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[talvitaja]

Well, at least I'm not the only one here who hasn't had a real music obsession before John and RHCP. I mean I have liked some bands a lot, but it hasn't gone further than listening to their music, reading the lyrics and in some cases finding out the names of the band members.

But some years ago I was obsesses with foorball (soccer). I just watched every match I could from TV and couple times I even went to see the Estonian national team in action... The day when I saw Estonia vs Portugal in Tallinn was going to be the best of my life. And I actually cheered for Portugal. And the players I was obsessed with were: Nuno Gomes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Milan Baroš, Ruud van Nistelrooij, Raul Gonzalez and Luis Figo.

Now I have calmed down about football but I still really enjoy watching the matches...

Dogs are my second obsession. I love cats and other animals as well but I just ADORE dogs. If I go to visit someone who has a dog one can be sure that I can be found with the dog.

[Mr. Maniac]

currently...



...Björk!

she's just a beautiful human being, her voice is wonderful and she's full of soul. i don't have a "crush" on her (sexually). i just love watching/listening to her

[neonher]

im obbsesed with ...
John Frusciante
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
white tea
music
college ..UCLA
the ocean
global warming
endangered animals
seiral killers
my bass
getting out of were i live and moving to
california i love the ocean :"
oh and smiley faces

[Fairy.to.the.world]

John Frusciante
Red Hot Chili Peppers
My boyfriend (finally an obsession returned haha)

Hippie style fashion
Exercising while listening to music
Alcohol :L
Desperate Housewives
The ocean
Root Beer

And at the moment Blondie

[normalowbird]

Past (some of them present) obsessions:
JRR Tolkien
José Saramago
Star Wars

Fear and Loathing in las Vegas
Danny Boyle
Spanish movies
Once

the office (actual obsession)
Flight of the Conchords

Vinyls, vinyls and vinyls
trying to play bass
Pink Floyd
George Harrison
Paco de Lucia

Wah-wah pedals

Spanish guitar

ORANGE (the color)

Rain

Cookies with chocolate chips

i think i fell in love with Hayley Williams hair

I'm sorry, Grammar cops (: , if I had any mistakes. I'm not really good at english.

[loudlove]

My newest obession would be Disney.. I love all things mickey mouse .. haha I used to love it as a child and cannot wait to go to Disneyland.

[driftwood]

oh, nice thread

so here's my list (in no particular order)

I'm obsessed with:

red haired men
franz kafka
fc liverpool
franz kafka
gretsch-guitars
the sopranos
philip seymour hoffman
pearl jam
iceland
barcelona
uliver uschmann (german author)
robert deniro
cats

oh, and john frusciante.

[Phantom]

My obsessions,

Food : marmite on toast mmmmm, beer, mountain dew

Tv: the office (british) gavin and stacey, QI, David Attenburough's life, The peep show, only fools and horses

Music : by far by biggest obsession john f and rhcp has changed my life i was never aware of such sinserity and expression in music before i heard him, also love jimi hendrix, love nirvana, love radiohead, love joy division, love the smiths and so so many more but bigest love at the moment is jeff buckley listened to him everyday for months

Playing guitar

The ocean

books

The stars and space

Thinking

sitting doing nothing watching the world go by

Reading lyric books and obsessing over them

Trying to find someone who i can talk to beyond the usual sterile "automatic" personality to be intimate with

[SeanM]

My first true obsession was RHCP, followed by John, and now I'm obsessed with The Stone Roses/Ian Brown.

EDIT: I forgot that I was obsessed with Muse and Jeff Buckley in between John and The Roses.

[White_Widow]

I go through phases of obsession. I'm trying to break out of my Frusciante phase atm, just simply because I dont want to get sick of his music from over listening.

The English band 'James'
Old GnR
I only just got into the RHCP in the last few years but I'm now really enjoying their music

[Iva]

I hereby confess that I'm obsessed with not having an obsession. And that's a great way to live, fuck popular psychology.

However, it's normal to be dedicated or commited to something, especially if it makes the world a better place.

[dakini]

I have an obsessive personality and have been troubled by several symptoms on the "OCD spectrum" (though none of them "classic OCD"), though just what I would be obsessed with at any given time varied widely. Seems to have been linked in large part to my recently diagnosed ADHD, because when I started taking adderall, my obsessiveness decreased RADICALLY overall, and my various compulsions (officially "bodily-directed impulse control disorders") all but completely disappeared, then reappeared in completely uncontrollable form when my adderall dose was raised. Tore my face, inner cheeks and scalp to shreds within the space of about a week with uncontrollable picking and biting. Doctor lowered my dose back down and I'm back to being free from obsessions and compulsions.

