#107 "How's It Going to Be?" by Third Eye Blind

Remember Third Eye Blind? They burst onto the scene in the mid-nineties with what was all at once the most catchy then suddenly most annoying song you'd ever heard. Semi-Charmed Life? You know... the one that goes "Do-do-do... do-do-DO-do... do-do-do... do-do-DO-do." That was followed by "Graduate," a tune that they seemed to be almost begging high school kids to pick as their end-of-year song. Another track was used in a suicide hotline commercial. I think their singer was dating Charlize Theron for a while. They were all over the place for a few months, and then they just disappeared. It's hard to stay relevant these days when literally ANYone can release an album.

I was not really a fan of 3EB, but they did have this one song that I thought was pretty powerful. Also remember that this list is supposed to be representative of all of the artists in my cd collection. This is one of my wife's cd's. I had to throw her a bone or two here!

"How's It Going to Be?" is pretty emotional stuff. It's from the perspective of a person who wonders how life is going to be for his ex-girlfriend once she realizes that he's no longer in her life. I read something where the singer talked about love songs and break-up songs, but that he'd never heard many aftermath songs... the ones about that awkward space where something so great used to be but is now gone. I can completely relate. There were these two girls I dated when I was younger that meant so much to me at one time, but when we broke up I could just never handle the relationship anymore. I pretty much never spoke to them again! I just wasn't mature enough to know how to navigate that territory. It's kind of sad to me now to think about it. It's a pity when someone so significant to you is no longer a part of your life. You can't even really laugh about the old times because you just couldn't figure that transition out. Oh well... I guess there's always facebook!

"How's It Going to Be?" is from the album "Third Eye Blind." To hear the song, click on the icon in the widget jukebox along the side of the blog.