With their cult following growing, Morphine expanded their audience even further with their exceptional 1994 sophomore effort, Cure for Pain. Whereas their debut, Good, was intriguing yet not entirely consistent, Cure for Pain more than delivered. The songwriting was stronger and more succinct this time around, while new drummer Billy Conway made his recording debut with the trio (replacing Jerome Deupree). Like the debut, most of the material shifts between depressed and upbeat, with a few cacophonic rockers thrown in between. Such selections as "Buena," "I'm Free Now," "All Wrong," "Candy," "Thursday," "In Spite of Me" (one of the few tracks to contain six-string guitar), "Let's Take a Trip Together," "Sheila," and the title track are all certifiable Morphine classics. And again, Mark Sandman's two-string slide bass and Dana Colley's sax work help create impressive atmospherics throughout the album. Cure for Pain was unquestionably one of the best and most cutting-edge rock releases of the '90s.
Morphine - What a great band. I saw them maybe 3 months before Mark's death. They are amazingly talented. Mark Sandman played two saxes at once! The two surviving members, Dana and...(the other name escapes me) are in a band w/ a female singer, not as good but similar, called Twinemen. They played an instore performance a year and a half ago at the now defuct record store, NYCD in Manhatta...
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No, that's not a bass you hear; that's a heartbeat — a heartbeat of someone not quite like you and I, but similar enough to have a heart that beats and bleeds (and, sadly, leaves). It's a heartbeat buried deep and far away, but still strong enough to vibrate two metal strings and broadcast itself out to you (and make no mistake: there are things standing nearby that you cannot see listening to .
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Don't know how widely people know Morphine. Browsing about a lot of these Mogs I realize I have no idea who an awful lot of these bands are so I'm not gonna out-hip the hipsters. This might be old news but Morphine is a band that I've liked for a long time and they really have one of the more unqiue sounds in rock music - or did prior to Mark Sandman's death in 1999. One sort of struggles to f...
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i meant to post on and about my father's birthday last May 11th. yuh, i am that busy. he's 87 and has advanced Alzheimer's, and i thought that if he'd not remember me ringing him up from across the miles, then i'll just do it another way and put my greeting out there. cut to twelve days and twelve tunes later.rain on your parade mixLet's Take a Trip Together : Morphine : Cure for PainDiminished...
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So many times, and I don't know why, I try to find a reason behind certain things that will always lack a logical answer. For the first 15 years of my life I had a best friend. I can't think of a moment in that time where weren't together. We did just about everthing, and some of it was good, but most of it was pretty bad.(no exstortion or death threats just a little mayhem and desruction) It w...
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Morphine - What a great band. I saw them maybe 3 months before Mark's death. They are amazingly talented. Mark Sandman played two saxes at once! The two surviving members, Dana and...(the other name escapes me) are in a band w/ a female singer, not as good but similar, called Twinemen. They played an instore performance a year and a half ago at the now defuct record store, NYCD in Manhatta...
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i love this band, and i really miss them."We used to meet every Thursday ThursdayThursday in the afternoonFor a couple of beers and a game of poolWe used to go to a motel a motelA motel across the streetAnd the name of the motel was the Wagon WheelOhOne day she said come on come on she saidWhy don't you come back to my houseShe said my husband's out of townYou know he's gone till the end of the...
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No, that's not a bass you hear; that's a heartbeat — a heartbeat of someone not quite like you and I, but similar enough to have a heart that beats and bleeds (and, sadly, leaves). It's a heartbeat buried deep and far away, but still strong enough to vibrate two metal strings and broadcast itself out to you (and make no mistake: there are things standing nearby that you cannot see listening to .
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My head is ready to explode, I don't feel like working today, and Morphine is sounding good.
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Don't know how widely people know Morphine. Browsing about a lot of these Mogs I realize I have no idea who an awful lot of these bands are so I'm not gonna out-hip the hipsters. This might be old news but Morphine is a band that I've liked for a long time and they really have one of the more unqiue sounds in rock music - or did prior to Mark Sandman's death in 1999. One sort of struggles to f...
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| 1 Dawna |
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| 2 Buena |
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| 3 I'm Free Now |
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| 4 All Wrong |
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| 5 Candy |
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| 6 A Head With Wings |
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| 7 In Spite of Me |
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| 8 Thursday |
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| 9 Cure for Pain |
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| 10 Mary Won't You Call My Name? |
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| 11 Let's Take a Trip Together |
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| 12 Sheila |
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| 13 Miles Davis' Funeral |
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