{"id":1755,"date":"2007-11-25T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-25T06:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2007-11-25T06:04:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-25T06:04:00","slug":"blasts-from-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/memories\/blasts-from-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Blasts from the past"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some radio station I stumbled upon today was rocking out the ’90s music. What caught my attention was that Silverchair song that was so popular back in ’95. I sat and listened to it and remembered singing along with it back in high school, and how’d I’d sketch the word “Silverchair” in the Frogstomp<\/i> typeface<\/a> on all my folders in school, along with the logos of the countless other bands I listened to at the time (The Toadies, Bush, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Drill*, The Cranberries, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Hole, Collective Soul, the list goes on and on). Man, I loved<\/i> Silverchair. And just the other day I saw their new video on VH1 or whichever cable music channel occasionally plays videos. And at first I thought it was The Killers, because the lead singer had short hair and was wearing a vest with no shirt. It was a very confusing moment when I found out who the song was by. My, how much we’ve all changed. <\/p>\n

I also got to hear some 311 while driving on my lunch break. Man, that was a band I pretended to like big time, but, boy do they ever suck. Their logo was fun to draw, but their music was an aural abomination (my apologies to the three remaining 311 fans out there). <\/p>\n

The radio also tossed some old-school Green Day (remember when they’re weren’t so damned ubiquitous?), Nirvana, Tool, Soundgarden, Marilyn Manson, and Primus my way. It was like being in a time machine. It was awesome and cringe-inducing. (Full disclosure: I still listen to Tool and Nirvana on occasion.)<\/p>\n

In another ten years, I’m sure I’ll feel the same way about the music I listen to now. The cycle continues, the Earth still turns, the tides still roll, all is well with the world if we can take a mulligan every ten years re: the music we listened to in the previous decade. <\/p>\n

I had a revelation while driving home from work tonight, after I changed the station and caught some station in the middle of a Led Zeppelin song: I don’t listen to nearly enough Zeppelin. Lucky for me, iTunes is finally offering their albums, so I can sit here and remedy that right quicklike. <\/p>\n

* Does anyone else remember this band? I first got into them because they had a song that was in “Empire Records.” And I want to say they were also on an X-Games soundtrack, back when those were all the rage. They don’t seem to offer their music on iTunes, although there is a video for “Go to Hell” for sale. Oh, man, it is the most generic scream-grunge crap ever, and I LOVED IT. This is why I maintain that I have questionable taste in damn near everything. Check out the video here<\/a>, and try not to laugh. I dare you. <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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