I wrote a letter to an idol of mine. I tell him how much I used to love to watch him smile. Shannon I haven’t seen you in a long time. Haven’t seen you smile in a long time. Till the day we get to meet again. I love you man. Fuck I miss you so much more. Damn.
@@Cutesy_Time_is_Over Not really... the fact that their most popular songs have only got a couple hundred thousand views each shows that they were absolutely underappreciated. Unless you mean they deserve to be an unpopular band?
Samuel Worthington I was at Shannon’s last show in Houston. Named my daughter after him, she danced in her mamas belly at the show. I miss him so much.
My daughter's name is Nico Shannon, still have my bought never used boston show ticket that he never mad it to. Still sad we all had to miss that show.
If you only know this band from the song 'No Rain'...it's like thinking you know what the candy tastes like from licking the outside wrapper. Jump deep into their songs and you will be a fan for life. A monumentally important band to me.
I'm a lifelong music freak, musician, etc. I've worked in the biz a long time, and I've probably heard over 100,000 songs. This is one of 3 that consistently choke me up. It might be because I met/saw the band briefly right before Shannon passed, but I don't think so. The emotional power and resonance of this brilliant piece of music, especially if you can put the lyric in context, is a rare thing. "So will me, and so will you" indeed, Shannon. Still miss your smile, but thankful we have your voice.
Omg, now you’re talking my language AIC and Layne were always my fav but Shannon’s acoustic 60’s style would’ve really melded well with Layne 💜💜💜🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤟🤟🤟
Hey Jenna, it's hippy, we sang this at the vigil when I was walking by and they asked can anyone sing this and I sat down all shy and tried getting up the courage to sing and they kept asking hey can anyone sing this please anyone, how come nobody can sing this, it was a circle of about ten of them, so I just started singing man and next thing I know another girl walking by sat down beside me and started singing backups and I didn't didn't even know it was you, I figured it out the next night after I spoke to you at the bar band jams Wish I known it was you back then cause I really could of used as friend but you could've even more with all the memories and lost moments we could have shared, and your stories are golden. How fortunate you were, are and will be Jenna......the real riches in life, that no money can buy, cherish them, eat em up yum! Much Love and God Bless
Mouthful of cavities Your soul's a bowl of jokes And everyday you remind me How I'm desperately in need See, I got a lot of fiends around And they're peaking through nothing new They see you They see everything you do See everything on the inside, out Oh, please give me a little more And I'll push away those baby blues Cause one of these days this will die So will me and so will you I write a letter to a friend of mine I tell him how much I used to love watch him smile See I haven't seen him smile in a little while Haven't seen him smile in a little while But, I know you're laughing from the inside out Laughin' from the inside out I know you're laughing from the inside out Laughing from the inside From the inside From the inside From the inside From the inside out
Shannon wrote this song for Layne, i think. they were good friends ; Layne would help Shannon get his first gigs when his band was first starting out. "laughing from the inside out" and "haven't seen him smile in a little while" are lyrical references to how Layne lost his teeth over years of drug use, i believe.
@Mariana Frusciante it could be true actually. I do know that around this time Shannon was hanging with Layne a lot when he was living in Seattle. He was also good friends with Martyn lenoble who was the bassist for Porno for pyros. This was after that. I think it was when he was living with Frusciante. So really it could be about either one of them around this time. Cause Martyn left PFP cause of drug habit, and this was around the time Frusciante was going through his mess. 93-95'ish
If you grew up on the eastcoast of Canada, you would be able to hear this song being sang throughout the woods in camping season. That song reverberated so far past what you guys were doing.
And around the bonfire on the beaches in New Zealand. Sang it with my friends when we were still looking up at the stars... intense confusing magic time of life
One of the greatest ever singer songwriters with a voice to die for. So sad he is gone I miss his music soooooo much. A real pure soul. It's always the good ones that get taken early. ❤❤❤
I forgot how amazing this song is. Brought me to tears still after all these years. The whole Soup album is incredible!! And Shannen Hoon, goddamn he was so talented. So sad xx
JENA KRAUS is outstanding. As she gets older, her voice is so true in the ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF HOURS sung. If you lose your FOCUS you can always regain it, but with an amazing voice, you must sing the amount of hours & with intensity, SINGING INWARDS always!!!! SINGING INWARDS with your WORDS feeds you AIR, FEEDS YOU AIR so you rarely take a breath is key. SING for 3 hours in a row as hard as you can and suddenly find you have 180% range or more. Maybe even 300% after 2 hours your voice gains more ability. SING YOUR HEART OUT if you need to or want to. I NEEDED TO ONCE when I realized I had been in AMNESIA for 17 years. SINGING CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE. SING YOUR HEART OUT. Jenna Kraus as an older musician that is very well known is possible. I pray she is well. I love this song & BLIND MELON and JENA KRAUS!
My oldest daughter got me this CD for my birthday, because she knew me...this song is such a touchstone for me, the dark, the intensity, the vulnerability; her presence and the interplay between Jena and Shannon is remarkable and I agree with other posters, soup was on of the best records of post grunge transition. And...the daughter who bought me this is named Shannon of course. STill makes me cry.
