10 Reasons Why The Jonas Brothers Should Never Have Covered A-ha

Okay before I start, I'd like to mention something.

Monday was, in the simplest terms, the greatest night of my life. It was amazing. So, now I'm getting this feeling that "it's" all "over". It's gotten me in many bad moods this week(And in deep thought about many things. With several things at the moment, I'm so annoyed and angry, that it's unbearable. I won't post here, because it will definantly offend quite a few people), and I was nearly screaming at some people during Spanish yesterday, so I haven't really been feeling in the mood of blogging. Now, I'm just hoping this will lift my spirits up a bit, though I really shouldn't be feeling this bad. I got a new iPod today, my Killers posters arrived(finally), it's a Saturday. And I've still got the concert in May, and posibly Muse sometime next year, and The Killers again in the summer. It's just that "over" that's hit me...So, let it be known, that nothing is "over", the tour continues with more possible dates, and there's YouTube, and a possibility of a cover album in 2010, only months after the Day And Age tour ends(Will they tour for this? They're really nice to their fans, and do loads of their shows so...here's hoping!). So nothing's over. Nothing! I'll still rave, and rant, and never stop...Because I love this band so much.

Onto the main point of this post....

10 Reasons Why The Jonas Brothers Never Should've Covered A-ha

1. If you're over the age of 14, or at least have a brain, you'll believe that The Jonas Brothers suck, correct? And A-ha are amazing...Those two don't really mix now, do they?

2. A-ha's single "Take On Me" is one of the most recognisable and well-loved songs of the 80s synthpop scene. When The Jonas Brothers covered it, it was only to be used at small venues in front of 13 year old girls, cheering The Jonas Brothers for a song which they believe is their own. No recognition to the original writers, by fans, simply because the fans won't know the original.

3. Or this song will be simply slapped onto a B-side album as filler between childish stories about what this band believes is "romance", and never to be played or admired again.

4. Genre-switching. A-ha is very very very pop. Pop, in everyway. Not childish pop, adult pop. But The Jonas Brothers turned it into what would be a nightmare for anyone familiar with the music scene of the original song...stupid childish pop-rock.

5. So The Jonas Brothers probably sat down one day...And decided to make a cover song because they ran out of relationships to write about. But of course, the singer still sings like a 12 year old, so they had to choose a song that would match the high pitch of his voice, and thus came Take On Me. Quite frankly, this is making a joke of the original singer's unaturaly high voice - Disgraceful.

6. Much like the Twilight-Muse phenomenon, this song could potentially, if a fan works out it's a cover, turn the fan onto A-ha. This should not, cannot, happen. NO WAY!

7. Because this song was so well known, it also features a well known synth-line of the time. Just ask a parent. Anyway, it is a crime to play that line on a guitar. That line must never leave a synthesizer. Idiots.

8. I doubt The Jonas brothers know anything about the band beyond that song. Just ask them and they'll say "It was in my mom's CD collection and I like it".

9. There's already a surplus of Jonas Brothers songs wandering the Earth, we don't need more!

10. It was the most awful cover song ever. Don't ever do such a thing again, Jonases. All I wanted was to look at the music video for "Take On Me", only to find you'd covered it. Thanks a lot.

Yeah...Die die die Jonases. Since The Jonas Brothers are going "out" thanks to Twilight, I thought your name would never have to be mentioned here. I don't like your music, but as long as the rabid fangirls are kept to a minimum, I'm fine. But this just had to be said.

Anyway, now that I've got that out of my system, I'd like to just mention a few things!

I got a new iPod today thanks to all the freezing, it's a Nano in green, it's lovely, and it's name is BRF. This one can hold videos, so I'll download all Killers videos later...

Thanks to all who voted in the poll! Wow, 17 votes! Muse won, The Beatles came in 2nd, and Coldplay came in 3rd! Other than the fact there were no Rolling Stone votes, that's about the outcome I excpected. But if I had my way, Muse would come 1st, then Kaiser Chiefs, then The Arctic Monkeys. And also, the non-English band is...*drum roll* Kings Of Leon! Kings of Leon are actualy from Tennessee, but, much like The Killers, are far more popular in the UK than the US! Once I come up with an idea, I'll be sure to post another poll. Thanks for voting!

My two Killers(Christmas presents...) posters arrived today! They're lovely! I have one repeat of my 1st one, and one of them as cowboys!

School isn't too great at the moment. I have to write a 4-page essay due Tuesday, that I haven't started yet, so I'm stressed. I also want to burn the two people I'm working with for my spanish group. Okay so...By nature, @'m stupidly paranoid. Especially about people. So when we're painting Big Ben(Bright red...For some reason) one of my partners comes out with "Naomi, go start the Shakespere book, me and *other girl's name* can do this ourselves". Put it this way, this girl never has a nice thing to say about anyone. Trust me, I know - It's all gossip and teasing behind peoples' backs. So, when she wants to, basically, get rid of you("You" being me, a school weirdo), then wouldn't you feel she wants to talk about you to the other girl? We got into a fight, and she came out with "We did our project on England so you could help us". Frankly, I never agreed to that. I never suggested England. This whole stupid world thinks that just because I'm English, I want my life to revolve around it. It's stupid, and I hate it with a passion. She can die too, I'm doing as I please with this project.

