So I'm going to the check cashing place to drop off our companies checks for the week. I've got my headphones on, I'm totally in the zone. AM Conspiracy, 3 Doors Down, 30 Seconds to Mars, and AFI are swirling through my ears. I'm singing as though I have no headphones on just for the simple fact that I'm so fucking glad to be out of the building. I get to the place and drop off the checks, turning and walking back out to the tune of AFI's "Miss Murder." (Love that song!)
*DINGBAT MOMENT OF THE YEAR AWARD* GOES TO:
The white lady ahead of me (whom I was paying no mind whatsoever) who suddenly starts to speed up and after her hundred meter dash to the street corner, turns and flips me the bird. I frown at her mainly because I have no idea WTF her problem is. Then I laugh aloud, literally, I had to stop and catch my breath, when I realize she must've thought the lyrics I was signing were directed at her.
Miss Murder, chorus:
Hey Miss Murder can I
Hey Miss Murder can I
Make beauty stay if I
Take my life, oh oh oh
How could she have possibly fucked that up???
I already told you guys I was going through somewhat of a punk-alternative-pop rock phase, with the sounds of Fall Out Boy and Paramore in my headphones on a daily basis.
(Sidebar: So it's official; Weezy F. Baby drops Rebirth, his first rock album, yeah you heard me, on April 7th. Has anyone heard Prom Queen yet??? Thoughts please?)
The top ten songs I've got rotation right now:
1. Paramore- Misery Business
2. Fall Out Boy- I Don't Care
3. 30 Seconds To Mars- Insert anything from both albums here.
4. Creed- Never Die
5. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. AM Conspiracy- Right On Time
7. Nonpoint- In The Air Tonight (as you may recall, the only thing that saved the travesty that was the Miami Vice remake.)
8. Coldplay- Viva La Vida (and I still listen to and love "Clocks")
9. Rise Against- Survive
10. 3 Doors Down- Kryptonite
**Bonus Song: Three Days Grace- Riot**
*Honorable Mention: Chevelle- Well Enough Alone*
You'll probably remember a couple of those songs from the 90's; if any of my latest readers are Smackdown vs Raw officionados, then they too will recognize some of these tunes. I've always had an inner white girl; I can remember back when Foo Fighters "Learn To Fly" was released, and when Third Eye Blind's "Jumper" was my favorite song on the Z100 rotation. Gosh, come to think of it, what happened to everybody from the old days???
Sugar Ray
Vertical Horizon
Eagle-Eye Cherry
Sixpence None the Richer
Smashing Pumpkins
Soundgarden
Ninedays!!! This is the story of a girl, who cried a river and drowned the whole world...
Verve Pipe (they are still alive, right??) "The Freshman" is still my favorite song by them to this day.
Citizen King? Everlast? Savage Garden?
Is any of that shit ringing a bell? I said all that to say that I'm not one of those fickle people, who joins a genre because of one catchy tune. I've liked rock for a long time without actually knowing it. The Who, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix and Santana all make frequent appearences on my mp3 player. Just can't get enough of those oldies but goodies, especially since the trash they're consistently pumping out these days leaves soooooo much to be desired.
Time to punch out.
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