I honestly consider Soup one of the best Rock albums EVER recorded. And this song rules the universe. She has a great voice, and she's perfect singing with Hoon. RIP, young prince. I still rock out to Soup while I'm driving. It's a total inspiration.
I only discovered this song a few days ago and have been listening to it non stop since. It brings me to tears everytime...sad, poignant and hauntingly beautiful
When u born ? 2000 ?? Because they where never underrated! Stop with the crap !! Really ? Every good musician of the past discovered recently : is underrated?!! Really !!! Than u should do diligence & read up . That's just not just for Blind Melon - but so many other bands - musicians- that's been never underrated until the word became fashionable for the new generation that did not make an effort to ever look into the history. Grabbed a stupid word to make up for not having a clue & not doing homework !! I am just so tired to read about every other amazing musician of the past : underrated!!! No ! They where never underrated. Cut it out . Sit down repeat class !
@@claudiaauerdike5063 I'm from Argentina and yes, for us, they're underrated. Nobody even knows them here and American grunge was important here as well.
The harmony between Shannon and Jena reminds me a lot of Robert Plant and Sandy Denny's on "The Battle of Evermore", which was always one of my favorites.
Thank you Blind Melon for a beautiful song. I just lost a friend of mine tonight and she will be missed dearly. R.I.P Ashlie, you will not be forgotten.
I never heard this song until 2008. I was in my third rehab and I had a roommate who also played guitar me and him were the only 2 that played and we use to show each other songs that we knew. I thought it was awesome as hell that they had a guitar in this rehab I never seen that before. But he use to play this song like e everyday and told me to check it out when I went home. And when I did I fell in love with Blind Melon all over again.
@@hectorh2361 No, different big Ryan. Worked the laundry room in the mornings, Dont remember working a desk. Cubs fan, Primus fan. The Phish campers in there were listening to Blind Melon, I had heard their radio stuff but not their good stuff. Crazy how much good music wasnt on the radio in the 90s.
I was lucky enough to see Blind Melon before they got big on the scene. I still have their original tape, before they released it again. It had a huge crowd on the cover. They replaced Motor Finger at an Ozzy show I went to in Dallas in 93. Been listening to them like they're still just as new ever since.
That's so cool! I wish i could've soon them. Shannon passed here in New Orleans, where I was born and raised. I wish he was still here, so we could have more of his great music & voice.
I've talked to his mother Nel Hoon a few times cause I live near Lafayette, IN and she's invited me to the vigil they have every year. She's incredibly kind and generous
What a masterpiece... About 15 years ago I was driving with a friend and a song came on the radio. Neither of us had heard it before and I said it sounded like a Blind Melon song but that it wasn't because I knew all of their songs inside and out. While the song was still playing we stopped at a store so I could run in and grab smokes. When I came back out my friend told me that it WAS a Blind Melon song... from after Shannon died and he wasn't on it. Just not the same without him.
This song has followed me since the album came out. From the acoustic riffs to Shannon and Jena's voices running around each other really is fantastic. While the lyrics have a darkness to them they are oddly comforting. I know the album has been out for a long time but I'd like to say thanks to all the members of Blind Melon.
I love this song! I get sad sometimes thinking that for so many people the only Blind Melon song they know is the "bee girl" song. They made so much better music. RIP
This song, well, Blind Melon altogether, will forever take me to a place NOTHING can even compare to. Shannon Hoon was brilliant and taken way too soon. Music just doesn't touch the soul quite like it used to. RIP Shannon
My heart broke when Shannon Hoon passed away. They were one of my favorite 90s bands and I just missed seeing them live 😢 what a beautiful soul. Beautiful, soulful music and highly underrated!!!
On a Blind Melon binge for the past 4 months and counting...Shannon had one of the most unique and gorgeous voices ever and I like 90% of Blind Melon's songs. Had he lived they would've kept on producing such unique, beautiful and high quality music with Shannon. Such wasted talent gone way too soon 😢.
Saw these guys way back in the day with Shannon at the helm. Still one of my favorite shows. Saw them a few years ago too in NH. Met all the band members. All very personable. Spent tons of time talking to us, signing items. Wish more bands were like this with fans.
Soup was so ahead of it's time ....this band threw everything into it and the creativity and songs are amazing, the idiots in the music press that didn't get it I'm sure talk today about how great it is.
@@joelenhanciosa3697 he's talking about the album Soup that Mouthful of Cavities and Galaxie/Hello, Goodbye are both on. Not the song Soup which is on the album Nico. The naming is always confusing
You guys are so amazing. Shannon was a candle that shone so bright he burned out early. Thank God we got what we did from him. This collaboration with Jena is absolutely jaw dropping. Their vocals are truly a gift to the world. That shouldn't outshine the band one bit though. Each member is just phenomenal. There's levels to this stuff, and Blind Melon is literally one of the greatest bands to ever record a track. The musicianship exhibited by this band is very rarely seen in this world, and I don't say that lightly. I put Blind Melon up there with bands like Rush, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, any of the greatest of the greats, and Hoon's vocals are as legendary as they come. Been listening to you guys since high school in the 90's. If I was born yesterday, I still wouldn't have enough days on earth to get my fill of Blind Melon.
