So this post is going to be about country music. I used to hate country. Like hate hate. Hate a lot. Until a few months ago when my friend Heather made me four CDs of her favoritie country music for my birthday. I was skeptical at first and tried to pretend that I couldn't get into it. However, slowly but surely, I caved and these songs slowly became some of the most played songs on my iTunes. I know - all of my country-hating friends are probably cursing me right now, but alas, it's true. I am OBSESSED with listening to country music.
A lot of people in Vermont like country music - we even have a big country music festival in my town every year. However, I never really gave it a chance. My parents never listened to country, so instead of listening to Tim McGraw when I was growing up, my parents were playing Dan Fogelberg. However, after giving the four CDs that Heather made for me an honest chance, I found myself changing my stubborn attitude about disliking country music.
This may not seem like that big of a deal, but if you read my blog, you know that I listen to Kanye West and Justin Timberlake, not Carrie Underwood or Rascal Flatts. However, once I stopped thinking about what other people would think if I started to like country (when you have an opinion about country music, it is usually a strong one and so I thought that flipping sides would not be so simple), I discovered a whole new genre of music to love!
For me, college has been filled with transformations like this - I never thought that I would be dancing as seriously as I am, but I branched out and tried something new. I would have never expected to be so heavily involved in a religious retreat program (LEAP), but I am and I love it. And I certainly wouldn't have expected to choose Taylor Swift over the popular countdown on the radio, but I find myself doing it quite often now. College is about becoming your own individual person, and all of these changes to my once steadfast ideas have only positively impacted my life.
However, don't be fooled - I am still loving Wyclef Jean, Dave Matthews and Maroon 5 just like I used to - I just have plenty of other music to throw into the mix.
As country artist Jessica Andrews sings,
"It's all a part of me
And that's who I am"
Cool,
I gues that i was the same with rock music, i used to hate it but now i love it and ill give anything a chance... you never know what you will like...
Thanks for bringing this up
Posted by: software developers | January 05, 2010 at 06:50 AM