There's a new feature on The Victims where you can submit a question for The Killers, and they'll answer some in a video. It's awesome, but...What should I ask?

I just discovered Brandon swears in one of his songs! All this time, I've been miss-hearing. Actually, I really really like it. It makes hm seem sort of "rugged" and "macho". There's muscles behind the eyliner, girls!

That's it for now. A strong-worded post, full of hate and resentment...So that's me, being me.

Until sometime,

Best. Night. Of. My Life. Ever.

Wow...just...wow...oh my god...awesome...insane...incredible...Killer.

Yesterday. Boston, January 26th, The Killers came to the Agganis Arena. It was amazing, in every sense of the word. I knew it would be that way of course, but nonetheless, it was more fun than I'd ever had before in my life. It was...so good, I can't put it into words. I'll never forget it...Ever...ever...I loved every second. It was crazy. I loved it. Amazing.

To express my adoration for last night, I'll do a sort of...story of everything. But trust me, last night was so amazing, that I don't want to repeat the above paragraph much, because it won't do my feelings anywhere near justice. So, this is the best I'll do...But if you're thinking "She doesn't seem too rabid about it". You're wrong. It's just too hard to describe.

Before we start , I'd like to say a couple of slightly related things...

- I tried posting this very story on ACC earlier, and I went idle and the stupid site logged me out. So, I'm partly using this for refference for everyone who's asked me about the concert on ACC!
- Coco, that Killers blog post rocked! I love it!
- I made several people at school today jealous, and for that I apologize. Slightly.
- I do have pictures, but my camera sucks, and they're all very blurry and you can't tell what they are.
- This is the 62th post on this blog. Turn that around - 26. January 26th! Weird, huh?
- This does not mean I will shut up about this any time soon. I'll still rave, and rave about the concert in May!
- I wore my t-shirt to school today!
- Brandon, I love you.
- I'm really tired now, thanks Killers...!
- It was the best night of my life ever...

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So on the day of the concert, the show was all I could think about all Day(And Age) long. It was crazy. And I loved it. I would no longer be a KCV(Killers Concert Virgin) after that night. It was surreal. If you just stop and think...The best people in the world are close by, you go crazy.

Okay, so we left at about five, got there for seven. My Ipod is broken, so I warmed up to a bit of "Sam's Town" in the car, for two hours. The arena itself is part of Boston University, so there were a lot of college kids around. I knew it was part of Boston University, so when I saw the first Boston University building...I went crazy. It turns out, when you're in that situation, Boston University is never-ending. It's like Pi...(random), and I was just waiting to see a building like "Disney World...of Boston University" come up, it took that long. When we got to the arena, I remember we were on "Bling" and I was nearly crying. The parking lot was right under the arena, so it didn't require much walking...But the weird thing is, it turns out that nobody there, apart from two Victims(Go Victims!) had any Killers t-shirts. I was wearing my maroon Killers t-shirt(Longish story. I would have worn my Victims t-shirt, but my mom got me these maroon Converse that match the t-shirt exactly for Christmas, before she let me join The Victims. Oh, and guess what...Before we leave I ask her "Do I look okay?", as you do if there's a chance of meeting Brandon, and she says "I prefer the ther t-shirt"...Yeah, that's the sort of thing I wanted to hear before we were about to leave. Thanks, mom.) so I stood out a little bit.

There was, of course, Killers merchendise inside. Several t-shirts, a sweatshirt, posters, and...underwear. I got two t-shirts in the end. One(which I'm wearing today, proudly) is dark blue with the Day And Age CD cover on the front, and some of the first tour dates on the back, and a whie t-shirt with a picture of each member of the band in a colored rectangle on the front. I would have bought more, but those two t-shirts alone come to 60 dollars.

So, anyway, we find our seats. And trust me, they're good. we're the row closest to the stage, which made a huge part. We were one of the last rows, but that didn't matter, because you could still see the stage really, really well. We waited around ten minutes, and the warm-up band, M-83 started(M-83, coming soon to an uncool disco near you...) played a bit. They certainly were very talented, and sounded sort of like Depeche Mode...meets a bit of classic rock 'n' roll type thing. It was cool, and I loved the keyboardist/singer's voice. After 10 minutes, all their songs sounded the same though. But talented or not, it must be hard doing what they're doing. They were playing for about 5% of the audience, as very few people had arrived yet, not moving anyone at all. No screams, cheers, dancing, or anything. That's tough.

After that, there was another twenty or so minutes nbefore The Killers came on. I spent the time removing pictures from my camera and stuff...Getting anxious. And staring at the set. It was interesting actually...I screamed when the "K" synthesizer came out. They had rolled out a black and white tiger rug for the floor. And there were two "wings" on either side, so Brandon could wander closer to me. There was also a sparkly piano, and loads of palm trees everywhere...The theme was rainforest/tropical island, from what I could tell. I was on Mark's side, and I could see four or five bass guitars lined up. And then they came. They certainly came! Everyone screams, and stands up, and you see each member of the band run to their position on the stage. It's weird, more than anything else. You see YouTube videos of these guys everyday...And then they're actually there. I loved it, but it was insane.