I was living on the streets from 92-94 (just out of a 3 year teenage lockup by my own parents, well 4 places for 3 years) with a bunch of other punks and my best friend and I listened to Blind Melon constantly. We absolutely loved them. Had a huge crush on Shannon Hoon. For his depth and raw spirit. I connected so deeply with the words of their music. Got a ration of shit for loving them so much from our other close friends but we knew they'd love every word and melody if they'd just stop being punker than thou and f-ing listen. We just shared our headphones with one walkman and some tapes and lose ourselves in the feels of it all. Wish I'd been in a situation where I could have seen them live, I loved them so much. But I caught the pregnancy bug in 94 and it was time to figure out how to do life in a way to raise my daughter differently than my parents did me. She's almost 27 and she's amazing. RIP Shannon Hoon. Your anniversary was 2 days ago and you've been on my mind and in my ears and my soul all week, just like the days I miss so much. I would have lived that life forever. Nobody gets that. I was homeless. But I had the most intense friendships I have ever had in my entire life. I hate how things, people, times change. How we lose the most incredible people way too soon. It broke my heart, it ripped my soul out to learn he died. I can't imagine what it must have done to the people who knew him or loved him personally.
I lost the greatest love of my life last week. I truly thought I had found it. The happiness everyone searches for. She showed this song to me. I love it
Wow.. I soo miss this band.. been listening to Melon since the 90's,very much memories my early 20's hippy years.. now 50yrs old many many things gone by,many memories to remember.. they were the best years of my life.. "Time forever goes by ever soo quickly.. embrace the moment..for if you blink it'll already be over" Miss you Shannon🥀
I write a letter to a little friend of mine, Tell him how much I used to love to watch him smile, see I haven’t seen him smile in a little while… haven’t seen him smile in a little while! Miss you Bubba
Saw them live opening up for Guns in 92 and I must admit I didnt appreciate the music back then..thought of them as "one-hit wonder" because of No Rain... now.. 30 years later, I finally see the brilliance in BM songs.. such an underrated band..😞
I miss Shannon..... this album was outstanding. And this song.... wow... he’s looking in the mirror and talking to himself. So underrated as a band, as artist.... their lyrics were so deep. I’m just glad that the new generations are finding them and appreciating them. I was 18 when their 1st album hit...... to this day.... they are by far my favorite band.
No one is better then anyone else just some are missed more ..not everyone truly lives except the ones that do we miss even more lots of love my brother Shannon Hoon
My favorite album was “A Long Strange Trip in Canada “ it was a live album I found at my local used record store . Lost it a few years ago . Can’t find much about it
I remember listening to the radio years ago. Then the song “I wonder” came on. I was fkn blown away. I walked right down to the music store (yes they existed then) and bought the CD. It stayed in my six disk shuffle CD player for like two years!🤘🏼🤘🏼 Miss you so much Shannon..
How cool would that be! To not only sit down with a platinum artist but for them to be that cool to know she would enhance one of their songs. Personally one of my favorite Blind Melon songs. You really get to hear Shannon's emotions coming through in this song sad that he was gone shortly after this beautiful song was made! RIP Shannon you were a kindred spirit!
One of the best songs to come out of the 90s ....I had a group of about 7 friends in 92-95 and Melon was all we listened to, then just like that they were gone....such an impact in such a short time it’s amazing to me now, I’m still listening
I went through that same thing almost. I was living on the streets from 92-94 (just out of a 3 year teenage lockup by my own parents, well 4 places, 3 years) with a bunch of other punks and my best friend and I listened to Blind Melon constantly. We absolutely loved them. Had a huge crush on Shannon Hoon. For his depth and raw spirit. I connected so deeply with the words of their music. Got a ration of shit for loving them so much from our other close friends but we knew they'd love every word and melody if they'd just stop being punker than thou and f-ing listen. We just shared our headphones with one walkman and some tapes and lose ourselves in the feels of it all. Wish I'd been in a situation where I could have seen them live, I loved them so much. But I caught the pregnancy bug in 94 and it was time to figure out how to do life in a way too raise my daughter differently than my parents did me. RIP Shannon Hoon. Your anniversary was 2 days ago and you've been on my mind and in my ears and my soul all week, just like the days I miss so much. I would have lived that life forever. Nobody gets that. I was homeless. But I had the most intense friendships I have ever had in my entire life. I hate how things, people, times change.
@@sixmercer2504 This sounds alot like what I went thru...I was homeless and strung out and living out of an 89 Suburban...all I listened to was Blind Melon and AIC...my friends were sick of hearing both bands because that's all I played...Ive went to Shannon's grave twice during this dark time...when I went to rehab...I snuck my cd player in and 1 CD with all my favorite songs burnt on them...his music has got me thru alot of darkness...RIP Shannon Hoon....
