Posted almost 6 years ago
I've never really been a big fan of Seether, I remember a few years back the song "Fine Again" and I didn't really pay much attention to it except for the fact that I liked the video. All in all I just thought their sound was just a little to negative for me at the time. I'm looking around the music store and I see that Seether has released a live album and it's getting 4 and 5 stars with reviews along the lines of "...completely not seether, but a very beautiful album...." I figure why not, it's only $10, I get a video and a digital booklet too! WOO! The first few songs download and I start listening. Gasoline is the first song and I'm thinking "oh, great I spent $10 and all I got was this stupid album full of power ballads." But lo and behold after the second song I was catching myself tapping my foot and bobbing my head, at work nonetheless. I get up and start working around my office with this playing in the background when the acoustic version of Fine Again comes on. I stop working, goto my computer, turn up the volume and restart the song. I don't really remember what the original version was like, but if it's anything like this version then my opinion of Seether has been changed forever. I'm not going to do a track for track review or anything, but after I played the album through once, I played it again, then again and I've got to say that I'm somewhat hooked on it for now. I urge you to check it out if you like the live acoustic performances from bands that usually tend to be on the harder side. Final Word: It's no Nirvana Unplugged in NY, but it's still pretty damn good. I will leave you with the lyrics for Fine Again... for a time where I'm in a very transitional period in my life (to quote modest mouse - talking shit about a pretty sunset "and I claim I'm not excited with my life anymore, so I blame this town, this job, these friends.... the truth is it's myself) this song means a lot to me.It seems like every day's the sameand I'm left to discover on my own It seems like everything is gray and there's no color to behold They say it's over and I'm fine again, yeah Try to stay sober feels like I'm dying hereAnd I am aware now of howeverything's gonna be fine one dayToo late, I'm in hell I am prepared now, seems everyone's gonna be fine One day too late, just as wellI feel the dream in me expireand there's no one left to blame it on I hear you label me a liar 'cause I can't seem to get this through You say it's over, I can sigh again, yeah Why try to stay sober when I'm dying hereAnd I am aware now of how everything's gonna be fine one day Too late, I'm in hell I am prepared now,seems everyone's gonna be fine One day too late; just as wellAnd I'm not scared now. I must assure you, you're never gonna get away And I'm not scared now.And I'm not scared now. No...I am aware now of how everything's gonna be fine one dayToo late, I'm in hellI am prepared nowseems everyone's gonna be fineOne day too late, just as wellI am prepared now, seems everything's gonna be fine for meFor me; for myself.For me, for me, for myselfFor me, for me, for myselfI am prepared now for myselfI am prepared now, and I am fine again

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  1. dj ivi says that's what we call a "REWIND!" when the crowd wants the dj to "Pull Up" the selection to "come again" because it sounds so good in the moment. I love that photo. negative seether seethes glittery beauty. maybe i like it coz seether would be an epic high school dance band! nirvana unplugged, that's when kurdt did "in the pines" the leadbelly remix, yes? my bandmate and i cover that song too, and the unplugged nirvana version was a big inspiration. but we didn't want to sound like nirvana, so we slowed it down even more and made it haunting. it really is chilling. our most powerful song so far. i can't come close to writing music in the league of leadbelly, so it will be awhile before we are able to build a repertoire of songs of that calibre.
    Permalink posted 03/03/2007

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