Lonely Lullaby

So I thought for a while if I honestly wanted to post this blog post at all, because some people are definitely going to frown at me and go "HOW COULD YOU" or stuff like that.

But it's the internetz and I'm just gonna get my opinion out there to the zero people who actually read it.

Truth is, I... er... don't like Lonely Lullaby all that much.

So if you're one of those people who adore the song please don't read anymore thank you.

Now, it might just be that I don't like songs that are too simple, and it is quite a simple song. Or it might be because I usually dislike piano songs since I've had enough piano to last me a lifetime. Maybe it's because I dislike the way he's singing too high, or even just because I heard Alligator Sky first, was blown away, and was disappointed by Lonely Lullaby's... lack of blow-away-ness.

Sure. Might be any of those.

But the real reason might be that it reminds me too much of Taylor and her tendency to drag people into her songs.

It was awesome/heartattack-inducing when he sang about Swift during Valentines, it was cute when he wrote a blog about it, and it was cool when I heard the song for the first time. But a few times after... eh.

Musicians take inspiration from past relationships and they can mix up a beautiful and depressing song about them, like Lonely Lullaby. I understand that. But is there a need to call people out by name, to take your revenge on people for dumping you by singing about it and releasing the songs to your fans worldwide like Swift does? No.

While Adam definitely hasn't gone that far yet, I can't help but see the way he's managed to pull Annmarie into this. She's not a big-name celebrity, unlike the people Swift makes songs about. Swift's ex's are already pretty famous, and really don't mind getting some extra attention.

Annmarie? She's a normal girl from Adam's high school that he fell in love with. I wouldn't want to be her right now, with this song about her. She's going to feel pressured and targeted, since fans are going to be going all "ANNMARIE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON~" or "HOW COULD ANNMARIE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HIM?!"

If he didn't mention her name, people might be a lot less pushy about the subject and more focused on speculating who it's about (or if it was just a random depressing song Adam felt like singing).

Even though none of the fans really know her or anything... I feel sorry for her right now.

Another point is that - well. One of his latest blogs was "I Hate Goodbyes," and it was about a girl who he had to say goodbye to a couple weeks ago. Perhaps they met again and tried for something romantic again, I don't know - but a few weeks is enough time to pull together a song like "Lonely Lullaby" and put it on the album before it got finalized.

I don't know about you, but to me "I'll never forget you", repeated that many times, almost sounds like a threat - especially coming from someone who's got over four hundred thousand fans.

In all honesty... I find this song sorta scary. If "I Hate Goodbyes" wasn't about her, then it proves that he never will forget her (even after all these years), and it'd be sorta creepy. If it was about her, I'd still feel sorta creeped out that he records something like that and freaking puts it on the album.

I don't know Annmarie. I don't know how she feels about this. (It's quite likely that he asked for her permission to sing about her since he's a nice guy like that.)

But it's just why I dislike the song.

Apologies.

Going Owl Nocturnal

At 11:30PM on March 16th, the first episode of "Going Owl Nocturnal" aired from PepprmintWinter's Twitter.

...yes, I was bored, and amazingly hyped up since I'd slept so early. Not being able to go back to sleep, I grabbed my trusty laptop and started writing the first thing that came to my mind. The voice in my head took on the voice of the announcer from the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, declaring things with a flourish.

For the next half hour until midnight, quote tweets were tweeted every 1-5 minutes until midnight.

All my good quotes are now exhausted.




After the show, my battery died.
And the voice in my head is still obnoxiously enthusiastic.



...but I think I'll do this again. Every other day until the release of All Things Bright and Beautiful? Why not?
I'll just need to find something to host a show about... which may be difficult.






Next show airs March 18th, 11:30PM PST. Tune in for another half hour of witless ramblings if you're not afraid for your sanity....

Edit: GON airs every Friday night unless something comes up.

Let the Pirate-ness Commence

In Adam Young's most recent blog post, he gives several tips as to how to become a pirate. (With the whole "Owl City is sneaky" thing, I would have thought he'd be a ninja. Apparently not.)
Most of these involve personal hygiene, like not brushing your teeth, having chest hair, not wearing lipstick, and never wearing clean undies.

However, there were a few things that really did catch my eye, such as this one:


"No pirate shall “discuss his feelings,” unless his feelings include gutting a man from stem to stern and spilling his entrails."


For a guy who has posted numerous times about love, sang a love song to a certain blonde celebrity, and is undeniably Christian... all of a sudden the image of Adam wearing a triple pointed hat with a black eye patch, a hook, his beard and a wicked scimitar dripping in blood appeared in my mind and I cracked up.
Because the only expressions on his face that I could imagine were shock, confusion, or a complete idiotic "I've lost it and I'm on a rampage now" look.
I personally had never even thought about the idea that Adam might harbour a secret love for blood and gore and killing things, but apparently he is besotted with the idea of soft white intestines leaking out of a body-severing wound, coated with blood. After all, if he confirmed that his dream was to become a pirate, and spilling guts was obviously part of the job description, then it must have been one of the things he'd adore doing... correct?

The last image stayed in mind, that 'fierce' Adam!pirate going around a little pirate ship killing people, and then it was reinforced when I saw this line:


"...unless the pirate rips off the ninja’s arm and hurls it as a projectile."





Well, you know what they say about the nice ones...