Who knows them? They're great! Great music and the leadsinger has (had.... he's dead for about 7 years now) a great voice. They play alternative music where you can relax easily with. Try these: - Walk - St. Andrews Hall/St. Andrews Fall (2 different versions, both great) - Wilt - Sleepyhouse - Life ain't so s h i t t y (that damned wordfilter...) and many, many more
All of their songs have been my favorite at one time or another. Shannon Hoon was an extremely talented musician and lyricist, probably moreso than anyone else in the 90's. They had that Zeppelin like chemistry and, like LZ, they were an acquired taste and were very inconsistent live. "Blind Melon" is definately one of the best albums of the 90's, and "Soup" and "Nico" are pretty damn good too.
It's just magic. Funnily enough I discovered them by pure coincidence. I was searching on Kazaa for some new music so I searched, as a big Nirvana fan that I was, on 'grunge'. So I just downloaded some results included 'No Rain'. When I heared it I was completely addicted
Initially, I never gave them a chance after that video they had with that bee girl, and they regretted doing that. But a couple years later I was hooked. Something about his lyrics went perfectly with my life at that time.
The Shannon Hoon/Blind Melon Behind the Music, with endless home video footage of a) him getting high on all sorts of ************ and b) him playing around with his baby kid is terribly chilling. If they ever made the mistake of programming that one and the Bradley Nowell one back to back, we'd all have to go right to therapy.
I have the CD Blind Melon and outside of No Rain and Tones of Home, the rest of it isn't that great. I don't think they should be judge as one of the great bands but that's just my opinion.
Well, everybody has his own taste... BTW: Soul One is one of the best too! Shannon is singing perfectly there
I just downloaded some of their songs again. It reminded me why i didn't like them all those years ago!
I have all three and I gotta say Soup is the best. I like heir first CD but Soup just does it for me. Definately one of my favs from the 90's. Favorite song? Mouthful of Cavities. Amazing.
I have a live bootleg of them called "A Long Strange Trip to Canada" which is pretty good. Hoon had a cool habit of changing up his lyrics. There is also a CD out there that was released with two versions of "Change" on it, as well as "Bluebird" (an old Lou Reed song) and a live version of "Paper Scratcher". And if your really into them, they have a VHS called "Letters From A Porcupine" with live video (various concerts including Woodstock), interviews, and some videos you may not have seen ("Toes Across The floor") Have you heard them do "Three is the Magic Number" from the Schoolhouse Rock cartoons?