@@bobbywalton5029 Now AIC I did actually see. Me an several friends (literally the summer before I landed myself on the streets) we went to Clash of the Titans at Red Rocks. I was mainly only there to see Slayer, another of my absolute favorites). The alternative kind of pre-grunge stuff like Alice in Chains were bands I liked but didn't love. I had a crappy station wagon with an AM/(FM?) radio so I would steal D batteries like crazy to keep my boom box in the car to listen to Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails and then of course the standard old punk stuff I loved like CRASS and Cock Sparrer and such but my friends then, before I met the people I was on the streets with, they didn't like the harshness of Minor Threat of Black Flag. It was easy to compromise because I was a huge heavy metal fan and also absolutely loved Jane's Addiction and the Violent Femmes and Skinny Puppy and NIN. So Yeah, I dodged the "radio" play music. They never would have played (and didn't any of the stuff I was listening to aside from the heavy metal. But thise times were behind us. The 80s metal had eased off the cliff into perma-grunge and enough was enough with the "I like it because you like it" when it was my car lol. But yeah, I don't know where you're from but living on the streets in Denver in the very early 90s was (well extremely dangerous when you had a shaved head and were mistaken for being a skinhead with the gangs as bad as they were) but it was really awesome. We had an amazing scene, several all ages almost all night coffee shops and we weren't kicked out of the parks for sleeping there (not too often, the sprinklers were much worse on us) and most of the time we'd find a place to stay because the scene was big and rent was cheap. My how things have changed. But none of us used drugs. We were against that stuff. I bailed on my friends when they started getting into that because we had such a rule against it I felt so betrayed. I still talk to them though. Those friendships are lifelong. If you were there, you were a friend.
@@sixmercer2504 You sound like you listen to alot of the same bands...I live in Louisville..KY...its bad here now...wasn't back in 2002 when I was in my dark place but like you...I learned alot from over 2 years experience of having to listen to nobody...it was an experience...I used to drive to far away places...Slayer is a band that I've been listening to since 1986 and still do...I just went to their farewell tour right before covid hit...it was an awesome experience...Tom Araya went to each side of the stage and looked at the crowd and saying his goodbyes and everyone was throwing 🤟 up...I did the devil horns (index finger off my forehead) and I swear on my daughter...Tom looked dead at me and smiled and bowed his head to me...that meant alot considering they have been one of my favorite bands since I was 13...when I went to see AIC in 2009 with the new singer...my hair was half way down my back...bangs and all...and I've seen old AIC videos and me and Layne resemble each other when my hair was long..it was a small venue but Jerry Cantrell kept looking at me and I know he kept thinking man he reminds me of Layne so much...I was yelling them songs to play and a few they did...my voice was gone the next day from screaming so much...good times...
I wrote a letter to an idol of mine. I tell him how much I used to love to watch him smile. Shannon I haven’t seen you in a long time. Haven’t seen you smile in a long time. Till the day we get to meet again. I love you man. Fuck I miss you so much more. Damn.
Her timing and choice of harmony - been listening to this for twenty years and it’s still fresh and amazes me
Same!!!! It was meant to be. Gives me all the feels. Always will .
Great observation! I love this album and I’ve never thought that. Great song.
Still ♥️my fave BM song 🤩🙌🏼😭
love is it all we have prace gob bless,
She can sing 💕
One of the most underrated bands ever! Miss them so much :(
Me too. :(
@@Cutesy_Time_is_Over Not really... the fact that their most popular songs have only got a couple hundred thousand views each shows that they were absolutely underappreciated. Unless you mean they deserve to be an unpopular band?
Samuel Worthington I was at Shannon’s last show in Houston. Named my daughter after him, she danced in her mamas belly at the show. I miss him so much.
My daughter's name is Nico Shannon, still have my bought never used boston show ticket that he never mad it to. Still sad we all had to miss that show.
For sure.
One of the greatest acoustic songs of the last 30 years. Soup one of the greatest cds of all time imo
I'm gay
@@maximan4363 you are gay
Agreed. So damn good.
Galaxie is a crucial song
Absolutely
If you only know this band from the song 'No Rain'...it's like thinking you know what the candy tastes like from licking the outside wrapper.
Jump deep into their songs and you will be a fan for life. A monumentally important band to me.
I just figured out that Galaxie was them and it was a favorite in jr high 😂
❤toda la razón eso me paso a mi exactamente! Saludos ❤😅
I'm a die hard metal head and I will always have a soft spot for these dudes. Your analogy is spot on!
This is the best description.
I hate that song
Blind Melon touches me and speaks to me like no one and nothing else does.
That’s just what they do.
2021
You have got that exactly right.
My son plays guitar while I sing like I'm Shannon.
Us
The USA is mighty and mean,
The USA is an abandoned child put on the Throne of a War Machine.
me too, hug.
Dude was one of the best lyricists i've ever stumbled upon. Amazing.
Abstract in all the best ways.
Have you ever listened to Maná? You should, and then mamar
Still one of FAVORITE songs ever. We miss you Shannon.
Same. Just an incredible album. Front to back
yes yes and yes
I'm a lifelong music freak, musician, etc. I've worked in the biz a long time, and I've probably heard over 100,000 songs. This is one of 3 that consistently choke me up. It might be because I met/saw the band briefly right before Shannon passed, but I don't think so. The emotional power and resonance of this brilliant piece of music, especially if you can put the lyric in context, is a rare thing. "So will me, and so will you" indeed, Shannon. Still miss your smile, but thankful we have your voice.
Would have been real nice if Mr Layne Staley and Shannon had done a masterpiece together !!!
They didn't do that but there is an amazing photo of the two of em together!
Wow imagine their voices together in their prime
Omg, now you’re talking my language
AIC and Layne were always my fav but Shannon’s acoustic 60’s style would’ve really melded well with Layne
💜💜💜🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤟🤟🤟
They’re playing together in the upper room for eternity
OMG YES!!!
