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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,322
    Does anyone know if there is a vinyl version of "3 the magic number"?
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    Just listened to Nico again and it struck me the final song BM leaves us w/, "Letters To A Porcupine", sadly ends abruptly and too soon just as Shannon did. As folks have previously stated, one can only wonder at the other music they could have created had he lived.
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    edited November 2015
    Was just looking for lyrics to this demo version:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHktkruNt2E

    That song appears on something Nell Hoon herself was given in a package of CDs from someone, and she decided to pass it on to the fans in '08:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PPHtdx8xzw

    Alas, I could not find the lyrics (no one has transcribe them), but I did get a link to THIS:

    MORE BLIND MELON LIVE CONCERT FILES THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE
    (YES THEY EXIST, FREE, IN PUBLIC) !!!

    YES FUCKING PLEASE ! ! !


    PS - my best go at the lyrics. :P
    ALL THAT I NEED
    (Alternate Version, Demo, From Shannon to You and You and You [with love from Nell])
    ----------------------------------------------------------

    All that you need to go from swimming to a freeze,
    is usually made of the things you don't need,
    and the enemies will swear another life is nothin' like me.

    Mmm, shhhh! I hear something in the pantry.

    Oh, if I was to smile, and I held out my hand, All
    that I could be now, would you not understand?
    You know if I'm to benefit, I'll do everything that I can.

    Oh, I'm hearing something in the pantry.
    Oh yeah.
    I'm hearing something in the pantry. (x3)
    [sweet harmonica solo]

    Oh glasses so thick, and eyesight so weak,
    that I reflect my own gloom make my heart begin to beat,
    I'm owe it for the moment, after that everything's free.

    Oooh, shhhh! I'm hearin something in the pantry.
    I'm hearing something in the pantry. (x3)

    Ooohhh ... de doo de doo doo ...

    These are just the thoughts in my head.
    Maybe we'd be better off if we took it off, and painted it red.

    I never smiled the way that I did today.
    Maybe it's the palms of my hand that are sweatin' me.
    Swearing that I will beleive everything they're telling me.
    I never smiled the way that I did today. Yeah.
    Everything, everything is gonna be okay. (x2)
    They're telling me that everything is gonna be okay.
    They're tellin me... (x3)
    They're telling me that everything is gonna be okay.
    It'll be okay (x2), It's gonna be okay (x2), okay.
    (that's fine enough)
    Post edited by DriftingByTheStorm on
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    listening to Nico now. love it. this band makes me happy and sad all at once.

    sappy, I guess you could say.
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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    listening to Nico now. love it. this band makes me happy and sad all at once.

    sappy, I guess you could say.

    Vinyl issue please!
    I was spinning Soup the other day.
    Love the Melon!!
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    I'd love another new album. I know, I know.....it's not the same without Shannon. That's true.

    The rest of the band plays so well together I think it would be a shame if they stopped completely.

    I thoroughly enjoyed "For My Friends".
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • jlj_swe
    jlj_swe Posts: 175
    "For My Friends" is a brilliant album.

    For me Blind Melon could easily be what AIC is for me; a fantastic band with the original singer and just as good with the new singer. Hell, I love their music!
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    jlj_swe said:

    "For My Friends" is a brilliant album.

    For me Blind Melon could easily be what AIC is for me; a fantastic band with the original singer and just as good with the new singer. Hell, I love their music!

    I just can't get into new AIC. new BM though. Love it.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    I can't stand new Blind Melon.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    PJ_Soul said:

    I can't stand new Blind Melon.

    I thought you hadn't even listened to it?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    I can't stand new Blind Melon.

    I thought you hadn't even listened to it?
    No, I've listened to all of it (I think you're misremembering what I said). I just don't like it. It lacks passion IMO.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    PJ_Soul said:

    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    I can't stand new Blind Melon.

    I thought you hadn't even listened to it?
    No, I've listened to all of it (I think you're misremembering what I said). I just don't like it. It lacks passion IMO.
    actually, I think I mixed you up with someone else who said they refuse to listen to it.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    I can't stand new Blind Melon.

    I thought you hadn't even listened to it?
    No, I've listened to all of it (I think you're misremembering what I said). I just don't like it. It lacks passion IMO.
    actually, I think I mixed you up with someone else who said they refuse to listen to it.
    I would never refuse to give something a listen - that's crazy!
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    jlj_swe said:

    "For My Friends" is a brilliant album.

    For me Blind Melon could easily be what AIC is for me; a fantastic band with the original singer and just as good with the new singer. Hell, I love their music!

    I just can't get into new AIC. new BM though. Love it.
    I like the new AIC material but DPDH has to be a go-to example of how not to produce a record. Great songs but the brick walled, over compressed finished product is painful to listen to.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    For My Friends was a great record. Travis is talented for sure. When I saw them live in 08' I thought the seams between the new stuff & old stuff were tight. I wish they would put out an early live show. The one live CD they have is good, but I'd love a 92-93 show. Still in my top 3 favorite bands ever.
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,159
    Yeah man. We saw them twice in '08. Both times they were awesome. Travis is certainly talented and, I feel, a good fit for the band.

    The world would be a better place if there were more Blind Melon albums in it.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    Broke out For My Friends today. Wish they would have carried on with Travis.
    www.cluthelee.com
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Broke out For My Friends today. Wish they would have carried on with Travis.

    they still play together here and there. they had the one hiccup, but they are on good terms now. don't know about any new material, but they still play.
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Broke out For My Friends today. Wish they would have carried on with Travis.

    they still play together here and there. they had the one hiccup, but they are on good terms now. don't know about any new material, but they still play.
    Ah really? I stopped following after whatever that was.
    www.cluthelee.com
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    HughFreakingDillon said:

    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Broke out For My Friends today. Wish they would have carried on with Travis.

    they still play together here and there. they had the one hiccup, but they are on good terms now. don't know about any new material, but they still play.
    Ah really? I stopped following after whatever that was.
    Yeah, they make appearances still apparently (I don't care for Blind Melon without Hoon though). They have have a few shows booked this summer. They don't play much though. Just a smattering of shows every year. I have no clue what any of them do the rest of the time. I assume they all have jobs or play in other bands or something.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata

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