I Won't Watch Black and White Films, Films With Subtitles or Read Books

Introduction.

Another Seven Days In article that is getting a lot of reads, which is just an observation on how in life if you do not go with the flow you are pushed out of groups, just for doing things differently or liking things that are out of the mainstream.

This is a four-year-old article but the situation has always existed and always will do. I don't know if there is an answer to this, because if people just don't want to give something a try, you are only going to antagonize them if you push them into it.

It doesn't stop me from trying to persuade people but If I can't tempt them then I will just let it go.

So these were my thoughts four years back and nothing has really changed for me. I still go outside the mainstream looking for new things, I still often stray from the defined path to do the things that I do, but I am still here so I am either doing things right, or I just haven't been caught yet.

The Original Article

Obviously not me, but over the years I continually hear this from people, and variations on the same. Anything out of the blinkered area that they see means you (that's me) are a total weirdo.

• You don't like "Top Gear"? You're weird.
• You like classical music? You must be retarded.
• You don't watch X-Factor or Britain's Got Talent? You have no taste in music.
• You watch Asian language films? You're strange.
• You listen to German and French bands who sing in German and French? You are mad.

I've had all these reactions from people, and maybe it's why people seldom speak with me, but that's their loss. The fact they are cutting out of their life the films:

....and more

and then the music of:

..... and more

And the fact that people refuse to read for the flimsiest of reasons, missing out on the joy of hooking up your own imagination as someone's words take you on a journey that no film could ever do, I list the music I listen to and the books I read on here. I have finished "There Is No Map In Hell" which I bought just for the title and I discovered what it is like to run 214 Wainwright Peaks in seven days. which you can read about on Steve Birkinshaw's blog here, You might not be able to judge a book by the cover but it was the title that hooked me and though I have zero interest in Fell Running it did hook me.

So I should include a song that is not sung in English, so I'll go with Los Lobos take on Richie Valens' "La Bamba" from the soundtrack of the eponymous film

Conclusion

I always take delight in discovering and enjoying new things, new friends and new experiences. There is always something that you haven't seen or experienced over your horizons and it is always good to chase those things down.

I have shared a lot of films I love and music that I like. These are not always easy listens or watches but they are all, in my opinion, well worth the effort.

I have managed to include some of the music that I love, and I know that will shape some people's opinions of me, but this is only a tiny pinprick on the surface of me and my close friends know that there is alot more to me than just this.

Some you may like, and some you may not but it is good to try them