Meat Puppets S/D, C or D

xps thanks!

I think I agree with you now xp re monsters v forbidden places. I certainly would not have a year ago.

I don’t blame them, I mean you’re on a major (kind of) so go big or go home, right? But it feels longer, even though it’s actually a few minutes shorter.

And “this day”, “whirlpool” and “open wide” do rule

I love "Whirlpool" so much. Kinda feels like it's a few floors higher on the "Creator" elevator, now running for free.

Agreed on “Whirlpool”, it’s like the essence of the band’s whimsical, mystical sides.

By the way, Pitchfork covered Meat Puppets II for their Sunday Review: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/meat-puppets-meat-puppets-ii/

(I did not know that story about Curt and the plane crash, or maybe I did and forgot it.)

Was listening again to their absolutely frazzled appearance on SNAP in the late 80s, poor Deirdre, trying to get any kind of interview out of them, but I feel that the version of the Peggy Lee tune Pass Me By might be the apex of their screwball cover songs tradition.

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

Thanks for that II piece, I never would have noticed that. I didn’t know that plane crash story either. I think bostrom is a little too hard on the post-UotS albums. No, they aren’t on that level* but they’re way too joyful to be thought of as slogging

*well, about half of out my way IS on that level

Been revisiting Up on the Sun lately and its been lovely. Feels like a pretty big shift from II but it works so well. The guitar playing is out of this world. I thought they were for sure a 4 piece until I saw a public access youtube video of them playing "Swimming Ground"