I spent way too much time searching for a video for this song. It popped up on my Spotify playlist this morning on my way to work, and I knew it had to be the Video of the Day. I was hoping to use a live video, but I could only find a couple, and their quality wasn't up to snuff. As far as fan-made videos go, this one isn't all that bad.
This was one of the songs on my Three Days Grace mix CD that I played constantly when I was first going through my separation and divorce. I'm not as angry now as I was then, but man, I loved singing/screaming along with this. It was very cathartic.
I’ve got a lot of music but limited space to hold it in,
especially in my car. So I’ve gone the old tried-and-true way of making mix CDs
to have access to as many bands as possible while driving. I’m going slightly
old-school since I’m a bit backwards and have no iPod.
Most of the songs will be more upbeat, with probably only
the occasional ballad or slower song included. I like to sing in the car, and
the more upbeat songs are more fun to sing.
I’ll be going in alpha-numeric order with these, so if you
want to argue with me about what Weezer songs should be included, you’re going
to be waiting for a while.
My only limitations are that I use 80 min. discs, and I’m
only going to use one disc per band/artist. I will make exceptions for only my most
favorite bands with huge playlists (Foo Fighters and Self, off the top of my
head), but I’d really like to boil everything down to just one disc.
Here’s the list guide:
Track # - Song Name - Album Name [Artist if album is by a
different artist]
Three Days Grace Mix CD
Are
You Ready? – I Hate Everything About
You
Bitter
Taste – Life Starts Now
Break –
Life Starts Now
World
So Cold – Life Starts Now
The
Good Life – Life Starts Now
Bully –
Life Starts Now
It’s
All Over – One-X
Pain –
One-X
Animal
I Have Become – One-X
Never
Too Late – One-X
On My
Own – One-X
Riot –
One-X
Let It
Die – One-X
Over
and Over – One-X
Time
of Dying – One-X
One-X –
One-X
Burn –
Three Days Grace
Just
Like You – Three Days Grace
I Hate
Everything About You – Three Days
Grace
Home –
Three Days Grace
Scared
– Three Days Grace
Overrated
– Three Days Grace
A few notes on Three Days Grace:
This group is high on my
list when I want to listen to some screaming or some anti-ex songs. They’re
fun to listen to and easy to scream along with. It’s kind of weird. Lead
singer Adam Gontier actually has a good voice, so it can be jarring to
hear that, say at the beginning of “Break,” and then he seamlessly
transitions into a harsher, raspy yelling. Weird in a good way, I mean.
I can’t listen to “The
Good Life” without thinking it sounds like a harder Nickelback song. Maybe
it’s a Canadian thing?
When going through their
Vevo channel to pick out some videos, I was amazed at the transformation
in Gontier. From the first video they did (“I Hate Everything About You”)
to the latest (“The Good Life”), it doesn’t look like the same person. Of
course, I don’t look like I did eight years ago, it’s just a little
strange to see the transformation happen over a handful of minutes while
watching the videos.
I listened to TDG a LOT during
the past two years. Between personal problems and the dissolution of my
marriage, I was hurt and angry and this is what I listened to and screamed
along with driving to and from work. I can only imagine how I looked to
other commuters as I sat in traffic just screaming, sometimes with tears
streaming down my face. Yet I don’t associate TDG with the problems I
faced. There are some artists I still have a difficult time listening to
because it’s the music we
listened to, but these guys were therapy. Primal, screaming therapy. You’ll
have to use your imagination as to the songs that were put on repeat most
often.
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