Post by FREAKSHOWssf on Oct 6, 2009 17:03:24 GMT -5
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY STORIES OR EVENTS IN THEIR LIFE THAT HAS CORRELATED WITH THE MUSIC OF 40 below summer?
HERE'S A FEW OF MINE:
RIDING WITH SOME FRIENDS ON A SHORT ROAD TRIP, I BROUGHT MY CD'S ALONG TO INTRODUCE THEM TO 40 below summer. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND SW MO HAS HEARD OF THEM. SO I'M PLAYING TMA. THEY HAD JUST GOT DONE SMOKING POT AND WE WERE LISTENING TO "Self Medicate." THEN TO THE 3RD TRACK "Rain". IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN DURING THE DRIVE. WHEN WE GOT TO THE 6TH TRACK, THEN I REALIZED, IT WAS MONDAY! "Monday Song"...AFTER THAT MY FRIENDS ASKED, "WHAT'S THE LAST SONG ON THE ALBUM?" I ANSWERED, "A Season in Hell" BUT THERE'S A HIDDEN TRACK CALLED "Day I Died." THEY FREAKED OUT LOL. THEY'RE LIKE, "OKAY WE'LL LISTEN TO THAT SOME OTHER DAY" THEY LIKED THE MUSIC JUST NOT THE SCARY COINCIDENCE.
MY TWO FRIENDS AND I WERE OUT CRUISING ONE NIGHT. WE WANTED A SONG WE COULD DRIVE FAST TO. "Step Into The Sideshow" WAS OUR CHOICE. WE TOOK A BACK ROAD INTO TOWN FULL OF CURVES AND STEEP HILLS GOING AS FAST AS WE COULD WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR. AS WE LISTENED TO THE SONG MY FRIEND SAYS PUT ON YOUR SEAT BELTS, "Strap it on its time to get a head rush" THEN HE SOON TOPPED OUT THE CAR ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH "Here it comes full throttle" WE CAME AROUND A CURVE AND ANOTHER CAR WAS TAKING UP PART OF THE ROAD "Get your ass out the way" "Punk suckers gonna front on the ride" THAT WAS A HELL OF A RIDE AND A HELL OF A GOOD SONG TO LISTEN TO ALONG WITH IT.
A GIRL BECAME MY FRIENDS ROOMMATE. HE LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. SHE ENDED UP CAUSING PROBLEMS BETWEEN MY FRIEND AND I BECAUSE SHE LIKED BOTH OF US. WELL SHE EVENTUALLY HOOKED UP WITH ME BUT THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO OBSESSED ABOUT MY FRIEND. SHE FREAKING SPIT IN MY FACE ONE NIGHT AND I HAD ENOUGH. I ONLY WANTED TO SCARE HER A LITTLE CAUSE SHE WAS BEING SUCH A BITCH. I SENT HER THE LYRICS TO "Rejection" ON MESSENGER ONE NIGHT HIGHLIGHTING "I'm gonna slit your throat before I smoke ya" ONE NIGHT MY FRIEND HAD LEFT ME AT HIS HOUSE TO DO SOME DISHES. SHE CAME HOME BEFORE HE GOT BACK SO I WAS THERE ALONE. SHE FREAKED WHEN SHE SEEN ME CAUSE I WAS STANDING THERE HOLDING A KNIFE WASHING IT IN THE SINK. SHE TOLD ME TO LEAVE AND CALLED THE COPS. AS THEY ARRESTED ME I SAID, "What the fuck did I do?" I SPENT 2 MONTHS IN JAIL BECAUSE OF HER BUT SHE WROTE THE PROSECUTOR A 2 PAGE LETTER AND HAD IT NOTARIZED BY THE COURT TO HAVE THE CHARGES DROPPED. I MADE IT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 2004.
