Joining Mario for the Story Behind The Song was  singer-songwriter and author Mike Hanrahan who chose an eclectic  song in "The Good Old Days" by Eels.

This song is taken from their fifth album Shootenanny! E now refers to the album as a break from recording the following Blinking Lights album.It was recorded live in the studio in only ten days.

The song is about looking at what we have now - about the fact that all we have is now. The lyrics suggest that we might forget to take in what we have now , the days we are living that might seem mundane are the ones we will look back on as “The Good Old Days”.

I know I'm not too much of a bargain

And you know that's not what you bargained for

As the hours turn into days

Pretty soon lost in the haze

It's up to you and me

And who's to say

These could be the good old days

This song has a personal meaning to Mike in particular as he introduced the band “Eels” and many other eclectic acts to Ronnie Drew who he played music with  and Ronnie really loved the band and recorded this song with Eleanor Shanley. Little did we know Ronnie Drew was an Eels fan!

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