They didn't give out pamphlets or anything for the show, so I can't remember the exact order, but we'll see how my memory does...

They opened with "Spaceman". 2nd best...Human would have been heaven, but stilll...HOORAH! Obviously, it's a little weird dancing with your parents right there, so it took me a while to get into it(But I was stuck with "the noose bleeds", who only knew half the songs, and weren't dancing. I looked odd). But I was singing the whole way through - Every word. Spaceman is definantly my favorite Killers song to play live, so it was a fantastic start to the evening.

The costumes were great! They were, basically, wearing exactly as they did in the "Human" music video, except Brandon's shirt was black, not white, with a black waist coat over that you could barely see. He did have his feathery jacket on him, but took it off during the 2nd song.

And also, the technical "stuff" of the evening was absolutely fantastic. There was a giant screen/backdrop, which played some amazing pictures...Like jumping bass amps during "Human". There was a bubble mchine, a confetti machine, a smoke machine...And a machine at the end that sent sparks into the air. The sound quality was absolutely perfection the whole way through, and there were plenty pof flashing lights and spot lights. This was a fantastic job on behalf The Agganis Arena, it was amazing!

The next song was "Losing Touch". Honestly, I would have preffered it later on in the singlist, but...Amazing. True darkness. Rock on(By the way, just as I was writitng that sentence, there was a call cancelling school tomorrow!) I recall Brandon saying something after that, along the lines of "Welcome to the show, and thanks to M-83". It was amazing to heare his voice!

From "Hot Fuss", they did Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine, Somebody Told Me, Smile Like You Mean it, Mr. Brightside, and All These Things That I've Done. Jenny came 2nd to last of all the songs. Usually, The Killers do a 3-song encore, which would mean Jenny was the last song, and I was annoyed that they hadn't done When You Were Young...But we were lucky and got a 4-song encore! Jenny was a great, but everyone(Band and audience) were tired at that point. But great job, and I love it when Brandon screams! He also kept shouting "BOSTON! BOSTON!", which was very sweet of him. Somebody Told Me was one of the first songs of the night...And, understandably, very impressive. Brandon swirled his fingers during the "just rushing around" line, with some vocal improvisation and foot stomping. This was probably my favorite of his "moves" of the night! Smile Like You Mean It came directly after Somebody Told Me, and this was when I truly got "into it" full force. Dave's solo peformance was amazing! All These Things That I've Done was the last song before the encore...And my legs hurt quite a lot at that time. Still, I danced. During the back screen, the words "Soul" and "Soldier" came up, and Brandon waved his microphone stand out to the audience, as if he was about to drop the stand to the crowd. But instead, loads and loads of confetti fell down from the ceiling! Mr. Brightside was the crowd favorite, understandably. The whole stage got dropped to a fiery red color, lights everywhere, me dancing like crazy...Best time of my life.



From Sam's Town, they performed Sam's Town, Bling, When You were Young, Read My Mind, For Reasons Unknown, and Bones. I like that mentality...Sam's Town got way worse reviews than Hot Fuss, so Brandon decides to play more songs from Sam's Town than from Hot Fuss. Cute! Sam's Town was, unfortunatly, a low point of the evening. It was a softer version, which for a fan is very beautiful, but if you're only there for a few hits, was boring. It was beautiful though...Branfdon and his sparkly piano. Bling was an unusal decision, being the least-known song of the night. No one ever pays any attention to this song, but its lyrics are definantly the best lyrics Brandon has ever done. This song is powerful enough to be put up between hits, and it was great! For Reasons Unknown was good, but because Brandon was playing bass he couldn't put much attention into his singing...But I got all freaked out at that point(Which I was doing during regular intervals of the show), and Bones was a great peformance also! Read My Mind was used somewhere in the middle, my mom's favorite, and they were playing the oh-so-amazing music video in the back screen in the background! Of course, When You Were Young was one of the best. It had to be there, it was simply amazing. Last song of the night, and going out with a bang. This was when the use of the fire spark machine came in handy during the end - It certainly was a sight!

Oddly, one of my favorite performances of the night was of Shadowplay. They gave it a sort of dancy, happy theme to a very dark song. It was lovely...With loads of flashing green lights everywhere! This was also my Dad's favorite.

Then they did everything from Day And Age, except A Dustland Fairytale(Boo hoo) and Goodnight, Travel Well. Human was great performance, and, as I vowed on The Victims, I copied Brandon when he did the "punch", and the "salute to devotion". This Is Your Life was a decent performance, but followed by I Can't Stay, which was quite honestly breathtaking. Live sax players rock out loud. The World We Live In was used as the first encore song, with a spinning Earth in the backdrop screen, and plenty of dancing. Neon Tiger was another favorite performance...Incredible. Incredible. Incredible. Ronnie started teasing us with his drumming!They brought down a black and white tiger backdrop for this!!! And Joy Ride was also very, very, very good...Breathaking. Astounding.

