Its hard to explain actually, Im a guy that actually loves music alot. I listen from heavy metal to pop to classical music, love dancing electronic music and what uruguayan people dance here that is called cumbia or latin pop. At the time what I ws listening to didnt surprise me anymore, most were cliches and simple lyrics, most of the time when I first listen to a song i already was singing with it, cause I knew how it went. It wasnt bad music Aerosmith, Metallica, a couple of uruguayan bands, nirvana, tha clash, the who, but they were to simple and to predictable.One day I was listening to my cd player and the song Pardon me came up and it made me happy, so i listened again and payied atention and realized that (for me) it was talking about siucide and thought to myself this is a great way to talk about it. After that I went home and got the drive video clip that I remembered from Mtv and sow it and loved the song, again i loved they lyrics and then the song stellar ws put on my lap and I flipped out.
Here in uruguay Incubus is not a kown band most people dont know about it, so it was really hard to get an album from them nut i ended up getting the make your self album. Time passed and even though that album was on top of my list i was getting bored of it but still enjoyed it a lot.
Some time ago I was wlaking through Downtown here and i saw new releases on a music store (sort of a cd wharehouse) and the light granades album was on the shelf went in and bought it, no questions asked. The first song that hit me was paper shoes. The next day I went pass the same music store and I ask the salesman if there were any other cd from incubus and he was like What are you talking about? so i showed him the cd and he took me to the I sectionand in between the Iron maiden Cds I found the A crow left the murder album and went and bought it no question asked. Loved it. Not so long ago I asked my mom * shes living in the us) to get me the SCIENCE and Morning View album and she sent them.Cant stop Playing them.
The reason I love incubus at this time is that its the first band That actually suprised me with their lyrics, they continuos maturity in lyrics and their experimenting with rythms. Every album is diferent every song is diferent. Even though they do have cliches song they make it in a way special or diferent..... Take for exaple Stellar a typical love song but making it the other way around inted of watching the moon come out, lets watch the earth...
The truth is that Im glad I heard Pardon me when I did but i wished i payied attention to the lyrcs before.