Ransfordrowe

That Alter Bridge song definitely abour a relationship breakup, if you really listen to the lyrics. But Myles' vocals seems quite low in the mix you can't really hear him as clearly when the guitars kick in with the distortion.

Yeah, originality is hard come by with music nowadays, unless bands are really experimental and don't limit themselves to a certain style. But sounding similar to another band isn't always a bad thing.

Also, it's only natural and understandable for bands and musicians to try and emulate the artist that influenced them and inspired them to start playing music. Without those that came before, most bands/artists wouldn't be exist. But I don't get too bogged in terms of whether or how original a band is. Same with the debates as to which band, song or album is the best. It's all relative, anyway. As long as you like the music that's all that matters.

I don't read a lot of manga because a lot of the stuff that interests me isn't translated. My favourites are Aqua/Aria (Aqua is a short prequel to Aria) and Oyasumi Punpun (Goodnight Punpun). As for anime, my favourite series are Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Samurai Flamenco. I don't watch a lot of movies, but my favourite is 5 Centimeters per Second. I know Studio Ghibli movies are very famous and popular but I have only watched 1 so far.

What kind of stuff do you like to read/watch?

Okay, I've listened to that song by Alter Bridge.

The intro and verse has an Alice In Chains vibe to it, which I loved. Very similar chord progression to the song "Rooster" by AIC. The chorus would've been slightly better if it was the heavy guitar and an actual orchestra playing the harmony part, since was obviously what they were trying to emulate with the 2nd guitar during the chorus.

Other than that, I can't really fault it.

I'm not really big fan of emoticons as such - there's just handy for kinda expressiing how I feel, sometimes. I probably overuse 'em.

But, anyway, I agree with you regarding women, shopping and buyers regret. Or, at least, that's how some of them are - my mum being an example. She will buy pretty much anything if she sees it's cheap and on offer. Y'know, just in case it's no' on offer next week. Despite that being unlikely as far as fizzy drinks and crisps are concerned, but whatever. I just don't see the point of buying stuff in bulk if it's going to go to waste. Maybe that's just me?

I like to have an idea of what I'm looking to buy, even if I don't have a list with me. The "Get it, find it then get tha f#% out" approach. Keeping my wants & needs seperate, since you can over-spending on books, CDs or DVDs in Tesco. I also tend to keep away from any special offers, since those are more "Do I really want or need this?" or ones you regret.

He doesn't know much of anything about plants, he is just a big guy who likes using power tools and chopping stuff down maybe he is more of a landscaper?

I would say that I am a middling chess player. Your birthday is the same as mine.

haha It doesn't necessarily have to have screaming in order for me to like it. I like a lot of 90's alternative bands as well as 80's pop.

Hi Rans. Hope yer doing well.

I wouldn't say I like rearranging my living space regularly. Living a fairly small house does mean a limited amount of storage space for some things. Also, living with a parent who has tendency to buy stuff without first thinking where she's gonnae put it, doesnae really help matters.

Aside from a few cluttered bookcases, I don't have anywhere to properly store my DVD, music and book collections. I suppose I could buy a few of those disc storage cases for my DVDs, and store them without their original cases? I've also got a pile of old Total Guitar magazines I bought for 2 years straight, which I don't know whether I should keep or throw out. :thinking:

Also, uncluttering stuff takes more effort on yer own when yer family are hesitant to help out. :bigsmile: Though, I definitely think it's true that uncluttering and organising yer living space can help better yer mind to a some degree.

I miss having friends, but not necessarily those particular friends. I felt like I didn't really fit in and we were growing apart. I have to admit, though, it was really my fault. I have a tendency to push people away when they get too close and I always try to isolate myself from others. That's basically what happened- I started experimenting with alcohol (I was 16) and they were concerned and started to parent me and I didn't like that. I created some stupid drama so that they wouldn't be my friends anymore because I felt like I deserved to be alone. That time was the worst time of my life (emotionally). I was depressed, had terrible anxiety, was really paranoid, I was suicidal (I tried to commit suicide 3 times, but I couldn't go through with it), my Mom was always gone, my sister had her own life and I was basically alone.

I would go days without leaving the house sometimes and I put on a lot of weight during that time.
Things have gotten a lot better, but I still have some deep seated issues to correct.

After dropping out, I got my GED. I was never really that great of a student because I had trouble paying attention because I was always so anxious. I also just gave up and didn't give a shit anymore. I did attend cosmetology school for a while (because I love makeup), but that is an extremely social field, so I dropped out. I have a student loan that I haven't paid off yet and that is hindering me from going to college again. I'm positive it has gone to collections already. Since I am starting an online business, I want to attend school for computers. Even if the business doesn't pan out, where I am currently living, there are a lot of places like Intel where I could get a job.

I like that song- anything to save animals is alright by me

Hiya Rans

Sorry I've not been chatting with ye much these past few days. I've been busy tidying out my bedroom and selling some stuff I no longer want or have a use for on eBay. I'll reply to yer earlier visitor messages when I've got time.

You're right about that, people can be TOO different. I'm just trying to give more people a chance when it comes to friendship- you can't judge a book by it's cover.

I haven't had friends since high school (with the exception of my ex boyfriend).
I skipped a lot of school due to my anxiety and because of that, I lost friends. I was also very hard to get to know- I have a hard time trusting people and can seem unfriendly and cold.
I lost my bestfriend because of this too, but she was kind of mean to me. I was just the stupid friend to her and we were growing apart anyway. I think our parting was for the best in the end.

That's very true. I used to think that people who were different from me were unrelateable and I would be unable to befriend them, but as I grow older, I find that the opposite is true. Different people are interesting and a lot can be learned from them.

I love Halloween because I am interested in dark macabre things. October is significant because I feel like everything good happens to me during that month (I met my ex in October, my favorite holiday, the beautiful trees, when I had friends, we'd always have parties in October and go to band competitions etc).

It's been unusually warm here too. I like spring because of the flowers blooming and birds coming out. I don't know what it is, but in recent years I really love birds. I think they're so cool for some reason.

Until like a year ago I used to drink socially. Not much, never got tipsy nor drunk, but I'd buy a drink just to look cool, even though I didn't really like it. I would also stay out until everyone went home, pressured by some of my friends.

But in New Year's night I got a really painful experience because of paruresis (I even thought my bladder was going to burst or at least pass out and pee myself), and after that I stopped caring about how late I was going to stay. If I was not able to pee, I would go home, I wouldn't wait another hour to try again.

With that I also stopped caring about the drinks. Now I order water or some other non-alcoholic drink, which are much cheaper and taste better. I wouldn't want to date someone who thinks less of me because I don't drink alcohol anyway.

I also stopped going to every night out they arranged, and started going only to those I wanted to go to. I don't think my friends think less of me because of these things.

I fixed it by watering it with a bit of plant feed it's a species from the Middle East so I assumed it wouldn't need much water!

My uncle is a gardener and is never short of work. Maybe you could set up as self employed? I guess you would need some cash for all the the tools though....

A lot of my work involves the holy trinity of consultancy: newts, reptiles and bats I do *a lot* of work with those. Some of the cooler stuff regarding them...I have held a bat and seen them up close, held a smooth snake (rarest snake in te country) and seeig great crested newts is always cool even after your 400th

I don't really like having pets, mainly because I find it difficult enough looking after myself, I don't have time to look after anything else! When I was a child I had fish and snails (my fav animal :3 ). Do you have anything?

I guess when you put it that way, I can see why you wouldn't really like fall/winter. I just LOVE October. It holds a lot of special meaning for me. Halloween is also my favorite holiday, so I guess that might be why too lol. I would rather be too cold- you can always bundle up but there is only so much you can take off (in public, anyway haha). I live in Oregon here in the US and I have heard we have similar weather to England (I have actually never traveled to England- someone I used to work with told me that). We have both poisonous spiders and snakes here, but thankfully I have only had, like, 1 encounter with a black widow and that was it.

I agree, but I also think some people dislike their job because they want to dislike it. It's like society teaches you that if you're not working in the field you're passionate about, then you have to hate your job. Of course, if you don't like your job because of your boss/colleagues or terrible working conditions then that's a different story.

I can definitely relate to what you said about friendship.

Distorted views can be a coping mechinism. Though, I think my feelings about friendship are more linked with people making false assumptions about me because I'm quite introverted. Thus, y'know...? It's kinda hard to make friends when people think yer stuck-up and/or anti-social.

I think some bands dropped the nu-metal sound because it boxed them in to particular sound. So once it stopped selling, there was no point sticking with the same sound.

And Machine Head rather oddly switched their sound from thrash to nu-metal in the late 90s, which made no sense, since it didn't help them sell more albums.

Also, it got boring cuz once Korn and Limp Bizkit got popular a lot of similar sounding bands got radio play, to the point where it got hard to tell one nu-metal band from another. It became more about a band's image rather than what they had to offer musicially.

At least Linkin Park didn't sound the same with each album, and still having nu-metal elements is more of a nod to how they started out. Whereas some bands never really evolved beyond it, Slipknot being an example, in my opinion.

:bigsmile: Slash's Snakepit were great. Sadly an overlooked period of Slash's music career, post-Guns N' Roses.

Sevendust tend to be like that - with the songwriting being hit and miss in some songs. Except the songs based around a cool guitar riff. Animosity is one of their best albums. Haven't really heard much of their stuff beyond their 5th album.

And speaking of black singers doing rock music, have you heard of Living Colour? They're kinda similar to Sevendust.