arienettelyn's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- why do we find weakness and fragility so attractive? does anyone else wonder why, in order to listen to music that seems to have real emotion in it, we have to listen to extremely depressed, drug-addicted, and suicidal people moan about their shitty lives? i think the kind of "fragile" image that a lot of singers have is a bit glorified...and for whatever reason, i think girls are attracted to that fragility. (i know i am) it's skinny little boys with hair in their face and (preferably!) some eyeliner and they're pouting and singing about how depressed they are, or how bad their childhood was, or how they'll die alone. people flock to this shit, and they say they can relate, but i doubt most of them can. and i'm also not trying to say that these singers are lying about how they feel...2 bands that come to mind are korn and bright eyes. i don't like korn, but i did, and i always felt, on their earlier stuff anyway, that jonathon davis truly meant what he said. he sang what he felt and had tons of emotion in there, which is what draws people. conor's the same way. and people are attracted to jonathon, and people are attracted to conor, and i'm guessing it's because of their apparent vulnerability. we feel, in some ways, superior to these people, because they make us believed that they're tortured souls. we want to help them. we want to save them. and we think we can. linkin park tries to give off that depressing angsty vibe too, but it's hard to buy. for me anyway...i don't feel like they mean what they're saying. staind is another one...ehh... basically, it's weird to think that certain people find that fragility so attractive. it's weird to see good musicians who are emotionally strong and healthy and...well, not depressed. when people have lyrics that don't talk about drugs and suicide and depression theyre not called poets. and they're not as well respected. i'd love to see emotional music that's not sad. ahh i don't think i'm expressing my thoughts very well... my mom once told me she likes to watch talk shows because it shows her that there are people in life who have it worse than her, and her life isn't the most fucked up of everyones. somehow....i felt that related. see what happens when i try to do a serious entry? it don't work! 12:50 p.m. - 2003-02-28 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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