School of Fish — 3 Strange Days
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For three strange days
I had no obligations
My mind was a blur
I did not know what to do
And I think I lost myself
When I lost my motivation
Now I'm walking 'round the city
Just waiting to come to
For three strange...
For three strange days
Well I couldn't put a smile on my face
So they dressed me up in all of their clothes
And took me somewhere else
And Johnny Clueless was there
With his simulated wood grain
So I pulled up a chair
And started drinking by myself
For three strange...
And I've got to make it through
No matter what it takes
I've got to make it through
These strange days
Well I lay down for a while
And I woke up on the ocean
Floating on my back
And staring at the gray
It was completely still
Except the pounding of my heart
Bringing me back to life
From three strange days
Three strange...
Three strange days
Three strange days
I had no obligations
My mind was a blur
I did not know what to do
And I think I lost myself
When I lost my motivation
Now I'm walking 'round the city
Just waiting to come to
For three strange...
For three strange days
Well I couldn't put a smile on my face
So they dressed me up in all of their clothes
And took me somewhere else
And Johnny Clueless was there
With his simulated wood grain
So I pulled up a chair
And started drinking by myself
For three strange...
And I've got to make it through
No matter what it takes
I've got to make it through
These strange days
Well I lay down for a while
And I woke up on the ocean
Floating on my back
And staring at the gray
It was completely still
Except the pounding of my heart
Bringing me back to life
From three strange days
Three strange...
Three strange days
Three strange days
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The entire album is great. So is the second one. I saw them live at The Vatican here in Houston, 1993 or so.
murdog wrote:
YEs! Love that song.
Now how about Three Days by Jane's Addiction?
YEs! Love that song.
Great lost song. glad you are playing it.
MattRudely wrote:
Well, those are certainly words.
I am A repeater, I played this for three strange (Looped) days in 199* on my (pirate) station
No buddy belied me till I said a friend's name over the broadcast (I never talk) Great Song PS I can't believe, so many had a comment. Great song
Well, those are certainly words.
I am A repeater, I played this for three strange (Looped) days in 199* on my (pirate) station
No buddy belied me till I said a friend's name over the broadcast (I never talk) Great Song PS I can't believe, so many had a comment. Great song
timmus wrote:
I hate that I don't hate this comment.
Me every time I hear the opening riff: "Is it 3 Strange Days or Alanis Morrissette?"
I hate that I don't hate this comment.
GOOD TUNE!
Me every time I hear the opening riff: "Is it 3 Strange Days or Alanis Morrissette?"
jcbenten994 wrote:
Same here!
I remember hearing this on the radio and not knowing who did it...this was before the internet. I searched for awhile but could never find it.
Love this song. Thank you RP!!
Same here!
Somewhere around the summer 1993 A pretty girl by the name of Stephanie made me a mixed tape with this song on it. She also introduced me to Primus by taking me to Lalapalooza. Great memories! 
I remember hearing this on the radio and not knowing who did it...this was before the internet. I searched for awhile but could never find it.
Love this song. Thank you RP!!
Love this song. Thank you RP!!
This song simply sucks!
Josh Clayton-Felt was a diamond in the rough, cut down way too young. Lot of fond memories tied up in this song for me... pop radio or not.
benloe wrote:
this is just what i was thinking too!
I am A repeater I played this for three strange days in 199 on my station
no buddy belied me till I sad a name (I never talk) Great Song
no buddy belied me till I sad a name (I never talk) Great Song
this is just what i was thinking too!
robertomiller wrote:
Only bcuz you say.
Oh, those glorious, heady, heady days of the early 90's... when music and everything else really started to bloom for the better...
Only bcuz you say.
robertomiller wrote:
Watched the video for this the other day on YouTube. Kinda dragged but this song was cool when it came out. Shame they didn't come up with anything else...
Oh, those glorious, heady, heady days of the early 90's... when music and everything else really started to bloom for the better...
Watched the video for this the other day on YouTube. Kinda dragged but this song was cool when it came out. Shame they didn't come up with anything else...
khardog145 wrote:
Something about this song remotely resembles Cheap Trick! Not a bad thing.
