American Jesus

U2
1. The Joshua Tree
2. The Unforgettable Fire
3. Boy
4. War
5. Achtung Baby
6. Rattle and Hum
7. October
8. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
9. Pop
10. Zooropa
11. All That You Can't Leave Behind

Bruce Springsteen
1. Born to Run
2. The River
3. Magic
4. The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
5. Darkness on the Edge of Town
6. Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
7. The Rising
8. Born in the USA
9. Tunnel of Love

David Bowie
1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
2. Station to Station
3. Low
4. Aladdin Sane
5. Space Oddity
6. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
7. Diamond Dogs
8. "Heroes"
9. Hunky Dory
10. 1. Outside
11. Lodger
12. Heathen
13. The Man Who Sold the World

Pink Floyd
1. The Dark Side of the Moon
2. Animals
3. Wish You Were Here
4. Meddle
5. The Wall
6. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

The first cover is the main playlist cover. The second is disc 1. The third is disc 2. All are photos of myself with effects.

And yes, my hair is long in the first two, and short in the third. It just so happened I got my haircut the day after the first two.

A mix of being busy and a lack of interesting things to say has kept me from updating my LiveJournal.

My next posts will most likely pertain to my Desert Island playlist. I've finished it, but have yet to upload the tracks, which will take a while.

First information I'm giving: it's two discs. Disc 1 is called "Electrically Numb" and Disc 2 is called "Fall of a Dreamer." The entire playlist is called "Left Looking For More."

That's all I'll say as of right now, but I'll most likely be posting my list in great detail when I've submitted it.

From last night's Superthread.

EYKIW

shaun vox: u2 is teh suck!!

Rob33:

Axver: It's still a Triffids song.

notmofo: I've been watching this whole thing, and I'm not mofo82, and Axver, you're just terrible. You are disgusting.

Axver: OK, mofo82.

notmofo: Seriously, this isn't mofo82. I just hate you for everything you've said to him.

mofo82: notmofo is correct that he is not me and that Axver is horrible.

Headache in a suitcase: i like turtles

Rob33:

MsMofoGone: Gone, Bad, and MOFO are THREE great songs !!

Addicted to Bad: Bad, Mofo, and GONE are so-ooo GREAT ... hmm ?? YES !!

No spoken words: You're an idiot.

Muldfeld: Hold on a second, and let me use Battlestar Gallactica as a muse. U2 writes a song like Love and Peace or Else and it just misses the mark. It ignores the history, and the history clearly shows that those bastard Jews from Israel started the whole thing. Battlestar Gallactica is the most politically insightful television show in history. If U2 watched it, they could write songs that would end war.

Half of Interference: Is this confirmed?

UberBeaver: He's cheating.

ZooMacPhisto800: We need to BAND OURSELVES TOGETHER AGAINST PHILLYFAN26!

Rob33:

liamcool: Axver, quiz me damn it.

Axver: Virgin Prunes snippet from a gig in September 1979.

liamcool: How the fuck am I supposed to know? It's probably some shit like Art Fuck.

Axver: ...

shaun vox: u2 is teh garbage trash junk!

Bonochick: UberBeaver, that is just so unnecessary.

Uberbeaver: Trapezoid.

Diamond: Hillary Clinton is a bitch.
Dalkey Beach: New setlist for the Annhiliation Tour: Vertigo, Red Light, Vertigo, Vertigo, Babyface, Love Rescue Me, Vertigo - CONFIRMED BY INSIDE SOURCES!

Peterrrrr: 5th leg of the Vertigo Tour vocals

Fake Edge: Hi, guys.

Elvis: This is the real Edge, guys! I have proof.

khan: What proof?

Elvis: ... I can't tell you that.

Axver: Edge, at what gig did you play I Will Follow three times? I have the bootlegs, it didn't happen.

Fake Edge: I think Axver is a terrorist.

Elvis: OK, turns out he wasn't the real Edge. Me and the mods fucked up!

Wild Honey: Bad
Dancing Barefoot
Trip Through Your Wires
Staring at the Sun
New Year's Day
Yahweh
Heartland
Discothéque
Even Better Than the Real Thing
Gloria
A Celebration
Numb
Bad

the laj:

LIVE IS WHERE LIVE!
Song Three: The Electric Co.

This song has changed from its album version, believe it or not. They added an intro called The Cry to some versions. It was played in the 1980s at many shows, and then stopped. U2 picked it up again during the Vertigo Tour.

Links, pls?

FYM

THREAD: Gay Marriage - Should it be legal?

Mrs. Springsteen: [Article, no actual original writing]

Melon: Yes.

