Blind Melon

Jam-fan · May 2006

pjny wrote:

Incredible tune, incredible band. For those of you interested in checking for some post-Bline Melon projects, check out:

Luma / Unified Theory (this was the band with new vocalist Chris Shinn and.................drummer Dave Krusen)

Abandon Jalopy - This was Brad Smith's project.

There have been many other projects and cameos, but for Blind Melon fans, these won't disappoint!!!

thanks!!! great stuff

prytocorduroy · May 2006

I personally like No Rain as my favorite Blind Melon song, but I'm not a die hard fan of them. I can give you a couple of my other favorites too though:

Change
Dear Ol' Dad
Tones of Home
Paper Scratcher
Time
Soak the Sin
Sleepyhouse
Seed to a Tree

I only have their self-titled album, I've never seen Soup in stores so I haven't had the chance to pick it up.

jhawk98 · May 2006

change is a fantastic song. By far my favorite of theirs. I only have the S/T record, but I will pick up the others soon enough.

Wallawallapj · June 2006

I went to see Blind Melon at RCKNDY in Seattle in the early 90's, and met Ed outside, after he went to the sound check.... he was heading to a party over on Queen Anne. I was so stoned...I couldn't get the money in the parking meter station (wife was driving) and those dollar bills are hard to fold and put in those slots! Ed was laughing at me as he was walking by, and I was floored to see him! So sad Shannon Hoon is gone.

thefirmestpath · June 2006

Wallawallapj wrote:

I went to see Blind Melon at RCKNDY in Seattle in the early 90's, and met Ed outside, after he went to the sound check.... he was heading to a party over on Queen Anne. I was so stoned...I couldn't get the money in the parking meter station (wife was driving) and those dollar bills are hard to fold and put in those slots! Ed was laughing at me as he was walking by, and I was floored to see him! So sad Shannon Hoon is gone.

I remember when they played that show, didn't go. I just remember hearing about it on KISW when I was home one weekend from EWU.

I just listened to the "Blind Melon" CD yesterday...Listening to them now I think they were just so fucking groovy. A lot less dirty sounding and closer to MLB and earlier RHCP, but less funky and more just GROOVY. I love em.

kidapollo · June 2006

jhawk98 wrote:

change is a fantastic song. By far my favorite of theirs. I only have the S/T record, but I will pick up the others soon enough.

Change is a great song. I love that tune.

God's Presents is my favorite though. I also like Soul One. It's beautiful.

Galaxie was popular as well. Remember the video for it?

Shannon's death still makes me sad.

I think, for the most part, that one-hit wonder stuff is media bullshit. There is an incredible band playing together in a garage somewhere in the corner of some small town that would blow everyone away if they had access to all of our ears. I'm listening to The Avett Bros. as I type this, and I never would have heard of them if not for someone on this board. They don't have a "hit," but they are awesome. So, fuck that one-hit wonder shit. Who needs anyone to tell them what to listen to or dig?

kidapollo · June 2006

THIS IS SO F'D UP.

Like I said, I'm listening to the Avett's. I finish up my last post and the next song comes on ... "Smoke in Our Lights." My first time listening to it. I just dl'd it. Here's the lyrics:

You're not a girl, you're town
You're snow on the ground
You're my first year in school
You're the words in a song
That Shannon Hoon sang to me
And all around my memory, you dance

Ain't that crazy!

Jam-fan · June 2006

funny thing about blind melon is that they did this "the more you know" type thing for the number 3. It's called 3 is the magic number, and it is so damn great. There's even a video for it on the internet, along with a bunch of their other videos that they did over the years.

http://beemelon.free.fr/videos.html

check it out

AndySlash · June 2006

If I ever somehow end up in a band, I will insist on covering 'Life Aint So Shitty'.

Peatrical · June 2006

Blind Melon, as I have said in the other Blind Melon topics, is my number 2 band.

They have such great, and diverse material, however Walk is possibly my favourite. The Mandolin, guitar, and violin blend so well, and Shannon really out does himself on vocals. Change, Time, and Tones of Home are also great. They also did a great Out on the Tiles Cover.....

Hell aside from Vernie, I love all their songs too much. Vernie is ok but it seems to nag at my head kind of.

