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[exsequar]

I just reached 30,000 plays on my last.fm. O.O

Whee! *throws confetti*

(And that's just since August 2006, which is when I get this laptop. It blows my mind when I realize how much of my life I spend listening to music. That's approximately 70 days straight of music! Over two months out of 18! Geez.)

My thirty thousandth song was Innocent and Sweet by The Cab. I meant to make it my favorite MCR song, but my attention wandered and I didn't catch it in time, whoops. Instead Heaven Help Us was my 30,001st song! :)

In the music vein, I've downloaded so so much new music over the past weeks or so, and it's kind of overwhelming! In order to really get into something and make an opinion on it, I have to listen to it REPEATEDLY, because I never *just* sit and listen to music, I'm always always doing something else, so it takes a lot of repeats for anything to really sink in. I'm afraid I won't be able to give everything it's due consideration.

For curiosity's sake, the new music I've downloaded/received includes:

Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder (LOVE this, so far)
The Frames - The Cost
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre and Is A Boy/Was A Boy (Courtesy of my brother, who totally has a crush on Max Bemis. Enjoyable, though probably not going to become a favorite.)
Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light (Again, enjoyable, but not very different from their other stuff. I do like their sound though.)
The Once soundtrack
Tom McRae - Tom McRae (Ugh, I love him SOMUCH. I'm so glad I got to see him live.)
Thursday - Full Collapse
The Cab - Glitz and Glamour

See? I'm so overwhelmed! *flails a little* I just keep coming back to MCR. *shameface* The only band that has managed to insinuate itself significantly in my listening patterns is The Used, and even then I only listen to them on shuffle in a playlist with all of MCR's stuff. MAYBE I'M OBSESSED? WHO KNOWS.

(I enjoy this mood icon. *stares*)

Comments

[exsequar.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. I really liked Bleed American, and Futures was good but nothing truly spectacular, and this is just kinda like... here we go again. Ah well.

I feel like Say Anything could grow on me, if I gave it the time to! That's part of my worry, that this flood of new stuff will keep me from truly appreciating any one of them individually. I'll keep giving it a chance though! I already looove the song Defense of the Genre, which I've had for a while because, surprise, Gerard sings on it *g*

Ooh, I did NOT know that! Clearly I'm a bad fan! *listens immediately* By the way, like I said, it takes me a while to formulate an opinion on new music, but my initial response to Thursday is a thumbs up! :)

[givesyouhell.livejournal.com]

Bleed American is my favorite JEW album too, and I liked Futures but this new one is just a little too boring for me. Like, not only are they doing the same thing, but it doesn't have the same allure that Bleed American had for me. The songs just don't catch my ear the same way. Maybe I need to give it another listen, I don't know.

Yeah, I understand what you mean, I have tons of music that I own but have never really given a fair chance to. Say Anything has managed to get through to me, though, I really think Max is a genius and In Defense of the Genre was hands down my favorite album this year. If you give it some time, I really think it might grow on you, it tells a really great story and he's such a creative guy and uh I want to marry him, etc.

I didn't know the first time I heard it either, he sang on it back in 2002 when most people didn't know who MCR was. It's not an amazing vocal part, just kind of some screaming, but hey, still fun! And I'm glad you seem to be into Thursday! They're amazingly awesome.