Everyone in the world has things they don’t really like about themselves. Thoughts and feelings that deep down they know are irrational, egotistical or just plain childish. I have such thoughts and feelings on a regular bassis. For instance I cant stand it when something that I really like becomes popular, overused and then ultimately deemed “uncool”.
For example when I first saw the trailer for the movie “juno” I couldn’t help but notice that it used the moldy peaches song “anyone else but you”. At first I thought this was awesome. The song was one of my favorites to listen to and since it's made up of just two chords, also one of my favorites to play on guitar. Then the movie became a huge hit, thus making the “indie” soundtrack (which recently reached #1 on the u.s. album charts) the cool thing to listen to. The moldy peaches are now re-releasing the song as a single, and have played it on the morning talk show "the view". It's also well on its way to becoming one of the most covered songs in history.
I know I shouldn’t feel any ownership towards something that I had absolutely no part in the creation of, but in a weird way I still do. If something is good sooner or later its going to become popular, weather its an instant hit or it gets discovered 30 years down the road. I guess sometimes you just have to except the fact that you are listening to the same music as girls in junior high. Even if it is a bummer.
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