Collective Soul, deserves a thread at least, I bet. Options

[+Ed+]

Well the popularity of this band is quite similar to that of Live. Namely, two shops have a couple of CDs and hardly a shop assistant knows what you are talking about.

Anyway, I bet this band deserves a thread.

Themusic of theirs has a huge impact on me lately. As of yet, I still only have their latest work and I am pretty scared to gt the rest. It can either grow on me completely and I will give up all the rest or I can get disappointed, which I do not want.

The album I possess (and spin as crazy lately) is quite a standeard CD. Standard in a strange way. On the one hand, the instruments are not played with mad professionalism, on the other hand, the melodies are catchy as fuck and for sure the singalong choruses make up for what is not that huge in their music.

They can easily have a college-rock song like Hollywood with those throw-up wordies like BABE, SUN, CALIFORNIA etc, but on the other hand there is one song that got at me from the very first listen.

Adored.

Feels like Ed with all his goofiness sat down and poured all that he ever felt into one 3-minute tune. Which for me has rapidly become one of the best ever.

I wonder why Luke has not created a thread on them here yet.

And I wanna know what you people think about the band.


Cheers

[Badman]

Only own a couple by the band...

Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid ~Was decent, forgettable, I can't think of more than 3 songs from this album right now.

Collective Soul ~ The TC of the band. Not one bad song on the whole thing. Collection of goods... she gathers rain... it's all so great. I'm going to turn it on RIGHT NOW. So long Uriah Heep!

7even Year Itch ~ Gotta get the Greatest hits like a little whore. I liked Energy and Heavy from this but for some reason I stopped listening. Whatever.

I treat these guys like I treat Soul asylum. One good album (Self Titled for CS) with maybe a couple other singles surrounded by crap. They are unable to pull off multiple wins like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, or Live.