The worst album you physically own

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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    BF25394 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    I saw Blind Melon with Travis, the new singer, at the El Rey in L.A. several years back and I couldn't believe how much he sounded like Shannon on the Shannon songs. When I closed my eyes, it could have been Shannon. The one Blind Melon album with Travis on vocals (For My Friends) is pretty good.

    (For the record, Blind Melon's debut album is one of absolute all-time favorite albums, maybe top three. I love Soup, too.) 
    I went to see them in 2008 with Travis, and I did exactly that: I closed my eyes and it felt like I was seeing them in 1992. Love For My Friends. 
    I guess it was 2008 when I saw them, too. I can't believe it has been fifteen years.

    I had an email exchange with Rogers Stevens probably ten years ago. He went back to school after For My Friends to get his law degree and was working for a firm in Philadelphia. I saw a story about it in a lawyers' magazine, looked him up and dropped him a line. He was very nice.
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,161
    BF25394 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    BF25394 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    I saw Blind Melon with Travis, the new singer, at the El Rey in L.A. several years back and I couldn't believe how much he sounded like Shannon on the Shannon songs. When I closed my eyes, it could have been Shannon. The one Blind Melon album with Travis on vocals (For My Friends) is pretty good.

    (For the record, Blind Melon's debut album is one of absolute all-time favorite albums, maybe top three. I love Soup, too.) 
    I went to see them in 2008 with Travis, and I did exactly that: I closed my eyes and it felt like I was seeing them in 1992. Love For My Friends. 
    I guess it was 2008 when I saw them, too. I can't believe it has been fifteen years.

    I had an email exchange with Rogers Stevens probably ten years ago. He went back to school after For My Friends to get his law degree and was working for a firm in Philadelphia. I saw a story about it in a lawyers' magazine, looked him up and dropped him a line. He was very nice.
    That's really cool! I saw them twice in '08 with Travis too. Really enjoyed those shows! 

    Nell Hoon, (Shannon's mom) was at one of them, meeting people and signing stuff. She was a total sweetheart and very supportive of the band. It was as if they were just a big family. 
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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,543
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    After reading the Rolling Stone stories I did a complete 180. Ed seems to be in an impossible situation. The other guys seem like a handful.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    I mean, there's been religious tones throughout. Especially Throwing Copper. Mental Jewelry and Secret Samadhi. 
    definitely, but he took it to another level after that. I wasn't into it. 
    Oof. 
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,802
    Off the top of my head, the worst album I own would probably be the 4 Non-Blondes album. I only picked it up because they were the opening band at Neil Young's Finsbury Park show in 93 and I'd only heard the 'What's Up' single. It's pretty much unlistenable.
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    pjl44 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    After reading the Rolling Stone stories I did a complete 180. Ed seems to be in an impossible situation. The other guys seem like a handful.
    I actually read that RS article in the bookstore a few months ago. I was like, "Why is Live being mentioned on the cover of Rolling Stone in 2023?!," started reading and couldn't put it down.

    And, yeah, on religion, the first Live album that I do not own (because V was such an atrocity) is called Birds of Pray. That pun alone is a crime against humanity.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    pjl44 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    After reading the Rolling Stone stories I did a complete 180. Ed seems to be in an impossible situation. The other guys seem like a handful.
    seriously? if I ever heard of a guy having LSD, it was Ed K. Which rolling stone articles? I'd love some insight. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    I mean, there's been religious tones throughout. Especially Throwing Copper. Mental Jewelry and Secret Samadhi. 
    definitely, but he took it to another level after that. I wasn't into it. 
    Oof. 
    what?
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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,543
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    pjl44 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    After reading the Rolling Stone stories I did a complete 180. Ed seems to be in an impossible situation. The other guys seem like a handful.
    seriously? if I ever heard of a guy having LSD, it was Ed K. Which rolling stone articles? I'd love some insight. 
    I think there might be a follow up to this, too, but start here

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/live-alt-rock-band-crime-lawsuits-1234677011/
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    pjl44 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    pjl44 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    After reading the Rolling Stone stories I did a complete 180. Ed seems to be in an impossible situation. The other guys seem like a handful.
    seriously? if I ever heard of a guy having LSD, it was Ed K. Which rolling stone articles? I'd love some insight. 
    I think there might be a follow up to this, too, but start here

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/live-alt-rock-band-crime-lawsuits-1234677011/
    it's paywalled, but just the beginning of the article jogged my memory. I do recall that debacle now. 
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,812
    pjl44 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    pjl44 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    After reading the Rolling Stone stories I did a complete 180. Ed seems to be in an impossible situation. The other guys seem like a handful.
    seriously? if I ever heard of a guy having LSD, it was Ed K. Which rolling stone articles? I'd love some insight. 
    I think there might be a follow up to this, too, but start here

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/live-alt-rock-band-crime-lawsuits-1234677011/
    That article was something else... the rest of the band seemed like a hot mess. 

