I've been teasing my nephew Matt that he needs to give Blue October a second chance. Just as I refuse to eat anything that is artificially flavored or colored to look, taste, or smell like an orange because my mom gave us orange Triamanic as kids when we were sick, Matt has associated Blue October with an unpleasant time in his life. Blue October is one of my favorite bands. I love their lead singer. You can tell he has a bit of a dark twisted side which makes his lyrics more realistic. He has suffered from bouts of mental illness, but has pulled through. I've mentioned before on my blog that I don't get in to music that uses cuss words for every part of speech, but a well placed curse word is magical. Blue October has mastered the art of well placed random f-bombs, utilizing it when truly, no other word would suffice. Kind of like when you are walking through the bedroom in the middle of the night and stub your toe on the bed. It just fits.
A few years back, when I still felt the need to have the real cd in my hands, I would go browse Target or Best Buy for new cd's. I would usually go for a particular cd, but would also pick an additional random one based on the title or the album cover (not knowing one bit about what they actually sounded like). That was my way of keeping my ears open to new music. I started with their "Foiled" album because I loved the name of the group and was immediately addicted to "Into the Ocean", "You Make Me Smile", "Hate Me", and "18th Floor Balcony". After playing it a few times front to back, I jumped on itunes and downloaded "History For Sale" which featured "A Quiet Mind", "Chameleon Boy", and "Calling You". I have a really hard time narrowing down which ones are my favorite, especially since there are a couple more albums I haven't even mentioned, so I've decided to feature the ones with the most play counts on my itunes library.
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