So, that was the songs. That dragged on a little bit, but I just wanted to give a rough representation of every song. During the encore, I got to edge closer to the stage because the men next to me had left already(Why on Earth do you go to a concert if you don't stay for all the songs?) which was great. The bubble machine was featured several times, and it really sent people crazy. At the end, Brandon threw some flowers, Ronnie threw some drumsticks, and Dave threw his pick.

As far as each member of the band goes, they all did great. Best of all, Mark was actually jumping up and down! If you know Mark...You'll know he never dances, he's too cool for that. Dave also wandered across the stage a lot. Ronnie was of course, a showman. The funniest part of the show was before Neon Tiger, he ran to the front so some of the crowd could touch his hands, and they pulled him in! Which led Brandon to say "Can we have our drummer back, please?" which was hilarious! He seriously is a great performer.

And Brandon did some talking with the crowd, as well as dropping some moves! And yes e was very, very cute yesterday. I was going crazy! I loved him! I wanted to...Er, yeah, I won't say. Anyway, the various things I can remember him saying were -

"Sing me a lullaby!"
"BOSTON BOSTON!"
"Come on!"
"Can we have our drummer back, please?"
"How's everyone doing tonight?"
"It's great to see so many people here tonight! Our family's getting bigger - it's a beautiful thing"
"Thanks to M-83, they're a great band!"
"Beautiful voices here in Boston!"
"Oh have you ever seen the lights? I have!"
"The next song is about all the good things in like. We're from Las Vegas, but for you it's about snow cones, or the first time you went skiing. But I don't think anyone wants to think about that right now, because it's so cold!"

And no throat problems!

So, great night? After watching a bit of the unpacking, we wandered around the arena to find where the band was coming out. We saw the group of buses, and there were about twenty other people there(A few had met the band before). So I whipped out my copy mof Day And Age and Sharpie and waited. There was one guy there who, it seems his soul purpose of the night was to see how many security guards would beat him up that night...He did the moonwalk, pretended to be press, shouted for Brandon Flowers, teased the guards...it was funny, but stupid. All that did was make the security guards more eager to turn us away. Anyway, I was the youngest person waiting, and I heard a group of girls say "Cute!". Followed by...A girl holding a flower she caught from being in the floor, say to me "Do you want this flower?" YES!!!!! A flower...that Brandon Flowers touched - A "Brandon Flowers flower"! Heck, yeah! I was happy, sure. Then, a man and girl came out(Family of a roadie, I'm guessing) and just gave me his back stage pass! Of course, it didn't work, but...I have a backstage pass!!! Once again, heck yeah! And then another girl thought I would be upset to be turned down(Which I was, sort of) offered me another flower!

That above paragraph was heaven. In the end, after an hour of waiting, the security guards told us to go away because the band ahd left, and it was too cold for them. Sure I was dissapointed, but I don't blame them. They're not used it. I came out with two t-shirts, two Brandon Flowers Flowers, and a backstage pass... How could I be upset? I did plenty of boasting and all that...And my mom is now comfortable with the idea of trying to meet them in May, so it's all good!

My parents dragged me away and we got back in the early hours of the morning...I'm tired, but it was so worth it. There's a review on The Boston Globe website if this point wasn't good enough for ya...

So...Best night of my life. This writing was extremely rushed, so I'll add to it later. But God...it was heaven on Earth. A night never to forget.

It's A Beautiful Day

It's a Beautiful day

Sky falls, you feel like

It's a Beautiful day

Don't let it get away[/songlyrics]

Hello! Today is the day! Today, my readers, will be the best day of my life to date. Today will be the greatest(More song lyrics). Remember that - I certainly won't forget! My hands are nearly shaking...Seriously. I've been freaking out all day. But more than anything...It feels...Weird. When you just think that at this time, the people you idolize more than anyone else in this World That We Live In(Song lyrics...) is in the same state as you, it feels weird. And good. Of course, very very good.

The Killers did a show at Madison Square Garden, NY, last night. Let me tell you, the song list was absolute perfection. Mr. Brightside, Smile Like You Mean it, All These Things That I've Done, Read My Mind, Human, a Dustland Fairytale...and even Bling(Confession of a King) was featured! Which is a great, but extremely under-rated song. With the best lyrics I've ever heard Brandon do ever. Here's hoping they do an equally amazing songlist tonight!

I could barely think straight all today. I told quite a few people about it...And when we were doing a team building activity today, our group had to think of what to name our group, and someone randomly suggested "The Killers". I swear, I had no input in this. Me being me, I'm taking this as being an "omen", or a sign saying "You will wait outside all night long in the cold, but you will meet The Killers". So, yeah...yay!

That's it for now. It's about 1 hour 45 minutes until I have to leave. I've picked out my outfit and everything already. It's about 2 hours there, and the show starts at 7:30, with a tribute band(They're called M-85, orsomething like that. I hear they're pretty good, but their songs sound similar) for about 1/2 an hour, then...THE KILLERS! With a small arena, the show should be great. Here's hoping there's no technical difficulties, or Brandon's voice hurting or him getting stage fright...it should be good!