I saw Cheap Trick at the height of their popularity. Saw the concert, and then Rick Nielson showed up at the club I was at after the show. Got to have a drink with him. But got to disagree respectfully that the band sounds like Cheap Trick.Underlying guitar riff is killer. School of rock 101. Nicely done.
Now how about Three Days by Jane's Addiction?
Close my eyes, sit back, crank up the volume on the headphones, and let the goosebumps cover my body. Very few songs deserve my 10 - this is one of them.
Strange days indeed. I’m so glad to find this here. It is a brilliant and perfect, yes, pop song. Not a thing in the world wrong with that.
Hope to “see” you all on the other side of these strange days.
Hope to “see” you all on the other side of these strange days.
I remember the first time I heard this back in 1992 on a college radio station back in NJ. I was like, Wow, this is cool!
Brilliant out-of-left-field segue: "Running One" from "Run Lola Run" soundtrack => this.
A shame this band was pretty much a one-hit wonder. It was quite a hit.
A shame this band was pretty much a one-hit wonder. It was quite a hit.
benloe wrote:
Well, those are certainly words.
I am A repeater I played this for three strange days in 199 on my station
no buddy belied me till I sad a name (I never talk) Great Song
no buddy belied me till I sad a name (I never talk) Great Song
Well, those are certainly words.
Big Rating Points
because, I have never heard of a band called
"School of Fish"
but....song kinda sucks 😕
Something about this song remotely resembles Cheap Trick! Not a bad thing.
Whoa, long time, no hear. Loved this when it came out, still do.
rythm guitar, bass & drums kick !!
Awesome song! 
This is a great CD that I have kept in rotation for years. It's sad that they weren't able to create more music.
robertomiller wrote:
When we finally started to hear less of G N' R..thank Dawg.
Oh, those glorious, heady, heady days of the early 90's... when music and everything else really started to bloom for the better...
When we finally started to hear less of G N' R..thank Dawg.
Oh, those glorious, heady, heady days of the early 90's... when music and everything else really started to bloom for the better...
I remember seeing these guys on MTV back in the early 90's. At the time, this was a new sound added to the cool grunge stuff coming out of Seattle...softer, fun grunge that counterbalanced the heaviness of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Tool. Liked it then and like it now. For those in the peanut gallery who are shouting that these guys have no talent, this was actually kind of innovative as the grunge scene was unfolding.
Kind of smokin'! Nothing special, but still it would go quite well with Irish whiskey and a beer! It's on my to-get list. I could give a shit if Stingray doesn't like it.
Stingray wrote:
School-band style!
TERRIBLE!
How these guys do it to avoid any melody so easily...?
Amazing me!
Said the VERY SAME things month ago (without reading it first!!)
vanmas wrote:
Leiden leidet!
What is the matter Radio Paradise?
The last few days a lot more grunch rock...
Makes me hit the PSD button to many.
The last few days a lot more grunch rock...
Makes me hit the PSD button to many.
Leiden leidet!
What is the matter Radio Paradise?
The last few days a lot more grunch rock...
Makes me hit the PSD button to many.
The last few days a lot more grunch rock...
Makes me hit the PSD button to many.
Sounds like days long-long gone!
Like a surburban JOURNEY Revival Band or school-friends!
SIMPLETONS without the slightest bit of melody!
I like this. Does anyone know if the album is any good?
i like it
i think this could have been left back on the shelf in 1991.
Like a lot of tunes, it is good to hear. I give a 7, but if it was played all the time it would drop like a rock.
Listenable on the first or first few tries. Then it might be a bit....monotonous. But I like that grinding kick-ass guitar.
School-band style!
TERRIBLE!
How these guys do it to avoid any melody so easily...?
School of fish?
Why not "A Lodge of Beavers"...? Or "A Shrewdness of Apes"?
Or "A murder of Stingrays"...?
If I had 3 days without obligations, I would indeed consider those days strange.
Seems to be an alternate version, which I really like BTW.
Great segway
chuckanut sandstone better not be a bellingham rocker. kugs would not understand.
definitely rawks
Me like. Smokin' ride-the-bike-earphones-blasting music.
