Jimmy Eat World Band • Page 653

Had a skater kid give me a mix CD and sweetness was on it and then my best friend/older brother figure bought bleed American in 2003-4 and that made me get it because I just wanted to copy whatever he was into.

but the first thing I got on my own was Futures

 

I first heard them bc they played Tom Delonge’s wedding, so I downloaded a couple songs from Clarity on Limewire. and then they achieved greater mainstream success with Bleed American.

Their first album I actually -purchased- was Futures. Prior, I had only downloaded their music I eventually purchased all of their records tho!

 

My man.

I had heard JEW I think on MTV with The Middle or possibly even Sweetness. They might have played on the local rock station which was 107.7 the X. Maybe? Either way..... I had been Limewiring songs of theirs out of order. I had most of Bleed American and found a fascination to this band and I wanted more of. I think I found Believe in What You Want and Lucky Denver Mint and had them in my collection and ended up burning all of that to a CD. Songs were not in album order. At some point I finally had the official Bleed American track list and that was euphoric. Never did the rest of Clarity in that era of me. Don't think I knew what albums they had. I would have been 15/16 years old.

Time goes on and I'm anxiously waiting Futures to come out. I find out Just Tonight is coming to Burnout 3 and I'm stoked. The game released before Futures does so its maybe the first song I hear from the album. Goated song on a goated album put into a goated game. Take me back. (I've typed this story before here but I love typing it again!)

 

Wait what

 

I had heard the Tom wedding story, but something clicked for me when I read the topline Rolling Stone review of Bleed American, back when being the lead review in that section really meant something.

Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

I was 16. Drove 30 miles because I lived in the sticks and was going to see American Pie 2 at a theater where we could sneak into R-rated movies. Stopped at Best Buy on the way home and bought this album.

And it changed my damn life.

 

Wow, that reads like a retrospective review you'd see published today by an outlet that ragged on the album when it was released. Surprised to see someone "get it" and explain what makes JEW different and great so clearly, at a time when emo was so derided, in such a huge publication.

 

Never read that review before

 

I wish there was a Hell Yeah button next to the like button

 

Listened to Failure, which failed to leave an impression