BVS: Yes...

Irvine: Yes.

Diamond: Should pets be allowed to marry each other? Is that what we really want to lead to?

BVS: ...

2816U2: And here comes the liberal parade.

BVS: I'll bet every conservative person here is the exact opposite of what is right and moral in human life...

Irvine: Diamond, do you honestly think I'm like a pet? Do you think that comparison works? Really?

Diamond: You're not a pet, but you're also not trying to marry a woman. Marriage is between one man and one woman. It says so in the Bible.

Melon: [Exact Bible quote, interpretation against what Diamond says, very long, detailed, and accurate]

Diamond: Ha! Funny coincidence. Melon's on my ignore list.

THREAD: Is the War in Iraq Legitimate:

Mrs. Springsteen: [Posts article, no comments]

Infinitum: Yes, it's very legitimate. Saddam needed to be stopped. His weapons had to be disarmed.

Vincent Vega: Uh, did you know there were no weapons?

Infinitum: YES! I was being sarcastic! Isn't that hilarious? RON PAUL

Strongbow: Yes, it is legitimate. Resolution 1441 clearly granted the United States the permissable permission to attain the proper amount of congressional, judicial, and executive power in its constitutional federal government to give President Bush the power to wield power in order to defend our country in Iraq. Whether Saddam had WMDs or not was irrelevant, because of Resolution 1441. Whether we should remain in occupation or not is irrelevant, because of Resolution 1441.

Irvine: Resolution 1441 doesn't even have to do with the ability of a country to make this kind of decision.

Strongbow: That's true, but that also ignores the fact that Resolution 1441 grants a country enacting Resolution 1441 the ability to make decisions such as Resolution 1441 permits them to do.

Diamond: Ka-ching.

2816U2: Of course it's legitimate. The liberal media wants you to think it's not legitimate, but it is. We stopped Saddam before he could harm us. It was necessary to do.

BVS: I'm pretty sure the three of you are the anti-Christ ...

deep: resolution 1441

is an interesting resolution


especially
if you look at the context in which it was used

barack obama cannot win the election

BVS: ...

I can't take it anymore.

I'm tired of it. People have said it to me before, but I could endure it. I used it to sharpen my arguments, to learn, to understand both sides. And I'm certainly better off for it.

But enough is enough.

It's worn out it's place for me. At least for now. I just cannot handle the current crop of posters in there.  Now, certainly I think the Democratic Party is better than the GOP, but Free Your Mind has a piss-poor representation of the conservative point of view.

In the past few months, it's just become absurd. At this time, specifically the poster INDY500. What an absolutely absurd record he has on there. I don't think I've ever read someone more idiotic, insulting, and smug at the same time. And, there's others. A bunch of them.

I've grown to like 2816U2 more than the others. I think he's more genuine than they are. Also, I find Diamond to be a good guy outside of the world of politics. AEON is brutally honest, and there's something to be said for that. And financeguy is more level-headed than most.

But posters like INDY500, Snowlock, and strongbow have just ruined it all for me. Idiots, and thick-headed at that. Part of me wants them to read this. I can't say what I want to say on Interference or in my journal, but Jesus Christ, you are morons. If you think I'm just pissed off because you come from different viewpoints, guess again.

Strongbow, at least you don't resort to personal attacks and attempting to turn every thread into a liberal bashing contest. And snowlock, at least you aren't around that much. 

But INDY, I can't think of a single good thing you've brought to FYM except a reference to Mick Ronson being a good guitarist. That's it. Every post you make is some combination of stupid, insulting, and insane. You attempt to "mock" liberal arguments and instead just make an ass out of yourself. You've gotten respectable posters like Vincent Vega, who is underrated and patient, to call your comments stupid. You're nothing but a child. How do you honestly expect anyone to take you seriously when you post like that? And when someone calls you on it, all you do is point to others. Worry about yourself, you've got enough to worry about there as it is. My word of advice: get off your high horse, talk about the issues. Or, alternatively, leave for a while. Your post in the thread "What is wrong with some people?" is the stupidest post since Diamond called liberals "terrorist enablers." Anyone willing to make a post like that shouldn't be in a debate. Period.

I would like to thank intelligent posters with patience I don't have, such as Irvine, Yolland, Melon, and maycocksean. Maybe in my return I can be more like you guys. I probably would have dropped out of FYM months ago if it weren't for Irvine. I'll probably still try to read his stuff.

I know I haven't made the greatest impact of all-time on FYM, but I did want to let everyone know that I'm done indefinitely.

I want to write songs again, but I'm not currently feeling like I've any decent lyrics to go with for that.

