Mad Season - Above

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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Mushmouthmatt wrote:
    sort of agree too. Wake Up, X-Ray Mind, River of Deciet, Lifeless Dead (live version is better), Long Gone Day, and November Hotel are all awesome.

    I Don't Know Anything, I'm Above, and Artificial Red i am not too fond of.

    All Alone is somewhere in the middle.

    but that's just me.

    Wow. I'm Above IMO is the best song on that album.
    NERDS!
  • genie
    genie Posts: 2,222
    Mushmouthmatt wrote:
    and Artificial Red i am not too fond of.

    but that's just me.

    what??!!! ok i'll agree to disagree :)
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    Mushmouthmatt wrote:
    sort of agree too. Wake Up, X-Ray Mind, River of Deciet, Lifeless Dead (live version is better), Long Gone Day, and November Hotel are all awesome.

    I Don't Know Anything, I'm Above, and Artificial Red i am not too fond of.

    All Alone is somewhere in the middle.

    but that's just me.

    Wow. I'm Above and Artifical Red are two of my favorite songs on the album. . .
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • pc_loadletter
    pc_loadletter Posts: 164
    genie wrote:
    i think of all the things i hate on here, i hate when people make stupid assumptions the most.

    nope it's not special because Layne is dead, neither because bassist is dead too. I like AIC but i'm not obsessed with them, i do not have their album because i wanted to hear Laynes last lyrics he sang. I do not think it's special because majority of them were junkies trying to escape. no

    I like this album because of it's music first, secondly their sound was original, and thirdly i liked it because at the time of making few songs for this album they made these songs only to soothe their mind, these few songs they've written for themselves, they were not intending to sell them in the beginning.

    that's why i think this album is absolutely amazing. how many bands out there do you know who can make slow and quiet music without it sounding shit and bland and boring?

    and yes, as someone said it's a great stoner album. this album i will hold dear to my heart

    well i wasnt making an assumption when i mentioned that layne was dead. if you look closely, you can see a little question mark. that implies that the sentence was a question.

    and plenty of bands can make slow and quiet music without it sounding bland and boring. radiohead, explosions in the sky and ben harper are just a few. and they do it better than mad season.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    okay, "I'm Above" is a good song but i just never listen to it....so i put it on the lower tier. "Artificial Red"... no.
  • FnCircus
    FnCircus Posts: 439
    pc_loadletter wrote:
    why is it special? because layne is dead? the cd as a whole is just bland. there are some great songs, but most of them are just fillers. the term "special" is very subjective, so don't worry if i don't consider Above anything more than a substandard collaboration.
    I think its special because it brought members of four different bands (3 of them being quite popular) together to create something different than what they were playing at the time.

    Its also special because it turned out to be the only album made by this collection of musicians.

    I know Layne and Mike get the most credit for this collaboration, but Martin on the drums was just awesome............
  • FnCircus
    FnCircus Posts: 439
    pc_loadletter wrote:
    radiohead, explosions in the sky and ben harper are just a few. and they do it better than mad season.
    I'm not sure I would compare ben harper to mad season, but okay I guess...........
  • pc_loadletter
    pc_loadletter Posts: 164
    F'n_Circus wrote:
    I'm not sure I would compare ben harper to mad season, but okay I guess...........


    comparing talent, or the style of music? if you meant style of music, i was just mentioning someone who can write a slower song that doesn't get boring. i really hope that you weren't calling out ben harper as less of a musician than layne staley. i'd have to injure you
  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    jonbond1779 wrote:
    finally downloaded it

    i like free stuff also. it's the only way to do it.


    Esther's here and she's sick?

    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • FnCircus
    FnCircus Posts: 439
    pc_loadletter wrote:
    comparing talent, or the style of music? if you meant style of music, i was just mentioning someone who can write a slower song that doesn't get boring. i really hope that you weren't calling out ben harper as less of a musician than layne staley. i'd have to injure you
    style of music.......

    no need to injure. Ben is phenominal.

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