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 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:26 am
Just a thought..I get sick of hearing people say that HIM are an emo band. As far as I'm concerned, they defined their own genre, that genre being Love Metal.
I find their lyrics like poetry, especially a lot of songs from Razorblade Romance. I love how you can read them or hear them one time and they can mean one thing and yet you can hear them a few days later when your mood's changed and the song can be entirely different.
Seeing them live as well, made me realised how much they love their fans and also how much they appreciate each other. The focus isn't just on Ville and his singing, he calls out each of the band members in turn and lets them have the spotlight.
How about everybody else?
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:07 pm
I consider HIM my gateway band.
I used to be into rap and mainstream radio bands.
Heard HIMs "Right her in my arms" On Cky video and it threw me into a world of music consisting of rock, heavy metal, and screamo.
I love how the music is so beautifull with cutting guitars.
So nifty.
The lyrics are amazing.
I love how they can change around and still be a good band.
I love how they could actually preform "larger than life" and people talk about it in a possitive manner xD!
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:25 am
I downloaded HIM by accident and never regretted it (unlike a lot of other songs). They made me see the world in a whole new way and if it wasn't for them I'd still be singing by the radio instead of wandering off into my own little world with my headphones. They have such a range of songs that I can't get bored with them and the lyrics are always there to help me over a mental block when it comes to my writing.
Unfortunately, my view on love has never been the same. I'm always wanting more because HIM have shown me that there can be more than just what's there. But it doesn't matter, but dreams are much more exciting and smile-inducing than my real-life relationships.
HIM opened a door I never knew existed, and for that I owe them my life.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:31 am
As soon as i heard Him i loved them Ville's voice is amazing and i can never get sick of it. i still get the same old crap about being emo and Him being emo but i don't care cuz they make brillant music and thats all that counts. heart
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:36 am
ravenvuori As soon as i heard Him i loved them Ville's voice is amazing and i can never get sick of it. i still get the same old crap about being emo and Him being emo but i don't care cuz they make brillant music and thats all that counts. heart Yeah that really irritates me, I totally agree From an outsiders point of view, I can see why they might percieve HIM as being emo, but once you've read some of their lyrics, that opinion cant be justified!! The lyrics are so beauty an entrancing, not just "I'm not ok, I'm really not ok" *cough* MCR *cough* It really irritates me!!
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:21 am
They have influenced me in several ways. Mainly HIM's music has alleviated my depression, and comforted me during tribulation.
The music i make is also almost entirely basd on HIM's early music, and consisting of found lyrics, and Linde's trademark dark, but beautiful guitar.
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:28 pm
him is the kind of band that once uve become a fan their songs can speak for u. i catch myself thinkin about a girl or moment or my freinds and a random song will just pop up for that certain moment and it fits so beautifuly. theyre a dark romantic band and theyve only been gettin more brilliant the more mature they get. they're not satanic or emo and ppl who say that need to be shot. i get into disputes arguin their point all the time cuz im surounded by hicks who dont get what they are. i stopped listenin to music cuz all i ever heard was rap and country and they opened my musical door. H.I.M is the best and always will be
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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 5:33 pm
HIM would be one of my gateway bands not my first but diffently the best
i use to not care about music much
i Heard sporadic movement by CKY and killing wings of a butterfly of a youtube video and areing about music and basically life in general
HIM is like the perfect band it can be almost any kind of rock at any point in time.
I love how they can completely change tones and still be better than 99.99% of the bands out there mrgreen
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:36 pm
i'm also tired of people calling them and emo band when they are too poetic and unique to fall under any genre out there other then there own which is love metal.......
The lyrics have helped me through so much and i thank them for that with all my heart . i love the fact that they're not really songs it's poetry put to beautiful music.
one thing that really pisses me off tho is when i was working at hottopic alli heard from customers was omg HIM is awesome i love dark light that's the best and their first album it pisses me off...ok if ur gonna get into a band please learn something about them first....anyways i lvoe them and i will never stop listening to them....... xd xd
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:04 am
slipknot_him_slut i'm also tired of people calling them and emo band when they are too poetic and unique to fall under any genre out there other then there own which is love metal....... The lyrics have helped me through so much and i thank them for that with all my heart . i love the fact that they're not really songs it's poetry put to beautiful music. one thing that really pisses me off tho is when i was working at hottopic alli heard from customers was omg HIM is awesome i love dark light that's the best and their first album it pisses me off...ok if ur gonna get into a band please learn something about them first....anyways i lvoe them and i will never stop listening to them....... xd xd yeah i hate that too...the new fans that come along knowing virtually nothing about the band and then slate their older music Their older music is where their most original ideas lie..their older stuff to me is some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard which is strange for me because i mostly listen to jrock
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:37 pm
I'm sick of them being seen as an emo band too...I love them and I am definitly not an emo.
I think if I wasn't listening to HIM I'd be unsure of what music I like. Since I started listening to them I've been so much more open minded about my the music I listen too. It's nice too know that I can appreciate the music my friends listen too as well.
It's helped me a lot in my college course as well...HIM have done so many different types of songs that they are so easy to relate to songs by other artists but so unique at the same time.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 2:25 pm
I'm a 'stuck in a shell' kind of girl. If I hear something I like I'll stick to it, and I mean stick to it. So one day, I was hanging out with my boyfriend and he said something about HIM and that I would like them.
Boy was he right.
To me, HIM is emotional; not the emo kind, but more like it touches you inside like no other. Their songs "Join Me in Death" "When Love and Death Embrace" and "Wings of a Butterfly" just makes me love them more and more.
Their songs sooth me when I'm angry and they make me smile if I'm sad, it's just nearly unexplainable.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:50 am
I went through a really rough patch about 4 years ago, and I was put on suicide watch. My parents had gone out for the night, and the girl who was supposed to be watching me for the night didn't feel like coming over so I was left alone. I put on a random mix c.d that my best friend had made for me, and I was going to try to kill myself, and hopefully succeed that time. Right when I went to cut myself, Your Sweet Six Six Six came on, and I just froze... I couldn't move at all. That was the only song by H.I.M that I knew at the time, but after I had seen what an effect that they'd had on me I went out to the store and picked up a few more of their c.d's. Now whenever I'm feeling down, I just put on one of their c.d's and feel better. My best friend doesn't listen to H.I.M anymore, but as you may see, they completely changed how I am. If it hadn't been for that one song, I'd probably be dead right now.
True Story.
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:58 pm
Ville is my idol because im a poet and an aspiring musician his music also describes me alot.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:52 am
That_Blonde_Juggalette I went through a really rough patch about 4 years ago, and I was put on suicide watch. My parents had gone out for the night, and the girl who was supposed to be watching me for the night didn't feel like coming over so I was left alone. I put on a random mix c.d that my best friend had made for me, and I was going to try to kill myself, and hopefully succeed that time. Right when I went to cut myself, Your Sweet Six Six Six came on, and I just froze... I couldn't move at all. That was the only song by H.I.M that I knew at the time, but after I had seen what an effect that they'd had on me I went out to the store and picked up a few more of their c.d's. Now whenever I'm feeling down, I just put on one of their c.d's and feel better. My best friend doesn't listen to H.I.M anymore, but as you may see, they completely changed how I am. If it hadn't been for that one song, I'd probably be dead right now. True Story. thats an amazing story I bet HIM would be so happy if they how much they've influenced you.
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