While we're on the subject of vigor and spirit or enthusiasm in tubes, here's another oneder for you (don't know what a Oneder is? We'll get to that one of these days...) The Verve hit it big with this one in 1997, and never really matched that peak again. But, as a wise man once said, "it's better to go down in a blaze of glory than to rot in a state penitentiary!"
I love the soaring strings in this one, and the way they set the tone of the song - hopeful, despite the sobering aspects of the lyrics.
The song's about, you guessed it, life in general. Most of us spend most of our lives trying to "make ends meet" and being "slave(s) to money"... not exactly a spectacular fate. Many people in the world don't even have it that good... and yet, pretty much everyone experiences the sweetness of life along with the bitter...
"Well I've never prayed, but tonight I'm on my knees..."
I heard this one on the radio on my commute home today; it's from the high school years but I think I listened to it a lot more during college...
It's a beautiful song, especially the way the emotions drip from the vocals. It's not entirely clear exactly what happened, but it's pretty clear that someone died - either suicide or abortion, or perhaps both. Tragedy often leads to powerful expression in art; we all have experienced some form of tragedy in life, and it's easy to relate when hearing someone lay their heart and soul bare like this.
"We've tried to wash our hands of all this we never talk of our lacking relationships and how we're guilt stricken sobbing with our heads on the floor we fell through the ice when we tried not to slip..."
I've been on a bit of a '90s kick lately, so here's another sweet song you probably heard on the radio back then. Deep Blue Something might qualify as a one hit wonder, but man it was a good one. Supremely catchy tune, and I never got sick of it. Probably ought to watch the movie sometime...
"I see you, the only one who knew me but now your eyes see through me I guess I was wrong..."
