Nothing Left to Say/A Lot Left to DO...

I have always been a fan of Mint Condition. Not only because I think Stokely Williams' voice is the bomb, or because they are an ACTUAL BAND (not a bunch of hype men or dancers who can sing a little bit)....I LOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY WRITE SONGS THAT HAVE VERY STRONG WORDS....

"Nothing Left to Say" has to be my ALL TIME favorite song by them. Not to say I don't love the others, but this is the one, if I had to chose a favorite I would pick.

It is no secret to people who know me that I love music...I've been surrounded by it my whole life. My father loved music as well. He was a vault librarian for CBS/Columbia records (now Sony) in downtown New York for over 20 years. He was responsible for cataloging master tapes, lyrics and music for reference later on or sampling for other artists/labels....One of the benefits of his job was that he was able to take home excess recordings that were just going to be destroyed. We had ALL KINDS of LPs, 45's, cassettes, 8 tracks & reel to reels in the house. He would play music all day long which was ok with me & mom because for one, I loved hearing the music and Mama didn't care as long as it didn't interrupt her reading or crosswords.

When I first heard Mint Condition while at a bar in Milwaukee around 1990, as soon as I got home I called my Daddy and asked if he could get me a cassette of their album (they were not signed to CBS but sometimes they could swap music with other libraries)...He got me that cassette & every time they came out with something new, he tried to make sure I got that one too.

When I first heard this song in 1996 from their "Definition of a Band" album, I WAS FLOORED...at the time I had just had my 2nd child with a man I met in college that I should've LEFT THERE. lol.....He was not the person I needed (other than to donate sperm) & it was clear that he didn't need/want me. He is actually the one that found this song on the cassette. He wasn't necessarily into music lyrics like me so he didn't realize what the words of the song were saying until I played it OVER & OVER & OVER again. lol...Then he was like, "AYE!!" LOL...Shortly after I found this song, I ended that toxic relationship & never looked back.

Now that I am led back to this song, it has a different meaning for me. The lyrics mean something completely different to me now. They aren't as FINAL as they were before and now that I re-evaluate them, they probably weren't as final then...I just wanted them to be.

When I listen now, it seems to be a song about getting back. DOING what you need to do to get there. Actions needed to put everything into perspective....When you listen to the way Stokely is delivering the lyrics it is not angry like so many of the female songs that give the "I'm leaving" or "to the left" message. It may not be necessarily getting back together, but getting back to who the people this song is about were...It sounds as if he's pleading that a resolution come....
That's what I'm doing. Pleading that a resolution come.............
I thank and appreciate all who will read. Peace.