Melvins tracks other people (friends/acquaintances) seem to like?

Started by Stass, March 19, 2012, 03:21:18 PM

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What track would you use to introduce someone to The Melvins?

The War On Wisdom
1 (5.9%)
The Water Glass
0 (0%)
Blood Witch
0 (0%)
Queen
0 (0%)
The Bit
2 (11.8%)
Honey Bucket
3 (17.6%)
Matt-Alec
0 (0%)
It's Shoved
0 (0%)
Safety Third
0 (0%)
Other (please specify below)
10 (58.8%)
A History Of Bad Men (edit: add on)
1 (5.9%)

Total Members Voted: 16

Stass

I always find The Melvins a hard sell when I tell people about them, whether it be friends or casual acquaintances. While it would be easier to recommend a handful of albums, as an individual track is not enough to give someone a rough idea on what to expect from them. But I've noticed a few tracks that others seem to take a liking to, whether I've rammed them down their throat, or seem to show any liking without my input. For this, I ignored cover songs by the band (ie. Candy-O, The Green Manalishi etc):

The War On Wisdom, The Water Glass, Blood Witch.
- these tracks get the approval from one of my best mates, where The Melvins are not exactly his cup of tea, but he's used to me playing them at home at this stage.

Queen
- one of my mates has "Stoner Witch" in her CD collection, so it's become the "token Melvins album" whenever I'm around. :P
- this track seems to be a favourite of hers and her husband, from what I gather.

The Bit
- a good portion of my friends are huge Mastodon fans, so they knew of the cover of this song.
- I've never gotten into Mastodon, so I play this whenever I'm in a pub with said mates, as this is one of two Melvins songs that I seem to find in jukeboxes.

Honey Bucket
- this is the other jukebox track.

Matt-Alec, It's Shoved
- I saw these two songs posted on someone's Facebook page, and I didn't know she listened to them from time to time.

Safety Third
- there is this DJ in one pub that I used to go to years ago, and he used to play a few decent tracks before the club got busy, and this was one of the tracks he used to play. But once the pub became packed, he was reduced to play 3-4 System Of A Down every hour.

If anyone has any other similar stories, or even have a certain track or two they use on others (hence the poll above), feel free to comment below.

EDIT
A History Of Bad Men
- one time I posted on my FB page the clip of Lindsay Lohan dancing to The Melvins in "I Know Who Killed Me", and I was asked what song was in the background by someone I know.

(((O)))

Yeah its a tricky one. Ultimately i think it depends upon the tastes and outlook of whom you are trying to subject them to. To the usual, "normal" person tho i'd probably go with something like The Talking Horse or Billy Fish. Both quite upbeat, listenable and easy to get into. They're not exactly representative of the band but they serve as something that shouldn't deter someone from exploring further.

I think Revolve is another good one or Electric Flower.

jules

I generally sit them down, play them the 6 Songs EP and if they're not smiling all the way through it, tell them to fuck off.

Dumpster D



Dumpster D

same  :D

only difference Is my Melvins pepsi Challenge is to give em The bootlicker.  :(

I should just stick with PRICK all the way.

people can't tell the difference if the truth be told.

Dumpster D


acid policy

the bit, bloated pope, night goat, lovely butterfly, mombius hibachi, amazon, billy fish, you've never been right, blood witch, revolve, berthas, the fool the meddling idiot, suicide in progress, the bloat, civilized worm, dog island, skin horse, evil new war god, rat faced granny, national hamster, blood witch, safety third, it's shoved, honey bucket, queen, water glass, war on wisdom, boris (from sugar daddy), pigs of the roman empire, we are doomed, friends before larry

Stass


JUDY

Album wise, when in doubt, hand em LYSOL or THE BOOTLICKER.

(((O)))

Quote from: JUDY on March 19, 2012, 06:28:26 PM
Album wise, when in doubt, hand em LYSOL or THE BOOTLICKER.
Speaking for myself on this im sure Lysol would actually put many people off! I had already heard and loved a good handful of Melvins albums when i first discovered them but Lysol did nothing for me. Took me quite a while to warm to it. Bootlicker tho yes that was my first album and i loved it!!

JUDY

Quote from: )))((( on March 19, 2012, 06:35:55 PM
Quote from: JUDY on March 19, 2012, 06:28:26 PM
Album wise, when in doubt, hand em LYSOL or THE BOOTLICKER.
Speaking for myself on this im sure Lysol would actually put many people off! I had already heard and loved a good handful of Melvins albums when i first discovered them but Lysol did nothing for me. Took me quite a while to warm to it. Bootlicker tho yes that was my first album and i loved it!!
STONER WITCH was my first, but that's far too weird and heavy for most beginners. But that's just like, my opinion, man. STAG might be a better choice, but I think LYSOL would give the listener a better idea of what to expect for future endeavors.

LYSOL did nothing for you ???!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
Who are you and what are you doing here???

FartLips

Judy is mad.🤣

black stallion

See How Pretty See How Smart or Hung Bunny RDB or a  few random tracks from Honky. i know it sounds weird (or normal?) but all my friends prefer old than recent melvins stuff
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