I’m just another soul for sale

I’ve been making to make a post about my favourite songs at the moment and about why my favourite bands and songs of all time are my favourite bands and songs of all time, but neither post has exactly come to pass recently. Anyway, I’ve recently been inspired by people like Frazer talking about the people he’s befriended and how they’ve had an effect on him, and then people like Hele, who regularly talks about music and how it affects her.

In short, I’m fnally going to make a post about why my favourite band is my favourite band, how their music became the soundtrack to my summer (of 2007) and, eventually, my final year at school, and how they’ve helped to make me the person I am today. (You see, there is always method in my apparent madness.)

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well it’s midnight, damn right

For those of you that haven’t heard by now, I went to see Nickelback at the Newcastle Metro Radio Arena with my dad (because my dad’s awesome) and (one of) my best friend(s), Ruth (because she’s also awesome). Now, Nickelback have a bit of a reputation: Chad Kroeger’s apparently the biggest douchebag of the year, and it goes without saying that a lot of their songs sound exactly the same (and yet Ruth and I would buy their album even if it was them singing the Canadian National Anthem twelve times with only minor variations in each song).  I know what a good gig is – I’ve seen Foo Fighters twice (and yeah, I’m biased, but damn, their shows are awesome), I’ve seen Whitesnake and Def Leppard, and I’ve seen Kaiser Chiefs (who are a prime example of Trying Too Hard).

Naturally, I went into the arena thinking “it’s going to be good, because gigs always are, but it’s not going to be anything spectacular”.

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