I'll try to take pictures, and will, of course, tell you all about it tomorrow, in a lot of detail. Wish me luck! Next time we speak, I may have met the man I've rambled about for so long here.

A note to The Killers - Good luck! This might not be Nevada...But this is still the desert rain in which you get your glory(Sing lyrics, again)

Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye!

I'm So Freakin' Excited!!!

Hi!

Okay, at this point and I'm about to explode with excitement. Seriously. It's concert eve! It feels amazing. Finally, after over a year of fangirling, I finally get to see them live, or meet them! I am, of course, going to bring my camera, and all four of my Killers CDs to sign. Should I get them to sign my t-shirt? I don't know. That means I won't be able to wash it because the ink will come off, so won't be able to wear it again, and I'll have to go back to Hot Topic to buy another maroon Killers t-shirt. Anyway, my seats are terrible and everything, so the pictures will be bad...But we'll see if I can get some decent ones to put up here. God, this is insane!

Not much else to say here today really, I'm just so freakin' excited! I went into Barnes and Noble yesterday, and discovered The Killers are in Spin Magazine and a drumming magazine. They're also in Q Magazine, but because it's English it hasn't arrived here yet. I've read both articles now...The drumming magazine one isn't too great. Obviously, because there's a lot of drumming lingo that I don't get. But the Spin Magazine...Wow, it's incredible. Best interview ever. For a start, there's like four big pictures of Brandon. One of them you get to see his bare feet. Which of course, rocks! The actual article...I love. A couple of things for The Brandon Flowers Wall of Quotes, I think. They talk about a lot of stuff...Music, influences, family, stuff like that. The best part is, I can't remember the exact quote, but he says something like "Pet Shop Boys's Neil Tennant said that I only grew a beard to prove that I'm more than just pop. So every time I shave, I put the hair in a bag, and I've been waiting for the opputunity to give it to him. It's quite a big bag".

Hey Brandon, do you think I could have that bag instead?

Tee-hee, I love Brandon. *fangirl giggle*

Thanks for voting on my poll, whoever the second person was, and Kayla! But nope, Keane are from Battle, Sussex, in the UK. So, they're not the American band! Good fguess though! I'd love whoever reads to vote, so thanks if you do.

*sigh* As much as I would love to continue writing here, I have a lot of homework left to do. I might add to this later or something, I don't know. Can I leave with some quotes, from each member of The Killers, for good luck?

I rocked my own socks off - Dave Keuning, guitarist

I've got pop in my blood. If you cut me open, a chorus will come out." - Brandon Flowers, lead singer

"We here for everybody.... from the kid with the cool haircut to the nerd with the giant calculator" - Ronnie Vannucci, drummer

Um...

This video[Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit] was the song that got me into rock music. Before that, I just thought "rock" was heavy metal bands like Poison - Mark Stoermer, bass

Yeah, that's it for now. I'm super excited for tomorrow...So wish me luck, and don't be surprised if I don't post tomorrow.

Freakin' excited!

Bye!

Getting This Out Of The Way Early

Hi,

Hey. So, I'm getting this out of the way early today. Because I love this blog so much(I'm obsessed...), I would normally spend all day trying to think of boring, but interesting to me, ideas to post about. But today...I just need to do this now. So don't be surprised if I start talking about pencils or something(I'm sure I'll think of something...). I have a lot of homework to do this weekend...Plus some homework that's due Tuesday, but I need to get it done now to have as little homework as possible on Monday(2 DAYS LEFT!!!). Homework I have to do - Finish a scale drawing of The Colosseum that's only half way done, get some ideas and information for my Spanish project, start and finish a 300-word essay, study loads for a Science quiz, and research, print out, and and finish a web and notes about The Colosseum for Social Studies. To other people, this might not seem like a lot, but to me this is a lot of homework. We barely get any homework at the moment, so this is torture.

Once again, I'm annoyed at my Dad, which s the norm in my life. But for a stupid reason. I get these stupid earges to listen to Muse all the time. Like, even if I love a band as much as Muse, I alwasy have random bursts to listen to a certain Muse CD. Certainly, it's odd, but it's pain when you want to listen to Black Holes And Revelations, when your Dad has taken the CD with him while he goes shopping. So, instead I'm listening to Absolution, which is a great album(Aposalypse Please, Time Is Running Out, Sing For Absolution, Hysteria, Butterflies and Hurricanes...) but it is no where near as good as Black Holes. Most people would agree with me when I say Black Holes is their best album., it's also their most recent one. And by most recent, I mean it was released three years ago. For some reason, it takes Muse twice as long to make an album as it takes any other band. I've never quite understood this. It might be because Matt moved to Italy...But it's not like their songs are much longer than anyone else's. I heard Matt wanted to make a 7-minute long song(Not a great idea, in my opinion) but he ruled that out. The big news when it comes to Muse(Did I just rhyme?) is the new album out in September. So finally, they're getting their brains together and writing some new material. I desperatly want to see Muse live. Simply because they're the most amazing live band at the moment. Most bands at the moment are awful. Sure, Muse don't smash their instruments or anything..But there's a lot of cool backgrounds, guitar and piano improvisation, interaction with the audience, and amazing light shows. Somehow, I feel that's more than the fake emo bands(Burn in hell, Fall Out Boy) can give us at the moment, don't you?

