Post Teen Crisis

This is one of my favourite songs. "Post Teen Crisis" by superGARAGE.

This is an unofficial video but at least you get to hear the song.

Enjoy!



"Rise up with a morning shower
Pile my face like a flower on... the floor
Check myself out in the mirror
Lines on my face so much clearer than... before

Try to let it go
Try to let it...

Tuck my face inside my blubber
Pull my sheet until the cover's on... my ass
Today I think I'll exercise
My body tells me otherwise... pass

Try to let it go
Try to let it...

Before I get old
(try to let it)
Oh, before I get old
(try to let it)
Hmmm, try to let it go
(before you get it)
Before I get old
(try to let it)
No

More there must be
More this can't be my... life
No - space - rat - race
Must - keep - this - place... tonight

Try to let it go
Try to let it...

Before I get old
(try to let it)
Before I get old
(try to let it)
Try to let it go
(before you get it)
Before I get old
(try to let it)
No

Try to let it go
Try to let it...

Someone's got to help me try to find myself before I get old

(try to let it)
Oh, before I get old
(try to let it)
Hmmm, try to let it go
(before you get it)
Oh, before I get old
(try to let it)
Oh, before I get old
(try to let it)
Oh, before I get old
(try to let it)
Oh, I try
(before you get it)
Hell, I try
Oh, before
(try to let it)
Oh, before
Ohhhh... I get old... Hmmm, I get old... I get old"

- superGARAGE "Post Teen Crisis" from the E.P. Duct Tape

Ghosts that Haunt Me

The sound quality isn't very good but I wanted to share this with you. This is the title track from the debut album by Crash Test Dummies.

I absolutely love this album. I can listen to it no matter what mood or state I am in. It has a nice feel good vibe to it.

I hope you enjoy it.

"There's a skeleton in everybody's closet
I can think of one or two in my own room
But I would like to introduce them both to you
You'd shake their bony hands and so dispel the gloom

'Cause you're so kind
I know you would not mind
You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now
And the things I fear
Just wouldn't seem so near
And when I stroll out late night
There would be nothing rattling at my heels

There are nights when all my aching bones won't let me sleep
And demons come to plague me as I lie in bed
But I know if you were sleeping there beside me then
That you could fend them off and they would let me rest

There are nights
When the wind comes howling through my old place
I have dreams
And I wake up with the sweat pouring down my face
And I wait till the morning comes

There will come a time I fear when all my days are done
And they will come collect my corpse and bury me
And then I hope you'll come over to the Other Side
To join me in out new life, keep me company

'Cause you're so kind
I know you would not mind
You'd send away the ghosts that haunt me now
And the things I fear
Just wouldn't seem so near
And when I stroll out late night

There would be nothing rattling at my heels"

- The Ghosts That Haunt Me, the title track from the debut album by Crash Test Dummies

Eat My Brain

"My droopy-eyed Madonna
a triple fire alarm
all the other rogues and darlings
get sent to the farm

I don't need to deceive you
'cause I feel no pain
maybe I should let you
come on and eat my brain.

There's an art to perception
so see it as you will
can you adjust my reception?
just give me the latest pill.

I don't need to deceive you
cause I feel no pain
maybe I should let you
come on and eat my brain.

I know you tried to forget me
well today is remembrance day
so if you're willing then let me
it's time to make your play

I don't need to deceive you
cause I feel no pain
maybe I should let you
come on and eat my brain."

- Odds "Eat My Brain" from quite possibly the best album ever released "Good Weird Feeling."

I can listen to this album over and over again and I never tire of it. As I got ready this morning, I started singing a song off of this album to myself with seemingly no provocation. I'm taking the album in the car now so I can listen to it on my way to work. In the meantime, you can enjoy this song.

Counting the Days

"So here I go and there you went...again

Just another stupid thing that I done wrong.

Locked up in my head, knocked down, beaten, left for dead

With all those brilliant things I should have said.

I gotta get away, and find something to do

cause everything I hear, everything I see, reminds me of you.

Still counting the days I've been without you 1, 2, 3, 4...

Still counting the days that you've been gone.

Day one, was no fun.

Day two, I hated you.

By day three I wish you'd come right back to me.

Day four, five and six, well I guess you just don't give a shit.

Day seven, this is hell. this is hell.

I gotta get away, and find something to do.

But everything I hear, everything I see, reminds me of you.

Still counting the days I've been without you 1, 2, 3, 4...

Still counting the days that you've been gone.

Still counting the days since you left me. 1,2,3,4...

Still counting the days since you've been gone.

A thousand things I wanna say to you, but it's too late now.

A thousand things I wanna say...

A thousand things I wanna say to you, but its too late now.

A thousand things I wanna say...

Still counting the days I've been without you.

Still counting the days that you've been gone.

