▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: Classic Third Eye Blind from their debut album. While it's not my favorite from that album, it's still a great song. You have to respect Stephan Jenkins' writing.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: This is a classic song with Stephan Jenkins' iconic writing. I have always appreciated how personal and meaningful his writing is. It’s not my favorite, but it is definitely in my top five.
▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: As someone who always says no to doing drugs, that doesn't necessarily mean I'm going to say no to a song about drugs. I love this song. I remember when it first came out and it was such a fun song to listen to. Being that young, you don't pay attention to what the song is about and when a song is fun and good, then you like it and you want to listen to it over and over again. Now that I know what the song is about and understand the meaning behind it, it doesn't take anything away from the song for me and I still love it today.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: The meaning of this song is masked expertly by the upbeat tone. This is the first song that I'd ever heard from them and, at that time, it was just fun to sing along to. As I got older, revisited this song, and paid better attention to the lyrics, I found it to be surprisingly dark. I can’t help but to assume this was done on purpose. It's a great song with a great message.
▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: Stephan Jenkins can write some amazing songs. This is the first time that I'm hearing this song and I can't help but to like it.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: This song is probably the one that I relate to most, having loved and lost only to lament the time wasted rather than mourning the loss. It's another classic.
▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: That opening guitar riff slays. This is such a catchy song and one of my favorites from Third Eye Blind. You can get lost in this song and find yourself just relaxed and swaying with the music.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: There is something infectious about the opening riff to this song. Immediately upon hearing it, you can’t help but to bob your head. Though, as catchy as this song is, I feel it is one of their weakest songs substance wise.
▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: I didn't need to listen to this to know what song this is. One of the two songs from Third Eye Blind that I know by name, I used to jam out to this song back in the day. I loved the song then and I still love it now.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: This song was played endlessly on the radio in the 1990s. I mean, it was everywhere! It’s a tragic song about seeing a friend go through a hard time and trying to reach out and help them anyway you can. Even if their help would make that person never speak to them again, as long as it saves their friend, it’s not in vein. A beautifully written song.
▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: While the lyrics are very disturbing, it's a beautifully written and sung song. It's amazing how Stephan Jenkins can turn stuff like this into musical gold. I got lost in the lyrics and the last line of the last verse smacked me hard.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: When I picked this theme, I knew it would be easy to find and pick almost any song from this band and impress me on some level. I mean, there are nineteen tracks on their greatest hits album to choose from which are all great in their own right. This song is the last of those nineteen, and one of the more obscure songs from the band. However, it is my absolute favorite from them. It’s a tongue-in-cheek commentary on censorship, which I feel is more relevant today than when it was released. If you haven’t heard this song before, I highly recommend it to everyone. If the writing doesn’t win you over, then Stephan Jenkins' amazing vocal range and the beautiful piano, which serves as sort of a punchline to a joke, will.
▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: Stephan Jenkins still sounds the same today as he did back then. If I'm being honest, I didn't really care for this song. It's not a bad song, it just didn't resonate with me. My mind sort of wandered off while I was listening to it.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: This song goes to show that they’ve never lost their touch. The song continues their iconic theme of juxtaposition created by singing about something dark in such a beautiful way.
▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: Their older songs just seem to be better to me. They were a lot more catchy and I enjoy listening to them more. While it doesn't compare to most of their older songs, it's still an okay song.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: A song about losing love again, but in a much different way. It’s about being connected to someone’s soul and finding happiness there, then that connection being broken and watching the soul of someone he loved being destroyed by addiction where once he saw happiness in that person, he now sees nothing. Beautiful and sad.
▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: It's an okay song, but it doesn't have the same effect as some of the others. There were moments in the song that I liked and there were moments that I didn't. Most of Third Eye Blind songs are hit or miss for me and this just happens to be a miss.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: Stephan Jenkins is amazing at weaving a narrative into his songs, yet keeping it personal. Like most songs, it’s about loss. However, this time it’s the realization that sometimes the things we lose make us better. Jenkins suffered from addiction for a long time and, as someone who has been in a very similar situation, it’s not hard to relate to being better off without some of the things or people we thought we loved.
▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: Another song that I haven't heard before. Most of Third Eye Blind songs are good, some are great, and others are just okay. I think this song fits into the okay stack for me. While it was more rock than some of their other songs, I couldn't really get into it that much.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: The graduation referenced is a metaphor for the desire to grow up and be successful. It has an energy that is different than most of their other songs. It’s self loathing, yet anarchistic in it’s expression of that fact.
▪ 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐈𝐗: I felt that this song didn't have the same personal touch that most of Stephan Jenkin's writing usually does. I didn't feel anything from this song and I feel that it was just sub-par.
▪ 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐄: There's just something about this song that always seemed phoned in to me. It’s not bad, but up against the other songs submitted, it just doesn’t stand out. It's the same way I felt about it on the album as a whole.
