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stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
edited October 2008 in Other Music
seriously, not enough anyone can ever say about these guys. Been into them for about 2 or 3 years now, and really, wow. at first I didn't really like "The Tennessee Fire" or some things on "At Dawn," but these two albums have some GREAT songs and are fantastic all around. and just like with Pearl Jam, I feel that when I listen to their albums in order, you can really hear these guys GROW musically. I know the lineup is different now, but this band has SO much to offer in its wide variety of music. and I don't just think it's the kick-ass rock out songs that made them stand out to me, it's the "Strangulation," "At Dawn," "They Ran," "Steam Engine," "Golden," type of songs that make Jim James and this band's genius shine and appeal to me. anyone have similar or contrasting opinions?

I secretly hope this band doesn't hit the mainstream, I don't want anything changing. and plus, I kinda like that not a whole lot of people know about them :p
6/11/08 WPB


♬♪♫ and I will not, grow tired of crayon stars and fire

♬♪♫ cause a soldier's death is so much better than defeat just hanging around
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  • Jesika537Jesika537 Posts: 301
    Great show last night in Detroit. They are just so good.
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  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    Jesika537 wrote:
    Great show last night in Detroit. They are just so good.


    hell yeah it was.

    had the pleasue of meeting a PJ fan right after the show ended...made it even better.


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    i caught them in Austin and they were so much better than the last time i saw them! (which was a great show as well!)
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  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    They opened for PJ in June '06. I loved One Big Holiday, but i didn't really like their other stuff, until Evil Urges. That is an aweome record.
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    glad to see a thread about them again!!! There is absolutely no way i can get enough of this band right now, or jims voice. I agree about the slow songs, filled with soul and Jim just doing his thing. The rocking out songs are just a bonus in my mind. If the slow one hit you and its for you, there is nothing better.

    I just bought this vinyl yesterday:

    http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61LgOsacbbL.jpg

    It was recorded on Oct 31st at a friends Halloween party in 2004. All acoustic, 25 minutes long. GREAT!

    I've seen them 7 times. Evil Urges came out this year and is EASILY one of my fav albums of all time. Probably cracked the top 30 even.

    This band is absolutely incredible and I am so glad that I have found something that makes me feel so great when I listen.

    LONG LIVE MMJ! I hope they just keep growing...
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    restlesssoul wrote:
    glad to see a thread about them again!!! There is absolutely no way i can get enough of this band right now, or jims voice. I agree about the slow songs, filled with soul and Jim just doing his thing. The rocking out songs are just a bonus in my mind. If the slow one hit you and its for you, there is nothing better.

    I just bought this vinyl yesterday:

    http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61LgOsacbbL.jpg

    It was recorded on Oct 31st at a friends Halloween party in 2004. All acoustic, 25 minutes long. GREAT!

    I've seen them 7 times. Evil Urges came out this year and is EASILY one of my fav albums of all time. Probably cracked the top 30 even.

    This band is absolutely incredible and I am so glad that I have found something that makes me feel so great when I listen.

    LONG LIVE MMJ! I hope they just keep growing...


    "Acoustic Citsuoca," nice, I have it on vinyl too. just a little correction though about when it was actually recorded. The packaging claims it was recorded at the Startime Pavilion in Braintree, Massachusetts on October 1, 2003, a show which did not, in fact, occur. The actual recording dates were October 17, 18, and 20, 2003, in Dallas, Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia. your story sounds a lot better though haha.

    I also bought "Chocolate and Ice" but I've seen that there are two different vinyls for it. one is blue & white and the other is brown & yellow. it's the same songs, just different colors. I have the brown & yellow one.
    6/11/08 WPB


    ♬♪♫ and I will not, grow tired of crayon stars and fire

    ♬♪♫ cause a soldier's death is so much better than defeat just hanging around
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    am I the only one who thinks Tennessee Fire is their best album? i wasnt that into it at first, but now i cant stop listening to it. its really the only album of theirs i like listening to start to finish (not counting Okonokos).

    "If All Else Fails" is my favorite MMJ song.
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Saw them last week. Highly Suspicious was so suprising. Didn't care for it on the new record but it absolutely slays live
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Gardenparty wrote:
    Saw them last week. Highly Suspicious was so suprising. Didn't care for it on the new record but it absolutely slays live
    its insane live!
  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    MrSmith wrote:
    am I the only one who thinks Tennessee Fire is their best album? i wasnt that into it at first, but now i cant stop listening to it. its really the only album of theirs i like listening to start to finish (not counting Okonokos).

