SONG: "Central Standard Time"
ARTIST: The Get Up Kids
ALBUM: "Something To Write Home About"
YEAR: 1999
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Kansas City, Missiouri
YEARS ACTIVE: 1995 - present
WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:
"Central Standard Time" appears to be a song about a relationship that is going to turn long distance. I get the feeling that the girl the vocalist is in love with is going off to college maybe. For sure in a different state or part of the country and there's that uneasiness of whether the relationship can survive the distance between the two.
THE GET UP KIDS DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):
1997 - Four Minute Mile (Doghouse Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
1999 - Something To Write Home About (Vagrant Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2001 - The EP's: Red Letter Day And Woodson (Doghouse Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2001 - Eudora (Vagrant Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2002 - On A Wire (Vagrant Records)
* peaked at #57 on the Billboard 200
2004 - Guilt Show (Vagrant Records)
* peaked at #58 on the Billboard 200
2005 - Live @ The Granada Theater (Vagrant Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
2011 - There Are Rules (Quality Hill Records)
* peaked at #124 on the Billboard 200
2019 - Problems (Polyvinyl Records)
* did not chart on the Billboard 200
MY THOUGHTS ON THE GET UP KIDS:
The Get Up Kids are a Kansas City band that got it's start back in 1995. The band's first release was a split with the band Coalesce in 1996. Their debut full length album dropped in 1997, called "Four Minute Mile". The band signed a deal with Vagrant Records after that release to put out their 1999 album "Something To Write Home About". This album almost single handedly turned Vagrant Records into one of the top indie labels in the country! It was a highly influential album that really marked the beginnings of what people would term "emo". In 2002, much to their fans' chagrin, their next album, "On A Wire" was a much more alternative rock sounding record. It would be their highest charting album however, peaking at #57 on the Billboard 200. The band's 2004 album, "Guilt Show", ended their relationship with Vagrant Records. Turmoil within the band caused The Get Up Kids to disband in 2005. But, it was only a three year hiatus as the band reunited to go on a 10 year anniversary tour for "Something To Write Home About". In 2011, the band released "There Are Rules". The band's most recent release would be 2019's "Problems". As I said earlier, The Get Up Kids were hugely influencial to many up and coming "emo" bands. While The Get Up Kids drew influence from such bands as Jawbreaker, Green Day and Weezer, they would go on to influence bands like The Early November, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance and Dashboard Confessional. I was a very late bloomer to The Get Up Kids. I knew about them since the late 90's, but at that time, I was much more into bands like Pennywise, Bad Religion and No Use For A Name. I'd say in the 2000's, I started getting into bands like Taking Back Sunday and Brand New. I actually first gave The Get Up Kids a shot in 2019 when they released "Problems". I really like that album and since I've went back and consumed some of The Get Up Kids' previous work. Sometimes I'm late on the draw! What are ya gonna do?!!
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Hot Rod Circuit
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The Early November
The Starting Line
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TEN THE GET UP KIDS SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:
1. Satellite
2. Action & Action
3. Automatic
4. The Lion And The Lamb
5. Wouldn't Believe It
6. Overdue
7. I'm Sorry
8. Ten Minutes
9. Anne Arbour
10. Shorty
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