Other Ears

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Does anyone else get that thing where they play a record they like to someone, actually physically with someone there in the room, and there's a silence while it plays, maybe a look of mild scepticism on the other person's face, and during the silence you find yourself listening with their ears and suddenly everything that MIGHT be lame or weak or crappy about the music is REALLY OBVIOUS to you?

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the two stages of carter-related mentalism

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

i. 1xnon-low opinnion in 1st place
ii. believin for 0.0000000000000000000000000001xmicrosecond that yr PARENTS will share it

Re: the two stages of carter-related mentalism

[fathands.livejournal.com]

Teenagers are evangelical about music though. I genuinely believed that the world needed to be converted to wonders of the Spin Doctors.

I was wrong.

Re: the two stages of carter-related mentalism

[koganbot]

But little miss can't be wrong.

Re: the two stages of carter-related mentalism

[fathands.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!

Re: the two stages of carter-related mentalism

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I don't think the parent trap other-ears is about "wow I hope you will like this awesome music!" (so stage ii is not quite as mental as that). It's more that when you the sulky adolescent get your way and put your tape on your parent suddenly changes from "person driving the car who I can totally ignore" to "person WITH EARS oh no!! who is driving the car so I cannot escape from"

Re: the two stages of carter-related mentalism

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

OK yes I admit that this was not always true - I did honestly think they might like The Smiths. :(

Re: the two stages of carter-related mentalism

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

I thought my mom would too! But I was wrong. :(