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I ended up getting promoted from rhythm guitarist to frontman of my high school band when they realized I was good at screaming because a dude and I were messing around on a cover of For Want Of towards the end of practice.

Whenever I'm feeling particularly anxious or depressed, this is one of the first songs I go to.

One of my favorite opening lines in any song I've ever listened to, hooks you immediately.

It used to bother me a lot more when I was younger, but honestly the older I've gotten the more I just look at myself and how much I've changed from top to bottom including in a lot of cases things like my tastes in music, and I realize that you can't just expect somebody to stay stationary in life. We're all moving, we're all changing, and you can't expect a musician to only want to do the one thing for their entire career.

So ultimately, yeah it can bum me out when a band changes their sound in a way that I don't enjoy, but I'm just thankful that for the moments it did we had a special connection and leave open the door that maybe down the road I will appreciate the new stuff more than I initially did.

The other day while talking to a friend I compared somebody else's music to Buffalo Tom, and then said "I fully recognize I'm probably the only person who cares about Buffalo Tom", so thank you for proving me wrong.

The first Cramps song I ever heard early in my teens, I was instantly hooked.

My stepfather, who I adored, was an instant huge fan of Death to Smoochy after it came out on home video and would often sing the line "Stepdad's Not Mean He's Just Adjusting"

Omg, how did I not know as the hardest of hardcore Bright Eyes fans that this exists? Great cover(s).

I don't think the selection of films really justifies the price, but the book and teleplays and bonus features are very cool if you love Cushing (which I do).

This song is great and this album is one I feel like far too many people overlook. As a huge Nebraska fan, I'm down for any time The Boss wants to strip down and get all acoustic on our asses, and while it isn't as great as Nebraska it is still easily my favorite 90s Springsteen album and high on my list of favorite E Street Band-less albums.

I'm of real mixed emotions here. I totally understand why latino/a folks want this film to succeed, there has never really been a film to this scale to feature as predominantly a latin-american cast as this one, and that's certainly a big moment. I have a latino friend who is going purely for how big a moment it is for representation of his culture and I get it.

However, so much of the complaints about how iffy the film's likely performance I've seen really border damn close to just complaining about the strike "ruining" things for people (like we didn't all know this film had 'potential bust' written all over it for a long time now) and studios' plans. And frankly, while I certainly hope for more latin-american representation all across film, I also think that trying to save Warner Bros Discovery from their own disasterous decision is counterproductive to wishes of future good quality and original programming

Not a month goes by that I don't get the sudden urge to revisit this song, it is really an all time favorite.