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Anyone into MMJ?

 

If so what are your favorite songs?

 

Mine are:

The Way That He Sings

Mahgeetah

Gideon

Lay Low

Dondante (live)

 

Anyone actually perform with MMJ on this board?

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I know a lot people around here like them, but I have never gotten into them. Moreover, I get annoyed by the lead singer's microphone drenched in reverb.

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I know a lot people around here like them, but I have never gotten into them. Moreover, I get annoyed by the lead singer's microphone drenched in reverb.

My appreciation for them was ruined by WXRT playing Golden once an hour. I am sure they are great, but I gave away the one MMJ album I bought and I never give away albums hardly ever.

 

LouieB

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ditto. I can't get enough of that whole album.

 

Golden

One Big Holiday

Just One Thing

 

 

yep, my answer's still the same.

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another band that could be amazing and save rock, but are marred by the special indie requirement that the singer must be really annoying-sing really high and off key, look like a complete tool on stage, etc. much like ryan adams. only his problem is that he puts too much mediocre material on his albums. he sings okay.

by the way, the problems with mmj that i mentioned above are what supposedly make them cool?!

seriously, what happened to rock? really! did punk really ruin it all?

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i think ms yvon might be a fan of some sorts.

:banana

 

if you haven't heard this little treat from the "prom" shows in athens last february, check it out:

 

johnny b. goode!

 

it's an audience recording, but you can still hear the roof come off the venue if you listen close enough. :w00t

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for the record:

 

steam engine

phone went west

nashville to kentucky

 

or

 

heartbreakin man

 

 

or

 

they ran...

 

(now listening to disc 3, side B of okonokos: steam engine :music )

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another band that could be amazing and save rock, but are marred by the special indie requirement that the singer must be really annoying-sing really high and off key, look like a complete tool on stage, etc. much like ryan adams. only his problem is that he puts too much mediocre material on his albums. he sings okay.

by the way, the problems with mmj that i mentioned above are what supposedly make them cool?!

seriously, what happened to rock? really! did punk really ruin it all?

 

This is wrong on so many levels I don't even know where to start. I thought MMJ was pretty decent until I saw them live in November of 2005 at Mississippi Nights in St. Louis. They have been my favorite band ever since. I can understand how his voice might not be for everybody, but I would be interested to hear what makes him "look like a complete tool on stage". :blink

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MMJ fuckin' rocks. Second only to Wilco on my list of best American bands still currently operating.

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i've been meaning to pick up the okonokos dvd for ages now. really need to do it. maybe this weekend...

 

faves:

-one big holiday

-steam engine

-bermuda highway

-lay low

-wordless chorus

-dancefloors

 

that list could go on and on, really...

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This is wrong on so many levels I don't even know where to start. I thought MMJ was pretty decent until I saw them live in November of 2005 at Mississippi Nights in St. Louis. They have been my favorite band ever since. I can understand how his voice might not be for everybody, but I would be interested to hear what makes him "look like a complete tool on stage". :blink

 

looking like a tool comes from the hair. it is just stupid to stand there looking like cousin it. i saw them once and was just embarrassed for jim james. (not to mention the ridiculous blow up ghost).

 

another citique. no guitar solos, just playing chords really loud. there's a place for that, but come on.

 

Tenn. Fire-unlistenable

At Dawn-okay, mostly forgetable

ISM-could've been great if shorter(golden, holiday, etc = good)

Z-this could have been amazing given the potential shown on ISM, but as is the way in indie-land sounding like shit gives cred. so they put out 10 crappy songs! and name the album Z? really? i mean, when are you people gonna demand that artists quit puttin' out crap much less quit buying it!! SBS is probably gonna be the only album I buy this year of new music. lets face it mainstream blows and indie is just unlistenable.

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lets face it mainstream blows and indie is just unlistenable.

 

You realize how ignorant you sound, right?

 

You certainly may feel this way about "mainstream" and "indie", but they are your personal tastes. There are plenty of mainstream bands that I find enjoyable, and plenty of indie bands that are awesome as well. lumping them all together and insulting them makes little to no sense.

 

But then again, you have a problem with facial hair on singers so....

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