Sweet Marie

All Things Ordinary

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MY NAMES RANDY, AND THIS HERE'S CARL THE DP.

Love the band, terrible music video actors, haha

I liked the first full length a little better but this band was awesome ... how unbelievably good "All Things Ordinary" still is ... most bands really popular right now will probably never write a song half as good as this one ...

Designing A Nervous Breakdown is flawless. This album will forever be in my top 10. One of my all time favorite shows. The Anniversary and Dashboard Confessional opening for Hey Mercedes at a college in Worcester, MA. And The Anniversary and Superdrag touring in support of their split CD with Mates of State opening.

Ah to go back to a time when music was just...THAT good.

Ah, no way, man. Your Majesty >> Designing a Nervous Breakdown.

Their sound gets so much more interesting on Your Majesty. Dark indie rock vs. the typical MOOG-centered emo of Designing a Nervous Breakdown. I'll take the former. And Modest Mouse totally swipes the intro to "The Siren Sings" for one of their tracks on Good News For People Who Love Bad News.

As good as their first release still as, they really started to shine in the second.each release has some stellar tracks.

Didn't they announce a reunion tour in January this year or did I make that up?

Imo the best track of theirs came on the vagrant records sampler "another year on the streets", it think it was called "I believe the reign of terror" or something like that. That song is just flat out awesome! Nothing could be put out today with boy/girl lyrics could to this band.

It's funny I used to have such a huge crush on the girl bc of her voice, though I can't say I have seen a picture of her LOL

Designing a nervous breakdown was one of the first cds I had to "hunt" for. Took me like 3 malls and a variety of stores to find the only copy which I bought at a best buy. When I left the store I opened the cd and it was cracked in half ad when I walked back in to take it back they would not accept it bc it was opened, those bastards! To think now there is iTunes/amazon and pretty good distribution for most labels in stores like best buy/target/borders etc...

Awesome band, check em out

My first show ever was The Get Up Kids with The Anniversary and The Appleseed Cast opening. I have been to hundreds of shows since, but that one kicked the whole thing off. I'll always have fond memories of this band as a result.

Saw The Anniversary open for Joan of Arc in Toledo OH at Frankies circa 2001. Show was amazing. Less than 75 people at a small dive bar. The type of show youll always remember. I talked with the guys in the band after the show and they were all really cool. Had them sign this limited edition lithograph thing they were selling. Only dissapointment was the keyboardist/vocalist chick never came out afterwards...there was something strangely sexual about her. Which I heard she was the reason the band broke up ultimatley. (Not sure how true that is) She also got with someone in the Get up Kids??...ohhh the rumor mill!!
Regardless both Designing a Nevous Breakdown and Your Majesty still get played regularly by me. LOVE D in DETROIT!

I do enjoy 'Your Majesty'.

Has there already been a weekly nostalgia for Acceptance?

EDIT: Okay, yeah. It was the second establishment of weekly nostalgia. I just busted out Phantoms again recently. I blows my mind they didn't blow up from that album.

Dear Dad, I'm having trouble feeling sad

Fucking love this band.

Sweet Marie was on a Vagrant sampler I had, I haven't heard that song in ages.

"she was a castaway from New Orleans"

Hahahaaa, remember The Anniversary in Emo Game?
I always appreciated the fact that they had a girl in their band.