Classic or dud : Jane's Addiction

encouraging signs of Navarro being back in the fold

would be glad to see a legacy-burnishing final act from the OG lineup

new music could go either way but would always be interested to hear something with Avery and Navarro on board

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGzFMUX-w7U

man Mike Watt. God bless that man

new tune with proper line-up

hard to tell from the recording but it seems to have good bones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XR3XwPfNSE

please tour with that lineup and don't implode before you get to Texas

*gets to Texas, implodes*

damn monkey's paw!

They sound good and so great to see them together! Any context at all for this? They sound rehearsed and tight to me. More songs on this person's feed - http://www.youtube.com/@GreyPit

I guess there is a tour imminent and I missed the memo.

At first I was like “they are so old now, they should retire” and a day later I’m like “yeah this is awesome and keep going”

it sounds like the latest Jane's activity is kind of intending to reclaim their original vibe after a few decades of lesser shows/music - and I think there's a definite "putting house in order while it is physically possible" aspect to that - Perry was always older and is looking it for sure - even a bit frail - and his voice is cooked - but at some of those shows last year he really lifted & was sounding better than he has for a long while - and it is kinda cool seeing him acting his age tbh!

and for me these is just something about seeing these guys mend their relationships that is really special

still interested in hearing another/better version of that new song - it looked like Dave was fiddling with a pedal a bit and maybe there was more could have been going on - but it does have that "all four members flying off in different directions but also super tight" dynamic that the OG lineup had - rather than the more ploddy rock vibe of the Eric-free stuff

they also played this one - which is an interesting case study in that they played it with Josh K last year and it was kinda cool but not quite Jane's - and now Dave N has come along and added a shitload of clever parts and suddenly it feels like JA - like it probably still betrays being devised without him, but it really does transform the song - and honestly, while the Josh K shows were actually super fun, they really are one of the most "has to be these 4 guys" bands of all time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKQd8v0PVLg

(thanks ILX for giving me an outlet to overthink JA)

I mean imagine they can persevere and keep playing for 20 years and evolve and play shows,,, that would be so cool

Stephen and Eric and Dave

That first new song was pretty much a paradigmatic Jane's Addiction song. That riff could have fit straight onto Nothing's Shocking without any changes. The second one I don't like as much. Kinda bland.

Eric and Dave

I mean I am still kinda waiting for Deconstruction to get a critical second wind (or really a first wind I guess!)

Given that all their classic material was written in one tremendous burst of creativity before they even had one record out, in the midst of a fomenting subcultural revolution they were deeply immersed in, I’m gonna continue to ignore this late-period “return to form” til I’m the last one to the party and everyone is shaking my lapels screaming “why aren’t you at the party?! It’s fucking BANGING” just to spare myself the heartbreak of getting my hopes up & dashed again.