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Obsession with a band.
About 3 years ago, I fell in love with a band named Queen (as my username states :P). And well...what can I say? It was love at first listen. I FELL IN LOVE with Queen. I started collecting all of their CD's, books, vinyls, shirts, etc. I've had a crazy obsession with them for the past 3 years. My whole ROOM is Queen...I know the group members, and seen the two that are still alive in concert. Queen is all I ever talk and think about...they're like my second group of parents. I don't know whether its sick or not...but I've noticed it's been getting on people's nerves. Teachers have made comments telling me to lay off Queen. SO many friends have been annnoyed by my CONSTANT talk of Queen (I've also lost many friends because of it). Thing is -- I don't know what to do....This is clearly messing my relationships up. But I <3 Queen! There's nothing I CAN do about it! I will ALWAYS love them. But I don't know. Seems to me....Queen is my comfort object. Advice please? Is this healthy!? 0_o
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It's perfectly normal. I too have an obsession with Queen---it's an absolutely brilliant band. There are too many favorite songs to list out right here, but a few of them include "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Somebody To Love," "Killer Queen," "Love Of My Life," "Save Me," "Don't Stop Me Now," "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy," "Sheer Heart Attack," "Tie Your Mother Down," and "Too Much Love Will Kill You." I also have a little crush on the late Freddie Mercury ;) Okay, I know he's dead, but he was still really hot and he had a voice of an angel. I'm totally obsessed with Freddie. He's my favorite male vocalist ever.
If you're worried about your obsession, then there's nothing you can really do about it. If you love it, you're not going to stop. However, as you get older, your interests will change and you'll grow out of Queen inevitably, though you'll still probably like it. It's what happens to every obsession.
Don't worry, it's just a phase. You'll get over it. However, I'd just recommend not talking about it to everyone all the time, even if you do write about it and do everything in mind of the band. People get irritated if you constantly talk about it. Just manage your impulsivities and try to keep people on your good side---as big as my obsession with Queen is, even *I* can do that.
And my S/N is LaffyTaffy3210. If you want to talk about Queen, I could talk about them forever. You can IM me about them at any time.
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Ha, Ha! younggrandma's first album ever bought was Queen... I think it's at my house, now... :D She used to listen to them when I was a kid, and I have just always loved them.
Anyhow, on to the subject. Don't annoy your friends with it. A lot of kids this day and age don't have a taste for Queen. Be a die-hard fan, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but don't push it on to those around you.
Join a Queen fan club, where others want to hear what you have to say about the band and the music.
Hey, at least you find comfort in something that isn't a health hazard! And I'm glad that though the original band is gone, they are not forgotten!
QUEEN ROCKS! :D
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You are absolutely fine. I have a friend who is obsessed with the Beatles just as much as you are obsessed with Queen. She constantly talks about them, she writes about them, and everything she owns has to do with them. I think it's really cool. I mean if you can like something that much it shows that you have a lot of passion in you that will reflect into other areas in your life. Passion is a good thing to have. It can get you a good relationship, a good job, and best of all a good life. It can go overboard sometimes, but the people close to you should be understanding of it. As you grow up you'll be able to control it better and know when you've crossed the line. If your friends are treating you badly because of this, they don't care about you as much as they should. Being obsessed with a band is not a big deal. It isn't affecting your life. You're not skipping school or avoiding contact with other people to sit in your room and listen to their music. If your friends think it's dumb, that's their problem and there are other people out there that don't think it's dumb at all. Music is something that'll always be there. Being obsessed with something that could change or leave, say a person, would be unhealthy. It's great that you have come up with a comfort object that is very solid. Most people don't and when it goes away or chances they flip out. You're not going to have that problem. If people are giving you a hard time, find better people to be around. Good luck!
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The first album I ever bought was a Queen album. Have been a favorite for years! I have all their albums as well. I even have a couple of 45's.
Great to love a band so much, not so great to talk about nothing else. As a fan you want people to appreciate their music. If you talk of nothing else you are turning people off. Don't want to do that.
So I'll say it is OK to plaster your room with Queen, just talk about something else when with other people. Don't want people to think you don't know anything else! Man I miss Freddie! :)
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I think you are a *wee* bit obsessed. But its only really unhealthy since you have lost friends over it, in my opinion. So I just say try to talk about it less, or say nothing at all...you CAN restrain yourself from talking about it =P I've had to do this same thing when I'm obsessed with things, and annoy my friends when I talk about it. Just think before you speak and dramatically cut down, I'm not saying never talk about Queen again. If you can, I also suggest just toning down the obviousness of the obsession, if it bothers those around you. =P I <3 Queen too. Bleh...hope I helped.
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At least you're not banned from them...
I was and still am obsessed with one band which I'm banned for life from--long story.
You should really resist on going on and on about the band to people though...seriously I know that it gets on evreyone's nerves and I've learned to control it. Just write it down over and over again--everything you want to say about the band. Write it, throw it and repeat. Haha.
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i have all their albums, all their greatest hits CD's, and freddy's solo stuff. john deacon is my favorite member, spread your wings is my favorite song, and i see sail way sweet sister as the perfect song for any occasion. i don't like their hotspace album i think it's boring and a bit dull other than pressure. i love queen and think they're the greatest band since the beatles (another of my favorites) and i think there's nothing wrong with it, hell i say keep going, they're wonderful.
and if you want, look me up, talk to me i'll talk queen until the cows come home haha.
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