This is the second piece of writing dedicated to the bands that have influenced me over the years, and this one goes out to Dashboard Confessional. Now I know what you're thinking, how can this guy talk about Rage and then flip the switch and talk about DC. Well my friends, my music taste is quite diverse, and despite his recent climb to the top of the Trendy list, Chris Carraba is still the man when it comes to songs for the broken hearted who just want to scream at the top of their lungs everything that they are feeling.
I'm came into contact with DC in college through a friend who was really into him and I remember thinking "Wow it's just this dude with a guitar". This was way before he started having a backup band, and in my opinion Chris is much better alone. Anyways, I was having my own relationship heartbreak, and I remember hearing "Best Deceptions" and was like "Holy crap this is what happened to me!!! This guy totally knows what I'm feeling." And at that point I was fully connected with him forever.
Now, obviously DC isn't the most talented guitar player, in fact most of his songs are pretty simple but do have some intense strumming, but it's the lyrics that set him apart. Everybody in the world has gone through heartbreak, thus everybody can relate to these songs. You can say DC is winy, emo, whatever... but you know that when you get dumped, rejected, or jacked, you are just as winy, frustrated, confused, and angry, and these songs are for you. I loved going to his shows and having everybody know the words and singing right along. He didn't even have to sing, and sometimes he didn't. He'd let us sing because he knew these were our songs too. It was like therapy without the chair. So play it loud, and sing along at the top of your lungs, and when you see your ex give them the finger because DC is gonna take care of you...
So kiss me hard cuz this will be the last time that I let you
You will come back some day, and this awkward kiss that screams of other people's lips
We be of service to giving you away, to giving you awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
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So far you're two for two with the bands. Yesterday was definitely a Dashboard kind of a day.
Hope dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption . . .
haha yes! i remember when singing "SWALLOW CHOKE AND DIE" was way more therapeutic than the finger.
gasp!! ok ps: i know i am supposed to be doing my paper right now but i came to see if you had an update instead... anyhow i noticed that you have "office space" as one of your favorites... gasp!!! i love that movie! i watch it all the time! so now we have 17, 10th grade, and office space! oh we have washington too! BFFNA!
<3,
bri
The comment above you is part of a new trend of posting completely worthless crap on people's blogs, aka being a total jackass. I myself have been known to leave quite long but at least relevant comments. Even so, I think it would be prudent for the powers that be at blogger to put some sort of word limit on comments so as to hinder these miscreants.
And sometimes, if you're lucky, you get to see Chris Kruse's hairy ass on the way to Vegas to see young Chris belt his heartwrenching lyrics.
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