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81. Third Eye Blind – Wounded (mp3) from Blue (4:51) [Time Remaining: 618:21]
Third Eye Blind’s sophomore album Blue was released not long after I went through a significant break-up. Granted, at 20 everything seems as though it’s significant, and weight is given to experiences that generally don’t deserve it, but this was different. I won’t delve into the why and how and all that, but I think I would have treaded a much different path in life had it not been for this particular relationship.
I was never particularly enamored with Third Eye Blind; I liked “Semi-Charmed Life,” but that’s hardly unique. I bought Blue on a whim, and found the majority of it to be marginal, except for “Wounded.” The song isn’t about the collapse of a relationship, but I found it wildly applicable to my own situation, and wore it out hoping for some kind of reconciliation that never ended up coming. My love for “Wounded” is ill-advised and strange, now that I write about it, but unshakeable regardless.
82. Page France – Glue (mp3) from Hello, Dear Wind (3:45) [Time Remaining: 614:36]
Now-defunct Page France probably won’t ever receive the proper praise that they are due, despite blogs like this (that reach a relatively minute audience) will continue to sing it. Their sophomore album Hello, Dear Wind, was released in 2006, and I was introduced to it through the show Weeds, which used their song “Chariot” during a scene. After finding that song, I picked a couple more tracks off of blogs, and became enraptured with the simple, almost worshipful “Glue.”
The song is as wistful as the album’s title – a breath of fresh air when I often need it. It’s a perfect track from a near-perfect album.
I feel like the music industry is holding back for a couple weeks in anticipation of the new Jay-Z album, because the past couple of weeks have been disappointing. This Tuesday’s releases are no different. There are a bunch of Muse re-issues on vinyl, and then Brendan Benson’s solo album, the new Third Eye Blind, Jack Penate and Jay Reatard, and another capitalization on Michael Jackson’s passing.
This week’s Smörgåsbord reveals a darker side of one of this blog’s contributors – a penchant for mid-to-late 90′s generock. (That’s “generic” with “rock” mashed onto the end.) In addition to another Empire of the Sun track, you’ll get more than your RDA of moderately good covers of songs by much better artists, as well as a remix of that Vampire Weekend song concerning Peter Gabriel (the first one.) Help yourself before it gets cold.
