The sword and the pen

Don't let me out of this kiss
Don't let me say what I say
The things that scare us today
What if they happen someday
Don't let me out of your arms
For now

Ohai.

Long time no talk, my friends. Or friend. I don't know how many people read this after my last two posts. Well, let me explain. The one post has Between the Buried and Me lyrics that I was going to use for my song of the blog, but I got lazy, so I just posted the lyrics and let it be. Then, the second post was just me being curious. I got some very insightful input as to what I should do with this post, along with a challenge from a friend of mine. Guess we'll see how that works out for them in the end. But anyways, let's get on to today's main topic, shall we?

What if the sword kills the pen
What if the God kills the man
And if he does it with love
Well then it's death from above
And death from above is still a death

So, if you know me, you know that I really don't like to get into confrontation too much. I hate what it does to certain people, and after living who I lived with last year, confrontation became something that I just couldn't really do anymore. There are, though, a few topics that when brought up, I will speak my peace, and then usually let it be. One of these topics is, as no surprise, music. Me being a musician, I get pretty caught up when it comes to music discussions. And ever since last year, I've gotten a more diverse taste in my music. This continues to confuse some people since I can go from listening to Dream Theater, to Ke$ha, and then back to Enter Shikari all in one playlist. A few days ago, a friend of mine posted a video of a bunch of guys doing a version of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance. Granted, the video was good for a laugh. It's the comment he added with the video that frustrated me.

"These guys are more talented than Lady Gaga could ever hope to be. It doesn't take too much to sound better than her, hu?"

I don't want to live without you
I don't want to live without you
I don't want to live
I don't want to live
Without you

Now... This comment made me mad for many reasons. The reason why he said that is because he personally just doesn't like her music. I proceeded to post a video of her doing the same song, but the acoustic version of it using only her voice and the keyboard. Rather than being a pop song, the song ends up being more of a progressive jazz song. To deny the fact that she had talent would honestly mean that you don't know what music is, even if you didn't like her music. But, he continued to try and tell me that she had no talent just because he didn't like how the song turned out. He then also tried to tell me that Michal Jackson had no talent either.

Oh, here is where things get good.

For those who still can recall
The desperate colors of fall
The sweet caresses of May
Only in poems remain
No one recites them these days
For the shame

Now, I'm not going to lie. I'm not the biggest fan of Michal Jackson's music. There was always just something about his voice that set me off about a large portion of his songs. Though, the music and the lyrics are nothing to look down at. He was extremely talented at what he did and built himself a legacy around his music. To deny that would also be ridiculous. And the fact that he tried to tell me that Michal Jackson had no talent actually angered me for some reason. I don't understand how someone who thinks that he is going to try to manage a shitty local band is going to tell me that a musical genius like him has no talent.

Then I stooped to "his" level.
Who's level, you ask?
So what if nothing is safe
So what if no one is saved
No matter how sweet
No matter how brave
What if each to his own lonely grave
That's between me and no one.
I proceeded to tell him that they had more talent than half of the bands out there today has, especially more than his favorite band, Blink 182, does. Now, I understand that was a bit of a low blow on my part, so I'm going to rephrase what I said back then. I'm not going to deny that Blink 182 was part of a big movement of punk rock back in the day. The problem, though, is that a large portion of their material sounds the same. Some of the older songs even sound very similar to their newest material. This isn't a bad thing, though. Going back to your roots is always a good thing to do as a band. But there is a different between applying similar ideas and using the exact same chords with a slightly different melody. Again, this was a bit of a low blow on my part, and I will apologize for that. Though he got all defensive and tried to tell me about all of the other bands and different genres of music that he listens to and tried to make himself sound all intelligent and stuff. In the end, he just kind of made himself sound like a jerk, though I'm sure I did the same by starting the conversation to begin with.

I don't want to live without you
I don't want to live without you

Moral of the story... I need to keep my mouth shut more often. Less annoying shit happens that way.

I don't want to live
I don't want to live
Without you

Obai.