Still counting the days I've been without you 1, 2, 3, 4...

Still counting the days that you've been gone.

Gone...

Gone...

Gone...

Gone..."

- Goldfinger "Counting the Days" from the album Stomping Ground

Dead End Countdown

"Exiled and pushed away, lost in time
Always I’ll be this bitter person
who’s stuck right here, disillusioned.
Don’t stand by
If you don’t like what you see.
So once satisfied,
No I won’t take what you said to me

Give me some time, give me some reason
Make up your mind, cool off the fever.
Drama must die, so give me some way
To salvage this life,
Finally it’s over

You oughta stay away, till you see
What runs through me
Unless you get this game,
The only one I wanna blame

My promise is cold, you’ve never been told
There’s nothing to hide, I never did lie
There’s no way to win
When love is in vain
I won’t take what you said to me

Give me some time, give me some reason
Make up your mind, cool off the fever.
Drama must die, so give me some way
To salvage this life
Finally it’s over.

Dead end countdown (4x)

I know we’re stuck inside a dead end countdown,
With no communication.
Straight down, we’re drowning in the respiration.
We’re lost beneath the surface.

Give me some time, give me some reason
Make up your mind, cool off the fever
Drama must die, so give me some way
To salvage this life
Finally it’s over.

Give me some time, give me some reason
I know we’re stuck inside
Give me some time, give me some reason
Now we’re stuck inside

Dead end countdown (4x)"

- The New Cities "Dead End Countdown" from the album "Lost in City Lights"

If you like this song and video please check out the interview I did with the band a few weeks ago and download the podcast for free.

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Brand New Low

"Over and over I keep wondering why
Then I give up and see that look in your eyes
Cause if I trip and fall,
I'll be to blame
And if I hit the wall,
I'll still be the same
Wasting your time with your so called friends
The ones you adore and the ones you pretend
And it's kind of sad and deranged
But it's not so bad that it can't be explained

Cause in my mind
It's all a waste of time
And there's no excuse at all
Then I realize, surprise
You were right all along

And I want to know
Have I gone too far
Have I sunk to a brand new low
And I want to know
If I've gone too far
Cause I've lost all my self control

Guilty as charged
I've been convicted and tried
Was it too much to ask for you to take my side
Cause there's nothing here left to defend
When it's always me
That you blame in the end

Cause in my mind it's the perfect crime
And there's no excuse at all when I realize
Surprise you were right all along

Nothing is what it seems,
To me you're sleeping without the dreams
Without you, nothing defines me

When I'm slipping away
It's only you that can find me
and I'm over my head again
I'm falling from end to end"

- Treble Charger "Brand New Low" lyrics and video from their album "Wide Awake Bored"

I love this video. I hadn't listened to these guys in a while but out on their "Detox" disc last night. As it was playing, I wondered why I hadn't played it in a while. These guys are great. Check 'em out!

5 Year Rut

"So this is the life, this is the life of leisure
The monster's gone, the demon's been raiiiiiiiised
No better time, there's no better time or season
To bury the past, you're no longer a slaaaaaaaave
It's the thorn in your side
It's like your soul divides

But it's over now, the wound's been shut
You can write it off as a five year rut
Well, tomorrow's the life, but tonight
She's learnin'' to breathe...

It's a beautiful ride down a familiar highway
You stop to the side reminiscing away
It's a natural high, it's the final kiss goodbye

Well, it's over now, the wound's been shut
You can write it off as a five year rut
Well, tomorrow's the life, but tonight
She's learnin'' to breathe...

Dooooo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-dooooo

Ohhhh, I beliiiiiiiieve there are no words that can answer
Your deepest desires and dreamiest dreams
Were you alone? Oh-oh, did your world explode?

It's over now, the wound's been shut
You can write it off as a five year rut
Well, tomorrow's the life, but tonight
She's learnin'' to breathe...

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo...

Learning to breathe...she's learning to breathe..."

- 5 Year Rut by superGARAGE from the album Demolition

- lyrics from the band website http://www.supergarage.com/Lyrics/DEMOLITION.html

This Day Last Year, Being Erica, and superGARAGE.

I decided to look back at my archives of my main blog at Silent Cacophony to see what I wrote about on this day last year. This what I wrote,

As I watched the episode last night, a song played in the background. Shows do this a lot. Sometimes I recognize the song, sometimes I don’t. It usually doesn’t effect my enjoyment of the show. Last night though, the song they played totally took my mind off of the story.

I couldn’t believe what my ears were hearing. Could it be? I concentrated on the song in the background. Yes, it was. They were playing “Keep” by superGARAGE.

Well guess what. I watched Being Erica this week with my girlfriend and in one scene Leo was playing a superGARAGE song. It wasn't the same song either. I had already told my girlfriend about this great group but I forgot to put them on her mixtape. I will on the next tape, that's for sure. I pointed out, "Hey, that's superGARAGE."