    "If All Else Fails" is my favorite MMJ song.

    I love Tennessee Fire, but I do skip 2 songs: "It's About Twilight Now" and "The Dark." just don't like them.

    and I don't know what it is about "They Ran," but I love the beginning of it. "somebody stole my lighter, and where it'd go is higher." I love how it's sung, beautiful.
    6/11/08 WPB


    ♬♪♫ and I will not, grow tired of crayon stars and fire

    ♬♪♫ cause a soldier's death is so much better than defeat just hanging around
  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    brainofPJ wrote:
    hell yeah it was.

    had the pleasue of meeting a PJ fan right after the show ended...made it even better.

    Fucking amazing in Detroit. Holy shit. By the way, were you wearing the Eddie Vedder shirt? :D
    Happiness is only real when shared
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    stylo17 wrote:
    "Acoustic Citsuoca," nice, I have it on vinyl too. just a little correction though about when it was actually recorded. The packaging claims it was recorded at the Startime Pavilion in Braintree, Massachusetts on October 1, 2003, a show which did not, in fact, occur. The actual recording dates were October 17, 18, and 20, 2003, in Dallas, Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia. your story sounds a lot better though haha.

    I also bought "Chocolate and Ice" but I've seen that there are two different vinyls for it. one is blue & white and the other is brown & yellow. it's the same songs, just different colors. I have the brown & yellow one.
    What colour is your Acoustic Citsuoca? I had the most pleasant surprise when I took mine out of the sleeve and it was orange!
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    stylo17 wrote:
    "Acoustic Citsuoca," nice, I have it on vinyl too. just a little correction though about when it was actually recorded. The packaging claims it was recorded at the Startime Pavilion in Braintree, Massachusetts on October 1, 2003, a show which did not, in fact, occur. The actual recording dates were October 17, 18, and 20, 2003, in Dallas, Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia. your story sounds a lot better though haha.

    I also bought "Chocolate and Ice" but I've seen that there are two different vinyls for it. one is blue & white and the other is brown & yellow. it's the same songs, just different colors. I have the brown & yellow one.


    way to steal that straight from wikipedia! but my packaging claims nothing of the sort, it says right on the front that it was recorded OCT 31st, halloween night at a buddy's halloween party in braintree, mass. just another reason not to trust wikipedia. i read it earlier too, and was puzzled.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Citsuoca


    nice wintersleep quote in your sig by the way, insomnia is the greatest fuckin song of theirs. my fav.
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • pearljam_addictionpearljam_addiction Posts: 668
    There is only one word i can say about this band:
    FantasticGreatAmazingAwesomeIncrediblePhenomenal
    "I Will Scream my Lungs out 'til it fills this Room "

    " I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"

    "Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"

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  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    i like matt.c wrote:
    What colour is your Acoustic Citsuoca? I had the most pleasant surprise when I took mine out of the sleeve and it was orange!

    I always thought it was red but yea I guess it's kinda orange.

    restlesssoul wrote:
    way to steal that straight from wikipedia! but my packaging claims nothing of the sort, it says right on the front that it was recorded OCT 31st, halloween night at a buddy's halloween party in braintree, mass. just another reason not to trust wikipedia. i read it earlier too, and was puzzled.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Citsuoca


    nice wintersleep quote in your sig by the way, insomnia is the greatest fuckin song of theirs. my fav.

    straight off :D my packaging says the same thing, and although I don't really like wikipedia, I'll actually believe that a group like MMJ would make something up like that to add a certain "feeling" and "atmosphere" to the listener.

    and yea, I really like wintersleep, glad to hear ab another fan.
    6/11/08 WPB


    ♬♪♫ and I will not, grow tired of crayon stars and fire

    ♬♪♫ cause a soldier's death is so much better than defeat just hanging around
  • i like matt.ci like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    stylo17 wrote:
    I always thought it was red but yea I guess it's kinda orange.
    Mine's really orange. Maybe they have more than one colour for it. Other than black of course. ;)
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    These guys are awesome, I'd do anything to see them! Okonokos is the cleanest live album I've ever heard..
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    dcfaithful wrote:
    These guys are awesome, I'd do anything to see them! Okonokos is the cleanest live album I've ever heard..


