On Waxing Lyrical Pt.IV: Nostalgia

Clearly my experience with music, like most peoples, is inherently emotional. This emotional connection inspires interesting behaviour. It was not exclusively my guy friends and myself that experienced the Feeder concert. I was in my first long term relationship at the time and it the concert coincided with my better-half's birthday week. I wanted her with me when I saw the band. I used my entire months allowance to gift her a ticket.

Nostalgia plays a rather important role in my collections and it has at times affected my judgement. The relationship came to somewhat of a close when my gap year began. Struggling with closure issues and being affected so much by the girl, I made a few unusual CD purchases. The girl was not only interested in rock and alternative, but she had an affinity for r 'n b and hip hop aswell.I found familiarity in Dido, Alicia Keys, N*E*R*D and, sadly, Ashanti.

This extended to my Pukkelpop experience aswell. It's interesting how some songs can only begin to mean something when my emotional state matches up with the themes of the song. In contrast to my experience with Feeder, Pukkelpop was slightly more sombre. Travelling alone seems to have that effect, but it was the fact that I needed to share the experience with someone that contributed to the melancholic sheen on the experience. So much so, that during Staind's performance of It's Been a While, I became vulnerable enough to let tears mingle with the raindrops that rolled down my face.