I don't even listen to the first one. Hunger Strike is era defining but the rest sounds horribly dated to me - there was a reason it got a poor reaction at PJ20 - it's not a good album and the few good songs don't work live. I remember when I bought it all those years ago after hearing Hunger Strike and Griel Marcus's review of Dylan's Self Portait immediately came to mind. Historically it obviously has its place and say hello to heaven is a nice elegy but when was the last time someone sat through 7 minutes of 'Four Walled World'?
Post subject: Re: How about a new Temple of the Dog album?
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:17 pm
Master of Meh
Joined: Fri May 19, 2006 11:00 pm Posts: 13226 Location: Adelaide, AUS
leopold wrote:
I don't even listen to the first one. Hunger Strike is era defining but the rest sounds horribly dated to me - there was a reason it got a poor reaction at PJ20 - it's not a good album and the few good songs don't work live. I remember when I bought it all those years ago after hearing Hunger Strike and Griel Marcus's review of Dylan's Self Portait immediately came to mind. Historically it obviously has its place and say hello to heaven is a nice elegy but when was the last time someone sat through 7 minutes of 'Four Walled World'?
Post subject: Re: How about a new Temple of the Dog album?
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:07 pm
Johnny Guitar
Joined: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:41 pm Posts: 129
Damn, I'm a taken back by the disdain for Temple in this thread. I love that record. Say Hello 2 Heaven, Wooden Jesus, Your Savior, the solo on Reach Down. It certainly wasn't the best album that particualr collection of musicians could've made, but it was still damn good if you ask me.
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