Social Distortion's "Story Of My Life" REVISITED

It was only a few days ago that we discussed a song that we thought perhaps we were one of the few stations playing on a regular basis for over a decade. Imagine our surprise when catching the film "The Break-Up" this past weekend and hearing Social Distortion's "Story Of My Life" on the soundtrack. If that wasn't enough to freak us out, the film also featured the band Old 97's playing themselves. Why the freak out? We were listening to the band in the car on the way to the cinema. Spooky...

By the way, it appeared that we may have been the only theater goers who enjoyed the motion picture that night. Great performances from everyone involved. Almost had a "The Way We Were" feel to it without too much focus on the building of the romance that led to the break-up like the 1973 Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand film did. Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn's characters get together in the first ten minutes of the film and the rest is about breaking up. Have no idea why the other members of the audience were disappointed by a film with that title. They had to have a gut feeling that the title explained it all and that the outcome of the movie was pretty much expected. Toss in a little bit of the bite from 1989's "The War Of The Roses" and that may give you an idea of the film. That may be a bit off base but the film is worth a look.

Speaking of the Old 97's...why wasn't "Designs On You" included on their recent "Hit By A Train: The Best of Old 97's" compiliation? Please tell us that we weren't the only station playing that great song. They performed the song a few times on television when the song was released as a single and may have received the most mainstream exposure of any of their songs. Yes...we go on record as loving the song and we were only wondering why it was left off a release from Rhino Records no less.