The very definition of Ho-hum.
siandbeth wrote:
2nd like
Years ago working in a bookstore I refused to read Lonesome Dove because it was pushed on me by every person that came in the store. "Too mainstream!" I huffed. My dad finally got it from the library and told me to read it. Lesson: sometimes mainstream shouldn't be snubbed, Lonesome Dove was a great read. So, lighten up folks. This song isn't the highest caliber maybe, but it's not Boys2Men either.
2nd like
Nice song, but when I hear the opening riff I always hope it's "All I Really Want" for a change.
Mainstream? Guilty Pleasure? Generic?
3 strange comments.
3 strange comments.
I consider this a guilty pleasure. I just always liked it..cannot explain why.
Dain Bramage?
Dain Bramage?
siandbeth wrote:
Like
Years ago working in a bookstore I refused to read Lonesome Dove because it was pushed on me by every person that came in the store. "Too mainstream!" I huffed. My dad finally got it from the library and told me to read it. Lesson: sometimes mainstream shouldn't be snubbed, Lonesome Dove was a great read. So, lighten up folks. This song isn't the highest caliber maybe, but it's not Boys2Men either.
Like
Years ago working in a bookstore I refused to read Lonesome Dove because it was pushed on me by every person that came in the store. "Too mainstream!" I huffed. My dad finally got it from the library and told me to read it. Lesson: sometimes mainstream shouldn't be snubbed, Lonesome Dove was a great read. So, lighten up folks. This song isn't the highest caliber maybe, but it's not Boys2Men either.
Stingray wrote:
tzzzz...!
Where?
On an early-80's revival party
for unmarried postal employees?
Do not be ridiculous. Nothing, nothing
at all "ROCKS" here
incorrect...
move on....
tzzzz...!
Where?
On an early-80's revival party
for unmarried postal employees?
Do not be ridiculous. Nothing, nothing
at all "ROCKS" here
incorrect...
move on....
Jelani wrote:
tzzzz...!
Where?
On an early-80's revival party
for unmarried postal employees?
Do not be ridiculous. Nothing, nothing
at all "ROCKS" here
This ROCKS!
tzzzz...!
Where?
On an early-80's revival party
for unmarried postal employees?
Do not be ridiculous. Nothing, nothing
at all "ROCKS" here
HOW PRIMITIVE - HOW BAD - HOW SIMPLE!
TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRIBLE!!!
TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRIBLE!!!
I actually quite like this...
then again it is RP am listening too!
cheers Bill
then again it is RP am listening too!
cheers Bill
scoote wrote:
This is too boring to even be mainstream...
I'm giving it a 3 (not so strange)
Mainstream...
This is too boring to even be mainstream...
I'm giving it a 3 (not so strange)
Biscobret wrote:
If it's so generic and so easy to reproduce, I wonder why it's so rare that it is done so well.
Very generic - especially that last guitar solo - YIKES!
If it's so generic and so easy to reproduce, I wonder why it's so rare that it is done so well.
Very generic - especially that last guitar solo - YIKES!
Mainstream...
AliGator wrote:
This song sucks like nobody's business.
This comment will be disingenuous because I am not familiar with School of Fish, and I totally have a hole in my musical head because I lived outside the US for thirteen years. I feel like I can't bitch about this song, because it was released well before I left the States.
Now that I have that out of the way, this song sucks. It just sucks.
Now that I have that out of the way, this song sucks. It just sucks.
This song sucks like nobody's business.
Jelani wrote:
Yeah, what he said!
This ROCKS!
Yeah, what he said!
Always loved this song. Brings back great memories. Can't beleive that 20 years have gone by so quickly..
This ROCKS!
This comment will be disingenuous because I am not familiar with School of Fish, and I totally have a hole in my musical head because I lived outside the US for thirteen years. I feel like I can't bitch about this song, because it was released well before I left the States.
Now that I have that out of the way, this song sucks. It just sucks.
Now that I have that out of the way, this song sucks. It just sucks.
"Simulated wood grain."
I had to shut the door of my office so I could max out my computer speakers and bang my head and play DESK DRUMS!
