Social Distortion - Don't Take Me For Granted

4.1.09

Band – Social Distortion
Song – Don’t Take Me For Granted
Album – Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll

I had pretty much stopped expecting anything from Social Distortion before Sex, Love and Rock n’ Roll came out. Mike Ness had put out the fantastic swan song White Light, White Heat, White Trash and several country tinged solo releases, so it seemed like a respectable end to a punk-rock career.

Then Sex, Love and Rock n’ Roll came out. Hold shit, what an album! This wasn’t a retread, it was a bona-fide classic Social Distortion album with an energy they had never shown before. I’m not sure if it’s their best album, but it’s top notch and as good as any of their ‘classic’ albums.

Don’t Take Me For Granted is a tribute song to all the experiences you have (good and bad) growing up. It’s particularly poignant because Mike Ness himself isn’t exactly a youngster and know firsthand the toll of live of excess can have on a person. Yet, he sounds both 16 and 65 as he reminds us that you should enjoy these lifetime experiences while they’re happening because they make us who are are.

The song is currently streaming in their myspace page HERE.

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