Blue October - Hate Me
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Channel: BlueOctoberVEVO
Views: 77,599,319
Rating: 4.7924447 out of 5
Keywords: Blue, October, Universal, Rock
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Length: 4min 10sec (250 seconds)
Published: Wed Oct 07 2009
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I remember first hearing this song on the radio in my car. I was listening to a Top 40 station or something, and a chipper female DJ came on and said, in her chipper DJ voice, "And now the HOT new single from Blue October..." followed by three of the most depressing minutes of my life.
Annnd now I'm depressed.
The Acoustic version is even more heartbreaking.
Blue October is my guilty pleasure band. They'll always hold a special place in my heart. I never cared for the albums after Foiled but every album before- oh my god. Really spoke to 19 year-old-depressed-in-college me.
What I can respect about Blue October maybe over all else, is just the variety of their music. You have something like this, dark enough for a following, catchy enough for the radio, but then they've got things like Drilled a Wire Through My Cheek which is far heavier, or the vaguely dancable X Amount of Words, the more retro Overweight, and the markedly softer and more intimate It's Just Me. And that's just off Foiled. They put all of that onto one album and it still flows beautifully. I only wish they'd put the thing out on vinyl already. Who knows. Maybe for the 10th anniversary.
Listening to this makes me feel 16 again. WHY DIDNT YOU LOVE ME, LAURA?!?!!
That said, good band and a good song.
As someone struggling with addiction this is a strange song to trigger nostalgia. I really didn't understand the gravity of the song when it came out, but now hearing it is haunting.
I see a bunch of comments about thinking about a girl when hearing this song, and it reminds me how easily people can ascribe meanings to music that aren't necessarily there. This song is about his mom always being there for him and helping him when he was at his worst, even though he wanted her to be happy and wanted her to hate him so she would stay away and be happy without being dragged down by him. Still a beautifully depressing song.
It's so nice seeing Blue October on this sub. I've followed them since almost the beginning, and I love how far they've come as a band, and how far Justin has come as a person. Some people don't like the sound of their new stuff, but I love hearing the transformation in the feelings behind their music.