I've mentioned the girl on Interference and how things are going. She's in Italy for the break, though, so no word on her for a little while.

Apologies to khanadafor fucking up her username on the last one. Will edit that. 

So, I haven't posted on here in a while because my Netscape browswer, in  75% of the cases, doesn't run the journal posting feature on LiveJournal. It just exits out. It just happened to work today, and, thus, I'm making a post.

Now, the readers of this are all people who know me through the U2 fan website Interference.com. So, in some ways, I can't talk about things that wouldn't make sense to you, like jokes about people I know or my change of looks (I got a haircut today - irrelevant). However, in other ways, I can be much more honest here since I can refer to people who won't read this. It's an interesting balance that I will explore.

First of all, my interest in U2, which had been waning, has suddenly been re-sparked. Thanks to the efforts of axver and khanada, I have acquired numerous B-sides and rarities of U2, and a number of them are great tracks. Hopefully I can get some more U2 stuff I haven't had before and report back. I plan on making a series of posts reviewing aspects of my favorite artists, so they will come up in that time.

Personally, some relatively big news occured in my personal life this week. For those who are unaware: since last year (my sophomore year), I have had a strong interest into two girls at my school. One is a sports fan, athletic, funny, very open, easy to talk to. The other is a music fan, artistic, very kind. However, my problem has been that both have had steady relationships.

The former broke up with her boyfriend of two years this past week. I've heard little about their breakup, other than her expressing to him that she was just bored. She hasn't really talked to me much this week, though it's only been two days.

Now, on a personal level, I'm, er, not experienced in that field. I've never had a girlfriend, and only once have I been close to kissing a girl, and that chance I blew spectacularly (whole story in and of itself that I probably won't tell). In other words, I suck.

So, this development is interseting for me, anyway. It's the first time in over a year that there was an available girl that I liked. I'll keep you guys posted.

Aside from that, I'm trudging along through the school year. I'm not a good student. Well, that's not accurate: I'm actually a very good student "by the numbers." In my class of almost 400, I'm in the top 25. However, if you knew my IQ, you'd see why I say that. I'm one of the all-time great underachievers. I really have lost interest in the trivial day-to-day life of high school. I have trouble respecting my teachers, and, thus, I have a hard time taking assignments seriously. Most of them I do at the last minute (i.e.: papers done late the night before, homework assignments in homeroom and my first period business class). I just can't care about it.

My songwriting is coming along slowly. I want to have 15 tracks ready to go before I start thinking about recording an acoustic album. Currently, I've only truly finished about three tracks. I've got four or five that are nearing completion, two or three that are halfway there, and the other hundred or so are all just ideas with no spark yet.

I may record a sample track, and if I do, I'll let you guys know and will possibly send it out.

Have a good one.

The day after I name my journal "American Jesus," I have to do something religious. Go figure.

My one brother is 12 years old and is getting confirmed (we're Catholic) today. Earlier this year he asked me to be his confirmation sponsor (I think it's the equivalent of a Protestant's mentor). I accepted, though I'm still not quite sure why he picked me.

For one, I'm not in anyway a religious person. Sure, I go to church, but it's not because I agree with the religious stances of Catholics. It's more because I believe in the community that churches create, and I like the people. But, I'm not really religious in my beliefs.

Also, I'm not studied in religion. I went to public school and coasted through CCD classes for six years. I don't like Bible study. I think it's a pointless ritual. And, thus, I wouldn't make a very good spiritual guide in the sense that, uh, I don't have any base knowledge to guide with.

I understand that it's supposed to be a sign of him looking up to me or something, but, to me, it's just an odd fit because of my relaxed views on religion. Maybe I'm overthinking it. It just strikes me as odd.

That's right, it's another return attempt for me to LiveJournal, and it's my new blog: American Jesus.

Thanks to Axver for mentioning me in your post about our legendary Liechtenstein plot. All I did was the snippetry on Bad, the suggestions of Desire and Please, and the nodding of the head on the rest of Axver's set.

I'm hoping (stretch) that I can start posting here more regularly, as it gives me the freedom to say whatever the hell I want. Or something.

Word to the postwhores.

Just remembered I had this after essentially abandoning it for four months.

Well, my music tastes have progressed moreso than ever before in that time period. Here's the list of albums I've bought in the last four months:

"Magic" - Bruce Springsteen
"The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" - David Bowie
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - The Beatles
"Shadows Collide with People" - John Frusciante
"The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place" - Explosions in the Sky
"Best of Bowie" - David Bowie

This list, as well as various other songs by these artists, essentially comprises my last four months.