    I feel bad for Chris Shinn after reading another piece about how they ditched him. I liked Unified Theory at the time (still love the song Wither) and although for a while I dismissed him as a trust fund baby, the guys in Live did him dirty (IIRC). 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    he seemed to kind of just roll with it, though, like a champ. very zen like dude
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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,543
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    pjl44 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    pjl44 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Yeah, that was wile. they toured with the guy who looks like the Washkowski Bros (Matrix movies) from Unified Theory (basically blind melon with new singer), then they agreed to have Ed come back, then he fired them all. Ed is such a narcissistic ass. 

    all Ed's solo stuff is super religious now. hate it. 
    After reading the Rolling Stone stories I did a complete 180. Ed seems to be in an impossible situation. The other guys seem like a handful.
    seriously? if I ever heard of a guy having LSD, it was Ed K. Which rolling stone articles? I'd love some insight. 
    I think there might be a follow up to this, too, but start here

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/live-alt-rock-band-crime-lawsuits-1234677011/
    it's paywalled, but just the beginning of the article jogged my memory. I do recall that debacle now. 
    Try pasting the link into an incognito browser tab. Usually works for me with RS links.
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    The project that prompted me to start this thread (see original post) has finally, after 379 days, reached Pearl Jam. I figure I'll be on Pearl Jam for the next four to six months.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    edited January 2024
    I don't recall seeing this thread before.  Worst?  What are we talking about here?  Most scratched up?  Poorest audio quality?  Most awful job of mixing?  Armed robbery?  Graft or extortion?  Worst how?

    And worst related to what? From who's perspective? Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, for example:  I've read many comments over the years that range from (seriously, no exaggeration here), "That is the most gawd awful piece of crap any man or woman or group of people have ever recorded," to, "Every time I listen to MMM, I feel like I'm having an ecstatic religious experience."

    P.S.  Honestly, I'm not trolling, bating, or thread crapping here.  The above are sincere questions.  It's just that I really do wonder about these kinds of things and how people come to certain conclusions.
    Post edited by brianlux on
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    I think it's fairly obvious from the original post that I'm talking about one's subjective opinion about the quality of the music, not what other people think about the quality of the music, or the physical condition of the CD. With respect to the Live album that prompted the post, I think the music sucks. It doesn't just suck relative to their four preceding albums that I really enjoyed; it just straight-up sucks. I couldn't bear to listen to it more than a couple of times, which is very unusual for me. When an artist has a good track record, their subsequent releases will usually get a lot of rope before I decide they are misfires.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,521
    brianlux said:
    I don't recall seeing this thread before.  Worst?  What are we talking about here?  Most scratched up?  Poorest audio quality?  Most awful job of mixing?  Armed robbery?  Graft or extortion?  Worst how?

    And worst related to what? From who's perspective? Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, for example:  I've read many comments over the years that range from (seriously, no exaggeration here), "That is the most gawd awful piece of crap any man or woman or group of people have ever recorded," to, "Every time I listen to MMM, I feel like I'm having an ecstatic religious experience."

    P.S.  Honestly, I'm not trolling, bating, or thread crapping here.  The above are sincere questions.  It's just that I really do wonder about these kinds of things and how people come to certain conclusions.
    you commented on the first page, brian. haha
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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Queen - Hot Space

    It’s in the box set… Good band… horrible album. 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    I don't recall seeing this thread before.  Worst?  What are we talking about here?  Most scratched up?  Poorest audio quality?  Most awful job of mixing?  Armed robbery?  Graft or extortion?  Worst how?

    And worst related to what? From who's perspective? Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, for example:  I've read many comments over the years that range from (seriously, no exaggeration here), "That is the most gawd awful piece of crap any man or woman or group of people have ever recorded," to, "Every time I listen to MMM, I feel like I'm having an ecstatic religious experience."

    P.S.  Honestly, I'm not trolling, bating, or thread crapping here.  The above are sincere questions.  It's just that I really do wonder about these kinds of things and how people come to certain conclusions.
    you commented on the first page, brian. haha

    So I did, lol.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    BF25394 said:
    I think it's fairly obvious from the original post that I'm talking about one's subjective opinion about the quality of the music, not what other people think about the quality of the music, or the physical condition of the CD. With respect to the Live album that prompted the post, I think the music sucks. It doesn't just suck relative to their four preceding albums that I really enjoyed; it just straight-up sucks. I couldn't bear to listen to it more than a couple of times, which is very unusual for me. When an artist has a good track record, their subsequent releases will usually get a lot of rope before I decide they are misfires.

    Yeah, sorry I should have gone back to the first page.  My f'ed up old brain.  :frowning:
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