Okay. So as a new years resolution I'm going to try and blog more in 2025...about whatever I feel like.

Comments about w/e always appreciated.

The first one will be a Musicalish.

@Cyberdevil triggered a repressed memory, although not a bad one, of music that I was listening to cope with a girlfriend ending the relationship with me.

That was over two decades ago.

My main source of music then was the radio and MTV. This is not the type of music I listen to nowadays, it's closer to being diametrically opposed. However, it's fun to reminiscence in the lens of the styles I used to enjoy.

Most of the music is from 2003, because that's when the breakup happened, but it wasn't uncommon for the radio to spruce in tunes from a decade earlier or so.

Sevendust- Enemy

This one isn't half bad. Song is simple but nice. I really like the chorus, wish the track was longer.

Foo Fighters- Everlong

The track that inspired this newspost. Foo Fighters is one of my least favorite bands, I find their style boring, don't like Dave Grohl's voice, and their instrumentals trite. However, I forgot about listening to this track in the early 2000s, it's pretty good and may even appreciate it a little more now. I like the atmospheric verse with the fast hi-hats against the smooth guitar and calm vocals. I'd say I like Dave Grohl's vocals when he's more subdued and isn't yelling.

Metallica- Frantic

So popular opinion is Metallica has sucked since the change of millennia and I'm inclined to agree. What happened to Kirk Hammett's memorably melodic soloing? However this song doesn't need it. Frantic Rolls along nicely with good variations in pace and accomplishes setting a tone of (st) anger and mental instability. I might be biased by the situation- first heard while lifting weights in PE class. I also used to rock it out while playing GTAVC. So a perfect backdrop.

Trapt- Headstrong

What a meathead song lol. It kinda sucks, but I enjoy it an ironic type of way. Also am I the only one that hears a frickin' pigeon in the bridge?

Switchfoot- Meant to Live

Not a bad track. Bodes nicely for the bittersweet vibe of the time.

Smile Empty Soul- Bottom of a Bottle

I like this one. The guitars have a good deep reverb and melancholy sound to it.

Alice in Chains- Would?

Quite a bit before 2003- but it was still a popular play on the radio at the time.

Alice in Chains was my favorite band at some point, and this track among my favorites.

Catchy and simple Phrygian riffs. A dark song but not too over the top.

The unplugged version is great too.

Mushroom Head- Sun Doesn't Rise

Not a fan of the song anymore, but the music video is pretty cool.

Megadeth- Symphony of Destruction

Megadeth > Metallica. I should listen to them more often.

This track was released long before 2003, but it was still played on the radio.

It was also in the PS2 Game True Crime: LA released that year, so that may have contributed to some resurgence.

Also I ran into Dave Mustaine once or twice while he was living in Phoenix.

Staind- So Far Away

I really dislike this song. I don't even think I liked it back then, but it was played so much on the radio/TV and fit the mood.