Songs For Your Day

Okay, some things don’t fade with time: I love third eye blind. BAM! There it is. No shame. I’ll go ahead and say that I honestly think that they were one of the most under appreciated wonders of the nineties. It’s horrific that they will go down in the books for “Semi-charmed life.” As that is by far one of the worst songs they have ever written. Steve Jenkins is, for the most part, a terrific song writer. 

The red album will always be in heavy rotation in my car stereo. The transition between “Losing a Whole Year” and “Narcolepsy” always makes me catch my breath.

In my junior and sophmore years of high school, on the most wrestless of nights, I would sneak out of the house and take late night drives with their blue album. I would sing along with “Wounded” until I lost my voice. My fists would pump through the open moonroof. The wind and the melody carried me away. For a moment I was the only person in the world, just speeding down Oak Grove road in the moonlight. I forgot about all the stupid boys, the endless tests, and the monotony of day-to-day high school life. 

But of all of the great things that have come out of that band, there is one song that will forever have my heart: Motorcycle Drive-by. It’s my trump card for any moment. You bring up third-eye blind these days and you will get many scoffs from many skeptics who underestimate their brilliance.

Last February I was on a roadtrip back from Chicago with my boyfriend and three of his friends. We were taking turns with the ipod. They all made fun of me for having so much 3EB. So when it was my turn I went straight to the second to last song of the red album. Without telling them what they were about to hear, I pressed play. 

By the end of it I was in the car with four dudes, with eyes aglow and mouths ajar.

Ah “Wounded”…I, too, do the fist pumps (and the bouncing up and down in the car).

Comment by rebeccapatrick May 29, 2009 @ 12:55 pm

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Yes! Everyone should try it. Don’t you think?

Comment by lcrelyea May 29, 2009 @ 1:18 pm

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that album (i guess it’s the red album) was my wyoming album. i would blast it the whole drive from cody back to the ranch, and when south fork road went from pavement to gravel, it seemed to up the ante somehow and that album was the only one that could call.

Comment by amsettineri January 12, 2010 @ 2:41 pm

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