This post goes against the normal flow of this blog, it being a beauty blog and all, but I wanted to write a post about music. When I was 12 I received a gift in the form of an iPod Touch, primarily to play games and use iMessage, but receiving this gift marked a milestone. My discovery of music.
Having two older brothers with two very different tastes in music I found myself going to both of them and begging them to send me songs and albums. So much so that they'd start suggesting things they thought I'd like. So over the next two years I found my own taste in music and pretty much spent every spare penny on music.
Lately I've felt as though my dedication to music has declined, only really listening to a couple of songs on my way to and from work. So I've decided to go back to the roots of my liking of music and start where I started when I was 12.
So I'm going back and listening to pretty much my entire iTunes library, started in 2009. There's over 450 albums from a huge variety of artists. From Kings of Leon to Florence + the Machine, from Red Hot Chilli Peppers to Ben Howard, from Death Cab for Cutie to Elbow.
Some facts on my taste in music for you:
- My favourite band is a tie between Kings of Leon and Foo Fighters, Kings being my first love at 12 and Dave Grohl of Foos being my hero.
- My favourite album is again a tie between 'Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm' by Benjamin Francis Leftwich, 'Good News for People Who Love Bad News' by Modest Mouse, and 'Codes and Keys' by Death Cab for Cutie. I think. Oh man, this is too hard.
- My most listened to song according to iTunes is 'Wanna Know' by Dan Croll.
- The last album I bought was 'Sun Structures' by Temples and the last song I bought was 'Young Chasers' by Circa Waves.
Mini review here to end, I bought myself a pair of Bose SoundTrue around-ear headphones for Christmas, which I am using to listen to the entirety of iTunes. Yes they were a bit pricey, costing £150, but they are totally worth it. The sound quality is top notch and because I listen to a variety of genres they are so adaptable, they have just the right amount of bass. And comfortable, my gosh they're comfortable.
The moral of this blog? Well it seems to have mostly been a ramble, but I really would encourage you to go back to your old favourites and give them a listen. They bring back some fantastic memories.
