If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On.

Now for a cheeky insight to my music taste. Many people think that my taste is terrible because it doesn't consist of modern, mainstream music which, in my opinion, is all the same and doesn't have any meaning to it. So my ipod, Nero consists of a vast array of music ranging from Motown to Queen to Plan B. It often gets slagged off by numerous members of my 6th form centre and even some of my teachers! But as far as I'm concerned it is quite clearly a top class range of music.

I'll start with Hall & Oates. I knew the odd one or two of their songs without knowing it was them and then it wasn't until I got into Private Eyes, then I checked out what else they'd done on Spotify and found a load of their other stuff and that was when I fully got into them, I imagine them to be my driving playlist (when I eventually do start driving that is) because of their prominent rhythms throughout their songs and sing-along-ness of them

Next is Marvin Gaye. He's simply a soul legend. If there is any artist that you want to play for a cheeky evening with a girl, he's the man. Just listen to him, What's Going On, Let's Get It On etc, and even his early stuff with Tammi Terrell is still top.

Next, The Four Seasons. Only recently got into this since realising that they sung Beggin' and then realised that they sung a shed load of songs that I didn't even realise. The voice of Frankie Valli and the songwriting of Bob Gaudio created a sound that lasted a generation and still can be heard now and still everybody knows their hits. I don't think there has been anyone or ever will be anyone who has the vocal range of Valli and have the quality and power in the Falsetto range.

Finally, we will have the only modern artist that I can listen to a full playlist of, Plan B. His most recent album, The Defamation of Strickland Banks is actually pretty decent for something modern. Because the album tells a story through the songs, all of the songs lead onto one another and there is mixture of soul and rap so it mixes it up a bit which is good for those who get bored of the same sound going on and on for 50 minutes. So yeah, if you want something modern, get on it.

And It Just Hit Me.

So Thursday was my 6th form Summer Ball, with all the people who I have known for at least the past 5 years and it was a top night. Danced like a pro all night (as usual) and yeah was even better than I expected. But spending that one, last night with all of the people who I've grown up with and chosen to be around for a chunk of my life and in a matter of 2/3 months, they'll be gone. For the past 10 months since I made the decision to re-sit the year I have just got on with it and not properly thought about how it would be but then yesterday, I was laying in bed and then it just hit me that I really wasn't going to be around those people day in, day out, ever again and yes, it's the same for everybody else but in the same way it isn't because I've got a whole year to wait to be in the position that they're going to be in. Yeah, I'll obviously just get on with it and just go with the flow but it just made me think about whether I'd made the most of my years with my friends and stuff, I suppose I do have great memories but there is always going to be the thought of well maybe I should have done things differently to make more of the people around me.