It was an amazing episode of Being Erica last night. Check out my post about it here. I really like this show and can't say enough good things about it. The same goes for superGARAGE.

I first saw superGARAGE play in 1994 in Hamilton. They put on an amazing show and I was an immediate fan. I bought their cassette tape and a T-shirt. The following year, they put out the album on CD. Since then I have bought all of their albums and have seen them perform live countless times. They are an amazing band.

It was so cool to hear their songs playing on a radio in a scene of a television drama again. That's what I wanted to share with you today.

I hope you have a great weekend!

I'm Allowed

"Waited for an answer
But I waited for twenty five years
They stopped my bleeding
But could never stop all those tears
I waited for the day when
He came out from beneath all that weight
I tried to lift it
But it seems I got there
too late

Just to late
Just to late
Cause I'm allowed

Came to the party
But I got my own signals crossed
Thought I was welcome
But I felt like I should get lost
I know that I'm older
Cause I feel that everywhere
I could talk to no one
Cause I knew not one person there

No one's there
They just stared
But they're allowed

As vivid as a car wreck
Watch them dripping off highway ramps
She came to me smiling
Her heart underneath both her hands
She spoke of a French boy
At least two times through the night
It could have been the liquor
Or the music but that is all right

That's all right
She's allowed
And I'm allowed
I'm allowed
I'm allowed"

- Buffalo Tom "I'm Allowed" from the album Big Red Letter Day

Today is the Greatest

"Today is the greatest
Day I've ever known
Can't live for tomorrow
Tomorrow's much too long
I burn my eyes out
Before I get out

I wanted more
Than life could ever grant
Bored by the chore
Of saving face

Today is the greatest
Day I have ever known
Cant wait for tomorrow
I might not have that long
Ill tear my heart out
Before I get out

Pink ribbon scars
That never forget
I've tried so hard
To cleanse these regrets
My angel wings
Were bruised and restrained
My belly stings

Today is
Today is
Today is
The greatest day
That I have ever known."

The Smashing Pumpkins "Today" from the album "Siamese Dream"

I love this song. This is my favourite song from one of the greatest albums ever released.

Enjoy!

Will You Remember Me?

"I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose

Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose

Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night

You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light

And I will remember you

Will you remember me?

Don't let your life pass you by

Weep not for the memories."

- Sarah McLachlan, "I Will Remember You"

Volcano Girls

"Leave me lying here cause I don't wanna go
tell me tell me what you really want from me
you've got to let me know
I'm falling off and I need you terribly
one down and one to go
volcano girls, we really can't be beat
Warm us up and watch us blow"

- Veruca Salt "Volcana Girls" from the album "Eight Arms to Hold You"

I Won't Settle For Nothing

"I wouldn't settle for nothing
I couldn't settle for that
I'd rather settle for something I don't believe in
than listen to anymore of your chit chat

There's no way
that you'll win
Cause I'm here
Starting all over again
Take back your pieces, take back your pawns
Take back your armies, I'll take back my arms
Positions don't matter, you move first
If I move last, somebody's gonna get hurt - get hurt

I wouldn't settle for nothing
I couldn't settle for that
I'd rather settle for something I don't believe in
than listen to anymore of your chit chat

Cause there's one thing that's intact
They're my dreams and it's my turn to laugh
Pushed all the buttons
You pressed all the luck
optioned the options
I don't give a
Fortunately, you move quickly
I move too fast
nobody's winning
You know it just can't last - can't last

I wouldn't settle for nothing
I couldn't settle for that
I'd rather settle for something I don't believe in
than listen to anymore of your chit chat"
- Headstones "Settle" off the album "nickels for your nightmare"

Blind Girl

"Hey girl, I don’t know what your thinking ‘bout yourself.
He’s playing with your heart, consider someone else
My temper flares when I see you standing there.
He’s treating you like shit.
You’re losing sight of your reason
and the problem is your vision is obscured
He’s taking you for granted ‘cause your vision is obscured

You’re just a blind girl, shame for such a kind girl
can’t see the darkness through the light
he’ll just confuse you, mentally abuse you
why don’t you get on with your life
just look outside yourself and see the hole within
just take your blinders off, and then you can begin
What does she see in him?"
- Vitamin Ted “Blind Girl” from their self-titled E.P

Give Up The Grudge

“Give up the grudge,
better shut your mouth,
Why ya gotta judge everybody but yourself?

Take a look around you,
they’re ain’t nobody home,
I might be a loser
but at least I’m not alone.”
- Gob “Give up the Grudge”

Is It the Thought that Counts?

“If it’s the thought that counts, you can always count on me. I think about it all the time.” - Soul Asylum song “Close” from the album Candy from a Stranger