Am I the only person with taste and encyclopedic knowledge of music that loves Everclear?
May 19, 2009 7:00 PM Subscribe
Am I the only person with taste and encyclopedic knowledge of music that loves Everclear?
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You should enjoy the things enjoy, irregardless of what others think.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:07 PM on May 19, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:07 PM on May 19, 2009 [2 favorites]
nope. i like them. i put them with eve 6 and the like. it is the dollar store pixie stix or wax bottles of music and there is nothing wrong with that.
posted by nadawi at 7:08 PM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by nadawi at 7:08 PM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
the things YOU enjoy...
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:08 PM on May 19, 2009
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 7:08 PM on May 19, 2009
I knew someone who was very into them, primarily for identifying strongly with their singer's past (addiction), and with the songs he wrote about his recovery.
This was a musician who could also quote music theory at length.
So although I was tempted to answer with a sarcastic "yes," the odds are very strongly in the "no" column. I mean, how many millions of people bought their stuff? At least a few besides you have to have a music background.
posted by Kellydamnit at 7:10 PM on May 19, 2009
This was a musician who could also quote music theory at length.
So although I was tempted to answer with a sarcastic "yes," the odds are very strongly in the "no" column. I mean, how many millions of people bought their stuff? At least a few besides you have to have a music background.
posted by Kellydamnit at 7:10 PM on May 19, 2009
Well, I believe I am the only person with taste and encyclopedic knowledge of music that likes Blink182 so I wouldn't be surprised if you're the only one who likes Everclear.
posted by spicynuts at 7:10 PM on May 19, 2009
posted by spicynuts at 7:10 PM on May 19, 2009
Apparently so. I also have taste, different from yours, to be sure. I also have an encyclopedic knowledge of music, but it's a different volume than the one you subscribe to.; I never developed a taste for the supposedly musical, non-alcoholic version of Everclear.
Oh, and chatfilter.
posted by zerokey at 7:12 PM on May 19, 2009
Oh, and chatfilter.
posted by zerokey at 7:12 PM on May 19, 2009
I have neither taste nor an encyclopedic knowledge of music, but I still adore some of their songs -- "Otis Redding," "Here We Go Again," "Amphetamine," pretty much all of Sparkle and Fade. They hit the same autobiographical buttons too many times, I think, but the sound has its own gorgeous atmosphere of grungy working-class California, and while they have some sentimental songs, they also have some that somehow manage to be both tender and unflinching.
posted by Jeanne at 7:13 PM on May 19, 2009
posted by Jeanne at 7:13 PM on May 19, 2009
Oh come on. You can't possibly think you're the only person "with taste and encyclopedic knowledge of music" that loves [insert any band here]. What the hell.
posted by iconomy at 7:15 PM on May 19, 2009 [4 favorites]
posted by iconomy at 7:15 PM on May 19, 2009 [4 favorites]
Wow. This question hits home. I've always thought of Sparkle And Fade as an album that I wouldn't want others to know I still listen to. I listened to it a lot in college, alongside lots of "credible" indie bands like Fugazi and Jawbox. I'll never forget a gorgeous afternoon spent listening to "Strawberry" with two of my best friends.
Got World of Noise after that, and dug the earlier, muddier sound.
In a perfect world, Art Alexakis would've have OD'd during the recording of So Much For The Afterglow which, while having a few good tracks, indicated that he really was capable of transforming himself from a hard-scrabble junkie poet of sorts into a self-involved douchebag of the highest order.
You wish some bands had held it together just a bit longer to make that final, classic statement. With Everclear, you wish a catastrophic act of God could have prevented "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom."
posted by bardic at 7:18 PM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
Got World of Noise after that, and dug the earlier, muddier sound.
In a perfect world, Art Alexakis would've have OD'd during the recording of So Much For The Afterglow which, while having a few good tracks, indicated that he really was capable of transforming himself from a hard-scrabble junkie poet of sorts into a self-involved douchebag of the highest order.
