Memory Lane - 'Penny On The Floor' by the Clarks

In '95 during my freshman year of college, back at IUP, I had a visit from a great childhood friend Jim.  He came to watch the Clarks play live, and to see what trouble we might get our selves into.  Before the show, we did what any self respecting concertgoer would do.  We hung out in my dorm room and listened to the Clarks.  This was the first time I had heard the Clarks in captivity.  I had heard them once or twice on the Pittsburgh classic rock radio station 'DVE 102.5, but I had no idea it was new or local.  Little did I know that most of the band had hailed years prior from the same University, and while I was in college would rise to new heights of popularity.  I can still to this day remember the first time I listened to 'Penny on the Floor'.

I have lots of memories associated with music, but rarely do you remember hearing a song for the first time.  The only other such recollection I can muster at this time, was the first time hearing Dave Matthews Band Under The Table and Dreaming, driving around with high school buddy Aaron. 

The song with it's mandolin, steel guitar, guitar, bass, and drums, have forever been imprinted in my memory of that day, and adventures with Jim.  Most hilarious of those was our encounter with a hot head, at the local Unimart.  The guy who was clearly trying to start a fight, spouting off how he could do anything at the moment, and ending with "I'm not even thinking".  I totally deflated and stumped the guy, when I simply responded "obviously" and walked away from the confrontation.   The guy was so mad that I wouldn't fight, and so clearly missed the point of me succinctly calling him an a brainless idiot.  Best yet, was Jimmy couldn't stop from giggling at him on the spot, or most of the way back to my dorm. 

For more on the Clarks check out :
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For just the song 'Penny On the Floor', for first timers please avoid the new 2010 version.

'Penny on the Floor by The Clarks

Enjoy!