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So Sum 41 used to be one of my favorite bands but I haven't followed them in forever. Decided to look up their latest stuff after listening to a few old favorites today.

I...don't know if I like it. I guess it's not bad but that is not the sound I expected from Sum 41.

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I never knew Waylon Jennings was almost onboard the plane that crashed and took Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly.

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Yeah, I think he literally drew the short straw. My understanding is he feels guilt over the whole thing and felt he should have been on the plane with them.

Edit - I lied. It was Jennings band mate and he lost a coin toss. 

"When Holly learned that his bandmates had given up their seats on the plane and had chosen to take the bus rather than fly, a friendly banter between Holly and Jennings ensued, and it would come back to haunt Jennings for decades to follow: Holly jokingly told Jennings, "Well, I hope your ol' bus freezes up!" Jennings jokingly replied, "Well, I hope your ol' plane crashes!"[29] Less than an hour and a half later, shortly after 1:00 am on February 3, 1959, Holly's charter plane crashed at full throttle into a cornfield outside Mason City, instantly killing all on board"

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16 hours ago, RPS said:

Is there a band more disappointing than the Strokes? 

 

Tool for me now that I think about it. They're not garbage or anything but you'd think they were the most creative, innovative, interesting, awesome, talented, etc based on what people say and...they're alright.

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4 hours ago, metalman said:

In what way? Failure to deliver on initial promise?

I think their first album is by far their best but I quite like 2 and 3 and 4 have their moments. Can't remember much about 5.

Like Is This It is one of the greatest albums of all time and they release mediocrity ever since. It is disappointing. 

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I think Room on Fire is decidedly above mediocre, wouldn't go to bat for any of the other albums but they usually at least have one song I really like and then the rest is forgettable.

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Got into a little argument about the story of a song. Am I right?

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A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher
Ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
One's headed for vacation, one for higher education
And two of them were searchin' for lost souls
That driver never ever saw the stop sign
And eighteen wheelers can't stop on a dime

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
It's what you leave behind you when you go

That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres
The faith and love for growin' things in his young son's heart
And that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children
Did her best to give 'em all a better start
And that preacher whispered, "Can't you see the Promised Land?"
As he laid his blood-stained bible in that hooker's hand

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows
I guess it's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
It's what you leave behind you when you go

That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday
As he held that blood-stained bible up
For all of us to see
He said "Bless the farmer, and the teacher, and the preacher
Who gave this Bible to my mama
Who read it to me"

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway
Why there's not four of them, now I guess we know
It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you
It's what you leave behind you when you go

There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway

 

 

The hooker survived the accident and was the second preacher's mother, yes? That's why there's only three crosses?

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