I STAYED AT A PLACE FOR ABOUT A YEAR ONCE AND EVERY TIME IT WOULD RAIN, I'D PUT ON THE "Rain EP". THE PAVEMENT TO THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE WAS RIPPLED WITH WHOLES SO THAT WHEN THE RAINDROPS WOULD HIT THE PAVEMENT THEY WOULD BOUNCE ALL AROUND AND JUST CREATE THIS UNIQUE PATTERN. THE SOUNDS OF THE MUSIC ON THE RAIN EP WENT WITH THE PATTERN; ESPECIALLY THE INTRO TO "Endorphins" THEN WHEN THE MUSIC WOULD GET HEAVY IT WOULD THUNDER AND LIGHTENING WOULD FLASH AS IF GOING ALONG WITH THE RIFFS OF THE MUSIC. IT WAS RELAXING AND EXCITING TO EXPERIENCE.
WHEN GOING SWIMMING AT THE LOCAL POOL, I'D BRING MY BOOM BOX. WHEN "FALLING DOWN" WOULD PLAY, I'D GO OFF THE HIGH DIVE. IT WOULD BE HOT AS HELL OUTSIDE "Sun scorched and blistering" I'D ALWAYS WORRY I'D HIT MY HEAD ON THE BOARD DOING BACK FLIPS "(will I) drown in this pain like an ocean" AND THEN WHEN I DID MESS UP "I'm falling down again"
THEN AFTER SWIMMING ALL DAY AT THE POOL. I'D GO HOME AND PLAY "Sunburn."
MY LIFE SEEMS BE GOING NO WHERE RIGHT NOW AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT HAS KEPT ME FROM HAVING SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH GIRLS. "Ain't shit, never gonna be shit -
And I don't give a shit - not one little bit"
I'VE BEEN TOLD BY SOME GIRLS, "YOU'RE A GOOD LOOKING GUY, I'M JUST NOT ATTRACTED TO YOU." "THE ONLY REASON I HAVEN'T COME TO SEE YOU IS BECAUSE OF YOUR SITUATION." "I'M SO UGLY" THE ANSWER TO EVERY CHICK THAT HAS EVER TURNED ME DOWN OVER SOMETHING AS SHALLOW AS THAT.
I'VE HAD GIRLS I WASN'T INTO LATCH ONTO ME AND KEEP CALLING ME AND COMING BY TO SEE ME. THEY WEREN'T REPULSIVE OR ANYTHING BUT JUST NOT SOMEONE I WOULD HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH. YET BECAUSE OF HORMONES I'D STILL GET WITH THEM, ONLY TO LEAVE THEM LATER. I FIGURED THAT I COULD HAVE SOME FUN. I'D FLIRT AND BE NICE TO THEM, BUT THEY WOULD USUALLY TAKE IT AS ME BEING INTERESTED.
"You lose - Don't confuse what I say
I took you, then threw you away
You're through - Don't misconstrue what I said
I'D EVENTUALLY JUST HAVE TO BE BLUNT:
"I can't feel the way you want me to -
I'll use you, abuse you, conveniently lose you
I can't feel the way you want me to
It's just my power tool"
I ONCE HAD A GIRL I WAS REALLY INTO. THINGS WEREN'T GOING WELL THOUGH. ONE TIME SHE LEFT ME AT HER APARTMENT ALONE SO SHE COULD GO WITH SOME OTHER FRIENDS TO AN USHER CONCERT. AFTER SOME ARGUMENTS I WENT BACK HOME. LATER SHE CALLED AND WANTED TO COME SEE ME THAT SAME NIGHT. SHE CAME BY AND STAYED THE NIGHT WITH ME. SHE WAS TRYING TO SEDUCE ME TO GET ME BACK. I PUT ON "All About You" AND DID HER ALL NIGHT. AGGRESSIVELY TAKING OUT ALL MY ANGER AND FRUSTRATION TOWARD HER INTO SEXUAL ENERGY GOING ALONG WITH EVERY RIFF IN THAT SONG. I WAS GOING TO MAKE HER HURT BUT MAKE HER LIKE IT. SHE ENJOYED IT BUT I REALIZED THAT THINGS WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME BETWEEN US AND ALTHOUGH THIS WAS MAKEUP SEX. HER AND I WOULD NEVER BE INTIMATE AGAIN. I ONLY SEEN HER ONE OTHER TIME AFTER THAT NIGHT. I LOVED HER BUT I COULDN'T BE WITH HER BECAUSE SHE LIED TO ME A LOT. THERE WAS NO TRUST AND I KNEW IT WOULDN'T EVER WORK.
