I had a similar thing in a High School English class -- but they had us separate into groups and each group picked a song and dissected it's meaning. Everybody in my group knew there was no way in hell I wasn't going to pick the song since I had already made music my whole ass personality. So I picked SDRE 'Shadows'. Cue my (then) need to be the most pretentious kid in the room.
At CMJ in 96 Mineral gave my friend a CD copy of 'the power of failing' simply because he looked like he would be into it (IE: buddy holly glasses, morrisey hair, and a thirift store thisrt). But I saw Mineral only once in their original run -- on that last tour they did (97?) at a fest in Cincinnati and I had never seen a band that looked like they didn't want to be there more. Meanwhile a girl wearing a backpack cried and the power blew out twice. Actually I think I bought my copy of the BSF/Jazz Mans Needle split at that fest.
And yeah, I saw Mineral on that same tour, it must’ve been. You’re now the third person I’ve heard from about this post who had the same experience and each at a different show.
RE: Mineral
I had a similar thing in a High School English class -- but they had us separate into groups and each group picked a song and dissected it's meaning. Everybody in my group knew there was no way in hell I wasn't going to pick the song since I had already made music my whole ass personality. So I picked SDRE 'Shadows'. Cue my (then) need to be the most pretentious kid in the room.
At CMJ in 96 Mineral gave my friend a CD copy of 'the power of failing' simply because he looked like he would be into it (IE: buddy holly glasses, morrisey hair, and a thirift store thisrt). But I saw Mineral only once in their original run -- on that last tour they did (97?) at a fest in Cincinnati and I had never seen a band that looked like they didn't want to be there more. Meanwhile a girl wearing a backpack cried and the power blew out twice. Actually I think I bought my copy of the BSF/Jazz Mans Needle split at that fest.
Ha! That’s awesome.
Nice choice of song.
And yeah, I saw Mineral on that same tour, it must’ve been. You’re now the third person I’ve heard from about this post who had the same experience and each at a different show.