A couple weeks ago I discovered a song called First Day of the Rest of Our Lives. It’s a cliche line that could be said about any day but some days really do feel like the first day of the rest of my life. Looking back in my journal I found that I wrote that in reflection to my first day on my first real job after college. That really did feel like the first day of the rest of my life. Beyond the title, the words of this song strike a cord in me. This song was also the first MxPx recording I purchased. The bands been around forever, and seem like the father of Christian Punk. I’ve heard their stuff off and on since high school but I’ve never owned anything of theirs.
I am not one to buy albums of music, that’s the main reason why I love the iTunes Music Store so much. I have embarrassingly few CDs, but there are some that I find have too many good songs to pass up. One night over a year ago I listened to a friend’s copy of Avril Lavigne‘s Let Go about 6 times in a row. She’s got so many good songs on there, and I already had stolen a quarter of them I had to give and any pony up the $9.99. I know she a record industry creation, sounds like crap live, and a poser but I like her stuff.
My most recent purchase was a mediocre cover of a U2 great. The only copy I could get my hands of Sanctus Real‘s rendition of Beautiful Day was a crappy MP3 that a friend downloaded for me. It sounds like it was taped off the radio with a microphone and then all the levels were jacked up. So I was very happen to find a quality version on iTunes. (I should be getting paid for how badly I’m endorsing this thing on my blog). Why do I need a track that is just “alright”. Well there’s this mix CD I’m working on and well, I just couldn’t use U2’s version again.