"I don't want you, I don't need you -
I love you, but I don't believe you
You're just a waste of time -
Get the fuck out of my mind"
SHE ENDED UP GETTING PREGNANT BY ANOTHER GUY JUST 3 WEEKS LATER. SHE WASN'T FOR ME, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR AN ATTRACTIVE, ATHLETIC, GIRL THAT LOVES 40 below summer.
WHEN I MEET SOMEONE I REALLY LIKE. I'M OFTEN TOO PUSHY AND MESS THINGS UP. ONE GIRL TOLD ME ONCE I TRY TOO HARD. I WROTE HER A LETTER TELLING HER I WAS DONE TRYING AND SENT HER THE FIRST LINE OF "DAY I DIED"
"Tired of chasing - Happiness just runs away"
WHEN LISTENING TO "Smile Electric" ON A RECORDED CASSETTE (CD's SKIP WHEN YOU MOVE TOO MUCH) I'D RUN DOWN THE STREETS OF TOWN DOING CARTWHEELS TO THE MUSIC WHILE WEARING HEADPHONES. "I'm bout to stretch when I'm comin' alive with the up in your headset" TO MOVE MY BODY RADICALLY WITH THE MUSIC WAS THE ULTIMATE FEELING. DURING SUCH A WORKOUT I'D GET A RUNNER'S HIGH SO "Endorphins" FITS WHICH IS ALSO MY FAVORITE SONG TO MOVE TO. I'M TALKING RUNNING, JUMPING, ROLLING, FLIPPING, SLIDING, TWISTING, DOING CARTWHEELS, ROUNDOFFS, 360°, HANDSPRINGS, JUST TOTALLY GOING FREAKING ERRATIC.
"So come and fly with me!!!!"
OKAY I KNOW THAT ALL THESE EVENTS MAY NOT BE WHAT THE SONGS ARE REALLY ABOUT, I KNOW THE SONGS ARE MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT, BUT THIS IS JUST HOW I HAVE FUN WITH THE MUSIC.
I LOVE NOT ONLY LISTENING TO THE MUSIC BUT LIVING IT!!!!
SO DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE STORIES LIKE THESE?
HERE'S A FEW OF MINE:
RIDING WITH SOME FRIENDS ON A SHORT ROAD TRIP, I BROUGHT MY CD'S ALONG TO INTRODUCE THEM TO 40 below summer. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND SW MO HAS HEARD OF THEM. SO I'M PLAYING TMA. THEY HAD JUST GOT DONE SMOKING POT AND WE WERE LISTENING TO "Self Medicate." THEN TO THE 3RD TRACK "Rain". IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN DURING THE DRIVE. WHEN WE GOT TO THE 6TH TRACK, THEN I REALIZED, IT WAS MONDAY! "Monday Song"...AFTER THAT MY FRIENDS ASKED, "WHAT'S THE LAST SONG ON THE ALBUM?" I ANSWERED, "A Season in Hell" BUT THERE'S A HIDDEN TRACK CALLED "Day I Died." THEY FREAKED OUT LOL. THEY'RE LIKE, "OKAY WE'LL LISTEN TO THAT SOME OTHER DAY" THEY LIKED THE MUSIC JUST NOT THE SCARY COINCIDENCE.
MY TWO FRIENDS AND I WERE OUT CRUISING ONE NIGHT. WE WANTED A SONG WE COULD DRIVE FAST TO. "Step Into The Sideshow" WAS OUR CHOICE. WE TOOK A BACK ROAD INTO TOWN FULL OF CURVES AND STEEP HILLS GOING AS FAST AS WE COULD WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR. AS WE LISTENED TO THE SONG MY FRIEND SAYS PUT ON YOUR SEAT BELTS, "Strap it on its time to get a head rush" THEN HE SOON TOPPED OUT THE CAR ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH "Here it comes full throttle" WE CAME AROUND A CURVE AND ANOTHER CAR WAS TAKING UP PART OF THE ROAD "Get your ass out the way" "Punk suckers gonna front on the ride" THAT WAS A HELL OF A RIDE AND A HELL OF A GOOD SONG TO LISTEN TO ALONG WITH IT.