RIP Shannon.

Shawn Smith Collective · June 2006

Jam-fan wrote:

funny thing about blind melon is that they did this "the more you know" type thing for the number 3. It's called 3 is the magic number, and it is so damn great. There's even a video for it on the internet, along with a bunch of their other videos that they did over the years.

http://beemelon.free.fr/videos.html

check it out

This was actually for the "Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks" album.

1. Schoolhouse Rocky (Original Theme Music) - Bob Dorough & Friends
2. I'm Just A Bill - Deluxx Folk Implosion
3. Three Is A Magic Number - Blind Melon
4. Conjunction Junction - Better Than Ezra
5. Electricity, Electricity - Goodness
6. No More Kings - Pavement
7. The Shot Heard 'Round The World - Ween
8. My Hero, Zero - The Lemonheads
9. The Energy Blues - Biz Markie
10. Little Twelvetoes - Chavez
11. Verb: That's What's Happening - Moby
12. Interplanet Janet - Man Or Astro-Man?
13. Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here - Buffalo Tom
14. Unpack Your Adjectives - Daniel Johnston
15. The Tale Of Mr. Morton - Skee-Lo

elmer · June 2006

saw blind melon supporting gunsnroses at the milton keynes bowl back in 94, was at the front and can honestly say they made hardly any impression on the crowd(most support slots dont tho), some 2years later I was immersed in Soup(much favoured this over the debut), had it on me walkman everywhere. Wasnt till much later that I discoverd about his death........very sad

mouthfulofsoup · June 2006

My all time favorite band...always.

lars · July 2006

pjny wrote:

Incredible tune, incredible band. For those of you interested in checking for some post-Bline Melon projects, check out:

Luma / Unified Theory (this was the band with new vocalist Chris Shinn and.................drummer Dave Krusen)

Abandon Jalopy - This was Brad Smith's project.

There have been many other projects and cameos, but for Blind Melon fans, these won't disappoint!!!

I just discovered Abandon Jalopy....excellent stuff from Brad....but it doesnt get me to miss Shannons voice any less

PissBottleMan · July 2006

Check out a band called American Minor. Chris and Brad had a hand in producing their latest album.

PBM

pjalive21 · July 2006

the way you feel about Blind Melon is how i feel about Faith No More, most people know this band for "Epic" or what some people like to say..."the floppy fish video...."

Chris · July 2006

Completely Agree - Massively underated band. I think they got pigeonholed as a bit of novelty band because of no rain, I think they got unfairly lumped in with the Seattle scene of the time, but all three albums are excellent and still listen to them now.

PJ-Sin · July 2006

elmer wrote:

saw blind melon supporting gunsnroses at the milton keynes bowl back in 94, was at the front and can honestly say they made hardly any impression on the crowd(most support slots dont tho), some 2years later I was immersed in Soup(much favoured this over the debut), had it on me walkman everywhere. Wasnt till much later that I discoverd about his death........very sad

They probably opened because Shannon used to do back up vocals for GnR's

Change is covered on a (fairly) new Between the Buried and Me album called "the Anatomy of BTBAM" and I must say, aside from not being able to get Hoons higher pitched singing voice, its a damn fine job!!

concretepillow · November 2006

kidapollo wrote:

Change is a great song. I love that tune.

God's Presents is my favorite though. I also like Soul One. It's beautiful.

Galaxie was popular as well. Remember the video for it?

Shannon's death still makes me sad.

I think, for the most part, that one-hit wonder stuff is media bullshit. There is an incredible band playing together in a garage somewhere in the corner of some small town that would blow everyone away if they had access to all of our ears. I'm listening to The Avett Bros. as I type this, and I never would have heard of them if not for someone on this board. They don't have a "hit," but they are awesome. So, fuck that one-hit wonder shit. Who needs anyone to tell them what to listen to or dig?

Sweet....The Avett Brothers do rule!
They played in Harrisburg not too long ago.
Speaking of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon, they make a reference to Shannon Hoon.
These guys have deep rock roots.
Anyway, Blind Melon was a great band.....amazing music.

Deadman · November 2006

Blind Melon will be posting new songs on their myspace page this week, but only for a short time.

Blind Melon

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