. Introduce me to them, then. What's wrong with us liking the same music? Why is one band or genre of music specifically yours and "Thank God I don't have to share it with the whole world because that'd be just..."?

I get it. You can really empathize with this song, and it feels like yours. It's a little alarming when you find out that other people feel it the same way you do, and you don't want them to. (I recently went through this feeling pattern with the song I Wanna Get Better by Bleachers. Then I came to this realization:) It's really stupid to get your self worth from how many "underground artists" you know. It's kinda ridiculous to be pretentious about your music taste. And, I really don't care if you "found them first". Do you realize that music is what these artists are trying to do for a living? Don't you want them to keep making good music? Don't you want them to get paid? Yes? Alright, then share their music. I'm sure they'd love that more than anything, honestly.

You know, it's okay to like mainstream music. There-I'm saying it. YOU CAN LIKE MAINSTREAM MUSIC AND STILL BE A HUMAN BEING. It's not like you're some kind of animal if you're shut up in your room listening to Katy Perry. You don't have to be ashamed because lots of people know your favorite band because "Ugh, they're so mainstream."

Yes, I think some of today's music sucks. I don't like listening to certain radio stations because the music doesn't mean anything to me. Personally, I take it as a "hate the song, don't hate the mainstream" kinda thing, if that makes sense. Hey, guess what? My favorite band is Fun. Yeah, Fun. The guys that sing Some Nights, and We Are Young, but...wait a second. THOSE SONGS ARE SO MAINSTREAM. OMG. CALL 911. SHE LIKES MUSIC THAT OTHER PEOPLE LIKE AND THAT'S PLAYED ON THE RADIO AND IS MAINSTREAM AND OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG NOOOOO. Okay. I still like them no matter what songs they play on the radio. Because I like them for them. For their music. For their lyrics. For the feeling I get when I listen to them. It has nothing to do with their image, I like them for them.

I think that relates back to people, too.

My favorite band is Fun.
And the Beatles, I like them a ton, too.
And I listen to Beyonce.
And I listen to Paloma Faith.
And I really, really like Bleachers right now.
Queen is always a good option.
Terri Clark is cathartic in an alternate universe sort of way.
American Pie by Don McLean is my all time favorite song.
The Avett Brothers...so good.
I listen to Panic! At the Disco.
And I listen to Elton John.
Some days, Keith Urban is just really my jam.
Simon & Garfunkel, though, am I right, or am I right?
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I still don't understand why.
I listen to Creedence Clearwater Revival.
And I listen to Walk of The Earth.
And you might have heard of these people, and you might have not, but you should go listen to them.

And I can't wait until we (or me, still deciding what I really mean here) get over this whole solitary thing, because I think if we try to just really genuinely care about everyone then we really genuinely care about ourselves, too. And genuinely caring about yourself is a rare and a beautiful journey.

That girl in the airport has really bad anxiety around people she doesn't know (and even sometimes those she does know, even sometimes her best friends) because she feels like she constantly has to be an expectation, and the airport just made it go haywire and she's really really nervous about flying alone and she wants nothing more than to quite literally die in this very moment, and it's not because she's dramatic, it's because she's being honest with herself, a skill she's mastered through the years and it's a scary and breathtaking talent of hers. So please, please don't yell at her next time, because she already knows she's not doing life right.

And, being honest, I'm really hurting because she's really hurting and I get it and I get that there's nothing I can do and that really hurts. But I think it's a really cool thing that somewhere in this world, maybe someone actually cares and wants to be there for me, even if they're 1900 miles away, and even if they can't make the pain go away, and I still don't know if this is a lie, but it still makes me want to push harder and harder.

And this all made sense to me, and ties in with each other, so I hope it did with you, too.