It was June 2004 and I was driving from Plymouth, MA down to Cape Cod Community College (whatever town that’s in, I forget). I had to submit some paperwork to start classes in September although I didn’t give a hot fuck about anything other then partying and getting laid, and especially not furthering my education. I had squeaked out of high school on D minuses that my science teacher said were a gift to get me the fuck out of there. It was never that I wasn’t smart enough, I just didn’t care .
It was an idyllic time, I was about to graduate and go to Bonnaroo with around 10 of my friends. Suddenly as I was crossing the Bourne bridge the acoustic version of the foo fighters song “times like these” came on WBCN. Man, I started to fucking cry tears of pure joy, I was absolutely moved. That song is so cheesy but it totally did it to me. There are a few times in my life when corny ass music brought me to tears and this was one of them.
Ever since watching “Lemmy” and “Sonic Highways” I’ve grown to really respect Dave Grohl as an excellent human, although I am neither yay or nay on most of the Foo Fighters catalog. I was not prepared for what “times like these” did to me on that drive, but it was a beautiful moment I had with myself.
I’m sorry that medium mobile sucks at hyperlink support but here is the song in question:
