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Meh...this should decribe my latest Daily Revelation well enough...I went to K-Mart yesterday for the specific purpose of buying a new Alice in Chains CD, likely Facelift, as it's the only full-length album of theirs I don't have. Without thinking, I walked right past the Alice in Chains part and picked up Karma and Effect by Seether.

Now, Alice in Chains is my favorite band, and I was looking for Facelift. Facelift has We Die Young and Man in the Box on it, and I love those songs. I found out later that Facelift wasn't stocked, so I have to get it somewhere else, but that's not the point, because my decision was made prior to knowing this.

Karma and Effect is brand new to me. It was released on May 24th of this year, and I don't buy CDs that quick. The only exception I've ever made is Finger Eleven's self-titled album, which was released July 17, 2003, and in my hands July 18. But ordinarily, I'll wait until the band has released at least two singles before buying a CD, but I saw it, and something told me I had to have it. So I bought it.

Never before has a CD spoken to me like that right out of the box. Sure, a couple of songs off of Alice in Chains' self-titled effort have ingrained themselves in me recently...but sometimes I feel like I know every Alice in Chains song in existence. Even the ones I've never heard.

Now, to explain my usual CD listening style. Normally, I'll play the first few seconds of a song, listening to see if it's something I think I'll like, and if it isn't, I'll move on. I don't listen to entire CDs for months, sometimes. In fact, I've owned 14 Shades of Grey by Staind since October 2003, and still haven't listened to the entire CD. That's almost two years, my friends. Same with Leave a Whisper by Shinedown...same with Smile Empty Soul's eponymous album.

I've owned Karma and Effect for about nineteen hours (wow, isn't that a sick joke), and I have already completely listened to the first nine tracks. I'd have listened to more, but I fell asleep last night. ^^;; And there was no conscious decision to listen to them all...it was just "Hey, I like this song!" time after time after time...

Not to mention the fact that songs like "The Gift" and "Given", as well as "Truth" and the first single, "Remedy", speak to me in deep ways...things that have happened to me that make me appreciate the healing power of this CD much more than I thought I would.

Has that ever happened to any of you guys?

I thought of another excellent album that I''ve owned. I''ve owned Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon for over three years, and I still haven''t listened to the entire thing.

But see, the topic wasn''t the impulse buy...that''s psychology of the media, and that''s a different topic (see me tomorrow).

The topic was a two-fold. First I wanted to talk about the underlying motives in my mind. See, I don''t believe in free will, and therefore in impulses. I believe that things happen because they''re supposed to. Here I am, on the brink of starting a war in my own friend group, and I get a CD filled with lines like "Trust all the things I tell you are true/Dress up in your best so I can be proud of you/Never believe I won''t turn on you/Never believe I do this for you" and "Throw your dollar bills and leave your thrills all here with me/Speak, but don''t pretend/I won''t defend you anymore, you see"? Consider, for a brief moment, the fact that I''ve had several of my friends turn their backs on me recently because they accused me of lying to them, and the fact that one of them used to buy me a lot of stuff. Consider the entire album''s feel of loss, pain, and regret, considering friends and lovers. Consider that I''ve recently lost my friend, best friend, and self-respect. And even the name of the CD, Karma and Effect. Now that''s something.

Second, for our music buffs, what is it that makes a song worth listening to? I know fate drew me to this disc, and I could listen to it on repeat with no problems, but why can I do that?

Music is a force that drives and binds us. It writes and rewrites how people think and feel and it shapes who they are. Social groups are defined by it and people live by it. Take heed the message sent you by the lyrics. Fate guides for a purpose, and that purpose is for an 'ultimate' best. The CD found you to teach you, as music teaches all. Feel lucky Cougar, not everyone is aided in this manner. Someone is looking out for you.

Y'know what's funny?

I got Facelift now. And the cycle continues, that's for damn sure. I still have the knowledge of music I've never heard. But, being as I'm crazy, I'll put that in another topic.

i do s**t like that, i type in random words into search engines and look up music... i just randomly select and their i have found something i really enjoy. so far it has never failed me. i go to book stores and i close my eyes walk up and down the isle and i find something worthwhile. i don't look and i just pick up a book... i've gotten whole series before because of one random slection because it was just awesome. sometimes i randomly find books or get books or cd's from people who didn't want to read it. i fell in love and years latter i found out it became famous or their is now this big craze or something.
i like finding new idea's instead of just replays of the old. sometimes you need to hear something new for a sence of change and diversity. the best way is by accident