don't eat the yellow snow

when i look back i realise my music appreciation journey has been quite interesting that it warrant an entry into this blog of mine. well, its my blog so i decide!!

as i move on to my puberty life during secondary school i was introduced to scorpion, and i tell you that was it. at that moment nothing can beat scorpion. they are everything. the voice, the guitar riff. its like "i'm there dude...". slowly but surely i got deeper into rock, heavy metal, etc and starting to like def leppard (pyromania was and will be their best album ever), iron maiden, metallica... stuffs like that. to me rock and heavy metal is my life. i even have one of those pvc pants and low cut slim fit jeans to go with it and mind you wearing one of those tight pvc pants in malaysian weather is definitely a challange by itself. but hey... you got to do what you got to do to be a true rocker...

then i reached to the point-of-no-return in my musical journey. i started to listen to frank zappa. for a man who recruited stevie vai and called him "the italian virtuoso", being the father of indie label, a lagend and having 50 odd albums to his credit; he must be fucking good right. jazz from hell they call his music. he even do 100 pieces live show. with songs title like "my guitar gonna kill your mama", "frog song", "muffin man", "dancing fools", "stink-foot", "plastic people", etc. top that!!! soon i was introduced to primus with album titled "sailing the sea of cheese", "anti pop", etc. as quirky but heavier. loving it as well... i guess this is one of those moment you can say "fate definitely choose me". nevertheless it was fantastico de mayo!!!!

this morning... as i was driving to the office as usual and listening to frank zappa cd another one of those self-realisation kicks in. i am quirky. i am weird. i am eccentric. just look at the music i listen to. wow.... no wonder i find it hard to fit in.

to a certain extend being different makes me feel good but there are times i feel shitty as well. hey... how many people can you find that is able to talk passionately about frank zappa and primus music right?

i guess this is me and i have to accept it... i won't have it any other way. the world have to fit to me now... not the other way around... in a true frank zappa's words...

i've got trouble on my own, i said...
an' you can't help me out...
so take your meditations an' your preparations...
an' ram it up yer snout...