Brian Jonestown Massacre - Strung Out in Heaven
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Free Music Review: Good, but they should have been resting...
Hit: 3 Stars
I think the BJM's music tends to be best experienced in layers, w/ repeated listens. After a few go-rounds I couldn't help thinking though that they sound a little tired on this one (not tired as in lame or unoriginal..just tired tired). But then again...I must not have been paying attention to the album title! Though it seems more like they're strung out in purgatory. One of the songs sounded like the same riff from "Not if You were the Last Dandy on Earth", but then the next time I heard it it sounded more like "Sister Ray" so I couldn't dock them any points for that. Its encouraging, that there's enough chaos in their sound-soup that new things happen when you are listening to something that is technically static. I had read later that this was their major label debut, or something to that effect, and I didn't feel like they had been particularly cheated by the industry with this disk. If you consider all of the strong albums they had released prior to this album, it is understandable that they might be a little played out by the time the industry finally took notice. With that said, it seems intriguing that they would release such a low-key album -- on their big chance, I don't detect a hint of strain in any of the songs. This may seem like a small point, but to my ears most rock bands over the last ten years or so sound like they do little else but strain. Then again maybe the BJM didn't have a choice...Free Music Review: Ragged Glory
Hit: 3 Stars
Swirling together such influences as the Velvet Underground, the Rolling Stones, the Byrds, Bob Dylan, the Spacemen 3, the Monkees! and any number of groovy sixties garage bands with a pinch (lyrically) of Charlie Manson?!, "Strung Out In Heaven" is one of the Brian Jonestown Massacre's tastiest albums though not their best. Songs like "Going To Hell", "Let's Pretend It's Summer" and the country flavored "Wasting Away" are like diamonds in the rough. "Jennifer" and "Lantern" are particularly Byrds-jangly. "Got My Eye On You" and "Nothing To Lose" are pure Velvets. I love BJM but must admit that the album's charms weaken after the midway point. Maybe it's just the drugs...Free Music Review: Should have named this one Zero Inspiration
Hit: 1 Stars
Believe the bad reviews. I've listened to a couple of earlier cds by this band and felt, despite their influences doing it much better, they were still an okay listen. This cd, however, has about the most consistently uninspired "melodies" of any I've ever heard-- and trust me, it wasn't their intention. You can tell that with these tracks, they basically came up with some music and then tried to come up with the song melody for it, and coming up wayyyy short. Textbook examples of uninspired songwriting. Skip it.
By the way, listening to it did inspire me, however. I've heard bad cds before, but this was the first to inspire me to take the time to sign up for a yahoo account and submit a bad review.
Free Music Review: This band should quit!
Hit: 1 Stars
Own kind of music ha! Maybe if Spiritualized, The Rolling Stones and David Bowie were never born and that only the tip of the iceburg. This band sounds like they record everything on a 4 track and rip ALL their material off. Its boring and too much of a drone to even bother with. It actually makes my stomach turn. I think they should quit and try working at fast food or something.Free Music Review: Don't waste your money
Hit: 1 Stars
People like this? A friend let me borrow his CD saying it was pretty cool but he was dead wrong I gave it right back to him the next day. I am very open minded to music but it must at least be half way descent....I give it the big thumbs down