You wish some bands had held it together just a bit longer to make that final, classic statement. With Everclear, you wish a catastrophic act of God could have prevented "Volvo Driving Soccer Mom."
posted by bardic at 7:18 PM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
90% of it is crap. So, do you mean every song, or the one or two songs I like quite a bit?
posted by ctmf at 7:24 PM on May 19, 2009
posted by ctmf at 7:24 PM on May 19, 2009
"Santa Monica" is a great song and "So much for the afterglow" is a very good album.
I think they hurt themselves by a) making bad music since, b) somehow getting classified as pop, and c) Art by all accounts being a tremendous douche as a person.
It's good music, though. I'd listen to them before I'd listen to almost any of the hard rock from the 90s, including certain early-deceasing critical darlings.
posted by drjimmy11 at 7:29 PM on May 19, 2009
I think they hurt themselves by a) making bad music since, b) somehow getting classified as pop, and c) Art by all accounts being a tremendous douche as a person.
It's good music, though. I'd listen to them before I'd listen to almost any of the hard rock from the 90s, including certain early-deceasing critical darlings.
posted by drjimmy11 at 7:29 PM on May 19, 2009
Honestly, though, this is part of being a real music fan. Looking beyond the knee-jerk responses to public image and actually judging music by if it's good or not.
I actually have a list of artists I use to weed out the real music people from not-so-real. The first two on it are Rod Stewart and Dolly Parton.
posted by drjimmy11 at 7:32 PM on May 19, 2009
I actually have a list of artists I use to weed out the real music people from not-so-real. The first two on it are Rod Stewart and Dolly Parton.
posted by drjimmy11 at 7:32 PM on May 19, 2009
Since this question will probably get erased, I'll admit to being confused by it. I'd never heard of Everclear before (I'm a Jazz/Classical fan, mostly), but this thread got me curious, so I went to iTunes and listened to some samples.
Maybe I'd feel differently if I developed my pop-music taste a bit more, but to my untrained ear, they sound similar to many other bands. I don't get why their music would especially offend anyone.
Are they uncool because of their music, or is it some extra-music thing, like the clothes they wear or their politics? I never get why some bands are considered cool and some aren't. It rarely seems to have anything to do with the music -- which to me is the whole point of ... er ... music.
posted by grumblebee at 7:44 PM on May 19, 2009
Maybe I'd feel differently if I developed my pop-music taste a bit more, but to my untrained ear, they sound similar to many other bands. I don't get why their music would especially offend anyone.
Are they uncool because of their music, or is it some extra-music thing, like the clothes they wear or their politics? I never get why some bands are considered cool and some aren't. It rarely seems to have anything to do with the music -- which to me is the whole point of ... er ... music.
posted by grumblebee at 7:44 PM on May 19, 2009
"AM Radio" single-handedly undid all of the good work they did prior to the release of that song.
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:50 PM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by SpiffyRob at 7:50 PM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
Sparkle and Fade was the third album I bought when I rediscovered music at age 12. I think the songs have actually aged fairly well.
I think I have taste; the "encyclopedic knowledge" part depends on which encyclopedia you're considering.
posted by limeonaire at 7:51 PM on May 19, 2009
I think I have taste; the "encyclopedic knowledge" part depends on which encyclopedia you're considering.
posted by limeonaire at 7:51 PM on May 19, 2009
I like Everclear and Blink 182, but I have terrible taste in music so I don't know how much that helps you.
posted by sugarfish at 7:51 PM on May 19, 2009
posted by sugarfish at 7:51 PM on May 19, 2009
Having taste and liking Everclear cannot both be true.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 7:52 PM on May 19, 2009
posted by Joseph Gurl at 7:52 PM on May 19, 2009
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I've enjoyed Everclear since 1995, when I stumbled upon them in the racks of CDs while doing the night shift at my college radio station. It seemed like Art had his finger on that awful state of living as a child in an adult body -- nighttime anxiety, existential agnst, escapism, and the horrible fear that adult life had nothing to offer. The Fire Maple Song EP and Sparkle and Fade were two of my favorite albums from that time.
While I've defintely moved away from their later albums, they hold a special place in my memories.
posted by jpolchlopek at 7:06 PM on May 19, 2009