A GIRL BECAME MY FRIENDS ROOMMATE. HE LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. SHE ENDED UP CAUSING PROBLEMS BETWEEN MY FRIEND AND I BECAUSE SHE LIKED BOTH OF US. WELL SHE EVENTUALLY HOOKED UP WITH ME BUT THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO OBSESSED ABOUT MY FRIEND. SHE FREAKING SPIT IN MY FACE ONE NIGHT AND I HAD ENOUGH. I ONLY WANTED TO SCARE HER A LITTLE CAUSE SHE WAS BEING SUCH A BITCH. I SENT HER THE LYRICS TO "Rejection" ON MESSENGER ONE NIGHT HIGHLIGHTING "I'm gonna slit your throat before I smoke ya" ONE NIGHT MY FRIEND HAD LEFT ME AT HIS HOUSE TO DO SOME DISHES. SHE CAME HOME BEFORE HE GOT BACK SO I WAS THERE ALONE. SHE FREAKED WHEN SHE SEEN ME CAUSE I WAS STANDING THERE HOLDING A KNIFE WASHING IT IN THE SINK. SHE TOLD ME TO LEAVE AND CALLED THE COPS. AS THEY ARRESTED ME I SAID, "What the fuck did I do?" I SPENT 2 MONTHS IN JAIL BECAUSE OF HER BUT SHE WROTE THE PROSECUTOR A 2 PAGE LETTER AND HAD IT NOTARIZED BY THE COURT TO HAVE THE CHARGES DROPPED. I MADE IT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 2004.
I STAYED AT A PLACE FOR ABOUT A YEAR ONCE AND EVERY TIME IT WOULD RAIN, I'D PUT ON THE "Rain EP". THE PAVEMENT TO THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE WAS RIPPLED WITH WHOLES SO THAT WHEN THE RAINDROPS WOULD HIT THE PAVEMENT THEY WOULD BOUNCE ALL AROUND AND JUST CREATE THIS UNIQUE PATTERN. THE SOUNDS OF THE MUSIC ON THE RAIN EP WENT WITH THE PATTERN; ESPECIALLY THE INTRO TO "Endorphins" THEN WHEN THE MUSIC WOULD GET HEAVY IT WOULD THUNDER AND LIGHTENING WOULD FLASH AS IF GOING ALONG WITH THE RIFFS OF THE MUSIC. IT WAS RELAXING AND EXCITING TO EXPERIENCE.
WHEN GOING SWIMMING AT THE LOCAL POOL, I'D BRING MY BOOM BOX. WHEN "FALLING DOWN" WOULD PLAY, I'D GO OFF THE HIGH DIVE. IT WOULD BE HOT AS HELL OUTSIDE "Sun scorched and blistering" I'D ALWAYS WORRY I'D HIT MY HEAD ON THE BOARD DOING BACK FLIPS "(will I) drown in this pain like an ocean" AND THEN WHEN I DID MESS UP "I'm falling down again"
THEN AFTER SWIMMING ALL DAY AT THE POOL. I'D GO HOME AND PLAY "Sunburn."
MY LIFE SEEMS BE GOING NO WHERE RIGHT NOW AND BECAUSE OF THAT IT HAS KEPT ME FROM HAVING SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH GIRLS. "Ain't shit, never gonna be shit -
And I don't give a shit - not one little bit"
I'VE BEEN TOLD BY SOME GIRLS, "YOU'RE A GOOD LOOKING GUY, I'M JUST NOT ATTRACTED TO YOU." "THE ONLY REASON I HAVEN'T COME TO SEE YOU IS BECAUSE OF YOUR SITUATION." "I'M SO UGLY" THE ANSWER TO EVERY CHICK THAT HAS EVER TURNED ME DOWN OVER SOMETHING AS SHALLOW AS THAT.
I'VE HAD GIRLS I WASN'T INTO LATCH ONTO ME AND KEEP CALLING ME AND COMING BY TO SEE ME. THEY WEREN'T REPULSIVE OR ANYTHING BUT JUST NOT SOMEONE I WOULD HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH. YET BECAUSE OF HORMONES I'D STILL GET WITH THEM, ONLY TO LEAVE THEM LATER. I FIGURED THAT I COULD HAVE SOME FUN. I'D FLIRT AND BE NICE TO THEM, BUT THEY WOULD USUALLY TAKE IT AS ME BEING INTERESTED.