Hey Jenna, it's hippy, we sang this at the vigil when I was walking by and they asked can anyone sing this and I sat down all shy and tried getting up the courage to sing and they kept asking hey can anyone sing this please anyone, how come nobody can sing this, it was a circle of about ten of them, so I just started singing man and next thing I know another girl walking by sat down beside me and started singing backups and I didn't didn't even know it was you, I figured it out the next night after I spoke to you at the bar band jams
Wish I known it was you back then cause I really could of used as friend but you could've even more with all the memories and lost moments we could have shared, and your stories are golden.
How fortunate you were, are and will be Jenna......the real riches in life, that no money can buy, cherish them, eat em up yum!
Much Love and God Bless
Paolo poo polpplpppllll
Great story...🤘🤘😎
I love you friend
Peace Love
One of the most underrated and unknown songs of all time.
I never understood why this wasn’t more of a hit- so good on all levels
People are so judgemental
It was, you’re just hanging with the wrong crowd or listening to an agenda society
@@JuicyJeff-zd6zj I think people at the time were just shocked how all their favorite musicians were dying . I was .
They had plans to release it as the third single but... you know what happened... 😢
In my 63 yr old eyes this man was a genius! Soup was most awesome. What a great loss when we lost Shannon Hoon
Jenna krause’s harmonies on this track are so beautiful! Never know if she’s gonna start early or late, just seems to blend so well with Shannon.
Mouthful of cavities
Your soul's a bowl of jokes
And everyday you remind me
How I'm desperately in need
See, I got a lot of fiends around
And they're peaking through nothing new
They see you
They see everything you do
See everything on the inside, out
Oh, please give me a little more
And I'll push away those baby blues
Cause one of these days this will die
So will me and so will you
I write a letter to a friend of mine
I tell him how much I used to love watch him smile
See I haven't seen him smile in a little while
Haven't seen him smile in a little while
But, I know you're laughing from the inside out
Laughin' from the inside out
I know you're laughing from the inside out
Laughing from the inside
From the inside
From the inside
From the inside
From the inside out
Thank you;-)
This is my son Chad talking to me making a connection
Shannon wrote this song for Layne, i think. they were good friends ; Layne would help Shannon get his first gigs when his band was first starting out. "laughing from the inside out" and "haven't seen him smile in a little while" are lyrical references to how Layne lost his teeth over years of drug use, i believe.
@Mariana Frusciante it could be true actually. I do know that around this time Shannon was hanging with Layne a lot when he was living in Seattle. He was also good friends with Martyn lenoble who was the bassist for Porno for pyros. This was after that. I think it was when he was living with Frusciante. So really it could be about either one of them around this time. Cause Martyn left PFP cause of drug habit, and this was around the time Frusciante was going through his mess. 93-95'ish
As the world crumbles and the entire cosmos spits upon the insignificant human race this song reminds me that some were not that insignificant.
If you grew up on the eastcoast of Canada, you would be able to hear this song being sang throughout the woods in camping season. That song reverberated so far past what you guys were doing.
90s in the gravel pits and tater spots.stay safe safe man
@@backtoobasics thanks man. Listen to my new music anytime
And around the bonfire on the beaches in New Zealand. Sang it with my friends when we were still looking up at the stars... intense confusing magic time of life
As a Canadian…I concur!🤘🏼🎶🤘🏼🎶
Yep!
One of the greatest ever singer songwriters with a voice to die for.
So sad he is gone I miss his music soooooo much. A real pure soul.
It's always the good ones that get taken early. ❤❤❤
And got to be one of the best albums of all time Soup feels like a sound track of my life. RIP Shannon
Missed them live twice in Atlanta
Fucking hate it
Literally a perfect song. Mind numbing.
Man the life without a smart phone was great
I forgot how amazing this song is. Brought me to tears still after all these years. The whole Soup album is incredible!! And Shannen Hoon, goddamn he was so talented. So sad xx
That makes 47 of us!
You mean 52
But I keep on a coming here, and standing in this state, well I’m always reassured the situations getting carried away
This song is still so powerful, even 25 years on... Crazy wonderful!
25 what?
JENA KRAUS is outstanding. As she gets older, her voice is so true in the ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF HOURS sung. If you lose your FOCUS you can always regain it, but with an amazing voice, you must sing the amount of hours & with intensity, SINGING INWARDS always!!!! SINGING INWARDS with your WORDS feeds you AIR, FEEDS YOU AIR so you rarely take a breath is key. SING for 3 hours in a row as hard as you can and suddenly find you have 180% range or more. Maybe even 300% after 2 hours your voice gains more ability. SING YOUR HEART OUT if you need to or want to. I NEEDED TO ONCE when I realized I had been in AMNESIA for 17 years. SINGING CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE. SING YOUR HEART OUT. Jenna Kraus as an older musician that is very well known is possible. I pray she is well. I love this song & BLIND MELON and JENA KRAUS!
One of the greatest compositions of the 90's. So underrated.
Perfect tune
😂
Such a beautiful song about such an ugly drug. 4 years clean and this song def helped get me there.
