Explaining Stuff 2 U

I took this from my other blog to decrease the annoying-ness:



This is going to be a long, rambly entry. You have been warned.

I know I get overly obsessed about stuff. I don't know why. I just do. And then I just can't get enough. But I'm glad I have 2 big obsessions at the present time. When I was only focused on David Cook for a while, I spent too much time going from "Idol" site to "Idol" site to "Idol" site, going crazy when nothing was updated. And when all the new David info would run out for the day, I would have nothing to do. So then I got iTunes gift cards and I decided to buy a bunch of songs. U2, Oasis, Nirvana, Eagles, other random things. And for some reason, U2 stuck.

It really wasn't as sudden an obsession as it seemed. I've kind of had U2 in the back of my mind for a while. I've always sort of liked some of their songs. I'd been hearing their stuff forever, I'd just never really listened. For example, I remember once when I was at the dentist, "Beautiful Day" came on the radio while I was waiting to get a tooth pulled, and it cheered me up. And then a few months ago when there was the "Greatest Grammy Performances Ever" countdown thing on TV that was so exciting because Green Day's performance of "American Idiot" was named the greatest Grammy performance ever, U2's performance of "Beautiful Day" was named one of the best Grammy performances ever and I remember commenting that "That's a REALLY good song." So I'd wanted that song for a while. I bought it, and I also bought a few of their other greatest hits.

This obsession is so similar to my Queen obsession from a few years ago. It's kinda scary. I mean, think about it ... it's a band that's been in the back of my mind for a while. I started off with a few of their greatest hits. I fell in love with the singer's voice, then I fell in love with the singer. Now the snowball effect has begun. Unfortunately, I don't have a birthday coming up to feed my U2 obsession like I had for my Queen obsession. I bought my first actual U2 CD today - an actual physical copy of the album, not digital - "The Joshua Tree." There's a book that I want, too, and I can actually afford it! On Barnes & Noble's website, they've got bargain copies of the hardback edition of "U2 By U2": List price is $60.80, online price is $9.98. I have ten extra dollars, but I don't have a credit card. Hopefully my mom will let me use hers ...

There's something about U2's music ... that just draws me in. You know how sometimes when you get albums by even your most favorite artists and there are some songs you could listen to a million times but then there are some that you kind of zone out during or even skip to get to the ones you could listen to a million times? Maybe you don't. Well. Anyway. I was afraid that when I watched that U2 DVD I have or listened to "The Joshua Tree" I would zone out during the songs I wasn't familiar with. It just doesn't happen with this group. On every Queen album I own, I can think of at least one song that I wouldn't feel too bad skipping (not that there's many ... probably just the one per album). I don't know. The Beatles have songs I wouldn't feel too terribly bad skipping. Red Hot Chili Peppers have quite a few songs I wouldn't feel bad skipping (sorry, RHCP, but some of the earlier stuff is a little much for me - I still love you guys to death). Morrissey, yeah ... a few. Green Day? A few. And it's not that I would feel bad skipping U2 songs, it's just ... I don't feel the need. Maybe I just love all the songs equally. And maybe after the obsession cools down, I'll get in the habit of skipping - this could just be the obsession's influence. I just don't know.

So, basically, I have seen the forecast of the U2 storm, and the outlook is that this will be my most intense obsession with a band since Queen. I started talking really strangely and ... "proper" on my livejournal when I was obsessed with Queen, trying to imitate Freddie. So. If you sense a bit of an Irish dialect around here in the coming weeks ...

or Midwestern American dialect (if there is such a thing) if the David Cook obsession becomes the really influential one ...

then you know why.

I kid, I kid. I promise I won't get any more annoying than I already am.




(OR WILL I? NOW THAT I HAVE THIS NEW SPACE!!)


Anyway, I'm gonna go see if my mom will let me borrow the credit card to buy this insanely discounted book of awesomeness ... because I think I can figure out how to enter the card type and the card number and the expiration date and the security code by myself ... I mean, I figured it out when I paid for the American Idol songwriting competition ... which cost the same as this book and amounted to waaaaaay less than this book will ... I will use this book waaaaaaay more than I will use that song ... . . . . . . . .


UPDATE: Mom let me use her card to get the U2 book! AND she even gave me my $10 back because I'm about to spend all my money on an American Idol concert ticket and she didn't want me to be flat broke! So she bought me a present! And it should be here in only a few days! Finally - something to expect in the mail.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Shriek of excitement)