Most '90s ock bands who enjoyed massive breakthrough success with their debut album seemed to follow it up with an effort similarly styled to its predecessor, hence guaranteeing repeat success. This proved not to be the case with Blind Melon. It appeared as though the band rejected the jovial spirit of No Rain and focused on much darker material for their follow-up, Soup. While it did not match the commercial success of the debut, Soup proved to be a challenging, gripping record that is just as strong and perhaps even more rewarding. Shannon Hoon was in the throes of drug addiction (which would prove fatal only two months after the album's release), and his experience at a drug detox is clearly detailed in the Zep-groover, "2x4." Hoon's lyrics often examine his growing sense of mortality, as evidenced in "The Duke," "St. Andrew's Fall," and "Car Seat," while "New Life" shows Hoon hoping that the birth of his baby daughter will put his life back on track. The country-tinged "Skinned" is written from the standpoint of notorious killer, Ed Gein, the anthemic rocker, "Galaxie," appears to deal with a troubled relationship, and "Vernie" is a tribute to his grandmother. Some of the tracks prove hopeful ("Walk"), while others are steeped in despair ("Toes Across the Floor," "Wilt"). Soup deserved to be another big hit, but due to MTV and radio's abrupt abandonment of the band, harsh reviews from close-minded critics, and worst of all, Hoon's untimely death mid-tour, all hopes of the album receiving the attention it deserved were extinguished. Soup is one of the most underrated and overlooked great ock albums of the '90s.
I am crazy about Blind Melon’s music, and it is beyond difficult for me to articulate any further than that. There is no combination of subject and predicate that can say it better than “I love them.” Once something really hits me on that soul level, I lose the ability to speak about it with impartiality. I’m not even gonna try. The loss of Shannon Hoon in 1995 was nearly as painful to
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For everyone who pigeonholed Blind Melon the second they heard _No Rain_, I invite you to listen to this.For a while, I was the same way, and then when Shannon Hoon died, it all just kind of made sense to tuck Blind Melon away somewhere never to be seen or heard from again, like the dollar rack at the used cd store. But then in 1999 my sister came to visit me, and she was jamming _Soup_ and _N...
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And I can't tell you, how many ways that I've sat and viewed my life today, but I can tell you. I don't think that I could find an easier way. So if I see you walkin hand in hand in hand with a three armed, you know I'll understand. But you should have been in my shoes yesterday.shit in this world just aint right no more.
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Chase the albino cricket had a plan. He knew he had to get to Indio for the Cricketchella fest. You see, Chase loved live music & Cricketchella was the place to be for music. Plus, all his friends & cousins would be there. Ella Anne, Izzie, Debbie, Lucas, Amber & Craig to name but a few. But HOW ??? He lived in Pennsylvania & Indio was all the way across the country. He went to his mot...
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Ah, the love song. A staple of the pop song. Food, another favorite, but a little less represented in the annals of the pop lexicon. But what happens when the love of a person short circuits, and the infatuation and hunger beget the deepest, most unmentionable of human faults - the desire to eat the one you love - or perhaps, just the one your trapped on a dessert island (etc.) with.So when ...
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I'll be damned if I don't have a few nightmares tonight. First I figured it would be due to the gent at the bottom of the post - Mr. Ed Gein. The impetus for the characters of Norman Bates, Leatherface & Buffalo Bill... also fodder for multiple songs including one from a band I adore - Blind Melon. Came to also be a thought of mine after watching a video from the outtakes of 120 minutes.As I...
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I am crazy about Blind Melon’s music, and it is beyond difficult for me to articulate any further than that. There is no combination of subject and predicate that can say it better than “I love them.” Once something really hits me on that soul level, I lose the ability to speak about it with impartiality. I’m not even gonna try. The loss of Shannon Hoon in 1995 was nearly as painful to
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And I can't tell you, how many ways that I've sat and viewed my life today, but I can tell you. I don't think that I could find an easier way. So if I see you walkin hand in hand in hand with a three armed, you know I'll understand. But you should have been in my shoes yesterday.shit in this world just aint right no more.
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For everyone who pigeonholed Blind Melon the second they heard _No Rain_, I invite you to listen to this.For a while, I was the same way, and then when Shannon Hoon died, it all just kind of made sense to tuck Blind Melon away somewhere never to be seen or heard from again, like the dollar rack at the used cd store. But then in 1999 my sister came to visit me, and she was jamming _Soup_ and _N...
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| 1 Galaxie |
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| 2 2 X 4 |
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| 3 Vernie |
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| 4 Skinned |
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| 5 Toes Across the Floor |
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| 6 Walk |
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| 7 Dump Truck |
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| 8 Car Seat (God's Presents) |
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| 9 Wilt |
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| 10 The Duke |
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| 11 St. Andrew's Fall |
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| 12 New Life |
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| 13 Mouthful of Cavities |
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| 14 Lemonade |
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