In particular as of late, Frusciante has sparked my interest. As a moderate RHCP fan, Frusciante has qucikly become my favorite guitarist. After buying "Shadows Collide with People," I now think I enjoy his solo work more than anything he's done with the Chili Peppers. I'm still blown away by how good that album is.

Bowie's also become a big interest of mine. I love his Ziggy Stardust era stuff: the album, Alladin Sane, and the Ziggy Stardust Soundtrack are all fantastic.

I'm really terribly rushed as of right now, and this is probably a terrible idea to start posting journals again, but here we are.

- PF26

My Symphonic Album was called "Getting There." I signed up, because those competitions always looked fun when I saw them. I really didn't have too much music (500 songs to draw from, maybe?). And it was even harder to come up with something with transitions. However, it all started with my middle transition "Your Hand in Mine" to "Sonho Dourado." Both were songs that my brother bought from the Friday Night Lights soundtrack (his favorite movie). I actually discovered them about three months separately, without knowing they were from the same soundtrack. The transition was perfect. I actually checked the real one, and they aren't back to back on that, which is surprising, because they fit so well. Both are instrumentals, I believe the only two I included in the compiliaton. But they are incredible mood-setters. They set that reluctant hope feel you get from watching that movie. So, I started with those two in the middle. I then went to my expertise, U2, and wondered about what songs would work with that. I went with Heartland, for two reasons: the guitar sounds are similar to those two, and the mood is similar.

Now, with a middle three songs, I looked at where they were going. I figured reluctant hope means you're coming from less hope and gaining more, so I tried to figure out how I would start and end. I didn't want to start with the full misery feeling, and I used "A Thousand Years" by Sting. It's not a happy or sad song, but more thoughtful and analytical, which i liked as an opener. Thought, analysis, realization ... often those are the first steps of teenage years that lead to the major teenage problems. The synthesizers fade out, so I wanted to fade back in with some more. Coincidentally, Sting's old band The Police had that effect with Invisible Sun, and not only that, but it sets a great mood as a song that declines in hope, and while it does have a specific subject matter with Northern Ireland, it still has that mood that you go for in these types of albums. Invisible Sun is a hard fall, and the hardest fall then comes at track three with "Mad World," which is probably the most generally sad song I own (for me it is a few songs from Springsteen's "Rising" album, but for more personal reasons). It describes that whole, "I can see the world and everything that's wrong with it" feeling, with simple piano. After that, I wanted to continue the piano transition, so I went with Coldplay's "Clocks." I felt it a bit of a risky pick with Coldplay being a love-hate kind of band and Clocks being a bit of a hit, but again, that mood fit there, with the piano and the sort of self-questioning "Am I part of the cure or am I part of the disease?" And Miss Sarajevo is another worldly, sad song there, the fits right into Your Hand in Mine. And it's not cheating since technically it's a Passengers song, even though I got it from the U2 release. Fine line dancing there, I know. But it worked.

For my ending then, I actually finised it and then worked back. I chose "Beginnings" as the closer quite early on, as when going for the happy ending, nothing works better. The best outlook on life you can have is "What I have right now is just the beginning of everything I want to experience" and that song says it. It take the fall at "Mad World" and brings it full circle to a rise to the top. Everything from Heartland to Beginnings then had to be about the struggles to get up to that point. While things are better, there are troubles, though the troubles do have a building of confidence and character. Heartland goes to Stadium Arcadium, which is an interesting Red Hot Chili Peppers song, and takes you to an interesting place with a wild outlook. It's the most upbeat song yet on the album. That moves to Grey Street, which describes a person desperately trying to fill in all of her emptiness. Walk Away than describes a person realizing what they have to do and what parts of their life they have to leave behind in order to do so. It ends with just an acoustic guitar, leading into Yesterday, which describes the tough day before in which the person had to let some things go. After that, the person reflects on everything they've seen in "Fire and Rain." The acoustic guitar continues there, and into "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" which is a great Springsteen on the Jersey Boardwalk song. The mood of the song with light acoustic guitar and a nice, soft, chimy lead guitar works well into the light, easy Led Zeppelin song "Down by the Seaside," continuing the light guitar and beach theme. It then works its way to the great ending, with "Beginnings."

I wrote this in 20 minutes, I hope it makes sense and/or justifies my album a little more.

I have no idea what I'm going to do with this, but this is essentially an addition to my Interference Journal for now, though probably a little more personal and detailed than that is as we go on.

My first full post will be an added description of the creation of my Interference Symphonic Album Mini-Game playlist as well as tidbits from my life (interesting or boring as it may be).

And, happy birthday to my dad.