Thursday, October 17, 2013

The stages of being obsessed with a song

So lately I've been obsessed with the song Don't Hate by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. I mean, I love them, but this is a pure rabid obsession. I literally run around my house, irritating my mom, grandad, and gramma, screaming

I'M NOT ANYTHIIINNNGGG! YOU CAN DO YOU CUZ IMMA DO ME AND THERES NOT A DAMN THING THAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE BLAHBLAHBLAH!!! MAGICAL ANGELIC SCREAMO FUCKYEAH!!!!

This isn't a first for me, and I know it's pretty common. But here's how I usually become inflicted upon with a sick hunger for a song. It infects me. It's like musical AIDS.

STAGE ONE: UNAWARE OF IMPENDING OBSESSION
So this is when you like a certain band or musician or whatever. No obsession or super-duper love or even "hey you should check out this band"ness is involved. You just happen to like that one band/musician. End of story.
So you think.

STAGE TWO: DISCOVERY OF AMAZING SONG


Good, you've found a song you really like, by that one band you like. Aint nothin wrong with that!
So you think.
Play it one more time, won't you?

STAGE THREE: A LITTLE TOO MUCH ENJOYMENT TO BE HEALTHY
This song is now the background music for your life. You have not yet been completely driven to insanity by it yet, but you're painfully close. People have yelled at you to take your damn earbuds out for one second so they communicate with you, and you just think to yourself, I'm so sorry, song. I love you. I'll be back soon. Damn you're so beautiful.

STAGE FOUR: DOWNWARD SPIRAL INTO ADDICTION



This is when you are absolutely sure that this song is the noise that angels make during orgasm. You must share it with everyone you know, and usually some number of people you don't know. You don't care. Everyone must listen to this song. 
And you? You play it on loop for hours at a time. You know every single word, instrument used, the exact number of minutes and seconds long it is, and you are stuck in an aggressive euphoria due to the pure undying perfection of the song.

The song controls you.

STAGE FIVE: SUDDEN HATRED



Ah, yes. The sudden hatred.
You've been listening to this song for so long, and it hasn't bothered you. Not only has it not bothered you, but it has fueled you. You craved the song, fed off the song.

But now, your psyche is no longer dependent on it. You suddenly realized the sheer volume of time you've spent reveling in the perceived genius of the song, and now it bores you. It's overused.

YOU HATE IT.

TAKE IT OFF THE PLAYLISTS! AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS! LISTEN TO EVERY OTHER SONG YOU CAN POSSIBLY THINK OF BESIDES THAT ONE!

STAGE SIX: FEAR
You've removed the song from your playlists, favorites, ipod, and brain. You know in the back of your mind that if you hear it again, you will become so pissed off that you will begin to despise not only the song, but the band. Then you'll suck at life because maybe they have some good songs that you'll genuinely enjoy and won't drive you into this process.

THE END.

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