You know what bothers me the most? What bothers me the most is when I mention to a friend a musician or band I like, and instead of being met with "oh my gosh, they are SO cool!", I get strange, distorted stares, something not unlike my favourite smiley: o.O
But I suppose I shouldn't be so ticked off by that. After all, I COULD use this moment to reach out and teach said friend about that band or musician. And so, in the hopes of winning an autographed picture by Collective Soul in time for my 20th birthday on June 20th, I will take the time to inform you, my friends and dedicated readers, about the one rock band who means the most to me.
Ah, Collective Soul. The very name brings a smile to my face. While most kids in their early years (9, 10, 11) were listening to....whatever it is kids normally listened to back then, I was in my room, with my Collective Soul tapes, enjoying the harmonious orchestra playing in the background of their cleverly melodic songs. I included their music in a lot of my daily playing - barbie dances, doll concerts - I even, while pretending I was Sherlock Holmes' niece in England (um, long story), pretended that their softer songs ("World I Know", "Needs", "Not the One", "Run"...) would quietly play out of the gramophone while Uncle Sherlock listened to his clients' stories.
As the years went by, my musical tastes didn't necessarily change, but branched out to different areas. For years I listened to nothing but Swing, Celtic, and Frank Sinatra. Oh sure, I would dig out my Collective Soul cd's every once in awhile, but - well, I just wanted to dance, you know? Real dancing - jive, step-dancing, etc. Until last summer.
Last summer my brother, Dan, showed me their latest cd: "Afterwards" as we were driving to the lake one day. Wow, the energy! The lyrical beauty! The deep emotion and effort put into the writing of these songs! Being in a difficult situation personally, I found one song on there ("Good Morning Afterall") especially touching. That album became our "summer" cd, locking two monthfuls of cherished memories in with each song.
And theeeeen I got *cue the drumroll* yup: TWITTER. New to the growing website, confused, and wondering what the point of it was, I looked up "Collective Soul" under Search, and was happy to find out they were on there: @collective_soul, http://www.twitter.com/collective_soul. Yeah, that was pretty cool. And not only that, but they followed me back! I was stunned and started seeing stars in my eyes. Collective Soul, they KNOW I EXIST!!! There was even a Q&A session with them, and not only was I able to ask them some questions, but I got some replies back --not from management, not from some second cousin's girlfriend's aunt twice removed, but from the members of the band themselves! THAT totally rocked my world. I found out they are in the middle of making a new album (I believe it comes out sometime the end of summer), and will be going on tour soon! (check out if they're coming to your area! http://www.collectivesoul.com/live/)
So it's all because of them that I am becoming more and more obsessed with Twitter. I can at last interact with other fans on there, ask Will Turpin what his favourite ice cream flavor is (Vanilla - I agree. It IS the finest of flavours), and - even though the part I play is small indeed and may only exist in my overly active imagination - I can aid in getting Ed Roland to come to the dark side.
Really, when it comes down to good old rock music, with talented band members who can just play their hearts out, NOT TO MENTION my mom actually let me listen to them at such an early age - Collective Soul is definitely the greatest band in the whole. wide. world. And you definitely need to look them up. http://www.collectivesoul.com/blog/
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