SO MY STORY IS VERY ORIGINAL
(not). I was into crap music for about one year when at a part-tay, a slow came up, and i was enlightened by this soft, smooth, enchanting amazingly beautiful voice. (Billy's of course
). I went out to ask the DJ. "Smashing Pumpkins". ("a joke from God" would later be the answer from Billy Corgan to the question "so why smashing pumpkins?"
). So the next day, i ran home and asked my dad. He lended me Adore, for it was the only album of the Pumpkins he had. That's kinda when EVERYTHING clicked. One must know that since i'm born, i knew the songs Walk on the Wild Side of Lou Reed, i was also very familiar with Leonard Cohen, i had heard many times Into my Arms of Nick Cave though i didn't know he was the one to sing it. I also knew my dad was a big Pj Harvey fan and had went to a concert during the IS This Desire tour? I also knew my dad had seen Iggy Pop and Nick Cave as well, and Bob Dylan too a few times. I also knew he loves Joni Mitchell. But when you're 10 in a typical american town such as Chicago, with around you at school only spoiled vicious american brats, the only music you hear is basically Spice Girls, Nsync and Britney. I must say my first real bad was Blondie at around 10. I was a big fan. I was a big No Doubt fan too for a while. But that day my dad lent me Adore, i didn't know EVERYTHING in my life was changed and that i was to become a COMPLETELY different person
So i was 11 or 12. And i listenned to Adore more and more, and it blew me away like nothing else ever had before. I discovered beauty seriously. Nothing had enlightened me so, nothing had touched me so deeply, no music ever made me get tears and gooze bumps, it's such a special album to me. So anyways after that, Machina came out
I was the biggest during Adore, and when i heard their new song Everlasting Gaze, i was sooooooooo disappointed, and then i started liking it by hearing it more and more, and then one day, i just read the Stand Inside Your love lyrics while listenning to that song on the radio. And BAM!, the Pumpkins are still here! Aha, i went to this Tower Records free show they were giving, i saw Billy's naked skull and James Iha' back
;D It was one the groopviets day of my life! We went there by bus with Dad, it was so awsome, i mean, i had school the next day, never had Dad brought me anywhere cool with school the next morning, it was always "bed at 9h30"
So anhyhoo, i felt terrible grow up
And Smashing Pumpkins' fans ALL AROUND was the best thing a big fan like me could ever want
So anyways...
Yes so, Chicago time was ONLY Smashing Pumpkins. I was into Foo Fighters too. And Blondie always. Oh yes! and Radiohead! I was a big fan of them although i only knew Ok Computer. I think that's kinda it. And then when i came back to France, i was fucking depressed and where i live being a shit hole, i relied on music, and now that i had all of the Pumpkins' albums and that i knew them by heart, i needed MORE music. I was 13. My friend Sarah Ross, i love her muchly, she was the one who came up to me the first day of school in 8th grade and said "i like your Smashing Pumpkin's sticker on your bag"
We knew then we'd get along. And it's funny cause she had caught my attentiion too that first day. She was different as the others, simple as that. So that great sould became my best friend at school, and she got me into Joni Mitchell, into the Beatles, into Nirvana and other good stuff... And i always needed more and more music. So yes. And then one day, i head A Placa Called Home on the radio. Was madly in love with the song. Didnt like Good Fortune much though. So i knew it was Pj , i knew her by name for quite a long time now. So i finally managed to borrow Stories from Dad, which i adored. And then i asked if he had other of her. And so he lent me Is This Desire? and Rid of Me and To Bring you my Love etc... So i became a humongous Polly fan. And then, Grace would pass regularly on the radio, i asked if he had any Jeff Buckley, and POOF!, he lent me Grace. Amazed by the beauty
And it just kept going like this. Also, Bilbo having told me The Boatman's Call was one of his favourite album EVER, i really wanted to listen to it. And i did, and it's one of my favorite albums EVER too. and so on and so on, i listen to music, i discover artists, Dad's always got some of their music ;D
And Rasp totally got me into Tori Amos
And Bilbo got me into Hole
And they're some of my favoruite artists ever now
Lou Reed i dunno... I knew my dad was this gigantic fan sinc i'm born. And then one day, i just bought Transformer, and i had seen the clip Perfect on Laucn etc........................
GEEZUS. so long