vol. 9

memories fade
but the scars still linger
-tears for fears

on my way in to school this morning i heard kiss the dirt by inxs -- at one point, after this song came out, inxs was truly on top of the world -- what i was thinking about, however, was how much i loved hearing these guys for the first time -- i can't remember if it was this song or if it was shine like it does, but it was pretty cool to know who they were BEFORE kick came out and they exploded...the album is called listen like thieves... check it out sometime...

and it got me to thinking of other groups that i liked that got popular but who i had been listening to for a little bit prior to their making it...

• first is the most obvious, and the one i'll spend the least amount of time on -- U2 -- while i certainly liked most of their stuff after it, the unforgettable fire was the first thing i had heard of theirs -- and it's still one of my favorites -- especially that song...
• new order found some moderate success with their second album, brotherhood... it was pretty darn good, but i started listening to them with low life and was hooked -- love vigilantes hits you hard to open but the song that really gets me every time is elegia (as much as i love voices, i can definitely appreciate the occasional instrumental -- and if you've seen pretty in pink, then you'll understand my love for this song even more...)
• tears for fears hit it big when everybody wants to rule the world came out -- but they had an album out before it called the hurting that killed me... i used to listen to it almost every morning while delivering newspapers -- my favorite on there is either memories fade or watch me bleed...