Phases Of A Teenager

I'm sure we've all gone through phases in our teen years and I'm sure we all suffer embarrassment when we remember our old music taste. I'm here to talk about mine and make you all feel slightly more comfortable.

Chav phase:
Aged between 11 to 13, tucking tracksuit bottoms into socks, wearing white shirts and walking around the streets thinking I was hard. Of course my favourite artists at the time were Scooter, Special D, those dodgy DJs with the high pitched voiced songs (especially DJ Madden) and Italo Brothers. I even managed to pull of the dance to Scooter's 'Jumping All Over The World' in a green and black checked dress, unusual clothing for a chavvy pre-teen, at the year 7 Christmas disco. It was all really cool at the time, now I look back I hang my head in shame at my first real experiences with music.



Goth phase:
Oh the goth phase. I was 14, obsessed with dying my hair purple, tried to rock fishnet gloves and long black coats and couldn't survive a shopping trip without a visit to goth shop Doc Black. My favourite artists at the time were Evanescence, My Chemical Romance and Paramore. My one aim was to be Amy Lee, or at least be as alike her as I could. I planned to wear a black goth dress to my prom and walked around school on non-uniform day wearing a trilby hat with my head down and telling my friends how amazing all these metal bands I'd been listening to were. I'd like to kill my goth phase self.



Take That phase:
I was between 15 and 16, yes, the Take That obsession was a phase in itself and I'm not really afraid to admit that I'm looking forward to their next album being released this year even though I'm not obsessed and swing more towards the Robbie side of things (I always have done I guess). This phase included finding out every single thing about every single member, being madly in love with Mark Owen and hunting down the band members solo work (excluding Robbie, I already loved his) from their 10 year split - Mark Owen's being the best I'd found. I'd tell my school friends what each of the members were up to, they didn't really care and told me that they all loved Justin Bieber more than anyone in the world.



Now:
And here I am as you all know me, aged 17 and seeming to have a lot of love for every band coming out of the 'West Madlands' scene, I still love Robbie Williams as much as I always have and well, most of you guys follow me and know the rest.


Peace out! - Laura (@FloatForev3r)