artist:something corporate
album:played in space:the best of something corporate
i was all set to go to bed, but then my dear friend Kate posted the video and partial lyrics to "Konstantine" and i had to listen to that, and then "watch the sky" came on, and then i wanted to hear "i want to save you" and i figured i might as well just listen to the whole damn album right now and blog about it before bed, so here we are. sorry about that. blame KB.
so, my something corporate story...
for a really long time, i just couldn't find it in me to care about this band. i don't know what it was, the hype around them, maybe, or maybe i was just being stubborn (as I've been known to do) but i just didn't care. i only started to care about Andrew McMahon at all when he got sick and jack's mannequin's everything in transit got released within the same time frame, but i still didn't bother with soco. i actually remember sitting in the dining hall in college at MU and hearing "if you c Jordan" on the TVs in there and wondering what the hell these dorks were singing about. i just didn't care. and then the hiatus came and it didn't matter that i didn't care, because they weren't going to be on anyone's radar for a while.
and then the rumors started. there was going to be a tour. i knew actually before i heard the rumors, and already had my tickets in hand, because by this time id fallen in love with the song "Konstantine" and wanted to hear that song live, not to mention the fact that I've seen Andrew tour with jack's mannequin and i know how much fun he is to watch play piano...
i started listening to played in space... all the time to prep for the August show, and it really did end up becoming the soundtrack to my summer last year. i also went back and started building up my soco catalog because i knew that since i wasn't being a music snob anymore, there were some things on these albums that i needed to know about.
by the time we got to the show, i was just as big a soco fan as anyone else in that plaza. i had a few beers and hung out with my friends and sang along to every word to every song, just like anyone else in that space. no one could have known that i wasn't a soco fan until right before the show.
Nicole took some pictures that night, and since i didn't have a functioning camera at that point, I'm stealing hers because i feel like i need to put something in here besides text.
i could listen to "Konstantine" every day for the rest of my life and never tire of it. and my eyes would probably still well up every night.
I had a similar soco journey... and I also LOVE that song.
ReplyDeleteI thought they were just some boring pop punk/emo ripoff band, of the sort that was going around those days. But I had this one friend that was obsessed with them, so I eventually gave them a listen.
I remember seeing jack's mannequin I think at the tweeter center one year, after he'd recovered from his illness, on what had to be the hottest freaking day of the year. I kept circling between the water fountains and the stage. Good show though!
ps... yay I finally convinced blogger to remember who I am on your blog! (semi spam comment sorry, had to share my victory)
ReplyDelete