This song freaking rocks.
I love this. I love this. I love this. Dancing, creating, wishing I could hear it about a hundred more times (as I drag my mouse away from a kitten who's discovered that the black cord is a fun thing to yank.) Geez - having kittens is a bit like having a five-year-old child. Can't take your concentration away for a single second, or they'll make the mouse disappear, or why in the hell is that dish towel in here?
Trying to make intelligent comments on the music, but I have a house full of foster cats, and the dynamic is messing with my objectivity. But I really do love this song.
'Scuse me. Gotta go stop a gang-war now.
Trying to make intelligent comments on the music, but I have a house full of foster cats, and the dynamic is messing with my objectivity. But I really do love this song.
'Scuse me. Gotta go stop a gang-war now.
I seem to recall this track being a favorite of hipster bar DJs back in my old college town. Liked it then, like it now.
A few chords, a little drinkin' lyrics, not great but enjoyed listening to it.
8 for the guitar riffs 
- 5 for the banal lyrics
= 3
- 5 for the banal lyrics
= 3
sirdroseph wrote:
Please tell me you are kidding right? This is totally top 40, you know this, right?
Maybe in outer mongolia it was but not where I was living at the time.
As I said - college radio was the only place to hear it.
Please tell me you are kidding right? This is totally top 40, you know this, right?
Maybe in outer mongolia it was but not where I was living at the time.
As I said - college radio was the only place to hear it.
Don't matter when or where or how many, top forty or not, this is still purdy solid. 
sirdroseph wrote:
Please tell me you are kidding right? This is totally top 40, you know this, right?
I've never heard this song before. I'm not kidding. (I get a pass, because I listened to college radio and the Grateful Dead from 1987-1991, and CDs until 1993, and then I moved to France, where there was a black hole of music.)
That said, this kind of sucks.
Please tell me you are kidding right? This is totally top 40, you know this, right?
I've never heard this song before. I'm not kidding. (I get a pass, because I listened to college radio and the Grateful Dead from 1987-1991, and CDs until 1993, and then I moved to France, where there was a black hole of music.)
That said, this kind of sucks.
sirdroseph wrote:
Please tell me you are kidding right? This is totally top 40, you know this, right?
So what? It's still a fun song. Just because you heard it on the radio doesn't mean it's bad.
Please tell me you are kidding right? This is totally top 40, you know this, right?
So what? It's still a fun song. Just because you heard it on the radio doesn't mean it's bad.
LOVE this song! That guitar tone is just incredible.
Jelani wrote:
Please tell me you are kidding right? This is totally top 40, you know this, right?
yeah! this is soooo good for my ears!
The only place to hear this was college radio where I lived.(when it came out)
Now it's here!!!!!!
The only place to hear this was college radio where I lived.(when it came out)
Now it's here!!!!!!
Please tell me you are kidding right? This is totally top 40, you know this, right?
Pretty messed up that this song is almost 20 years old!!
Yeah! Cranking it at the office.
8 Down to 7...still love the guitar riff though.
aajarrett wrote:
ditto
Sad story, but it doesn't make the song any better....snooze. It's songs like these that made me get away from "normal' radio.
ditto
yeah! this is soooo good for my ears!
The only place to hear this was college radio where I lived.(when it came out)
Now it's here!!!!!!
The only place to hear this was college radio where I lived.(when it came out)
Now it's here!!!!!!
Rrrrrrrrrawkin!
Sad story, but it doesn't make the song any better....snooze. It's songs like these that made me get away from "normal' radio.
OH HELL YES
very fun -> 9!
I am REALLY dating myself here but I am the only old guy out there that suddenly had a flashback (the good kind, not the bad kind) of Grand Funk Railroad?
These riffs and the lead singer wailing sure reminds me of about 1969 when I actually had hair.
These riffs and the lead singer wailing sure reminds me of about 1969 when I actually had hair.
claire_k wrote:
Powerful sound, better still with the volume up. Yeah those were 3 strange days... I made my way through... Crossed to the other side of that ocean...
Amen!
Great band...sad story.
crapola.