    AMG is a great and respected site and listen to this GLOWING review of okonokos. i smiled when i read it, becauase my okonokos vinyl has been played a million times.

    its a good read:

    click read more and read the whole article

    http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fcfpxqrdldfe~T1
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    stylo17 wrote:
    I love Tennessee Fire, but I do skip 2 songs: "It's About Twilight Now" and "The Dark." just don't like them.

    and I don't know what it is about "They Ran," but I love the beginning of it. "somebody stole my lighter, and where it'd go is higher." I love how it's sung, beautiful.
    i like Twilight but i'm not too crazy about the Dark either. love the rest though
  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    stylo17 wrote:
    anyone have similar or contrasting opinions?

    I secretly hope this band doesn't hit the mainstream, I don't want anything changing. and plus, I kinda like that not a whole lot of people know about them :p

    I have a very similar opinion!

    I love the band and also hope they don't hit the mainstream. They're like a little secret we don't want discovered... :o

    I only got into them this year (Thanks to Audiodave) and saw them for the first time. Absolutely incredible. I'm seeing them again in November for 'An evening with...' and I can't wait! :D

    I only owned 'Z', 'It Still Moves' and 'Evil Urges'... until this morning ;) I uploaded 'At Dawn', 'The Tenesee Fire' and 'Chocolate and Ice' and can't wait to listen to them over and over again like I did with the others :o
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    I love the band and also hope they don't hit the mainstream.


    isnt playing SNL hitting the mainstream? i kind of know what you guys mean how nobody knows them really, but they have done some pretty big TV stuff, Austin City Limits, SNL and the like. i think they have had their chance to go big and will be safe staying in the not too big category so we are all good.
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • stevieraveonstevieraveon Posts: 413
    Finally Finally going to see them live in CHicago Thursday. Missed out on 4 different shows where they opened for PJ (I wasn't in to them then) and had to cancel my plans to see them at Red Rocks this summer last minute.

    I can't remember the last time I've been this pumped to see a band live.
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  • AvocadoLadyAvocadoLady Posts: 680
    Anyone check out the Milwaukee show on Friday? Absolutely mindblowing.

    I'll be at the Chicago show this Thursday too, stevie. Can't wait! I will see these guys any chance I get.
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    the BEST kept secret in rock n' roll.
    Beavis: All my friends are brown and red? What does that mean?
    Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
    Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
    Butthead: Huh huh.
  • holapearljamholapearljam Posts: 62
    MMJ will be on Austin City Limits Nov 1!!! Saw them proper in Louisville this summer. That show is easily in my top 3 ever.

    What's everyone's favorite track off Evil Urges? I can't get enough of "Smokin From Shootin"!
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    holapearljam wrote:
    MMJ will be on Austin City Limits Nov 1!!! Saw them proper in Louisville this summer. That show is easily in my top 3 ever.

    What's everyone's favorite track off Evil Urges? I can't get enough of "Smokin From Shootin"!


    im really diggin Thank You Too right now.

    love the lines about the naked heart and the naked part. i
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II '24
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    holapearljam wrote:
    MMJ will be on Austin City Limits Nov 1!!! Saw them proper in Louisville this summer. That show is easily in my top 3 ever.

    What's everyone's favorite track off Evil Urges? I can't get enough of "Smokin From Shootin"!
    Either Two Halves or Remnants. Remnants for just being balls-out rock, Two Halves cos it's just so damn poppy and cool. :D
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • poto101poto101 Posts: 406
    Coming to Iowa City tomorrow night, can't fucking wait!!!
    It's all happening....

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  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    restlesssoul wrote:
    isnt playing SNL hitting the mainstream? i kind of know what you guys mean how nobody knows them really, but they have done some pretty big TV stuff, Austin City Limits, SNL and the like. i think they have had their chance to go big and will be safe staying in the not too big category so we are all good.

    Ah yes but over here in the UK, hardly anyone knows who they are ;)
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    Ah yes but over here in the UK, hardly anyone knows who they are ;)
    Which is a problem when no one else wants to go to a gig. :o
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
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