Greatest aspie song ever!

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I've been listening to a lot of country and bluebrass lately (exploring my 'Texas-ness') and found a new favorite band- the Old 97's. Their song 'Friends Forever' perfectly sums up my high school experience and how I feel about it now. Enjoy!


Friends Forever
Artist(Band):Old 97's

I was a debater
Was not a stoner nor an inline skater
Was not a player nor a player hater
I was just a bookworm on a respirator
Who’s to say that’s wrong

I was in the chess club
Didn’t have a swimming pool much less a true love
Didn’t have a dalliance much less a hot tub
I was just a brain whose brain never let up
Who’s to say that’s wrong

The twelve years after five
Are years we’re lucky to survive
Hang in there friends forever
In memory far away
Hang in there friends forever
In memory far away

Went out for the football team
Found out the hard way that you can’t live your Dad’s dream
Had pretty thin skin to be in the machine
Then I found a guitar and the rest’s a fanzine
Who’s to say that’s wrong

The moral of the song
Is that the high school kids are wrong
You know they have been all along
Come graduation day you’ll be gone
Hang in there friends forever
In memory far away

Old 97s? I'm impressed to see someone else who listens to them.

Have you checked out Jon Langford yet in your search for good country music? Have you checked out any of the bands on Bloodshot Records [www.bloodshotrecords.com] - Bloodshot's an important label in the Chicago alt.country scene, and it's worth checking out the bands on that label if you're into the Old 97s.

As well, have you heard of the Mekons or Uncle Tupelo? Both are older bands - from the early '90s - but it's because of them that alt.country as a genre exists.

Musical rant aside, the lyrics come on slightly stereotypical - not all smart people are on the debate team and the chess club - but there's a good contrast between that world and that of his "dad's dream". Thanks anyway for bringing up those lyrics - I like different perspectives on the high school experience.

the closest I come to country music are local bands...Farm Accident and The honeydogs.But I really like this and it does make a good aspie theme song(I wasnt on debate but the speech team..also very nerdy)

Thanks for the recommendations. I've heard of Uncle Tupelo, they're ok. I'll definitely give the rest of em a listen. I wish I found out about the 97's sooner. Alive and Wired was recorded in Gruene Hall, a famous old-school dance hall about an hour drive from here. Must have been a great concert! Can't stand most of the Nashville crap they play on the radio. Alt and outlaw country have been alive and well here ever since I can remember. Most of the country bands I really like fit into these two categories, like:

Jerry Jeff Walker- remember going his concerts with my parents when I was little- late 70s
Billy Joe Shaver
Joe Ely
Steve Earle
Robert Earl Keen
Hank Williams III
Reckless Kelly
Cory Morrow
The Gourds
Austin Lounge Lizards
Asleep at the Wheel
Roger Creager
and, of course, the great one- Willie




I suppose the lyrics are a bit stereotypical, but they paint an accurate picture of what life was like for me in high school (and I suspect many others on this site). "Hang in there friends forever In memory far away"- brilliant line! 'Friends Forever' was the theme of my senior class, which now only exists for me 'in [distant] memory far away'.

Meant to thank you for your recommendations as well. Sorry I'm not normally the biggest country fan either. But I'm sort of exploring my Texas roots lately and I've been pleasantly surprised how much good country music I've found so far. Besides that I also bought a smoker and I'm learning how to cook Texas style BBQ. I've enjoyed eating it all my life, might as well learn how to make it. My brisket and ribs are getting pretty good! My waistline, not so much.

You quote kd lang in your sig. She had a pretty successful career as a mainstream country artist until she came out of the closet. After that she has managed to reinvent herself as 'adult alternative'. I saw her in concert a few years ago and she put on a great show. One of the better concerts I have ever seen.

Not to be a contrarian..(.I think Katie is pretty hot and I am not gay!)but the quote is actually a psychologist who worked with schizophrinics(and probably some misDXed AS folks)

As a Texan...how do you feel about Kinky Freedman and the Jewboys....I cant believe I forgot him!!!I saw him live in MN and he was very good.I only have one CD but I love the ...."They dont make Jews like Jesus anymore.He is also a great writer(well,pretty good smart ass anyway.)I was disappointed that he didnt win the election....he should come up to Minn....we voted for "Jessy the body Ventura"...I am sure he wouls have a chance.

Ah yes, much love for The Kinkster. I voted for him. Unfortunately only about three other people did.

This is contrary to opinion.

Uhh, what do mean by that?

sorry, what I mean is that it is your opinion that this is the greatest aspie song ever.

Yes, I do think "Friends Forever" is the greatest aspie song ever. If I tried to write my own song depicting what my life was like in high school, I could not do any better.

i think Gary Jules - mad world is a killer fucken tune

agreed on Gary jules!

Depeche Mode - Condemnation

~
If for honesty
You want apologies
I don't sympathize
If for kindness
You substitute blindness
Please open your eyes

Condemnation
Why
Because my duty
Was always to beauty
And that was my crime

Feel elation
High
To know I can trust this
Fix of injustice
Time after time

If you see purity
As immaturity
Well it's no surprise
If for kindness
You substitute blindness
Please open your eyes