This Roper song is my second favorite song on the album Brace Yourself for the Mediocre. Although I was quite young at the time, I still identify with a lot of the aspects from “my decade”.

“1985” By Roper

On the back of the schoolbus singing, “I Love Rock and Roll” put another dime in the jukebox, Let the Good Times Roll Grab the back of a Buick Skylark just like Michael J. Fox Grind the trucks on your brand new skateboard just like Tony Hawk Delorean those days are gone We could breakdance, Pop-lock our wrists kid before your grunge rock ever existed

This song is one of my newest favorite songs and so I thought I’d share the lyrics with you. Part of what I love about this song is the fact that I was acting this way for a while at Cornell and I could have used a song to point out how ridiculous I was being. It’s about trying just hard enough to not be the worst. For a while I just wanted to get the curve. Then I realized how bad that was. I needed to strive for the absolute best and never settle with being on the curve. The lyrics are great and Reese proves once again why he has a legion of fans.