#53: “Jumper” - Third Eye Blind (1998)

What is it about Third Eye Blind that annoys me to no end - why are they even famous? Does no one else find Stephen Jenkins overly white-trashey? Does no one else think he sounds like a lazy-tongued Chinese immigrant trying to crossover from the Cantopop market? Does no one else find the American Indian/oily Latino-looking bassist a little creepy - like he’s the type to secret collecting strands of people’s hair to test out his voodoo incantations?

Catchy song, no doubt. I just really wish it had been sung by someone else - anyone who doesn’t incite anger in me the way 3EB does. What kind of an acronym is 3EB anyway - it’s so ugh. The kind of ugh you think about when you think of baby vomit or Jermaine Jackson.