I still listen to Morrissey.
So let me explain. I was out of town over the weekend racing. We had eight teammates going and we all broke it up by carpooling. I picked up the guy closest to me. It was a several hour drive. I was listening to a shuffled up playlist in the vehicle from my phone. World peace and earth is the loneliest played within a few songs of each other. When someone listens to your music I think they are listening to a part of you. I don't explain the context of me to people unless I feel it is important. But I didn't realize just how pretentious the lyrics were until this moment.
Now don't get me wrong, I like the songs. But when I listen to them, and enjoy them, I am enjoying a time in the past when I was juvenile and pretentious. Those were my times and this style of writing brings me back there.
I am past complaining and into the present day with my present adventures and problems. In the professional circles I run, if I thought like I did in the past, I surely would not leap headlong and hurdle over the obstacles that are presented.
So Morrissey to me is a great reminder of where I came from. He is still doing it today like he is locked where I was 30 years ago. He is with no shame, my past tense. When I sing along to these new songs, I feel like I am that teenager singing ordinary boys and just happy going nowhere. I'm not trapped by those streets anymore but I remember, oh I remember.
So let me explain. I was out of town over the weekend racing. We had eight teammates going and we all broke it up by carpooling. I picked up the guy closest to me. It was a several hour drive. I was listening to a shuffled up playlist in the vehicle from my phone. World peace and earth is the loneliest played within a few songs of each other. When someone listens to your music I think they are listening to a part of you. I don't explain the context of me to people unless I feel it is important. But I didn't realize just how pretentious the lyrics were until this moment.
Now don't get me wrong, I like the songs. But when I listen to them, and enjoy them, I am enjoying a time in the past when I was juvenile and pretentious. Those were my times and this style of writing brings me back there.
I am past complaining and into the present day with my present adventures and problems. In the professional circles I run, if I thought like I did in the past, I surely would not leap headlong and hurdle over the obstacles that are presented.
So Morrissey to me is a great reminder of where I came from. He is still doing it today like he is locked where I was 30 years ago. He is with no shame, my past tense. When I sing along to these new songs, I feel like I am that teenager singing ordinary boys and just happy going nowhere. I'm not trapped by those streets anymore but I remember, oh I remember.
