365 project:"theres a place off ocean avenue where i used to sit and talk with you"

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artist:yellowcard
album:ocean avenue.

when i first heard the single "ocean avenue" off of the album by the same name, i clearly remember thinking "oh, this song is alright. its catchy enough, but I'm not going to buy this CD because ill waste my money. ill never listen to it again." Brandon had the album and we listened to it in his car, and i just didn't feel like it was worth buying-nothing else stuck out to me like that song did.

i was home one afternoon watching MTV. i might have just been flipping through, or i might have been legitimately watching, i cant recall the specifics, though both are realistic options. at any rate, i happened upon the very end of a "live" yellowcard concert. they were playing the song "only one" and i fell in love with it. there was something about they way they played that song live that made me think that i had to have that album immediately, so then i did end up going out to buy it.

truth be told, i should have stuck to my guns on this one. the CD isn't bad, but its definitely not something i have listened to at all over the course of the last seven years, either. when i was going through the CD the other day, there were a few songs that i still remembered some lyrics to, but mostly i could tell that i never paid it much attention even when it was in any rotation within the stuff i was listening to. (it came out in 2003, so it was up against some powerhouses, such as brand new, taking back sunday, straylight run, and the used, who were all in HEAVY rotation for me at the time.)

every time i think about this CD, though, i can hear Brandon talking about how awesome it was that they LIVED on ocean avenue and that this song about hanging out on ocean avenue was out there. that's is the highlight of it for me. it'll probably go back onto the shelf and sit there until i feel really nostalgic again, or until i trade it in.