Still Figurin' Out Who I Think I Am

This one's about the Rez Juke catch-up (2 of 9).

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Holy crap! Not even two songs in to my ridiculously ambitious idea of writing nine separate blog entries for the "Resurrection Jukebox"  today, and already I've deviated from my plan (but hey, at least I decided to have a plan from the get-go, rather than trying to decide all willy-nilly what songs I'd wanna use while staring at a blank text entry box).

I was gonna put "Thirty-Three" by the Smashing Pumpkins ( Happy Halloween!! ) as performed by The New Amsterdams up in here...but when I went to grab it off YouTube, it turns out they also covered SP's "Today" also. Jackpot!

So here's the rundown...basically, the only original member of the Pumpkins left is singer Billy Corgan (who, coincidentally, is also the only person known to man who doesn't hate Billy Corgan). I'm pretty sure without looking it up that everyone else cut ties with him and is now back to working their first high school dropout jobs (pre-1995), or something. Except the touring keyboardist that died from a drug overdose that initially broke the band up once. He's probably the happiest of the lot, too.

And The New Ams are an on-again/off-again side project fronted by Matt Pryor, the lead singer of The Get Up Kids. As far as I know, everyone associated with The New Ams is still alive, although their lineup has always been in a bit of a state of flux, and even though they've released a good number of albums I think they've all had different musicians.

Fun Fact: Remember MySpace? Believe it or not, they put out a tribute cd to the Smashing Pumpkins (which is where The New Amsterdams' cover of "Thirty-Three" came from, and I still have it somewhere, even though I will swear until the day I die I never really had a MySpace profile). I'm also pretty sure I didn't actually pay for it...it must've come included with a magazine, I'm thinking, because it didn't come in a jewel case. I didn't borrow it from anyone, and I didn't steal it, but I don't know how else I could've come across it. Whatever. Great tune, and I'm glad I found it.

"I wanted more than life could ever grant me...
bored by the chore of saving face."
Lyrics.