The best place I ever found: A Meat Puppets Thread

[run2death]

This is a good example of latter MPs.

The songwriting and lyrics are kinda solid, but the melodies are unoriginal and the music (particularly the solo) are cheesy AF.

I just feel like it's really beneath them given how unique their early stuff is.

[chewm]

I should probably listen to a Husker Du song at some point.

Yes.

[chewm]

I should probably listen to a Meat Puppets song at some point.

[tragabigzanda]

[Dev]

we don’t exist

The most lenny post ever. And layered, at that.

Remember when the 3 of us were serious bros?

No.

don't lie

[Dev]

Husker Du is pretty boring I remember.

[Dev]

Punk tends to be a bag genre but there is some good punk.

[Dev]

Shitty punk might be the worst music in existence.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

we don’t exist

The most lenny post ever. And layered, at that.

Remember when the 3 of us were serious bros?

No.

don't lie

ouch

[run2death]

I should probably listen to a Husker Du song at some point.

Yes.

sugar made better records though

I love Sugar and Mr. Mould's solo albums, but no way can they touch the 3-album run of Zen Arcade --> New Day Rising --> Flip Your Wig.

[washing machine]

I decided to play Huevos on my bank run today. Good not great. Second best album cover though.

[washing machine]

Mirage is really getting me in a good place today. This is IRS label REM on acid.

[washing machine]

So this is out. Only six outlets have reviewed it so far and it doesn't even have a wikipedia entry yet.

[gardenparty]

Pitchfork giving it a 7.2

I haven't listened yet