{"id":1337,"date":"2012-07-25T11:39:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T15:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2012-07-25T11:39:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T15:39:15","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-161-college-intermission-a-nice-day-for-a-white-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/07\/25\/my-musical-evolution-part-161-college-intermission-a-nice-day-for-a-white-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 161 College Intermission A Nice Day For A White Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Billy<\/a>One of the early arrivals in my next engaement with Columbia House<\/em> was Billy Idol.<\/em> I must admit that I am at a bit of a loss as to how I decided to pick up this album. I can only assume that I heard White Wedding <\/em>on the radio or saw the video for it.<\/p>\n

I think it says something that I bought this album. While Billy Idol was still what I would consider a mainstream player, his music was a little rougher and more aggressive sounding than other stuff I had been listening to. Just a little bit. I wonder if this could be the first step in a journey that would take me to years of hard rock and heavy metal.<\/p>\n

Was this a by product of life in the city? The last time I lived here, I was thoroughly into KISS. Now I was back in the city and the softer stuff like Journey or the folksy stuff like John Denver just seemed out of place.<\/p>\n

I had officially started college at the local extension of Purdue University. It was quite a disappontment. The environment was underwhelming.\u00a0 After living on campus for four years, going to what was basically a community college, left a lot to be desired. Living in the city was depressing too. Sure there were city parks and such but no mountains, no crystal clear running rivers, just miles of concrete and asphalt and stagnant brown rivers.<\/p>\n

I hadn’t attempted to make any friends yet. I signed up for classes, all the computer classes were full so my guidance counseler signed me up for a bunch of stuff that I had no interest in at all. Botony, are you serious? Maybe Billy Idol was cultivating a rebel in waiting.<\/p>\n

White Wedding, Pt 1<\/em>
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