Tanked Up

It took a while but I decided to get on board with the tumblr thing.  

Anyway, day 1 is my favorite song…….

 And I choose….

Santeria by Sublime.  There are many songs that I hear that I love and love listening to but this song has always been in my favorites.  It is a fantastic song with heartfelt and emotional vocals and you can hear the pain in Brad Knowell’s (the lead singer) voice.  It isn’t uplifting, however, it is powerful and has expressed how I have felt on many a tough and sad occasion.  The emotions are easy to grasp if you know the background of Sublime and how Bradley Knowell died of a heroin overdose before the major labor debut of their first album.  In this song and many others you can pick up on the allusions to his drug use and their effects on his life.  It’s a sad song when you delve into the lyrics but as it has happened on multiple occasions, it can turn into a group sing-a-long with your friends.  It’s a sad message about leaving your life behind and upon returning,  losing yourself and not being able to say how you feel to the person you love.