Something From The Past

I firmly believe that it is both the past and current events of your life that make you the person that you will become in the future. With that being said I believe that every aspect of your past is just as important as any aspect of your life you may deem important in your present. There are certain things that you may of experienced in the past that will influence not only the present, but how your attitude and approach will be in the future. Whether our experience be through meeting someone special, taking part in a momentous event, or even seeing an event happen on live TV, this experience can have a huge impact on the people we are and will be in the future. We are constantly changing as we are exposed to new things every day and experience something different all the time.

As an assignment, I was told to write about one childhood memory of our choosing. I shall choose to write about one that is important and significant to me personally.

One of the biggest influential experiences came in two forms. In the form of a trio, and in the form of music.

From the soundtrack of the movie "Charlies' Angels" I first heard their song. I was however, not good at naming bands our hearing music as the time that I had first heard it I was not a music fan. I was more into sports and less about music. However, when I heard THAT particular song, I thought it was one of the greatest songs I had ever heard with a singer whose voice was like no other. I would later discover this band would be known as "Blink-182" and their lead singer of that song was "Tom Delonge". The trio however had another lead vocalist who splits vocals with Tom on some songs and even taking other songs over while Tom sings backup. Their bassist and second vocalist is Mark Hoppus, as they are both backed up by their talented drummer Travis Barker. I would also discover that the song that I heard on the movie soundtrack was one of their biggest hit singles called "All The Small Things". It was from this moment and on that I had discovered an interest in music and I continued it through following "Blink 182". Therefore, this made "Blink 182" the VERY first band that I listened to and became a fan of.

I consider this to be important about who I am, as it not only set the standards to the rest of the bands that I now listen to, it helped me gain a musical inspiration from Tom Delonge and made me want to get into the expression of emotion that is music. Hearing Tom's lyrics inspired me to start writing poetry and lyrics of my own as I soon feel in love with the beauty of the form of expression. Furthermore, this also somewhat helped shape a bit of my character and who I am as Tom's music and lyrics inspired me to strive to become something bigger than myself and to leave a legacy behind for future generations to look up at.

With that being said, after the Blink 182 breakup years ago I had continually followed and listened to Tom Delonge's work as he formed two more bands: "Box Car Racer" and "Angels & Airwaves". Although "Box Car Racer" is no more, I still consistently follow Angels & Airwaves as they are not only one of my all time favorite bands but one of my biggest musical and lyrical inspirations. When I heard the news last year that Blink 182 had reunited, it brought back hope that I might finally live my dream of seeing them in concert; a dream that was broken by their break up.

Now that they are FINALLY back, not only am I looking forward to new material, I will be looking forward to a chance at seeing them live and I will certainly not miss taking the chance as soon as opportunity strikes.

I'm actually planning on putting together a "Cover Blink 182" band in the summer in honor of their reunion. However those plans are sketchy at the moment due to money, time and university coming up. I'll be sure to keep you bloggers updated though at any hint of new news!

Until then,

Keep on blogging and stay in tune for more from this Asian!

- Francis Frustration