So I have this friend. He has to get his tonsils out. He talks about it a whole hell of a lot. In fact like thats all he writes about on his blog anymore. But that's ok, becuase it is a pretty big deal. I know when I did it I had a hard time thinking about anything else. I just want to tell him it's not that bad if you push through it. I was out for like a week. I think. As far as eating ice cream... forget it. Nothing seems more nauseating.
Anyway I did something creative yesterday and I thought I would share it with everyone who care to read. I put together an opera. Kind of like Tommy, its a rock opera. I called it "Morte di Amore" and it's pretty good if I do say so myself. I actually got the idea from Tommy. I was listening to Sally Simpson, and I thought, "They just put together some songs they wrote and made a story from start to finish. There's a song out there for like every emotion and situation. I'll bet I could make a rock opera of my own using existing songs by various artists." So I did. It's made up into three acts and an epilogue. There are 17 tracks and I gave each one a one word title instead of the actual name of the song. This is kind of a synopsis of the entire story.
Act I: Longing, Introduction, Infatuation, Love.
There is a guy named Pit. He's a sheltered kid, growing up in a extremely protected, conservative environment. He's never been in love or even dated before. He's never been allowed. Now he's on his own and he wants love. He wants someone, he believes he's doing everything right, but he's getting nowhere. Then he meets Maru. He's taken aback by how he feels about her upon meeting her. They talk occasionally, and more and more he finds himself falling completely in love with her. They end up together, and he's never been happier to just be alive.
Act II: Doubt, Heartbreak, Misery, Obsession, Hope, Reunion.
Pit and Maru's relationship is starting to falter, when one day it ends. Pit cannot get over it, he is devistated, miserable. She is all he ever thinks about. He tries to change himself to please her, to try to win back her affection, and it starts to work. It starts to look like she likes him again. They get back together, but it's different. For Pit, this is an unhealthy obsession being fulfilled.
Act III: Futility, Pain, Desperation, Rage, Insanity, Lucidity.
Maru doesn't know how much this means to Pit. Pit doesn't know how little this means to Maru. He finds she still doesn't care. He feels ineffectual. He finds out how Maru really feels, and it hurts him in a way he's never felt before. In an attempt to salvage the relationship, he changes himself again. His personality is completely different. He basically begs her to stay with him. This time it doesn't work. He's getting angrier and angrier, and when this doesn't work he explodes. He unleashes, and blows up at her, and after this screaming match, he walks out. A few days later, he comes back only to find her with another man. Pit loses it and in a fit of madness, he kills her. And as she lies there silent, he realizes what he has done. He realizes whatever he does, he cannot take this back. The thought that he is now and forever a murderer, over something as meaningless as a broken heart, consumes him.
Epilogue: Lament.
Pit regrets it. All of it. He regrets killing her. He regrets getting upset that she didn't love him. He regrets getting back together with her. He regrets even meeting her. He just wishes more than anything that he could go back. Back to when love wasn't so complicated, back to when he wanted love, to when he was innocent. Now his life is scarred.
This entire project took me about five hours, I put a lot of thought into it. There are always male singers, until the parts when Pit tried to change himself, then there are female singers. I used Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Queen, No Doubt, Garbage, U2, Eric Clapton, REM and a few more. I think it really turned it out well. JDuke liked it, my pal Erin Cain didn't hear it, but I layed it all down and she seemed to like it. So I guess I'm creative.
Anyway I did something creative yesterday and I thought I would share it with everyone who care to read. I put together an opera. Kind of like Tommy, its a rock opera. I called it "Morte di Amore" and it's pretty good if I do say so myself. I actually got the idea from Tommy. I was listening to Sally Simpson, and I thought, "They just put together some songs they wrote and made a story from start to finish. There's a song out there for like every emotion and situation. I'll bet I could make a rock opera of my own using existing songs by various artists." So I did. It's made up into three acts and an epilogue. There are 17 tracks and I gave each one a one word title instead of the actual name of the song. This is kind of a synopsis of the entire story.
Act I: Longing, Introduction, Infatuation, Love.
There is a guy named Pit. He's a sheltered kid, growing up in a extremely protected, conservative environment. He's never been in love or even dated before. He's never been allowed. Now he's on his own and he wants love. He wants someone, he believes he's doing everything right, but he's getting nowhere. Then he meets Maru. He's taken aback by how he feels about her upon meeting her. They talk occasionally, and more and more he finds himself falling completely in love with her. They end up together, and he's never been happier to just be alive.
Act II: Doubt, Heartbreak, Misery, Obsession, Hope, Reunion.
Pit and Maru's relationship is starting to falter, when one day it ends. Pit cannot get over it, he is devistated, miserable. She is all he ever thinks about. He tries to change himself to please her, to try to win back her affection, and it starts to work. It starts to look like she likes him again. They get back together, but it's different. For Pit, this is an unhealthy obsession being fulfilled.
Act III: Futility, Pain, Desperation, Rage, Insanity, Lucidity.
Maru doesn't know how much this means to Pit. Pit doesn't know how little this means to Maru. He finds she still doesn't care. He feels ineffectual. He finds out how Maru really feels, and it hurts him in a way he's never felt before. In an attempt to salvage the relationship, he changes himself again. His personality is completely different. He basically begs her to stay with him. This time it doesn't work. He's getting angrier and angrier, and when this doesn't work he explodes. He unleashes, and blows up at her, and after this screaming match, he walks out. A few days later, he comes back only to find her with another man. Pit loses it and in a fit of madness, he kills her. And as she lies there silent, he realizes what he has done. He realizes whatever he does, he cannot take this back. The thought that he is now and forever a murderer, over something as meaningless as a broken heart, consumes him.
Epilogue: Lament.
Pit regrets it. All of it. He regrets killing her. He regrets getting upset that she didn't love him. He regrets getting back together with her. He regrets even meeting her. He just wishes more than anything that he could go back. Back to when love wasn't so complicated, back to when he wanted love, to when he was innocent. Now his life is scarred.
This entire project took me about five hours, I put a lot of thought into it. There are always male singers, until the parts when Pit tried to change himself, then there are female singers. I used Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Queen, No Doubt, Garbage, U2, Eric Clapton, REM and a few more. I think it really turned it out well. JDuke liked it, my pal Erin Cain didn't hear it, but I layed it all down and she seemed to like it. So I guess I'm creative.
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