At least 23 NHL arenas play “My Own Worst Enemy,” fan singalongs are common — and Lit can't get enough: 'It’s really f---ing cool.'
The first time Lit frontman Ajay Popoff heard a throng of people singing his lyrics back to him, in August 1999, it was surreal on so many levels. For one, “My Own Worst Enemy” had been out for only a couple of months. For another, some 90,000 strangers at the Reading Festival screamed out the words he had written, a bit different than the smattering of familiar faces the band might see looking back at them at an Orange County joint.
So is there something universal in the song’s themes of youthful indiscretions, of drinking too much and waking up still dressed, the smoke alarm blaring, a car parked on the front lawn, the specifics of all the dumb things you said lurking just beyond memory’s grasp? Or is it just a killer opening guitar riff and a memorable chorus? Advertisement Does it even matter? The song is likely most ubiquitous in Chicago, where it’s been played at nearly every home game for about 15 years. But A.J.
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