The Day the Whole World Went Away// artist: Nine Inch Nails. This is the song that started my fan-domanium (Is that a word?) of everything Trent Reznor had a part of. Listening to this song today reminded me of how much power music has had in my life. Rewind it back years before parenthood became the pair of shoes I now step proudly in, I stayed away from Nine Inch Nails, solely based on my arrogant view of music. I had two or three artists I really listen to, and spouted vile garbage about any band that wasn't one of the two or three. A good friend of mine (one who has more impact on my life than I ever imagined that person would have) was a huge fan of NIN and listened to it around me on occasion and I would gripe about how 'over-rated' Nine Inch Nails were and how only 'depressed goth children' and 'middle age neo-hippies' listened to NIN. Judging by those names alone, showed how immature and ignorant I was. It was a period where I was absolutely full of myself and the only people that could stand to be around me should be commended for their effort because I was a difficult person to be around. Fast forward a couple of years, through some important life lessons and enter the 'Head of the Household" role (not to mention a new job) For the sake of fond memories, I had a Nine Inch Nails album on my Zune and I was walking around in the back office of my job wasting time on a break, bored out of my mind. I hit Shuffle (The shuffle button is getting it's name around today, eh) and on came this song.
[The Live Version]
When the lyrics exited the headphones and into my ears, I was affected on an emotional and physical level. My eyes got teary and I was moved to the realization that my life (at that moment in time) had moved up to a brand new level and the immature part of me did not know how to digest it... So I just stood there for that moment and took it all in and that song seemed like the perfect piece of a soundtrack (if my life had one). Since then, I came to respect the artist and my musical taste has grew greatly. From the opening note, to the haunting words to the 'quietness'. The song then explodes in soundwaves bouncing around that tell a deeper story that is too much for words. That's my interpretation of it. That's the greatest fact about music: every person has a different interpretation (no matter how similar, it's still an unique experience to each).
On to something random, Father's Day is on the way. I like to consider that day a second birthday, because of all the awesomeness that surrounds it. I have an idea for a Father's Day Blog that I'm sure will make out in the open soon. Oh, and speaking of random, I have two more pieces of random business to perform today. First, My random note of appreciation to an intriguing writer with a great mind, Big Dusty. Check his out his blog by clicking H...E...R...E. For you, man. I hope one day, we could collaborate on a project together. [inside info] You still remember that 'New Family' script? Yep, Independent Film Pre-Production at it's most independent...ist. [end inside info]
And the last piece of random shameless plugging, Here's the part of the blog where an image will remain with you until tomorrow. Ready? Good.
If that didn't have you asking questions or muttering curse words after the phrase, "What the...", then you may need a cup of joe.
That does it for this one. Thanks for the readership. Feel free to comment.
MP
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