Much like discovering a new shortcut home, or noticing something new while watching your favorite movie for the thousandth time, the feeling of hearing a song this fucking rad for the first time sparks a tingling in my stomach.
This is the stuff that slows me down on my busy days, cheers me up on my blue days, and makes me realize how good I might just have it on my shitty days.
Every time I listen to this Kleenex* song it’s as if there is a voice coming through on every vibration that blasts out of the speakers, yelling at me to GET STOKED, GET OFF YOUR ASS, and GET SHIT DONE. And I don’t even know what the lyrics mean!
But once the final discordant jangles of this song dwindle away, I am left sitting on the couch listening to the chirping of cicadas in the cool night air at the end of summer. My guitar collects dust in the corner of the room and I cannot help but feel the weight of songs yet unwritten.
So, let’s make some friends and write songs for shitty days. Songs against death. Songs against cynicism. Songs against apathy. Songs against the nay-sayers. Songs against the jaded. Songs against the greedy. Songs for the kids.
And remember: all you need is three chords.
*The band changed their name to LiLiPUT in 1979 after being threatened with a lawsuit (Kleenex was a brand of tampon in Switzerland). Kill Rock Stars recently released a Kleenex/LiLiPUT discography 2xCD which you can order here.
Tags: doin' it for the kids, Kleenex, LiLiPUT, punk rock, Switzerland
