Albums That Changed My Life Part 2: The Descendents-Two Things At Once

Sorry there I am getting ready to go to my friends birthday party. It was 7th grade and my good friend Tim was having a bunch of people over for a party. Tim was probably the nerdiest person I knew at that time. His voice cracked, he wore glasses and collected comic books (he is probably really successful nowadays), but he was still one of my best friends (I wasn't, and still am not the coolest of people). So a bunch of us go to his house for pizza and to watch some movies on his brand new laser disc player. As we chow down on some food we watch "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" (at the time there was supposed to be some racey scenes that you could only see on the laser disc version). As the party starts to wind down an older kid that is there puts on a cd (also a somewhat new thing at the time). What proceeds to pour out of the little speakers on the stereo will haunt my for years to come, and not in a bad way. The singer barks out "I like food, food tastes good" and the band dives into this onslaught of guitars and drums. Before I even realize what just happened, the song is over, and my life is forever changed. See, at this time in my life I was deep into my hair metal phase. My life was all about Poison, and Mötley Crüe, my days were filled with KISS and Britney Fox. For weeks I spent my days wandering around and trying to get my head around what I had heard. "I like food, food tastes good" is all I hear for weeks, months, years... I also remember at the time that I was in a music class in school that required us to write a song. Being that I have/had little to no musical talent, I penned an awesome ditty entitled "I hate food, food tastes bad". My teacher never knew that I stolen that little ditty from the Descendents, shit, I don't know if I was really sure if I actually heard that song or had dreamt it. It would be another couple of years before I remembered this song and actually picked up a copy of it for myself. Not my favorite Descendents song, but still a damn good song that reminds me of days gone by...