Weekly Song Challenge Day #15- A Song That Describes Me

Hello all! Welcome back to another edition of Music Monday & the weekly song challenge. This week's challenge is to find a song that describes myself. I would say this is a difficult task, mainly because I don't think there's a single song that can describe me (a notion I think applies to pretty much any human being as we're all so different, for those of you who think I'm being a bit pretentious in saying that).

For example, a song that I have already mentioned that does describe part of me is Green Day's 'Loss Of Control', which I relate to in terms of introversion & a disinterest in the vast majority of people from my year at school. However, as I have already used that song in the challenge (& did explain how it described me then), I'll give you another couple of songs that describe other aspects of my personality:

'I'm Weird' by Ghost Town 

It's the first verse & chorus of this song that I'd say describes me, initially, I would say in terms of romance. In my minimal experience in this area, I found I did feel nervous, kind of awkward & weird & really, as the song says, I hoped that they liked & didn't mind me. But thinking about it, this also applies to me in a platonic way as well, again, I can be a bit awkward & shy when I first meet someone & I always hope that we'll get to know each other better.

'I'll Be Around' by Blowsight

I'd say this song describes the part of me as I am, or as how I feel I am, as a friend. As the lyrics say- “I'll be around,”- to any family member or friend needs to chat, if you feel shit, want to rant about life or how fictional characters are annoying you, or even if you need someone express extreme joy or happiness to, I'm there, I'll listen. May not always be there physically & I can't always guarantee the best advice or guidance, but I'm here for you.

That's about all I can think of for now. How about you, my readers, what songs would you say describe you? Feel free to leave a comment!

Thanks for reading! :)

Weekly Music Challenge #3- A Song That Makes Me Happy

Good afternoon readers, welcome back to Music Monday & the weekly challenge. This week's challenge is to tell you about a song that makes me happy, which I do have to consider quite a bit as various songs make me happy at different times, depending on my mood, what's been happening etc.

Thinking through the songs that I know & how they've made me feel, I have come to the decision that the following song will be the answer for today's challenge:

'Game Freak' by Ghost Town

The reason why I've chosen this song is, not only because it is a favourite of mine but because one morning as I came into college, this song came up & instantly my mood went from average to good, & by good I mean the kind of good where you deem it necessary to dance down the corridor & into the classroom (which I did- thankfully no-one was around!).

So readers, what's your 'feel good' song, or songs? Feel free to leave your comments below!

Thanks for reading! :D

Tales of the Haunted Youth- Seeing Ghost Town Live

Good evening readers, welcome back to Music Monday & my second detour from the challenge. In today's post come another gig review, this time for a band called Ghost Town who played in a city close to my home town.

Allow me to start with a brief introduction to the band & how I got into them. Ghost Town are an American 4-piece electro-rock band, consisting of Kevin (vocals), Evan (electro), Alix (guitar) & Manny (drums). I got into them a couple of years ago when my friend Tom played me their song 'You're So Creepy'. After that, I gave some more of their songs a listen & purchased their 'Party In The Graveyard' album & 'Bare Bones EP'. Although I haven't followed the band that closely in recent times, I do enjoy their music so thought it would be a great opportunity to go & see them play live, seeing as they were coming close to where I live.

Now onto the gig itself. I went to see them last Wednesday (4th June) with my best friend, Laura & it was great! Prior to the show there was a signing in a HMV close to the venue, which we both attended. I was quite surprised at the turn out as Ghost Town aren't what I would deem a well known band, but there were a fair amount of people there which was good. Me & Laura bought copies of their new album, 'The After Party', to be signed once our turn to meet them came. It was nice meeting them, was very brief but we got to hug them & say "hi"- they're really nice guys. We did have a photo taken with them but it was done by a professional who hasn't yet put any of the signing photos on Facebook.

My signed album. Band members from L-R- Alix, Manny, Kevin & Evan

After the signing, we had a wander round the shops before heading to the venue as we had an hour to kill. Once at the venue & once inside, we visited the merch stand & I got the 'Tentacles' t-shirt of theirs that I'd wanted for ages, as that's one of my favourite songs of theirs. It also happened to be the song they played second in their set, which I was very pleased about!

Overall they did a really good set, the venue they played at was small & there was a good crowd which became alive with energy once the band started. Said energy was spread by the band, who were great to watch & had a fantastic stage presence. It was fun being in the crowd, jumping around & singing along, although I did have to give up on jumping at one point as I had my hair clipped up, which knocked on a ledge I was stood near.

As well as 'Tentacles', they played other older songs such as 'Wasted' (which they opened with), 'Off With Her Head' & 'You're So Creepy'. They also played a couple of newer tracks which I didn't know as well, but 'I'm Weird' was stuck in both mine & Laura's heads afterwards. I'd say this is my favourite of the newer songs.

Once the set ended, the crowd was yelling for an encore, which thankfully happened- & it was acoustic! This was a nice touch, with Kevin asking everyone to sit on the floor whilst they played the final two songs- 'Skeleton' & my other favourite, 'Game Freak', which was brilliant acoustic!

Overall, a brilliant gig, very energetic & fun- me & Laura both enjoyed ourselves very much! I'd recommend giving Ghost Town a listen, if you're into rock with some electro, almost dubstep-esque beats with lyrics relating to the supernatural & paranormal, you'll enjoy their music. Here's a link to their music on Spotify.

And here are some photos of them live:

There we go folks, I hope you've enjoyed tonight's post! Thanks for reading! :D