No kidding! And no, I am not stoned! Just listening to a CD that I haven't listened to in over 12 years. I was still past my metal fixation but was still in my pop/ rock ballads stage when I first listened to this CD in 1995 or 1996. Then, as now, I am more drawn to songs like "Insomnia" by Faithless and "Seven days and one week" by B.B.E. than to the songs by pop icons of that age like George Michael.
My taste hasn't changed much in over 17 years. It has varied slightly, acquired a few nuances and embellishments. But I am still recognizable by my taste in music. I've gone from a 100lbs to over 180lbs, and lost a lot of my hair, but some things about me haven't changed ;-) Maybe these are the things that really matter. Nah! It is the hair that matters - people with good hair get promoted to CEO far more than people with bad hair :-( So here is the real reason why I decided to stop working in the corporate world and start off on my own - with bad hair, staying on wasn't an option!
But returning to my central theme, the similarity in the way I write and the music I like is unmistakeable! Starts off with an idea or a theme that is briefly expressed, then explored in different tones and then sometimes closes with the opening theme/ tone. So is the way I live my life. Looking back, my choices seem inevitable. Each decision had its own logic and propelled me forward (?) to this point. But I keep returning to my search for meaning. A quarter life crisis followed after my adolescent ambitions were realized. Now that my dreams in my 20s were realized or discarded, I am again returning to question what I want to do with my life. I've again regained intense ambition - not for material wealth, but for success on my own terms! Minor changes aside, that is really what I've always been after. The rest is mere detail and superfluous.
ubergeek, the
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