Rest In Peace Richard Shannon Hoon. You left way too soon. This just reminds all of us.♥️
My oldest daughter got me this CD for my birthday, because she knew me...this song is such a touchstone for me, the dark, the intensity, the vulnerability; her presence and the interplay between Jena and Shannon is remarkable and I agree with other posters, soup was on of the best records of post grunge transition. And...the daughter who bought me this is named Shannon of course. STill makes me cry.
Him lighting the joint on the candle is about the coolest shit I've ever seen.
I honestly consider Soup one of the best Rock albums EVER recorded. And this song rules the universe. She has a great voice, and she's perfect singing with Hoon. RIP, young prince. I still rock out to Soup while I'm driving. It's a total inspiration.
I only discovered this song a few days ago and have been listening to it non stop since. It brings me to tears everytime...sad, poignant and hauntingly beautiful
Love this song, Blind Melon is so underrated.
When u born ? 2000 ?? Because they where never underrated! Stop
with the crap !! Really ? Every good musician of the past discovered recently : is underrated?!! Really !!!
Than u should do diligence & read up . That's just not just for Blind Melon - but so many other bands - musicians- that's been never underrated until the word became fashionable for the new generation that did not make an effort to ever look into the history. Grabbed a stupid word to make up for not having a clue & not doing homework !!
I am just so tired to read about every other amazing musician of the past : underrated!!! No ! They where never underrated. Cut it out . Sit down repeat class !
@@claudiaauerdike5063 I'm from Argentina and yes, for us, they're underrated. Nobody even knows them here and American grunge was important here as well.
The harmony between Shannon and Jena reminds me a lot of Robert Plant and Sandy Denny's on "The Battle of Evermore", which was always one of my favorites.
Thank you Blind Melon for a beautiful song. I just lost a friend of mine tonight and she will be missed dearly. R.I.P Ashlie, you will not be forgotten.
I never heard this song until 2008. I was in my third rehab and I had a roommate who also played guitar me and him were the only 2 that played and we use to show each other songs that we knew. I thought it was awesome as hell that they had a guitar in this rehab I never seen that before. But he use to play this song like e everyday and told me to check it out when I went home. And when I did I fell in love with Blind Melon all over again.
I found blind melon in rehab too, arrowhead. Love them
@@ryanphilp9843 arrowhead.narconon.?
@@hectorh2361 That was the one, January - April 2003
@@ryanphilp9843 yeah is this big Ryan worked. The desk Yankees fan? Lol
@@hectorh2361 No, different big Ryan. Worked the laundry room in the mornings, Dont remember working a desk. Cubs fan, Primus fan. The Phish campers in there were listening to Blind Melon, I had heard their radio stuff but not their good stuff. Crazy how much good music wasnt on the radio in the 90s.
This is the least wear out-able song ever! Every time I listen to it I get excited.
this song makes me weep every time. her voice makes this song.
Yeah, she definitely gives the song more depth.
I dont know that it makes it. Great song with And without.
My heart breaks that he's gone
This song puts me in a total different mindset. God bless indianas finest and the rest of this amazingly UNDERATED band
She helps, but shannon shines too
blind melon for life. we cant stop and we wont stop. RIP Shannon
I was lucky enough to see Blind Melon before they got big on the scene. I still have their original tape, before they released it again. It had a huge crowd on the cover. They replaced Motor Finger at an Ozzy show I went to in Dallas in 93. Been listening to them like they're still just as new ever since.
That's so cool! I wish i could've soon them. Shannon passed here in New Orleans, where I was born and raised. I wish he was still here, so we could have more of his great music & voice.
Wow you are very very lucky. Love Blind Melon ❤️
the world should be ashamed this has less than 100 million views.
Absolutely beautiful! Jenna and Shannon together are magic. So pure, so wholesome. I miss you man😢
Beautiful! This is all the music should be! REAL
This song is one of the top ten songs of my life! Simply fantastic! (and I love cats 🥰)
I've talked to his mother Nel Hoon a few times cause I live near Lafayette, IN and she's invited me to the vigil they have every year. She's incredibly kind and generous
Wooow! This song and the whole album is just a masterpiece! Is gonna be always in my top 5 albums ever!
same here! maybe my favorite album of all time!!
Me too!!!!!
What a compliment to have Shannon Hoon think you’re worthy of singing on a track with him. Probably the most underrated singer ever.
the ease with which he hits those high notes is incredible
Fck me to tears. This song gets me.
What a masterpiece... About 15 years ago I was driving with a friend and a song came on the radio. Neither of us had heard it before and I said it sounded like a Blind Melon song but that it wasn't because I knew all of their songs inside and out. While the song was still playing we stopped at a store so I could run in and grab smokes. When I came back out my friend told me that it WAS a Blind Melon song... from after Shannon died and he wasn't on it. Just not the same without him.
This song has followed me since the album came out. From the acoustic riffs to Shannon and Jena's voices running around each other really is fantastic. While the lyrics have a darkness to them they are oddly comforting. I know the album has been out for a long time but I'd like to say thanks to all the members of Blind Melon.
