Morphine
Yes
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AMG Review of Yes
Greg Prato
All Music GuideOn their third release, 1995's Yes, Morphine shied away from the more accessible direction they laid down on 1994's superb Cure for Pain, going for a more challenging (but just as rewarding) direction. While the singles/videos "Honey White" and "Super Sex" did contain a pop edge (and were the album's best), other tracks, such as "The Jury" and "Sharks" pushed the envelope by containing lyrics that sound as if they're stream of consciousness. Like its predecessor, it's a highly consistent album -- even the lesser-known tracks are integral to the album's overall makeup. "Scratch," "All Your Way," "I Had My Chance," "Free Love," and "Gone for Good" all sound like the observations of a broken-down man, steeped in despair. But the mood lightens up on such selections as "Radar" and the title track, plus the aforementioned singles. With nearly all alt-rock bands sounding identical and bashing angrily away at their instruments in 1995, Morphine proved to be in a league all by themselves. Yes is perhaps just a shade less spectacular than Cure for Pain, but certainly not by much.
Shame on you all for not telling me...
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that it is Shark week on the discovery channel!! What am I doing sitting in front of a computer when I could be deepening the psychological effects of my most irrational fear...SHARKS.Shark Week Question 1Do you think that the fact that I am moving from land locked Ohio to LA during shark week is a bad omen?Shark Week Question 2DO you believe that this is the 20th year of shark week? Yes, I hav...
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And now back to the music
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I flipped Live Earth back on...but the Police just weren't keeping me entertained. So i am back to deejaying my own private party.Listened to this gorgeous Morphine song today, and it struck me as one of the best saying goodbye songs i had ever heard...considering the sea change my life is about to undertake.A beautiful tune indeed...
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Morphine the band
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Morphine was huge in my eyes back in the early 90's. They opened my eyes to the nontraditional "alternative" music scene which ultimately led me down to appreciating bands like firewater, gogol bordello, eels. Notable for using a 2 string bass the sound that mark sandman would get outta that beast would make your spincter quiver. sandman met an early death on my birthday july 3, 1999. i nev...
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Alright time to wake up and get back on task!
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Need something rocking to wake me up....but need those horns to frame it right. Anyone else miss Morphine? ~sigh~ Another show missed because the singer off'd himself, one way or another. :(
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