Thrice is now winding down their farewell tour (tear) and they dusted some old ones off for the tour, including this song, T&C. I saw them in Atlanta and they played this along with some other older songs. I got started with Thrice with Artist In The Ambulance and I've only really liked a few songs off their first two records. This is one of them, along with Phoenix Ignition, which they also brought back for their last two tours.
If you don't know Thrice (and you like rock music) check them out immediately. Some may say I'm off hear, but I'd recommend starting with their 4 part EP set, The Alchemy Index. It cleanly bridges the gap between Vheissu (the record before it) and their current sound. Fantastic songwriting and musicianship, and Thrice will be missed by me big time.
This song isn't any indicator of what they ended up becoming...but it's still fun to listen to.
This song seems to be about a domestic abuse story, but I can't tell the point of view it's written from. I saw U2 for the first time about a year ago, and that was the first time they'd played in Nashville since the early 80s. They're a great band and they put on a great show (gosh that's a bland way to put it). I know a lot of people who are head over heels for U2 and I'm just not one of those people, but they're a great band.
In other notes, I watched Radiohead's set from Bonnaroo online last night. It's the first time I've seen them play live. Very good set but I was bummed they didn't cover a SINGLE song from THE BENDS, and only played 2 from OK Computer. C'mon boys - don't be scared of a verse and a hook. Now that you've deconstructed the rock song and stripped it apart, it's time to put it back together. And they've done that a bit lately - The Daily Mail is a fantastic song that hearkens back to their Bends/OK Computer days.
Late entry today. I love this record, and know it's a concept record about growing up and the way our lives and neighborhoods used to be. I wish it was like that for my kids now. I was younger than them and our parents pretty much let us run around freely...and roam pretty far. My son is almost 12 and we're just now letting him venture off with friends a bit.
When this song came up my first thought was "aw man, I thought I deleted Arctic Monkeys!" I'm pretty over them and probably still will delete their records, but this wasn't a bad song. Too much hype for this band though.
**explicit lyrics Ghostface is probably my favorite MC out of Wu Tang. This might as well be a Wu Tang track since it features the rest of them anyway.
I got into Kings of Leon a bit around the time that everyone else did. They had some good songs on their breakthrough record. With this one I can't figure out if I just don't like it or just didn't give it a chance.