I love this song! I get sad sometimes thinking that for so many people the only Blind Melon song they know is the "bee girl" song. They made so much better music. RIP
This song, well, Blind Melon altogether, will forever take me to a place NOTHING can even compare to. Shannon Hoon was brilliant and taken way too soon. Music just doesn't touch the soul quite like it used to. RIP Shannon
Briliant Band! They hit you on a personal level that can rock your foundation. True artist's to the core. RIP Shannon Hoon❤❤
Jenna Kraus really did a great job on this track!
One of the saddest losses we with souls and ears have been made to suffer and grieve .
GOAT no one can replace Shannon Hoon
Shannon and Jenna touching our collective souls
Shannon Hoon was one of a kind.his harmony with Jena Kraus was harmonic and smooth.
Uno dei migliori gruppi degli anni 90
Totally underrated one hit MTV wonders as people wanna think so totally better then that
Blind Melon are the best love love love and her voice is absolutely lovely 💓🔥❤️Shanon was great loss RIP beautiful man
Probably one of the most underrated bands od all time. Rip Shannon Hoon.
When music is just perfect. No more bands and singers like blind melon these days.😥
My heart broke when Shannon Hoon passed away. They were one of my favorite 90s bands and I just missed seeing them live 😢 what a beautiful soul. Beautiful, soulful music and highly underrated!!!
My favorite acoustic riff right there
Such a killer album
This was their best song
On a Blind Melon binge for the past 4 months and counting...Shannon had one of the most unique and gorgeous voices ever and I like 90% of Blind Melon's songs. Had he lived they would've kept on producing such unique, beautiful and high quality music with Shannon. Such wasted talent gone way too soon 😢.
Saw these guys way back in the day with Shannon at the helm. Still one of my favorite shows. Saw them a few years ago too in NH. Met all the band members. All very personable. Spent tons of time talking to us, signing items. Wish more bands were like this with fans.
I tear up almost evertime I hear this.
Makes me cry every time… shit, I miss rainy days more often than not.
Haven't seen him smile in a little while ,tears me up
Soup was so ahead of it's time ....this band threw everything into it and the creativity and songs are amazing, the idiots in the music press that didn't get it I'm sure talk today about how great it is.
Galaxy was good too, but soup is a classic imo
Absolutely bro, this was and still is brilliant.
It's my favorite album of all time
@@michaelmcgilvry7123 in my top 20 for sure
@@joelenhanciosa3697 he's talking about the album Soup that Mouthful of Cavities and Galaxie/Hello, Goodbye are both on. Not the song Soup which is on the album Nico. The naming is always confusing
I’m always torn between this and St. Andrews falls as my favorite song from them both are for sure in my top 10 of all time
That’s funny that’s how it is for me.
The st. Andrew's fall performance from INTIMATE & INTERACTIVE is the best live set of all time. Song and show in general..truly breathtaking
Yeah its hard cuz saint andrews hall is one of the greatest songs ever recorded
same
Big stretch not much sleep,i got a couple of palm trees on each side of my cheeks yaaa.
Blind melon this song right here has got me in my sister through some hard times😊 every time we hear brings back memories
5 people need to purge themselves from existence... This song is amazing
oh shut up idiot.
That's your opinion. Karen. Lol
Still gives me a lump in throat and a tear in my eye listening to this.
One of my favorite songs of all times.
Touches the soul
Yessss!♥️♥️
And my ❤️
THIS SONG IS MORE THAN A MASTERPIECE IT IS A MORNING MEDITATION AND WILL CARRY THROUGH YOUR DAY
You guys are so amazing. Shannon was a candle that shone so bright he burned out early. Thank God we got what we did from him. This collaboration with Jena is absolutely jaw dropping. Their vocals are truly a gift to the world. That shouldn't outshine the band one bit though. Each member is just phenomenal.
There's levels to this stuff, and Blind Melon is literally one of the greatest bands to ever record a track. The musicianship exhibited by this band is very rarely seen in this world, and I don't say that lightly. I put Blind Melon up there with bands like Rush, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, any of the greatest of the greats, and Hoon's vocals are as legendary as they come.
Been listening to you guys since high school in the 90's. If I was born yesterday, I still wouldn't have enough days on earth to get my fill of Blind Melon.
I was living on the streets from 92-94 (just out of a 3 year teenage lockup by my own parents, well 4 places for 3 years) with a bunch of other punks and my best friend and I listened to Blind Melon constantly. We absolutely loved them. Had a huge crush on Shannon Hoon. For his depth and raw spirit. I connected so deeply with the words of their music. Got a ration of shit for loving them so much from our other close friends but we knew they'd love every word and melody if they'd just stop being punker than thou and f-ing listen. We just shared our headphones with one walkman and some tapes and lose ourselves in the feels of it all. Wish I'd been in a situation where I could have seen them live, I loved them so much. But I caught the pregnancy bug in 94 and it was time to figure out how to do life in a way to raise my daughter differently than my parents did me. She's almost 27 and she's amazing.
RIP Shannon Hoon. Your anniversary was 2 days ago and you've been on my mind and in my ears and my soul all week, just like the days I miss so much. I would have lived that life forever. Nobody gets that. I was homeless. But I had the most intense friendships I have ever had in my entire life. I hate how things, people, times change. How we lose the most incredible people way too soon. It broke my heart, it ripped my soul out to learn he died. I can't imagine what it must have done to the people who knew him or loved him personally.
