Favorite "Life" Songs #4 - "Story of My Life"
@teamfreak16 (43421)
Denver, Colorado
March 7, 2018 11:12pm CST
Time to cheer things up a bit in my countdown of my favorite songs with "life" in the title. We are at #4: "Story of My Life" by Social Distortion.
I was being sarcastic when I said "cheer things up." Led by vocalist/guitarist Mike Ness, legendary punk band Social Distortion is anything but cheery: Ness is a straight shooter who tells it like it is, and unless you are a rich white guy, you should be able to relate to the disappointment of "Story of My Life" in some regards.
From the band's self-titled 1990 album, "Story of My Life" was released as a single, and while it failed to chart, it is one of Social D's most popular tunes to this day.
There is a reason a punk rocker like @crossbones27 regularly writes about Social Distortion. Ness is the real deal and has actually lived his lyrics, with a sort of Johnny Cash-gone-punk persona that's hard not to like.
I've linked to the official video, appropriately filmed in black and white. 16 million views can't be wrong, can they?
Enjoy!
(Yep, that pretty much sums it up info verified by Wikipedia)
Social Distortion's official music video for 'Story Of My Life'. Click to listen to Social Distortion on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/SocDisSpotify?IQid=SocDi...
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8 responses
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Mar 18
Hmmmm.....have I heard this song before....not that I would have heard Social D's punk classic on KROQ a million times!
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
8 Mar 18
Haha, from inland empire and they never played it enough for my taste. I do not say that often because they sure killed everyone else's songs, well Rancid was pretty spoty also, but MTV helped a bit with that, Bad Religion used to get some major love, though.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
8 Mar 18
Holy crap does have 16 million views, thought you might have accidently hit a 1 in front of the 6. 
Really, this is one of the most unique songs ever written. I would like someone to try to find a song that sounds like this. Why when it came out, stood out like a sore thumb. That's what I miss about true music.
Really, this is one of the most unique songs ever written. I would like someone to try to find a song that sounds like this. Why when it came out, stood out like a sore thumb. That's what I miss about true music.3 people like this
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Mar 18
I actually remember hearing this on the radio. Not these days, though. Which speaks volumes about the sad state of radio.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
8 Mar 18
@teamfreak16 Indeed and was crazy because remember the station saying they were getting bombarded to who that band was, but also was very short lived. People really do not like sad songs. Unless, Johnny Cash.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Mar 18
@crossbones27 - I remember hearing "Ball and Chain" on the radio back then, too. The good old days.
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@FourWalls (62060)
• United States
8 Mar 18
Three "stories of my life" in my music world: this one, and two called "The Story of My Life," different songs by Justin Tubb and Marty Robbins. How different can that be? Well, they're all good songs.
Didn't think this could be left off.
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@FourWalls (62060)
• United States
8 Mar 18
@teamfreak16 -- I'd say because of your granddad's outstanding taste in music! 
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Mar 18
I've always had a soft spot for Marty Robbins.
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@RasmaSandra (73326)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Mar 18
Something completely new to me. Never heard this before. Since I am no expert I will ask you. Once I learn something new in music I explore further. I this the same song sung by someone else or is this a different song with the same title.
One Direction's official music video for Story of My Life. As featured on Midnight Memories, listen on Spotify http://smarturl.it/MidnightMemoriesSP Click to...
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
8 Mar 18
How you know its not punk 652,000,000. Social D 16 million. after 30 years
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
8 Mar 18
@RasmaSandra Love you miss lady, pretty cool what ever people like.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
8 Mar 18
@RasmaSandra Its a different song and may have way more views but not nearly as cool, but I am biased. As I say. If you like it, who cares.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
9 Mar 18
Oh I really like this one. Where was I? I do not remember listening to many of the songs.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Mar 18
It did get played on the radio, but it is punk, so it wasn't exactly wildly popular. You could easily have missed it.
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
8 Mar 18
I was almost going to say he looks goth... but then punk and goth sort of cross over
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Mar 18
I've known a lot of both that liked both.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Mar 18
Oh, it's a great song. One of their best.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Mar 18
You're quite welcome. As far as I'm concerned, it's a classic.
