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Rating: Behind a cover that is certainly not the best, lies one of the, perhaps the best Pop-Punk album ever. Perhaps not the absolute best, maybe one of them, but the group is definitely my favorite in the genre. They formed in 1987, their first album came out in 1994, and the subsequent ones are an ascending climax that in 2001 leads to the peak of "How I Spent My Summer Vacation."
The album has the ability to establish a great emotional value right from the start with those who follow this band, I don't know why, maybe because in its simplicity it can be easily defined as "Ours," "Mine," "Yours," or perhaps simply because it is the most representative album of the band. Perhaps the most beautiful.
Standing out is the anthem, the most acclaimed song, one of the most loved pieces by the Bouncing Souls, "True Believers." Not to be outdone are "The Something Special," "That Song," "Broken Record," and "Gone." Simple songs, melodic, direct, and above all beautiful. We don't have the levels of craziness of Screeching Weasel and Queers; we are on less raw and more melodic territories, we also have nostalgic tones absent in the early Pop-Punk, a greater seriousness (but not too much) and maturity that blends well with a certain playfulness (I'm not sure if that's the right word but honestly, I don't care much) that in an album like this cannot be missing.
And anyway, "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" is just a step in a career characterized by the complete absence of missteps.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
03 True Believers (02:31)
I've met some people along the way,
Some of them split some of them stay,
Some of them walk some walk on by,
I've got a few friends I'll love till I die
From all of these people I try to learn,
Some of them shine some of them burn,
Some of them rise some of them fall,
For good or bad I've known them all
We live our life in our own way,
Never really listened to what they say,
The kind of faith that doesn't fade away
We are the true believers
We are the true believers
Well you can fight or you can run,
Hide under a rock till the war is won,
Play it safe and don't make a sound,
But not us we won't back down
True believers all the way,
You and I...
We live our life in our own way,
Never really listened to what they say,
The kind of faith that doesn't fade away
We are the true believers
We are the true believers
True believers
05 The Something Special (03:25)
We can't agree on a single thing
I don't know why
We almost killed each other
On the inside
I managed to be a jerk anyway
It doesn't have to be this way
Forget about
The things I said
I make no
Excuse for them
I want to start again
I want to start again
We all walk our separate ways
I don't know why
I hope we meet again
Somewhere some day
I can't change the way you feel
It doesn't have to be this way
Forget about
The things I said
I make no
Excuse for them
I want to start again
I want to start again
I think about the two of us
I don't know why
I feel good on the inside
It's different now
I'm one I stand alone
I have to be this way
I have to be this way
Forget about
The things I said
I make no
Excuse for them
I want to start again
I want to start again
I want to start again
I want to start again
Forget about
The things I said
Forget about
The things I said
Forget about
The things I said
Forget about...
Forget about...
Forget about...
Forget about...
Forget about...
07 Lifetime (03:22)
Just like a sunny day can turn all dark and gray
This game goes on and on
Out on the streets, broken dreams they come so cheap
But no one can leave me for dead
Cuz I got one good fight left in me tonight
And the most beautiful girl in my head
Sometimes she comes to me in a song
sometimes she comes in a dream
She's all the joy in my heart, she's everything that I see
Days they come and days go by
Sometimes we fight and I don't know why
I'll give it all up to her
Everything I did and said
I've got all i want now in my sight
And the most beautiful girl in my head
Sometimes she comes to me in a song
Sometimes she comes in a dream
Shes all the joy in my heart, she's everything that I see
When we're together,
there is no time, there is no space
When we're together
Everything is in it's place
Turn myself inside out for her
My endless love is without form
Let my heart be the light that guides her through the storm
Tomorrow's a lifetime away
She's all I want today
08 Manthem (03:08)
I was alone I decided to get up
I decided to get out I picked up the phone
and gave my boys a shout
Told em I'd be out around nine,
no particular plan,
just whatever comes to mind
(pete) - Bryan called me up and said theres a show tonight,
and do ya wanna go tonight
(bryan) - I'm giving my girl the night off,
'cause I'm hanging out with Steinkopf
Whenever im down I know where my friends can be found,
whenever theres a doubt i just have to shout
He's my friend he's my alibi,
my accessory to the crime a bond that will never die,
till the end of time
Another night and we got somewhere to go,
goin out meeting up at the punk rock show,
where the air is hot and the music is loud,
my kind of place this is my kind of crowd
And we'll be here till the night is done,
Loyal to my friends and sworn to fun
12 No Comply (01:58)
I'm on the outside looking in...
That's where my story begins
Took the pain of growing up and I walked on through
This is how I'm showing up, I feel great, how about you?
So here I stand out on my own...
Myself, the only truth that I've known
I went through all the things that I had to do
You know sometimes it stings but, I feel great how about you?
Playing life just like a game...
Good or bad it's all the same
Let the world know how I feel and you know it's real
And you know I'm real
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