Speaking as a Child of the 90's......... Songs from My Youth Vol. 1

I want to be completely honest and upfront about this post. I am stealing a bit from my favorite radio person – Tony Kornheiser. He does this bit called “Old Guy Radio” in which he plays a song, typically from his youth, and proceeds to talk over it and about it. It's cool but since he's old I don't really relate to the songs, but I love the concept. So, here I present to you “Songs from my Youth.”

First song up, “White, Discussion” from Live. There is no particular reason I am picking this song other than the fact I was thinking about it today. I was driving in the car, going to pick up the kids at their grandmother's house. I felt like playing loud music and singing along loudly. I used to do this all the time. Now, life tends to get in the way of quality alone time.

Anyway, I was searching through my selection of music and getting frustrated at the lack of songs that motivated me. For whatever reason my mind wanders into a memory of my youth in which I would be home alone blasting music and sing along at the top of my lungs. This song, “White Discussion” was one of my favorites to sing along with.

Live, for those who are unaware, where or maybe still are a band from York, PA who hit it big with a couple of hits in the mid-nineties. They really haven't been heard from too much since. The last album I bought from them was Secret Samadhi in 1997.

Back to the song of the moment. It's certainly not one of their more popular songs in their catalog but I always loved it more than most of their other tunes. It spoke to me as an angry youth who was interested in politics and changing the world and all that stuff. Listening to it now, the lyrics are a little pretentious and heavy-handed but the music still rocks. The drums and bass work tightly as the guitar swirls around in the foreground. I am a sucker for any song that starts off calm and builds into an emotional crest that crashes into a fury. All in all, it's a decent song that can get you fired up as you shout “Look where all this talking got us, baby!!!!!”

Enjoy

Live - White, Discussion.mp3