Alafia wrote:
This has a 7+ average rating?? I guess I don't get it.
me neither, it should be a lot higher.
This has a 7+ average rating?? I guess I don't get it.me neither, it should be a lot higher.
jpfueler wrote:
Any new lumps and what. . . ask a lady what she looks for playing with her boobies to check for cancer.
Now get to playing with thine self!
Or, ask a lady to do it for you, since, you know, they know what they are looking for.
Any new lumps and what. . . ask a lady what she looks for playing with her boobies to check for cancer.
Now get to playing with thine self!
Or, ask a lady to do it for you, since, you know, they know what they are looking for.
Nice guitar sound.
Josh Clayton-Felt went on to make a solo album (Inarticulate Nature Boy) that's really good, but unfortunately some number of years ago he died. Young, of course. Very sad.
This has a 7+ average rating?? I guess I don't get it.RIFFDOM extrordinaire.........say no more...
you are most definitely making my birthday rock tonight, Bill......radioparadise rules !!!!!
you are most definitely making my birthday rock tonight, Bill......radioparadise rules !!!!!
....it has been years since I heard this song! So many memories....
One of my favorites amongst the many obscure songs that RP has turned me on to!
And love that Amazon link. It is ex$psively easy but it keeps me in great music!
Thanks for this one!
And love that Amazon link. It is ex$psively easy but it keeps me in great music!
Thanks for this one!
A great tune! Guitar sounds are really good. Tone tone tone!
OMGawd!!! :)
I never thought i would hear this song ever again (since '91), let alone on the "radio".
And its not like its all that great or anything.
But wow,,, quite the flash back.
RP continues to impress.
I never thought i would hear this song ever again (since '91), let alone on the "radio".
And its not like its all that great or anything.
But wow,,, quite the flash back.
RP continues to impress.
A blast from the past.
Damn! I always forget how great this song is until the next time I hear it. Outstanding!
1wolfy wrote:
Any new lumps and what. . . ask a lady what she looks for playing with her boobies to check for cancer.
Now get to playing with thine self!
jpfueler wrote:
Ya, but what am I looking for?
I've known two guys who got the dreaded cancer of the balls. One got treatments right away and is fine still.
the other didn't notice it until his back was killing him and he finally went to a chiro. . . who sent him post haste to an oncologist. He said it scared the hell out him for the bone cracker to look at the x-ray, go pale, then tell him "I can't say why, but do you know a good oncologist?" It had spread all over his back and pelvis. three years later or so, he had a recurrence. He noticed it sooner though as he had refused full removal of the testes and had regular tests and exams.(he had kept one for fertility reasons)
He let go of the jewels then. He and his wife had a kid by then so he wasn't too let down over the loss of "the last of the Twins".
So remember guys:
Do Yourself a Favor and Feel Yourself UP!!!
the other didn't notice it until his back was killing him and he finally went to a chiro. . . who sent him post haste to an oncologist. He said it scared the hell out him for the bone cracker to look at the x-ray, go pale, then tell him "I can't say why, but do you know a good oncologist?" It had spread all over his back and pelvis. three years later or so, he had a recurrence. He noticed it sooner though as he had refused full removal of the testes and had regular tests and exams.(he had kept one for fertility reasons)
He let go of the jewels then. He and his wife had a kid by then so he wasn't too let down over the loss of "the last of the Twins".
So remember guys:
Do Yourself a Favor and Feel Yourself UP!!!
Ya, but what am I looking for?
Any new lumps and what. . . ask a lady what she looks for playing with her boobies to check for cancer.
Now get to playing with thine self!
1wolfy wrote:
ANYTHING unusual.
Hope that helps.
Ya, but what am I looking for ? jpfueler wrote:
I've known two guys who got the dreaded cancer of the balls. One got treatments right away and is fine still.
the other didn't notice it until his back was killing him and he finally went to a chiro. . . who sent him post haste to an oncologist. He said it scared the hell out him for the bone cracker to look at the x-ray, go pale, then tell him "I can't say why, but do you know a good oncologist?" It had spread all over his back and pelvis. three years later or so, he had a recurrence. He noticed it sooner though as he had refused full removal of the testes and had regular tests and exams.(he had kept one for fertility reasons)
He let go of the jewels then. He and his wife had a kid by then so he wasn't too let down over the loss of "the last of the Twins".
