Not the Song I Mean Top Ten: Peace of Mind (#1)

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One starts, the other ends. It's time to close the door on this list of favorites that have the same title as a hit song....but when I mention the title, it conjures up a different song in your mind than the one I'm singing. Most of these songs have been instances where I really like both songs (or really love both songs), but that's NOT the case to close out the countdown. Here's my favorite song that's not the one you're thinking of. #1: Peace of Mind YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING: Boston I MEAN: The Grapes of Wrath Well, at least nobody has to guess where these two bands got their names from.... First, Boston. Just another band out of Boston, and -- to me -- one of the lamest. I got their first album, along with 22 gazillion others...and I was tired of it by the end of side one. (Being OCD with music [my albums are in alphabetical artist order, by release date, and "side one" faces the front of the album], I started with side one. Mistake on this album.) New and innovating guitar sounds sound boring when you use them nonstop. I'm in the minority, but it's much less than a feeling that I have for Boston. Do a 180 and you get Canada's college rock band The Grapes of Wrath. 1987's Treehouse hit me like a bolt of lightning. This song especially, about a man looking at his dad's life and how "damn unkind" things have been, became a favorite. Over thirty years later it's still frequently played, and it's the song I think of when I hear the title "Peace of Mind." Thanks for reading. Peace of Mind YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING: Written by Tom Scholz Recorded by Boston From Boston, 1976 I MEAN: Written by Tom Hooper and Kevin Kane Recorded by The Grapes of Wrath From Treehouse, 1987 Coming over mountains: