when i loved music
When I was in college, music was one of the most important things to me. I loved listening to my favorite bands, spent a ton of money on CD’s (yeah, I’m dating myself) and went to a ton of concerts. I was so cliche – I worked at a music store, was snarky to customers and had a lip piercing. So bad ass. My friends and I went to concerts on average once per week. From working at the music store, I got cheap music and free concert tickets on occasion. Free is the best when you’re in college.
(In the photos above – On the left, I am in front of Brixton Academy in London about to see Goldfinger. The other photo is with the guitar player from Jimmy Eat World.)
When I was younger, music was super important to me. It’s so crazy how things that are super important to you aren’t a priority as you get older. I still love music – I love my old favorites and love finding new music too – but it’s not as big a part of my life. The biggest difference is that I just canNOT hang at concerts anymore. If they are on a weekday, I’m grumpy since I know I need to wake up for work. People are standing too close to me, people are sweaty, I’m getting bumped into. The beer is too much and everyone seems to be 14 years old. I can’t see over people’s heads, the guy next to me has B.O. and the girl in front of me is wasted. Basically – I’m a cranky old person now. I am now the person I was judging when I was 19. So sad. A few weeks ago, I went to see A New Found Glory with a friend on a Wednesday night. I have seen them a million times but it has been a few years, so I figured why not? We timed it out to miss the opening bands but our plan didn’t work out. We got there around 9:15 and they didn’t go on until after 10 pm. TEN PM! I wake up for work at about 5 am so helllllll no 10 pm. The venue seemed to be at least 20% oversold and I couldn’t move my arms. We stayed for most of the set and then hustled on out there. And that made me fully realize, nope, I can’t hang anymore. It’s a little sad to let that part of my life go but I can still enjoy it. I used to loooove music and concert going and now I just love it from the comfort of my own home/car/iPhone.
Oh another reason I’m lame – I wear earplugs to concerts. It’s super dorky but you can still hear the music really well. This might sound like an old lady thing to do but I’ve actually been doing it since I first started going to concerts when I was around 18. And I could go back in time and shake my own hand for being that smart because otherwise I’d probably be deaf by now. (This is a PSA to everyone who is an avid concert-goer – get earplugs! Your ear holes will thank me.)
So share with me – are you a music lover / big concert goer? Or have you found things in your life that used to be super important and now aren’t as much of a priority? Do you still love the music you loved when you were younger?
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