“Sunday Morning” by No Doubt

[Verse 1]
Sappy pathetic little me
That was the girl I used to be
You had me on my knees

I’d trade you places any day
I’d never thought you could be that way
But you looked like me on Sunday

[Chorus]
You came in with the breeze
On Sunday Morning
You sure have changed since yesterday
Without any warning

I thought I knew you
I thought I knew you
I thought I knew you well, so well

[Verse 2]
You’re trying my shoes on for a change
They look so good but fit so strange
Out of fashion so I can complain

[Chorus]
You came in with the breeze
On Sunday Morning
You sure have changed since yesterday
Without any warning

I thought I knew you
I thought I knew you
I thought I knew you well, so well

[Bridge]
I know who I am, but who are you
You’re not looking like you used to
You’re on the other side of the mirror
So nothing’s looking quite as clear
Thank you, for turning on the light
Thank you, now you’re the parasite
I didn’t think you had it in you
And now, you’re looking like I used to

[Chorus]
You came in with the breeze
On Sunday Morning
You sure have changed since yesterday
Without any warning
And you want me badly
Cause you cannot have me

I thought I knew you
Now I’ve got a new view
I thought I knew you well, oh well

[Outro]
Ooh, on Sunday morning
Without a warning
Sunday morning
Want me badly
Cannot have me
Sunday morning

This past week I have been going back in time to my middle school days and listening to the music I used to listen to back then. The other night I had my Youtube videos on autoplay and I heard the beginning to “Fat Lip” by Sum41 come on and I got so excited because it had been a while since I actually listened to and enjoyed this song. From there, I heard a lot of songs from Good Charlotte, Blink182, and then Avril Lavigne and No Doubt. In my first blog post, I had written about skate punk and how it has evolved into many different forms of punk. I hadn’t thought about it since then. But, as I was researching for my presentation for this class, I started to realize how many subgenres of punk there actually was. My song is by the band No Doubt, and I dove back into the endless Wikipedia pages of the various genres that No Doubt covers. There’s ska-punk, new wave, two-tone, ska-rock, reggae rock, punk-core, ska-core and many many more. All of these have a similar thread, but can also sound completely different. Also: I realized that I have always been a fan of ska music! I have been listening to Sublime for as long as I can remember, thanks to my dad. Ska has become a new “obsession” of mine. Attached to this post is one of my favorite ska songs! (Watch the video, it’s amazing)

 

When I was young, my mom used to play 80’s music in the car for me. Songs that I remember hearing range from “Bette Davis Eyes” by Kim Carnes to “When You Were Mine” by Prince. I remember singing along in the car with my mom when I was very young. The conversation that we had in class today about me not understanding the lyrics to “Bette Davis Eyes” when I was little made me think about all of the other songs that I used to listen to that I never full understood the lyrics to. I remember singing “Greased Lightning” from Grease and singing all the dirty and mature innuendos that a child of my age shouldn’t have been singing!

I went to see Rock of Ages the other night at Fisher Auditorium with my mom and we were laughing the entire time because of all the sex jokes that were in the show. We were laughing even harder at a mom that was sitting in front of us who had two little girls who looked 4 and 7 years old. The show was filled with dirty jokes, allusions to sex and a ton of swear words. Every time something dirty would happen, the mom would shield her daughter’s eyes or try to cover her ears so she wouldn’t be exposed to it!

The experience reminded me of when I was that young and was exposed to that nature of comedy and music. I think I grew up completely fine even though I was singing all the words to a song that was about a woman who would seduce and sleep with many men!

I figured that I would add my favorite song to this blog post! You’re welcome, Dr. Baumer!!

Lately, I have found enjoyment out of more music that I wouldn’t usually like. For example, I found this song called “Rich” by Maren Morris and by first listen I was really into it. And then I listened to it again and realized it was country!!! I usually hate country, but this song slaps. Then, I found more of her music and I found out how much of a versatile artist she really is. Her main focus, I think, is country pop, but she was also the singer on the popular song “The Middle” by Zedd & Grey. For a Everything-But-Country kind of person, I really enjoy her music and I’ve started to open up to more kinds of music that I never would’ve thought that I would enjoy.