I was free and positively unconcerned with the world.
I screamed every lyric, watched the mosh pit splash like a meteor landing in a lake, and swooned at Brandon Boyd’s passionate emoting.
In 2004 I finally got to see Incubus play live in Sacramento-my first big kid concert with no adult supervision. that validated my rage deep inside and the ecstasy I longed for. In my teen years, it was bands like this, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead etc. “Wish You Were Here” helped me greive my father’s loss, helped me hold him in a joyous light. The band shot a new video and the song topped the charts for a while. Considering MTV was the gatekeeper for all things music video, they deemed it inappropriate considering the events of 9/11. They had originally planned to shoot a music video that featured lots of screaming people leaping off a bridge into water in a chaotic panic as an homage to the film “Head” featuring the band The Monkees. The first song released from Incubus’ album Morning View was “Wish You Were Here” on August 21, 2001. Years later I found out the song actually had lyrics…I always fell asleep before them.
She played the song “Aqueous Transmission” before bed at every slumber party. I traded a young, folksy palette for the west coast’s moody alt and indie rocker boy bands. One of my cousin’s introduced me to them when I first moved to California in 2002. I was listening to “Just a Phase” earlier this evening, scream-singing it while parked in front of a misty nightfall, bobbing enough to rock the car.
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