Other than spending all day today doing homework, I need to get a jacket and gloves for Monday. I somehow don't get too cold at this time of year, but my Mom has insisted that I get a good jacket and gloves if we want to waiy after to meet the boys. Whatever it takes to meet them, really.

Okay, now I need to apologize to The Killers, after yesterday's post. Thank you thank you tahnk you for getting the Spaceman video out yesterday! I love it. I love it. I love it way too much. They pick their producers very well...using Bones as an example, they had Tim Burton. This one, the producer/director(Ray Tintori, or something like that) is truly insane. I know he did a couple of MGMT(Good band, I'd recommend them) music videos, which really are insane. Spaceman had to be insane, really. Spaceman I think, is about a confused alien who just wishes to be accepted by us humans. The video is a giant pyramid thing, with loads of people dressed as aliens. Brandon's in a red, puffy costume. With makeup one. Which I love, 'cause he doesn't really do the whole guyliner thing any more. My favorite part is definantly the feathers at the shoulders. Again. I feel now, that he should have feathers on his shoulders for every DaA music video. It;s really, really tight fighting. Yay! Screw the Human jacket..I want him to wear that on Monday. I'll die of joy. Anyway, there's a lot of dancing, and some sort of buffet table which Brandon sits at, tapping his hands on to the drum beats. Then there's fire, and Webkinz, an feathers, and animal print everywhere, and Christmas trees, and rainbow people, and...It's amazing. My sister now loves thew video because of the Chihuahua Webkinz. Thr only bad thing is you see very little of Dave, Mark, nd Ronnie. I mean, there's this great shot of Dave...but not much else.

Okay, I'm adding another polll. This time - Best English band ever. I want to see what you guys think. There's some classics, legends, some more recent bands...Plus one band that isn't from England. If you can tell me who this is, without Google searching, I'll mention you in a post. Please vote!

That's it. I'm gonna add a picture...it's Bono(U2) and Brandon. I love it because what he's wearing is odd, and he's so happy because Bono is an idol, and he forget to shave that morning. Not that I like U2 very much though. But if you do, then enjoy.

Bye!

The Apocalypse Is Here!

The apocalypse is here!

Which means don't leave your house, say goodbye to your family and put "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" on repeat - We're all going to die! Why? Because I recognised and liked 2 songs played during lunch today at school...Yes, me - The girl who, in everybody else's eyes, is a hermit when it comes to modern music. Honestly, the music played wasn't the most popular music ever...They played two amazing songs; U2's "Beautiful Day", and Keane's"Everybody's Changing". Both great song, especially Beatufiul Day...Which is very...beautiful? And Keane was just a huge shock, considering no one here has heard of Keane. This certainly was a relief, I haven't heard either of those songs in a while. Although it was annoying...Can't the world shut up for a few minutes to listen to some good music?

Still on the music topic - Things are getting pretty bad around here. I'm actually playing my music out loud, which I don't do to much because my mom always tells me to turn it down really quiet, which is one reason why I love my iPod...So, I've listened to Weezer's "Blue Album" three or four times now. We're on the last song...Which I don't like very much. I need to buy some more CDs, 'cause I'm pretty bored with what I have now. I'll probably put Kaiser Chiefs's "Off With Their Heads" on next. Best. Album. Name. Ever.

Friday Friday Friday...Best day of the week. This week went by super fast, probably because I only had three days of school. This weekend however will be torture. With three days left...I really want this weekend to end now. For once, I want Monday to come. Come on weekend...Come and go, already!

My OCKD is flaring up really badly again. I made my friend jealous today with the news of my General Admission Killers tickets. Which is always...Interesting. We vowed that when we're 16, we'll have saved up some money, and we'll follow the boys on tour! I'm also sure I confused/disturbed some peole today...I was bored last night, and decided to write "Property of Mrs. Brightside" on a school notebook, in green sharpies(sharpies <3).> and the lyrics "Every time you fell and every time you tried, every foolish dream and every compromise, every word you spoke and everything you said, everything you left me rambles in my head..." from Goodnight, Travel Well on the back of my folder. Also, I had a dream featuring The Killers last night. I don't really understand it...Nothing "bad" happened. It was mostly about Dave, because Ronnie and Brandon were talking. I don't know where Mark was, he doesn't normally feature in my dreams. It was like Dave was my Dad or something...So, congrats to Dave for getting the main part in my dream. Normaly Brandon wins that.