"You lose - Don't confuse what I say
I took you, then threw you away
You're through - Don't misconstrue what I said
I'D EVENTUALLY JUST HAVE TO BE BLUNT:
"I can't feel the way you want me to -
I'll use you, abuse you, conveniently lose you
I can't feel the way you want me to
It's just my power tool"
I ONCE HAD A GIRL I WAS REALLY INTO. THINGS WEREN'T GOING WELL THOUGH. ONE TIME SHE LEFT ME AT HER APARTMENT ALONE SO SHE COULD GO WITH SOME OTHER FRIENDS TO AN USHER CONCERT. AFTER SOME ARGUMENTS I WENT BACK HOME. LATER SHE CALLED AND WANTED TO COME SEE ME THAT SAME NIGHT. SHE CAME BY AND STAYED THE NIGHT WITH ME. SHE WAS TRYING TO SEDUCE ME TO GET ME BACK. I PUT ON "All About You" AND DID HER ALL NIGHT. AGGRESSIVELY TAKING OUT ALL MY ANGER AND FRUSTRATION TOWARD HER INTO SEXUAL ENERGY GOING ALONG WITH EVERY RIFF IN THAT SONG. I WAS GOING TO MAKE HER HURT BUT MAKE HER LIKE IT. SHE ENJOYED IT BUT I REALIZED THAT THINGS WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME BETWEEN US AND ALTHOUGH THIS WAS MAKEUP SEX. HER AND I WOULD NEVER BE INTIMATE AGAIN. I ONLY SEEN HER ONE OTHER TIME AFTER THAT NIGHT. I LOVED HER BUT I COULDN'T BE WITH HER BECAUSE SHE LIED TO ME A LOT. THERE WAS NO TRUST AND I KNEW IT WOULDN'T EVER WORK.
"I don't want you, I don't need you -
I love you, but I don't believe you
You're just a waste of time -
Get the fuck out of my mind"
SHE ENDED UP GETTING PREGNANT BY ANOTHER GUY JUST 3 WEEKS LATER. SHE WASN'T FOR ME, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR AN ATTRACTIVE, ATHLETIC, GIRL THAT LOVES 40 below summer.
WHEN I MEET SOMEONE I REALLY LIKE. I'M OFTEN TOO PUSHY AND MESS THINGS UP. ONE GIRL TOLD ME ONCE I TRY TOO HARD. I WROTE HER A LETTER TELLING HER I WAS DONE TRYING AND SENT HER THE FIRST LINE OF "DAY I DIED"
"Tired of chasing - Happiness just runs away"
WHEN LISTENING TO "Smile Electric" ON A RECORDED CASSETTE (CD's SKIP WHEN YOU MOVE TOO MUCH) I'D RUN DOWN THE STREETS OF TOWN DOING CARTWHEELS TO THE MUSIC WHILE WEARING HEADPHONES. "I'm bout to stretch when I'm comin' alive with the up in your headset" TO MOVE MY BODY RADICALLY WITH THE MUSIC WAS THE ULTIMATE FEELING. DURING SUCH A WORKOUT I'D GET A RUNNER'S HIGH SO "Endorphins" FITS WHICH IS ALSO MY FAVORITE SONG TO MOVE TO. I'M TALKING RUNNING, JUMPING, ROLLING, FLIPPING, SLIDING, TWISTING, DOING CARTWHEELS, ROUNDOFFS, 360°, HANDSPRINGS, JUST TOTALLY GOING FREAKING ERRATIC.
"So come and fly with me!!!!"
OKAY I KNOW THAT ALL THESE EVENTS MAY NOT BE WHAT THE SONGS ARE REALLY ABOUT, I KNOW THE SONGS ARE MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT, BUT THIS IS JUST HOW I HAVE FUN WITH THE MUSIC.
I LOVE NOT ONLY LISTENING TO THE MUSIC BUT LIVING IT!!!!
SO DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE STORIES LIKE THESE?