...listening to (a)sa thinking about how amazing it is really has blown me away. Wondering who i can get to listen to this album and who would genuinly like it, when i realised i have more melvins albums than i do friends.
Im not generally liked i must admit, but still i think this is brilliant is this just for me or anyone else? Or is it possible to have more friends than melvins albums there are a lot.
My friends are convinced that Wolfmother rocks harder than the Melvins. :(
i have way more melvins albums than friends.
who needs friends when you have the melvins?
I used to try to turn friends on to what I'm listening to whether it's Melvins, some avant jazz, or some obscure '80s punk/metal band, and quit that awhile ago. It's like you're showing them a foreign language, they just don't get it and it's frustrates you. Or they pretend to like it, but later on you see they still have only the same bad CDs in their collection and don't bring up any of the good bands up in a music conversation.
It's probably selfish, but I like to keep the Melvins to myself anyway. I have friends who are so called metal/punk fans and besides the Melvins, couldn't name one Clutch, Fugazi, or Bad Brains song either.
haha I'm selfish like that too, I don't share them around either, even to this
day I like to think of them as my little secret, even though they're blowing up
and (to their complete disconcern) potentially going to get some well deserved,
wider recognition with this sonic beauty known as (A)SA, They've extended the
shelf life of the brand by doing this..wise, shrewd
each song references sounds and refines elements we've seen spread out over
their vast catalog, things like using the bloated pope as reference on #2, and
re-conceiving a whole new song based on the night goat bassline, hand of the laughing
man bass structure, etc.
9.975 out of 10
I was able to convert 3 people at my work to melvins fans. One mostly through the jello connection (but ya gotta get em anyway ya can). They all loved the portland show on this current tour and couldn't believe the power of double drummers live.
Quote from: Duke of Prunes on October 13, 2006, 05:10:49 PM
who needs friends when you have the melvins?
Exactly!!
And the best friends are melvins friends.
i've turned a couple friends. it's all worth when you go out for a ride with them or something, and they throw a melvins album on in the car without the usual cajoling.
Quote from: anaconda on October 13, 2006, 07:36:51 PM
haha I'm selfish like that too, I don't share them around either, even to this
day I like to think of them as my little secret, even though they're blowing up
and (to their complete disconcern) potentially going to get
Quote from: TGH on October 13, 2006, 02:23:58 PM
My friends are convinced that Wolfmother rocks harder than the Melvins. :(
Hands down the most baffling notion I've heard all week.
That band should be killed.
I have about 3 real friends.... what good are friends when you listen to, and play music anyway?
Quote from: Rhetoric Camel on October 15, 2006, 12:05:27 PM
I have about 3 real friends.... what good are friends when you listen to, and play music anyway?
Well, they can be handy to fill out the crowd when you play gigs. That's the only use i can come up with.
Quote from: mopafeena on October 16, 2006, 05:50:11 AM
Quote from: Rhetoric Camel on October 15, 2006, 12:05:27 PM
I have about 3 real friends.... what good are friends when you listen to, and play music anyway?
Well, they can be handy to fill out the crowd when you play gigs. That's the only use i can come up with.
Or when you want to grab a beer somewhere, or watch a movie with some company, or when you go on vacation, or when you go visiting festivals, when you just want to hang out, when you need advice, etc. etc. I think that was really it.
Quote from: norecess on October 16, 2006, 05:54:29 AM
Quote from: mopafeena on October 16, 2006, 05:50:11 AM
Quote from: Rhetoric Camel on October 15, 2006, 12:05:27 PM
I have about 3 real friends.... what good are friends when you listen to, and play music anyway?
Well, they can be handy to fill out the crowd when you play gigs. That's the only use i can come up with.
Or when you want to grab a beer somewhere, or watch a movie with some company, or when you go on vacation, or when you go visiting festivals, when you just want to hang out, when you need advice, etc. etc. I think that was really it.
haha, yeah you're right. I was partially being sarcastic in my comment.
man, I had no idea melvins fans were such hermetic losers.
"I got like maybe one good friend. and this other dude I say hi to in the hallway everyday. but I really like the melvins. so I got that going for me."
:shock:
you people need to get out a little more.
none of my friends can even fathom the magnitude of the MELVINS. keep it that way and you'll be mr. (or ms.) popularity. don't frighten and confuse the simple minded. keep them in their happy little tool dream world. its best for everybody.
on a related note: I was having some beers with friends this weekend over the UFC fight. one guy I know said "been to any concerts lately?" I said "yeah, I went to 2 last weekend." of course he said "who did you see?" I said "the melvins, both nights." he got this bewildered look on his face as if to say "the same band, twice?" but never actually said it. he then said "where?" I told him in detroit and grand rapids. he said "grand rapids? where at? van andle arena?"
(van andle is probably 10,000 capacity)
my response "no, at the intersection. its a little bar, down the street."
the dude just seemed totally baffled that I drove for a total of 8 hours to go to 2 bars to see the same band play, TWICE. yet he didn't say anything. I could see he was trying to digest what I just told him for the next hour or so.
like I said, don't frighten and confuse the simple minded. just leave them in their ignorant bliss.