I love how this song changes moods. In the beginning and during the whole singing part its sorta heavy but when the guitar solo comes it gets a little softer and bluesier. Buzo's voice here reminds me of james hetfield. especially in the first verse. when i heard it the first time i thought it could even be one of the later, slower metallica songs. (Forgive me).
And for the meaning: Melvins Songs generally have no meaning. The Melvins just wanted not to fit the heavy metal cliche. And while other metal bands had lyrics about satan and war and drugs and stuff the Melvins' lyrics were about nothing at all. Same for the record cover artworks. Other metal bands have overdrawn satanic or fantasy or SF images on their albums but the Melvins had things like Swans or baskets full of fruit there. Thats another great aspects of one of the most overlooked bands of all time (besides Kyuss).
And the Melvins are the true inventors of Grunge. They existed long before Kurt Cobain founded Nirvana with Krist Novoselic.
All in all the Melvins rule.
I love how this song changes moods. In the beginning and during the whole singing part its sorta heavy but when the guitar solo comes it gets a little softer and bluesier. Buzo's voice here reminds me of james hetfield. especially in the first verse. when i heard it the first time i thought it could even be one of the later, slower metallica songs. (Forgive me). And for the meaning: Melvins Songs generally have no meaning. The Melvins just wanted not to fit the heavy metal cliche. And while other metal bands had lyrics about satan and war and drugs and stuff the Melvins' lyrics were about nothing at all. Same for the record cover artworks. Other metal bands have overdrawn satanic or fantasy or SF images on their albums but the Melvins had things like Swans or baskets full of fruit there. Thats another great aspects of one of the most overlooked bands of all time (besides Kyuss). And the Melvins are the true inventors of Grunge. They existed long before Kurt Cobain founded Nirvana with Krist Novoselic. All in all the Melvins rule.