So remember guys:
Do Yourself a Favor and Feel Yourself UP!!!
the other didn't notice it until his back was killing him and he finally went to a chiro. . . who sent him post haste to an oncologist. He said it scared the hell out him for the bone cracker to look at the x-ray, go pale, then tell him "I can't say why, but do you know a good oncologist?" It had spread all over his back and pelvis. three years later or so, he had a recurrence. He noticed it sooner though as he had refused full removal of the testes and had regular tests and exams.(he had kept one for fertility reasons)
He let go of the jewels then. He and his wife had a kid by then so he wasn't too let down over the loss of "the last of the Twins".
So remember guys:
Do Yourself a Favor and Feel Yourself UP!!!
ANYTHING unusual.
Hope that helps.
Nice segue!!
Ya, but what am I looking for ? jpfueler wrote:
I've known two guys who got the dreaded cancer of the balls. One got treatments right away and is fine still.
the other didn't notice it until his back was killing him and he finally went to a chiro. . . who sent him post haste to an oncologist. He said it scared the hell out him for the bone cracker to look at the x-ray, go pale, then tell him "I can't say why, but do you know a good oncologist?" It had spread all over his back and pelvis. three years later or so, he had a recurrence. He noticed it sooner though as he had refused full removal of the testes and had regular tests and exams.(he had kept one for fertility reasons)
He let go of the jewels then. He and his wife had a kid by then so he wasn't too let down over the loss of "the last of the Twins".
So remember guys:
Do Yourself a Favor and Feel Yourself UP!!!
the other didn't notice it until his back was killing him and he finally went to a chiro. . . who sent him post haste to an oncologist. He said it scared the hell out him for the bone cracker to look at the x-ray, go pale, then tell him "I can't say why, but do you know a good oncologist?" It had spread all over his back and pelvis. three years later or so, he had a recurrence. He noticed it sooner though as he had refused full removal of the testes and had regular tests and exams.(he had kept one for fertility reasons)
He let go of the jewels then. He and his wife had a kid by then so he wasn't too let down over the loss of "the last of the Twins".
So remember guys:
Do Yourself a Favor and Feel Yourself UP!!!
Wow. I have not heard this song in about a dozen years!! Thanks Bill!
Definitely a long weekend road-trip tune.
I'm impressed that someone else actually knows this band. I loved them way back when.. and I never really heard them on any radio station. Good job at having them in your playlist!
Forgive my noobness, but damn! What an unconsciousness raising segue into riffbürg!
PS: Who rated this a ONE?!!?
this is such an awesome tune!
I first heard it back in 1989-90 on a college radio station in NJ.
I went right out to the music store and bought the EP.
Haven't listened to it in awhile - good to hear it here.
d00kie wrote:
Gotta Love the Wiki!
Singer Josh Clayton-Felt died on January 19, 2000 at 32 of testicular cancer 
I've known two guys who got the dreaded cancer of the balls. One got treatments right away and is fine still.
the other didn't notice it until his back was killing him and he finally went to a chiro. . . who sent him post haste to an oncologist. He said it scared the hell out him for the bone cracker to look at the x-ray, go pale, then tell him "I can't say why, but do you know a good oncologist?" It had spread all over his back and pelvis. three years later or so, he had a recurrence. He noticed it sooner though as he had refused full removal of the testes and had regular tests and exams.(he had kept one for fertility reasons)
He let go of the jewels then. He and his wife had a kid by then so he wasn't too let down over the loss of "the last of the Twins".
So remember guys:
Do Yourself a Favor and Feel Yourself UP!!!
Always liked this tune
Gotta Love the Wiki!
Singer Josh Clayton-Felt died on January 19, 2000 at 32 of testicular cancer
Guitarist Michael Ward went on to play with John Hiatt and eventually became a member of The Wallflowers 
Guitarist Michael Ward went on to play with John Hiatt and eventually became a member of The Wallflowers