Feeling nostalgic

Kaegan · Post by **Kaegan** » 9/1/2005, 8:39 pm

I think that my OLPness is peaking right now, oddly enough. I think I'm lucky to be a bit younger than a lot of you. I loved them since I was young, but only in the past 2-3 years have I gotten into their live stuff, and really paid close attention to songs on their albums that weren't singles. Now with meeting them looming, I think I've never been a bigger fan. I can definitely feel a difference, I was listening to Naveed on my iPod yesterday and actually took a close look at how different they are now for the first time. But hey, that's fine by me. I think it's be bring if we had 6 Clumsy's, you know? It's good to be able to put my OLP folder on shuffle and hear all kinds of stuff.

dream in japanese · Post by **dream in japanese** » 9/1/2005, 8:49 pm

oh man, this thread is exactly how i feel all the time and especially now with the new album. they were such a significant part of my growing up but i just can't get excited the way i used to. but i know that has a lot to do with how much i’ve changed and as much as i hate change...it happens...nothing against olp.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 9/1/2005, 9:04 pm

nikki4982 wrote:I don't think it's a matter of the band's passion dying, because that is certainly still there. It's a matter of everyone growing... not up... because it's very possible to still be very passionate about favorite bands when older (and some of us on this board are living proof of that )... maybe just a matter of interests changing, and other things becoming more important than music? I dunno.

i don't know about that. i think the old albums were just that good.
Not to trash the new stuff, but if they were still making music like they used to, i might still have that passion.
but i agree with just about everyone in here. those were some good times

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 9/1/2005, 9:23 pm

mmhm. i wish i woulda been older so i was around when happiness and clumsy were being released. then i would feel even more nostalgic.

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 9/1/2005, 10:15 pm

same here. although i don't have many tangible contributions to add here because i wasn't actually there back in the grander eras, i still feel that in the shorter time that i've known this band and that i've indulged in their works that i miss what they used to be. i think we all do, and that very few of us (if any) at this point would still feel that exact same spark brought on by the first four albums.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 9/1/2005, 10:41 pm

To be fair, though, I sort of placed SM on a pedestal after it came out. I doubt anything could have satisfied me fully after that :p

Kaegan · Post by **Kaegan** » 9/1/2005, 11:19 pm

I think I found out OLP just before Happiness came out... so I still knew them quite early. It was impossible for me to be around when Naveed came out, I was 5 at the time!

! SPICE GIRLS ALL THE WAY!

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 9/2/2005, 2:01 am

dammit kaegan! you knew them back in grade... 5 or 6. i wish i knew them that long time ago. ug.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 9/2/2005, 8:16 am

other things becoming more important than music?

Head on nail: hit.

I liked them slightly before Gravity...haha! Spritual Machines is one of my top three you just can't beat it.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 9/2/2005, 8:57 am

I remember the days when I would get exctied when I heard an olp tune on the radio or saw a video on much music.

I'm not like that anymore.

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 9/2/2005, 9:45 am

Im not sure, maybe its not us, but the music.

I dont OLP has lost its passion, but I feel that music has lost that connection with us. I still prefer listening to happiness, and i still get that connection, then I do listening to HIPT.

tasha · Post by **tasha** » 9/2/2005, 10:40 am

Hope wrote:dammit kaegan! you knew them back in grade... 5 or 6. i wish i knew them that long time ago. ug.

err... i did too...

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 9/2/2005, 2:15 pm

I dont think its the band, I think its Me. LIke Maria said up there, I just can't get excited about it. It isnt OLP's fault, i've just changed.

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 9/2/2005, 2:17 pm

Hmm , same here. It seems as alot of people are expieriencing this.

So maybe its not us changing, we couldnt of all changed, I truly think its the music.

It's kind of lost that emotional connection.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 9/2/2005, 2:41 pm

it's sad (as in sad sad, not pathetic sad) when i think that olp is no longer as special as it used to be.

SpiritualJunkie · Post by **SpiritualJunkie** » 9/2/2005, 3:05 pm

I think I feel like most people. I didn't get into OLP until SM but I recognized most of their older stuff and thought...wow. That was around gr. 9-11. I thought wow with Gravity, too (I'm not quite as picky as other people) but that faded after a while. Now, I've listened to HIPT a million times but few songs screamed "great" to me...it took a lot of getting used to and there's some songs there that still have to win me over. OLP isn't as wild as they used to be during the Naveed (oddly enough one of my least favourite OLP albums) and Clumsy days and I miss that.

But those guys are still my favourite band. I listen to other bands but I don't pay as much attention to them like I did OLP. I'm willing to read OLP articles, see how they're doing on the charts, find rare songs on the Hub, keep their music videos on tape...I don't do that for other bands. OLP's like family...I don't like every single thing that they do but they'll always play an important part in my life. They're not like the Spice Girls or Nickelback...groups/bands I easily forgot about.

megxyz128 · Post by **megxyz128** » 9/2/2005, 3:21 pm

dream in japanese wrote:oh man, this thread is exactly how i feel all the time and especially now with the new album. they were such a significant part of my growing up but i just can't get excited the way i used to. but i know that has a lot to do with how much i’ve changed and as much as i hate change...it happens...nothing against olp.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 9/2/2005, 4:21 pm

naveed99 wrote:So maybe its not us changing, we couldnt of all changed, I truly think its the music.

Uhh... people change all the time, dude. Especially at the ages most of the members of this board are.

Matt. · Post by **Matt.** » 9/2/2005, 6:43 pm

nikki4982 wrote:
naveed99 wrote:So maybe its not us changing, we couldnt of all changed, I truly think its the music.

Uhh... people change all the time, dude. Especially at the ages most of the members of this board are.

Exactly. We all change, our tastes change and along with that.. fresh and more interesting things come along in our lives. Whoever said "maybe it's because we've found things more important than music in our lives" hit the nail on the head. I can't entirely relate because i'm still only 17 and stuck in that obessive, "OMG OUR LADY PEACE, *CRANKS UP RADIO*" stage, but I can definetly see what people are getting at.

PeaceEleven · Post by **PeaceEleven** » 9/2/2005, 7:01 pm

I have been an olp fan for so many years now , everytime something come out I am really excited and all but I have to admit that just to listen to the albums from naveed to sm is just way higher then anything else I can listen to ever. These are the classic albums, they'll always be with their crown in my dvd collection. Reading this thread reminds me still how it was during this era. I get nostalgic now and then and I watch the old videos and some old shows and then I miss the old time. but still, olp has a huge place in my life and I still listen to them and watch their new stuff all the time, for sure it's not like it used to be but, it still just &*"&/ rocks