I’ve been listening to them for quite a long time now. I got into them in my early teens, around the time “Bleed Like Me” came out. I loved the song “Only Happy When It Rains” when I was even younger. Shirley Manson is the reason I dye my hair red. I’ve always liked them, but I realized they’re actually one of my favorites today. I’d never realized it before.
(PS: I also think it’s worth noting that before he was the drummer for Garbage, Butch Vig produced one of my favorite albums, “Nevermind,” by one of my other favorite bands, Nirvana.)
| Kim Kardashian: | I'd like to marry this dude and spend $10 million dollars on a publicity wedding please oh and then 72 days later I'd like a divorce |
| America: | Well sure why not? |
| Britney Spears: | I want to get hitched in a chapel in Vegas and have the marriage annulled fifty-five hours later because I didn't know what the hell I was doing |
| America: | Whatever you want! |
| Carmen Electra: | I want to get married in Vegas to this basketball player and then annul the marriage nine days later cuz we were both drunk lololololololololol |
| America: | Okay, sounds like fun! |
| Gay couple: | We would like to get married and spend our lives together and possibly adopt unwanted children to give them a good home and - |
| America: | WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU IDIOTS THAT IS DISGUSTING AND WRONG YOU DEFILE THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE SO GTFO |
LOLOLOLOL.
WCLG must be in my head right now. They just played three of my favorite songs right in a row.
1) “Second Chance” by Shinedown
2) “Fade” by Staind
3) “It’s Been Awhile” by Staind
I wonder if my luck will continue with the next song….
I heard this song today, and I forgot how good it always made me feel. I used to listen to it every morning while getting ready for school. It made me feel like I could conquer anything and I could actually become somebody someday. Six years later, it still has that same effect.
We had one of these when I was in Kindergarten. Our P.E. teacher, Mrs. Harris, would break it out and we’d all go gaga over getting to make the bubble. We’d all sit inside of it and bask in the parachute’s glory.
Roughly ten years later, I had Mrs. Harris for P.E. in high school yet again, and I asked her if she still had the parachute because I loved that thing. She laughed and said, “I don’t have it, it belonged to the school. They probably still have it though!” I made a sad face and walked away. There I was, sixteen years old, moping at the fact that we didn’t have the wonderful multicolored parachute. :(
That if I do really die young (thinking roughly pre-30), and he has this song played at my funeral, I will come back and haunt him. It’s a pretty song, but it’s so goddamn depressing and it’s country.
The funny thing is, there is one verse in it that I really, really like:
“A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I’ll sell ‘em for a dollar. They’re worth so much more after I’m a goner, and maybe then you’ll hear the words I’ve been singing - funny when you’re dead how people start listening.”
