Rekindling The Past

Right now I'm listening to my iTunes while blogging/animating. I'm currently listening to my high school favorites.

And its not grunge.

I may have been a teenager when grunge hit. It may have been the "in" music in high school (besides hip-hop, which I sometimes like and sometimes hate) but I was never that in to it. Sure I liked some of the songs that were famous. Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden. Yeah I liked them. Pearl Jam? Nope. Only started liking their music around 2001 or so. I'm a late bloomer.

Anyway, the music I liked listening to in high school was classic rock. Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and of course my all-time favorite band, Black Sabbath (with Ozzy at vocals, of course).

Yes, I am stuck in a time warp. I always enjoy listening to music that isn't famous today. I'm not really a mainstream type, sure I do like mainstream things. But not as often. I prefer the "classics". The music the current artists listened to to create the music they created today.

Plus I really love those old riffs. In fact, I'm listening to Black Sabbath right now. And the other songs I usually listen to in iTunes (and in my iPod) are Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Steppenwolf, and Led Zep. Yeah, I'm a classic rocker.

I may not know much about the history of the bands and whatnot, and I may not be able to identify their music in one note, but I do love their sound. Raw, edgy, simple. The basic sounds and foundations of heavy metal as we know it today came from bands like Black Sabbath and Led Zep.

And I'm listening to them. Again. And again. And again. Why? Because I love their music. And maybe so I can inspire myself to pick up my rusty stringed acoustic guitar to belt out Iron Man one more time.

Of course I could be in my "classical rock phase" right now. I don't know.

Out.