I just recently realized there is is a lot more to Shannon Honn & co. then no rain and the bee girl.

can you guys recommend me some of their best songs? i just heard change and im blown away and want to hear more!

thanks, ike

just buy all three of their albums, they are all simply amazing

I'll make a shoehorn outta your shin
I'll make a lampshade of durable skin
And oh, don't you know that I'm always feelin' able
When I'm sittin' home and I'm carving out your navel
im just a sittin' here carving out your navel

Damn, I though their self-titled was their only album. I guess I'll have to pick up the other two with my christmas money.

A review of their second album, Soup, from allmusic.com

Most '90s rock bands that enjoyed massive breakthrough success with their debut album seemed to follow it up with an effort similarly styled to its predecessor, hence guaranteeing repeat success. This proved not to be the case with Blind Melon. It appeared as though the band rejected the jovial spirit of "No Rain" and focused on much darker material for their follow-up, Soup. While it did not match the commercial success of the debut, Soup proved to be a challenging, gripping record that is just as strong and perhaps even more rewarding. Shannon Hoon was in the throes of drug addiction (which would prove fatal only two months after the album's release), and his experience at a drug detox is clearly detailed in the Zep-groover, "2x4." Hoon's lyrics often examine his growing sense of mortality, as evidenced in "The Duke," "St. Andrew's Fall," and "Car Seat," while "New Life" shows Hoon hoping that the birth of his baby daughter will put his life back on track. The country-tinged "Skinned" is written from the standpoint of notorious killer, Ed Gein, the anthemic rocker, "Galaxie," appears to deal with a troubled relationship, and "Vernie" is a tribute to his grandmother. Some of the tracks prove hopeful ("Walk"), while others are steeped in despair ("Toes Across the Floor," "Wilt"). Soup deserved to be another big hit, but due to MTV and radio's abrupt abandonment of the band, harsh reviews from close-minded critics, and worst of all, Hoon's untimely death mid-tour, all hopes of the album receiving the attention it deserved were extinguished. Soup is one of the most underrated and overlooked great rock albums of the '90s.

Yeah just get all 3 albums, you can't go wrong with any of them. Soup is definitely underrated, and Nico is an excellent posthumous release.

If you are poor like me you can't afford to buy all three albums, so download these:

Wilt
Galaxie
Tones of Home
Mouthful of Cavities
St. Andrews Fall
New Life
Soup
Drive
Sleepyhouse
Holy Man
Time
Lemonade

And if you can find it No Rain (Ripped Away Version) is really bad ass...probably hard to find online though, but it's on the cd Nico.

Blind Melon is one of the best bands from the 90's, very very underrated. Theres alot more to them than No Rain.

Blind Melon did no wrong.

Amazing that a band that was this good is nearly forgotten by critics and the media.

Everybody cares about that Cobain jackass though

Sometimes (most of the time) I hate this world...

Deserted
Sleepyhouse
Holyman
Toes Across The Floor
St. Andrew's Fall
2X4
I Wonder

Fucked up, i was in your shoes about 7 months ago, randomly grabbed the album out of a bunch of cd's i burned from my boss, never really listened to much of the album before. i listened to it for a while and realized it's one of the better albums i own front to back, turning a few of my friends back on to the album, it was even better when i learned how to play change on the guitar, that song was my first eye opener too, i really like tones of home and holy man as well, and track 3, name skips my mind. I've now purchsed the other two and i've only listened to each of them once, they sound pretty damn good!

Track 3 = I Wonder.

Nico is amazing. my favorite blind melon album. the song ive been listeneing to alot lately has been Car Seat

Tongue ties, nerves as big as boulders
Why mom, I thought I was your soldier?
My brother sits by me
Buckled into the carseat

Feel the thirst, it’s time for pulling over
Into the truckstop on my daddy’s shoulder
Out back where they plant all the trees
Ten feet away my daddy buries me


i love those lyrics

Buy the letters from a porcupine dvd.. I watch that thing all the time...

Also on easytree a while back they had the woodstock94 video.. I watch that a lot too

Blind Melon Rules!!

I think I write this same post about 3 times a year whenever a new Blind Melon thread gets started.

At the time of Shannon's death, Blind Melon was my favorite band bar none. Every single one of their songs has a personal meaning to me, and in a more objective sense, this was a band with five musicians who were all incredibly strong at their instruments. Very groovy, and very head-trippy music.

My favorites:

Deserted
I Wonder
Mouthful Of Cavities
Wilt
St. Andrews Fall
All That I Need
Pull

When I was in college, I had a radio show, and I used to almost always close it with "Time", because it was "time to go", but also because it has that nice 90 second instrumental outro that was perfect to speak over and sign off the show.

I really miss Blind Melon. As was said earlier, this was much more upsetting to me than Kurt's death because Shannon was obviously not ready to go yet.

--PunkDavid

I love this band. I haven't listened to them in a while but Soup is definitely very underrated. Hell, all three of their albums are. The only thing I need to get is the Porcupine dvd......

thanks everybody. i bought soup and am loving it! soon ill get the other two. and that rare and live website is great too. these guys are the real deal and shannon's emotion in his vocals and lyrics is really hitting me. (speaking as someone who's going through a break-up with his 2+year girlfriend, i need good new music like this.) that line from change is the best: 'when your deepest thoughts are broken, you better keep on dreaming boy, when you stop youre gonna die, no i don't wanna die...' so life-affirming while acknowledging sorrow, which is what we all need to remember now and then. its true that shannon hoon does not sound like somebody who was ready to go or who wanted to go, especially when i listen to 'new life' about his baby daughter.

anyway this is a great band, im enjoying exploring them at a tough time in my life, and thanks so much everybody for all your help and recommendations!

Anyone recommend their dvd?

The DVD is great, I had the VHS already, but there are a bunch of extras on the DVD, including all of their videos, plus short documentaries on the making of each album.

One big problem with the DVD though, there are no chapters. I usually watch the whole thing in one sitting anyway, but sometimes I just want to watch Change from Letterman, and it's a bit of a hassle to have to fast-forward to it.