Ok, it's been a while since my last blog yet again. This trip down memory lane has led me back to a real dark time with this entry. My EMO days. (Oh, the shame!) If my memory servers me correctly I acquired this CD from my little bro Dan when it came out in 2003. I might have purchased it for him and then stolen it back. I can't remember. This came out at a time that I like to call "the second coming of Emo." Because there was the first wave stuff like Sunny Day Real Estate, Mineral and The Promise Ring back when Emo was pure and good and not called Emo. I dabbled in this stuff in 6th and 7th grade( 1996ish) because it was popular with the older kids at the school I was attending, but I never knew it was called Emo. Any who fast forward to 2002 and this genre was becoming popular again. I blame it on Thursday, at lease that was the band that got me into it.
I must admit It was a fresh sound. All throughout high school I was real into the grunge and alternative rock thing. You know the classic shit like Nirvana, Tool, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, Bush, Soundgarden etc. It happened to be that period of time right out of high school and first year in college that my whole perspective on music changed. I had a lot more freedoms than I did in HS. I had a car, a job, more friends, more parties, more concerts and shows, less parental involvement, less peer judgment, a computer with CD-R capabilities, Google, Kazaa, AllMusicGuide, Wednesday Music Cafe, EP What's Up Weekly (My Deepest Thanks Chrissie!) oh and did I mentition more friends, more parties and more concerts! And what was popular at the time...Emo baby!
So I had all these new avenues to explore more music and it came flooding in. Thursday, Cursive, Piebald, The Get-Up Kids, Alkaline Trio, The Rocking Horse Winner, Bright Eyes, Poison the Well, Glassjaw, Saves the Day, Taking Back Sunday, Sparta, At the Drive-In, Dashboard Confessional, The Appleseed Cast and of course Brand New to name a few.
I can't say anything bad about this album nor anything bad about the above mentioned bands other than they led music into a very dark place that it has yet to find its way out of. I won't go there. In fact I still love this album. The guitar work is fantastic and the lyrics (though extremely melodramatic) are probably the best I've ever heard. I don't give a fuck about what anybody thinks of this next statement or how self-absorbed it may sound, the following lyrics perfectly describe how I feel about myself.
I am heaven sent,
Don't you dare forget.
I am all you've ever wanted,
What all the other boys all promised.
Sorry I told. I just needed you to know.
I think in decimals and dollars.
I am the cause to all your problems,
Shelter from cold. we are never alone.
Coordinate brain and mouth.
Then ask me whats it like to have
Myself so figured out.
I wish I knew...
Yeah, Sorry I told, but it's my blog.
Now I have 2 stories about this album, I'll try to keep them short.
1) My brother also liked this album a lot and I kinda pulled him into the Emo thing too. He started High School during this period of time and was adamant about dating an "Emo Girl". He found a girl who also liked Brand New amongst other bands we were listening to. She comes to mind because she bought Dan a Brand New shirt for his birthday. She ended up being a real bitch. I can't remember her name but I FUCKING HATE HER! See my bro was a great dancer as a young boy. He could do the robot and emulate Usher and Michael Jackson like a pro. He would dance around the kitchen floor all the time and entertain my family with his awesome and sometimes humorous moves. So he started dating this girl and took her to the homecoming dance where she put down his dance moves and told him that he was embarrassing to her or something along those lines. After that he gave it up and to this day will only bust a move on occasion. She stole something great from him and I'll never forgive her.
2) My cousin Jeremy would have "Play Crack the Sky" in his guitar repertoire and play it at parties and such. It was St. Patty's day and my friends and I were getting shitfaced at Milhouse's apartment. I met this dude who claimed to be a rapper. I think he called himself "Martin SCARsese". Anyways I was drunk I caught myself rapping with him as the night progressed. 30 mins later I see him down a tequila glass full of Crown Royal in one shot. (No Bull) So with Jeremy playing Brand New in the background I see SCARsese being dragged away with two guys on each side and his feet dragging. I don't know if he survived.
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