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Almost forgot: A guy who lived across Frat Park from us, who was the son of a Central Illinois farmer, and who himself was apparently born in Canada, used to claim that Red Rider, had they been American, would have been considered to be in the "upper echelon" of rock bands. I had never heard of them, though I had, of course, heard the song "Lunatic Fringe." Once, when "Life Is a Highway" was all the rage, we were sitting at Gully's and he kind of slapped me on the arm and said, "See?"
I have to admit that "Life is a Highway" is on my phone because I have pleasant memories of the summer in which it came out.
I saw the Milky Way for the first time at his parents' farm. I was like, "What the hell is that?"
ETA: Oh yeah, he had some issues and wore them on his sleeve. I guess the guy was adopted, and once, after I used the verb "adopt" for the second time in a two-hour conversation, he walked out of the bar. When we left, he came at me with this rehearsed speech about how adopted kids yada yada yada and how he'd appreciate if I insulted him to his face. After I explained how I was sorry and that I had no idea, he wanted to hug me and everyone else there. Later, I helped him move everything out of his girlfriend's apartment (we were friends), and he had several expensive framed photos and prints he was taking. When he got the first one to his car, he smashed it in a rage, and then decided it was a foolish thing to do. Then he smashed the second one, before vowing not the destroy the third and fourth. "Don't let me do it!" he said. But he did. Intense man--scary intense.
So, Red Rider.
_________________ BigW72 wrote: Dave Grohl is an overrated and overhyped disturbance to the music industry.
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