This week in Math, we've been doing obsessivly acurate drawings of the buildings we're doing in our Social Studies/Math projects. I'm doing The Colleseum, which is annoying to draw. I already have a headache thanks to that. This project sucks...Other than that, there's not much to say about school. Science was amazingly boring today(We had a sub. Though that's not to say that our normal teacher is very interesting...Though my mind on that subject might change if he likes The Killers mix CD I gave him). The Social Studies project is coming along...Slowly. I'm once again practicing the art of doing as little work as possible to get a decent grade. One thing that I'm good at. LA has been...decent today. We were just doing some stuff on an article about the conflict in Gaza. And our Spanish project is total hell. I am not dressing as Shakespere, or actually working simply because I am English. Or helping to make a Big Ben costume out of pizza boxes...

I'm also slightly annoyed at The Killers right now. Well, not specifically The Killers, but rumours about The Killers...The rumour that the Spaceman video will be released today, to be exact. I came home, expecting to find a super amazingly funny Spaceman music video, and found nothing. Of course, I might be mistaken and it might come out later today, but so ar I am disspointed.

I guess something that I should have added to my list of human hates yesterday, but...

Before coming to update my blog today, I decided to look at ACC, and discovered a thread called "Cullen or Jonas?" made by some n00b girl. Of course, obsessing over The Jonas Brothers is totally out...But that's not what the Cullen fangirls thought. They still seem to be under the impresion that they're the unique ones. And that Jonas lovers are the cool, popular girls. Which, from an outsider who only has a heart only big enough for BRF(Brandon-Richard-Flowers. Remember that abbreviation), is completely false. I guess what I'm saying is, why do people think they are, or try to be, a minority, in terms of likes and dislikes? Any 12 year old who raves about Edward Cullen is clearly not a minority.

The same goes for music. Some people will enter a conversation about rap, and make a speech saying "Guys, I know this is weird...And you'll probably socially reject me from now on because this is so out of the ordinary...But, rap sucks. Live with it. My favorite band is called My Chemical Romance. Now, I know you probably have't heard of them before because they're not very popular. But that's just me, and if I'm too weird for you, then I'll live with it". Seriously, I've heard that sort of speech being made online countless times before.

A lot of the time, we hear the terms "weird" and "random" being thrown around like there's no tomorrow. So, these girls consider themselves so "weird", but when someone comes along who actually has likes and dislikes that are unique, they get made fun of, and the girl who considers herself "weird" will say that the other girl is "weird".

Do these "weird" girls actually know what the words of their personality that they boast so proudly mean? If you look up the term "weird", you'll find that the definition is typically "out of the ordinary". So, if you're just like everyone else...Then why do you consider yourself "weird"? So, you'll randomly shout "Pie!" for no apparent reason, and then giggle like you're retarded. This is what is typically considered the modern-day criteria for being weird...But, if you haven't noticed, everyone does exactly that. These people are typically in the middle, higher-middle, or lower-middle in the middle school hierachy. There are always people who are more socially outcast than the people who consider themselves weird. And it's not like they don't see that, it's always pretty obvious.

So, is being "werid" your ticket to more popularity and coolness? It seems so. Being weird is totally "in". If you like Hollister, love Edward cullen, and are into a lot of poppunk and hiphop music...Then you'll probably be considered to be "just following the trends". But, if you like Hollister, love Edward Cullen, and are into a lot of poppunk and hiphop music...But declare yourself to be "weird", then you're no longer just following what everyone else does, then you're different.

A lot of people like this consider themselves to be immature also. But, if 90% of the grade act the same way, then surely you're not immature, that's normal. And the people who act more maturely than everyone else are considered "normal", but they're actually the ones out of the ordinary - They're more mature than everyone else.

In our lifetime, in particular our middle school lifetime, we've all heard people be stereotyped, ourselves being stereotyped, and self-consciously stereotyping others. And most people don't like stereotypes and say they're simply for soup cans. So, when we see someone suddenly classify him/herself as being "emo", most people will label him/her as being a poser. Surely, constantly going on to people about being weird is no different! But in the eyes of most people, this isn't considered being a poser...But actually, it's exactly the same behavior. It might be because the weird people are the ones who do most of the stereotyping, teasing, and declaring who is and who isn't a "poser" at their stereotype, but it's stupid. I believe that being weird and random is in itself a stereotype. These people are generally the ones that can't be fitted into any other stereotypes(Jock, emo, goth, prep, geek, scene etc), which makes them unique. I've recently come to terms with the fact that, as much as we dislike it, steroetyping and labeling is human nature. It's just a system our brain uses to make deciding who we talk to easier. Even if you tell yourself that you never stereotype, you still always make first judgements of people, like it or not. Being weird, I would say is a stereotype. But those who always declare themselves to be so aren't weird. Being "weird", In my eyes, just means that others consider you different...Not that you consider yourself different. That goes for any stereotype. Anyone who considers themself a certain stereotype will definantly be labeled a poser. I've seriously heard some people declare themselves weird, even if they aren't random, or weird, or anything. Just normal 12 year olds, forgetting what "weird" actually means. Using a word that means "unique" just as everyone else does, to lose their individuality and fit in more.

