Third Eye Blind Band • Page 15

Kinda bummed that my tour date doesn't have the VIP Meet and agreed option (unless you go for the $1500 option haha). Then they don't have the $20 ticket option either.

Sadly probably passing on this tour even though it's my second favorite album of all time.

 

Nice article, thanks for sharing. I completely agree with you on the back half of that album. Just like you, back in the day even though I liked Third Eye Blind after How's It Going To Be I would just stop listening to the rest of the album for whatever reasons probably ADD. About 5 years ago I was cleaning up my lap top getting rid of songs/albums I didn't listen to anymore and for whatever reason I decided to listen to the whole album for the first time since probably 1998. I was blown away by Background and Motorcycle Drive By in particular. Those are my two favorite songs by them hands down.

 

Self-titled was the first record I found on my own as a kid that I loved. Before that I mostly listened to classic rock records from my parents or grunge/alternative from my sister. After this record I found Matchbox 20's YOSLY. Didn't realize it was out before T3B. Between my family's base of music and me finding those two records when I did, I felt like I was setup for success when it came to having good music taste. I avoided having the boy band phase unlike most of my friends.

 

I have a similar thing with U2's The Joshua Tree. When artists stack all the "hits" upfront, it can be tough to get beyond that if you don't listen to that much music or are young and stupid and equate "hits" with "good," haha. I'm glad I didn't hear "Motorcycle" for so long, though. I don't think I would have appreciated that song as much as a kid.

I had a similar development. When I was a kid, it was those two records (3EB and MB20), plus the first two Counting Crows albums, The Wallflowers' Bringing Down the Horse, and Oasis's Morning Glory. Those artists formed the backbone of my listening for a solid seven years or so.

 

Buddy said he has a friend who works at a local radio station and might be able to get me tickets to their Boston show...

... turns out he thought I said 3 Doors Down...

...
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Who here is all about Out of the Vein like me? I love that album so much.

 

That's definitely their second best record, imo. The first half especially is stellar.

 

Good call on the Counting Crows. My older sister was really into them so I've been on them for a while, but I didn't find them myself haha. I only know the hits from the Wallflowers. Live's Throwing Copper and some of the Gin Blossoms stuff was really good too. '90s music man haha.

 

Good points about how different the two halves of the album are. Indicative of the care that went into the song order for Self-titled.

 

"Blinded", "Forget Myself", "Misfits", and "Palm Reader" are not just album highlights, but career highlights in my opinion.

 

Oh man, you've gotta dig up that Wallflowers record some time. That's my second favorite album of the 90s, after August and Everything After.

Speaking of Matchbox Twenty, as much as I love YOSLY, my favorite record from them is actually More Than You Think You Are. I just wrote a piece about that one over at Modern Vinyl.

Please Press: Matchbox Twenty — More Than You Think You Are

 

I can easily see how August is a favorite record from that era, but Horse over Third Eye Blind and some of the other '90s stuff is wild. Is that for any genre or just Alternative? I'll definitely give it a listen considering I know a good chunk of it haha.

 

That's the whole decade. Third Eye Blind would probably be my number three.

"One Headlight" was the first song I ever really loved and The Wallflowers were my first favorite band. That record is still pretty close to perfect for me, whereas 3EB has three songs I don't really care for.

 

That's a heck of claim considering how many great albums came from that era. So many good hip hop and punk records as well. Unfortunately, I won't be able to hear it the same way as you for the first time, but I'm sure I'll enjoy it either way.

 

Yourself Or Someone Like You
Third Eye Blind
Dizzy Up The Girl
Bringing Down The Horse
August And Everything After
Everything You Want
So Much For The Afterglow

What a time.

 

Did not care for either of those genres at all growing up, so they weren't really a factor. Those Counting Crows and Wallflowers records pretty much shaped the direction of my listening, too. They're probably big part of the reason I love country and folk music so much today.

Yep, all of these.

 

Dizzy Up The Girl is a good one for sure. I'd personally take Throwing Copper over Afterglow and Vertical Horizon though. I didn't rock those bands much beyond the hits.

 

Also, Fastball's All the Pain Money Can Buy.

 

Dizzy Up The Girl has some of the best deep cuts of the 90's. Third Eye Blind goes without saying has some of the best songs of my all-time list

 

Eve 6 first two records are great, especially Horrorscope

 

That Fastball record is def good, but there were some duds from what I remember.

 

I think it was technically 2000, but that Nine Days record was pretty good and basically the '90s.

 

I was only into the singles on that Fastball record, admittedly.

Eve 6's Horrorscope was just a monster record for me.

 

IF I AMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

 

14:59 was the bigger Sugar Ray record in terms of hits, but the S/T record just after that had so many good songs on it.