Monday, June 28, 2010

Top 100: #93

Number 93: Nada Surf - Do It Again
Album: The Weight Is a Gift, 2005.
Added 5/21/07, 34 plays.



I absolutely love this song. I interpret it as someone getting over a depression, and using some old problems as a learning experience. The line, "When I accelerate, I remember why it's good to be alive," sounds like the narrator wasted a year or something, and is finally coming around. "Maybe this weight was a gift, like I had to see what I could lift," is one of the most optimistic sentiments ever put to song. We can't triumph over adversity without the adversity.

Also, great beat.


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2 comments:

dialmformichele said...

A heartfelt "yes!" to this. I recently saw them perform all of Let Go from start to finish. Lovely.

SteelyMan said...

Dang, I bet that was great.