Interesting thing is that what all of this stuff -- including the schizotypal episodes I've experienced from time to time throughout my life (usually in conunction with stimulant abuse, which is essentially the same thing as an even higher dose of adderall yet) -- has in common is disregulation of dopamine, whether by being too high or too low. And in researching the neurochemistry behind all this stuff, I've discovered that pretty much all the psychiatric and neurological problems on the one side of my family are all related in one way or the other to out-of-whack dopamine levels. So, the approach to treatment is three-pronged -- medication, cognitive/behavioral therapy, and lifestyle changes including improved nutrition, regulated sleeping habits, exercise and kicking the non-prescribed, out-of-control self-medication with stimulants out the door. Feeling about a kazillion times better, and I'd advise anybody with any of these problems to seek professional help as it really has been life-saving and utterly transformative for me. I've lost damn close to a hundred pounds since I've been in treatment, because my impulse control is vastly improved and my lifelong sugar-addiction has finally been abandoned once and for all.

So, that's not much of a confession, but seemed worth posting, anyway.

[ryanliamg]

RHCP were the first band I really liked a lot. Them and JF are my only real music obsessions. Other obsessions: guitars, design, efficiency, women.

[Automatic Writing]

Ian Curtis and Joy Division. Ian Curtis's lyrics, vocals and what he's putting into the music just hits me and resonates with me at a very deep level. Peter Hook is what got me into playing bass also, simple but effective is my mantra.

I was obsessed with RHCP and particularly, Anthony Kiedis, prior to learning of John's solo stuff. A lot of rhcp songs to this day bring me back to truly appreciating AK's sensitivities, the depth of his experiences and his ability to express them in a very poppy yet soulful manner (Scar Tissue, I could have lied, This is the Place, Hey, among others). Hey is particularly one of my favorite songs of all time.

Also, literature, Charles Bukowski. His poetry, short stories and novels create such a feeling, there's no bullshit, it's life with all its edges intact.

[Ant0n101]

The dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. It begins September 1st every year and tears me apart

[EchoSpirit]

I'd say my first obsession was Leonardo DiCaprio It was when Titanic came out and I got lured in like millions of others. I was 11, it was allowed. But hey, turns out he's a great actor so nothing to be ashamed of there haha.

Musically, I mean I've got really into a lot of bands and musicicans but I wouldn't call a lot of them obsessions, I don't think. I guess the few I would call that would be Eminem and Linkin Park from when I was a teen and just now The Beatles, John Lennon, Red Hot Chili Peppers and John Frusciante.

Lately I guess I've got obssesed with locking myself away in the bedroom with a bunch of instruments and trying to put some sort of music together, much to the annoyance of my bf. I can't help it, it's addictive.

Space documetaries. If there's one on, I'm watching it, even if I've seen it before. Apart from music nothing excites me more. I'm a complete physics geek, and maybe have a mild obsession with Brian Cox lol. Although, I've been into physics for many years...way before I knew about Brian. I feel this should state this.

When I came to the conclusion I was an atheist, I got really into studying evolution because I'd heard about creationism...which I don't buy at all obviously but I really wanted to make sure I was clued up about what the actual way of things was. We evolve and I wanted to understand how.

The only time I've even been obsessed with any sort of food was like 10 years ago when I went through a spell of craving Bounty chocolate bars.

I loved the Harry Potter books growing up, but doubtful it was an obsession. Someone came on Mastermind a while back and their specialist subject was Harry Potter and I thought, yes I'm gonna nail this! But no, I did awful. Therefore, was never obsessed lol.

And recently I love animals. I mean I've always been an animal lover but as of late I want to save them all from cruelty and go to the Serengeti and go on safari.

Also, I was in California a couple of years back and I tried surfing, now there's something I could get obsessed with. One day I'll pack up my bags and move there and surf every day and play music every day and have a wonderful life. A girl can dream.

[AzteC]

Thomas Erak The Fall of Troy's(rip) front man
Now plays in Just Like Vinyl

[Iva]

Ant0n101, on 26 August 2011 - 11:40 PM, said:

The dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. It begins September 1st every year and tears me apart

I can relate to that...it's similar to what I feel every April 26th.