So, I guess what I'm saying here is...I don't understand why being "weird" is a cool thing at the moment. No one really is weird, especially those who declare themselves to be so, and aren't actualy unique whatsoever. So, don't label yourself to be weird...Be yourself. Some people might consider you weird, but that's their problem. They're the ones pretending to be someone they clearly aren't. And don't classify yourself to be "weird" - You clearly aren't weird at all.

Yeah, peace and love to everyone. Though actually, hate to everyone is more realsitic.

Until tomorrow, readers.

CamaLambo's Guide Of How To Really Really Annoy Me

Hey,

So, I'm definantly not the most social person in the world...Actually, I'm pretty anti-social a lot of the time. Part of this being because there's a lot of things in people today that I can't stand. So, If you're asitting at the edge of your seat, just dying to find out how to make me tick...Then read on.


- Besure, at every time you see me, to scream at me "Purple hippos!", "Pie!", or anything that would be soncisdered "random". I hate it, that's all there is to it.
- After doing the following, you must follow it with "I'm so weird and random...You're probably really creeped out at me by now!". Of course, follow this up by some idiotic giggling and screaming. Frankly, there's nothing I hate more in the world than that. So, you think you're so random and weird? Well, if that's the case, then so is 90% of the middle school female population of this country. Yep, that makes you really "different", doesn't it?
- Ask me, in a layed back, casual tone, with your voice sliding up, "How's life?". It just...bugs me. Hard to explain.
- Tell me that my accent is "so awesome" or anything like that, or just any refference to my natinality - Posotive or negative. Trust me, it's annoying as hell. To really annoy me, you must say this repeatedly. Every day, at the minimum. Including stereotyping, accent impersonations, constant refferences, and downright disrespecting.
- Diss The Killers. Obvious.
- Diss Brandon Flowers. Once again, obvious. To annoy me, you have to insult him as much as pobbile, every single day. Most hurtful comments would be about his appearance, his music, his voice, his facial hair, his smell, his wife, his son, his clothes, his stage presence, and his sexuality. Or a combination if any of those, if you want to annoy me more.
- Say anything negative about my taste in music. Which means, coming up to me and trying to get me into Boys Like Girls, or some rapper. Or assuming that the music I listen to is 100% English. Or telling me that I would have more friends if I listened to more "normal" music. Or simply telling me that my taste in music sucks.
- Tell me what to do, at every possible moment. Yeah, that's obvious...But I seem to attract that sort of behaviour a lot, and I hate it. I'm not 2...I know my choices and decisions. So this includes, telling me all the time to put more effort into my school work(Raising my hands, doing my homework etc...), telling me what to wear, how to act, who to talk to, what to do. Aything like that will be annoying.
- Tell me you're a Killers fan, when you've actually only heard Mr. Brightside and When You Were Young. Yep, as any fan of any band in this situation will tell you, it's so annoying, if the person you're talking to has only heard the hits. You'll seriously bug me by doing this.
- Inform me of the album you bought on iTunes last night. Now, buying albums on iTunes is my biggest, random pet peeve in the world. It annoys me a lot...you have to do this if you want to annoy me.
- Constantly go on about how much you love fashion, when you're never wearing anything that isn't Abercrombie or Hollister. Yeah, understandable enough...You must do this a lot. And when you do, your outfit must consist of - A navy blue Abercrombie baby tee, a white Hollister tanktop underneath it, and an unnaturaly tight white Hollister hoodie, midwash skinny jeans, tan UGGs, too much mascara, loads of jewelry, and super super straight hair.
- Overuse sarcasm all the time. Come on...patronizing people is my job - You have to do it to me if you want to sucsesfully annoy me.
- Tell me that the music you listen to is "rock". This is another good technique. Any o bthe folling bands would be perfect to use this tecnique about - Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, The Academy Is, Panic at The Disco, The Jonas Brothers, Boys Like Girls, Plain White Ts, Metro Station, Death Cab For Cutie, Good Charlotte, All Time Low, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Paramore, Tokio Hotel, and Scouting For Girls.
- Make "emo" jokes - Another good technique. I am not emo, nor do I really use the "emo" stereotype, but it appears really shallow and pathetic to make jokes about people simply wearing a black t-shirt.
Annoy my friends. Yeah, that's obvious...
-Chatpseak, textlanguage, lol, rofl, and most importantly "I wuz here". I pity the n00b who writes any of this stuff anywhere near me, or on my school binders.
-Writing in bubbly, girly handwriting. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about...So, do it and you'll annoy me.
-Write one-sentence blogs. Yeah, that's basically all there is to that one...
- Interupt me while I'm writing a blog post. Do it do it do it!
-You're completely oblivious to you doing any of thes tuff I mentioned, and cntinue doing so tomorrow. Yeah, that's easy to do...

So, there you have it. The complete rule book to annoying me. Use it well, or not at all...It depends if you want to live or not.

That's it for tonight. School sucked today...As always. My projects stink, loads of people annoyed me, there was nothing for lunch, and Spanish was hell. Have a good day...Spaceman video hopefully coming out tomorrow, and just 4 days left!

Bye,