Plaidsurfshorts
04-11-2001, 11:41 PM
According to our nice little Synergy Rumor Pit archives, today is the one-year anniversary of when "Nothing As It Seems" hit radio airwaves.
I remember the first time I heard it, how I was intrigued at how much of a "departure" it seemed for the band, sonically speaking. I caught it on tape and listened to it over and over that night, soaking it in. As April 11th passed into April 12th, I wrapped the song around me like a blanket and have since, never let it go. Musically, I love everything about it -- all its layers and different sounds; How everytime I hear it, I seem to find a new aspect of the instrumentation to appreciate.
Now, I know a lot of you know that I love this song because a certain someone I'm quite fond of wrote it, but really there's so much more than that. To discuss the Jeff aspect, what I love about this song is that it showed a "darker" side to his writiing that I had never seen before. When I read that Jeff had penned the music and lyrics to the first Binaural single, I was honestly expecting something possibly along the lines of a more "souped-up" "Low Light", and really when I heard "Nothing As It Seems", I was intrigued. I felt as much -- dare I say it -- empathy for the author as I do when I listen to anything Eddie does lyrically. When I saw Jeff discuss the possible inspirations behind the song on MTV.com, it just amplified those feelings even more.
It came at just the right time for me. To get personal about it, I must be completely frank and say that I don't know if I'd be sitting here typing this if it weren't for "Nothing As It Seems". I was in a low and scary place the night I first heard it, and since, it has really been a song which has helped me get through some rough times, if only because it shows me I'm not alone in some of the things I am feeling. One moment sticks out in particular. One day during the summer, I came home and switched on the song, and when I went to sing, "she"'s and "her"'s came out in place of singing in third person about a guy. This wasn't a conscious gender switch on my part, it really just happened... But I realized I was singing it about myself completely. I just remember as the song ebbed and flowed that one time how I just lay there in the middle of my bedroom sobbing while I sang -- letting everything out. I guess that was my quintessential "NAIS" moment, which is to say nothing of how incredible it was for me to have it unfold live at the Toronto show.
So, pardon me for getting a little bit nostalgic here tonight, but this song is right up there with my absolute favourite PJ tunes. It's one of the my "Extra Special" songs I identify with the most, Methinks I owe Jeff and the guys a huge "thank you."
(((PJ/JA/"NAIS")))
Thanks for reading this, Jamily,
Sincerely,
PSS/Sarah
"What is a million people...listening...to your music?" - JA, "SVT".
I remember the first time I heard it, how I was intrigued at how much of a "departure" it seemed for the band, sonically speaking. I caught it on tape and listened to it over and over that night, soaking it in. As April 11th passed into April 12th, I wrapped the song around me like a blanket and have since, never let it go. Musically, I love everything about it -- all its layers and different sounds; How everytime I hear it, I seem to find a new aspect of the instrumentation to appreciate.
Now, I know a lot of you know that I love this song because a certain someone I'm quite fond of wrote it, but really there's so much more than that. To discuss the Jeff aspect, what I love about this song is that it showed a "darker" side to his writiing that I had never seen before. When I read that Jeff had penned the music and lyrics to the first Binaural single, I was honestly expecting something possibly along the lines of a more "souped-up" "Low Light", and really when I heard "Nothing As It Seems", I was intrigued. I felt as much -- dare I say it -- empathy for the author as I do when I listen to anything Eddie does lyrically. When I saw Jeff discuss the possible inspirations behind the song on MTV.com, it just amplified those feelings even more.
It came at just the right time for me. To get personal about it, I must be completely frank and say that I don't know if I'd be sitting here typing this if it weren't for "Nothing As It Seems". I was in a low and scary place the night I first heard it, and since, it has really been a song which has helped me get through some rough times, if only because it shows me I'm not alone in some of the things I am feeling. One moment sticks out in particular. One day during the summer, I came home and switched on the song, and when I went to sing, "she"'s and "her"'s came out in place of singing in third person about a guy. This wasn't a conscious gender switch on my part, it really just happened... But I realized I was singing it about myself completely. I just remember as the song ebbed and flowed that one time how I just lay there in the middle of my bedroom sobbing while I sang -- letting everything out. I guess that was my quintessential "NAIS" moment, which is to say nothing of how incredible it was for me to have it unfold live at the Toronto show.
So, pardon me for getting a little bit nostalgic here tonight, but this song is right up there with my absolute favourite PJ tunes. It's one of the my "Extra Special" songs I identify with the most, Methinks I owe Jeff and the guys a huge "thank you."
(((PJ/JA/"NAIS")))
Thanks for reading this, Jamily,
Sincerely,
PSS/Sarah
"What is a million people...listening...to your music?" - JA, "SVT".