My Revamp Bites ~ Blue October

I've been kind of randomly posting Blue October stuff this past week on my FB page so I thought I'd do a Revamp Bites post since it's been a while... this time it's on Blue October!  :)



I absolutely LOVE this song!  Sounds like a waltz to me and OH MY GAWD that violin!  I actually just heard this song recently, even though I have had the CD/album it should have been on for years.  I apparently, accidentally, had gotten the explicit version (ooops!) and it didn't have this song so I just recently downloaded it to my iphone from itunes.  It's awesome.  "You're a superstar on your own."  Sigh, love it.

Then, in my Blue October listening lately, I was craving even more of their music and I downloaded the Argue with a Tree cd and it's pretty darn good too.  Another really slow one of theirs I like is this one and makes me think of me and my brother:



And they have a new cd coming out this month so I'm super excited!  New single:


I really like Blue October because they play with so much emotion.  And the writing is amazing.  They seem to really know a lot about life and they write and sing and play about it.  Pretty darn cool if you ask me!  And I like that they have super fast, loud screamy (why isn't that a word, it should be a word, lol) songs and then super slow ones.  I just don't really know of another band like them.  I really enjoy listening to them for writing. So I listen while I walk or write or really, anytime is a good time.  Oh... :)

So, as I was Blue October listening this past week, my mom casually tells me that her cousin's daughter (whom I have met, they are from Kansas though and we are in Cali!) married the lead singer, whom I knew of as Justin.  And I was like, "Really? What?  Wow!"  She even showed me their wedding anniversary announcement my grandma had kept (she kept everything and knew about all of us cousins lives :) )  So, that is really cool, but now I'm wondering if it's kinda weird that I like them so much.  Ha ha.  Makes them real people and ones I even know of.  Yeah, still trying to wrap my mind around that, but anyway, my second cousin did good!  LOL  :)  I obviously think they rock so, yeah, good for her.  =]  Welcome to the family, Justin!  Sorry so late, I mean they say they told me this, and maybe they did, but I seriously didn't realize.  Well, maybe, I'll get to meet my distant cousins someday either in Kansas (would love to see where my Grandma was from) or at a concert!  Also, you can see in this next video at the end (listen for what he says after), they named their baby Blue!  So cute.  <3

Have a great week all, another one that's more upbeat and is about life and the ups and downs, but still a really fun song:


Happy reading, writing & Blue October listening! :)
~Shauna