LOVE THIS SONG SOOOO MUCH❤
My happy memories of Shannon make me sad. I'll never forget and will be forever grateful for that night in Indianapolis.... ❤️🔥❤️🩹
I lost the greatest love of my life last week. I truly thought I had found it. The happiness everyone searches for. She showed this song to me. I love it
Wow.. I soo miss this band.. been listening to Melon since the 90's,very much memories my early 20's hippy years.. now 50yrs old many many things gone by,many memories to remember.. they were the best years of my life..
"Time forever goes by ever soo quickly.. embrace the moment..for if you blink it'll already be over"
Miss you Shannon🥀
She gives off Lisa Loeb vibes singing wise.
I write a letter to a little friend of mine,
Tell him how much I used to love to watch him smile, see I haven’t seen him smile in a little while… haven’t seen him smile in a little while!
Miss you Bubba
Miss you guys. Rest in Heaven Shannon
This song will always be one of my favorite ❤
This song.isone of a kind. It's sad they are.only.known for.the worst song in their xatalog
Saw them live opening up for Guns in 92 and I must admit I didnt appreciate the music back then..thought of them as "one-hit wonder" because of No Rain... now.. 30 years later, I finally see the brilliance in BM songs.. such an underrated band..😞
hendrix has always been my main thing but these guys a my go 2..
I miss Shannon..... this album was outstanding. And this song.... wow... he’s looking in the mirror and talking to himself. So underrated as a band, as artist.... their lyrics were so deep. I’m just glad that the new generations are finding them and appreciating them. I was 18 when their 1st album hit...... to this day.... they are by far my favorite band.
Fantastic song and an unbelievably great band. That damn heroin
No one is better then anyone else just some are missed more ..not everyone truly lives except the ones that do we miss even more lots of love my brother Shannon Hoon
Jena has done a lot of gigs since this. Excellent collaboration.
My favorite album was “A Long Strange Trip in Canada “ it was a live album I found at my local used record store . Lost it a few years ago . Can’t find much about it
...she was right. She killed it.
I remember listening to the radio years ago. Then the song “I wonder” came on. I was fkn blown away. I walked right down to the music store (yes they existed then) and bought the CD. It stayed in my six disk shuffle CD player for like two years!🤘🏼🤘🏼
Miss you so much Shannon..
How cool would that be! To not only sit down with a platinum artist but for them to be that cool to know she would enhance one of their songs. Personally one of my favorite Blind Melon songs. You really get to hear Shannon's emotions coming through in this song sad that he was gone shortly after this beautiful song was made! RIP Shannon you were a kindred spirit!
Beautifully written!! My fav song as well ♥️
Soup and nico were great lps as well as self titled lp
One of the best songs to come out of the 90s ....I had a group of about 7 friends in 92-95 and Melon was all we listened to, then just like that they were gone....such an impact in such a short time it’s amazing to me now, I’m still listening
I went through that same thing almost. I was living on the streets from 92-94 (just out of a 3 year teenage lockup by my own parents, well 4 places, 3 years) with a bunch of other punks and my best friend and I listened to Blind Melon constantly. We absolutely loved them. Had a huge crush on Shannon Hoon. For his depth and raw spirit. I connected so deeply with the words of their music. Got a ration of shit for loving them so much from our other close friends but we knew they'd love every word and melody if they'd just stop being punker than thou and f-ing listen. We just shared our headphones with one walkman and some tapes and lose ourselves in the feels of it all. Wish I'd been in a situation where I could have seen them live, I loved them so much. But I caught the pregnancy bug in 94 and it was time to figure out how to do life in a way too raise my daughter differently than my parents did me. RIP Shannon Hoon. Your anniversary was 2 days ago and you've been on my mind and in my ears and my soul all week, just like the days I miss so much. I would have lived that life forever. Nobody gets that. I was homeless. But I had the most intense friendships I have ever had in my entire life. I hate how things, people, times change.
@@sixmercer2504 This sounds alot like what I went thru...I was homeless and strung out and living out of an 89 Suburban...all I listened to was Blind Melon and AIC...my friends were sick of hearing both bands because that's all I played...Ive went to Shannon's grave twice during this dark time...when I went to rehab...I snuck my cd player in and 1 CD with all my favorite songs burnt on them...his music has got me thru alot of darkness...RIP Shannon Hoon....
@@bobbywalton5029 Now AIC I did actually see. Me an several friends (literally the summer before I landed myself on the streets) we went to Clash of the Titans at Red Rocks. I was mainly only there to see Slayer, another of my absolute favorites). The alternative kind of pre-grunge stuff like Alice in Chains were bands I liked but didn't love. I had a crappy station wagon with an AM/(FM?) radio so I would steal D batteries like crazy to keep my boom box in the car to listen to Jane's Addiction and Nine Inch Nails and then of course the standard old punk stuff I loved like CRASS and Cock Sparrer and such but my friends then, before I met the people I was on the streets with, they didn't like the harshness of Minor Threat of Black Flag. It was easy to compromise because I was a huge heavy metal fan and also absolutely loved Jane's Addiction and the Violent Femmes and Skinny Puppy and NIN. So Yeah, I dodged the "radio" play music. They never would have played (and didn't any of the stuff I was listening to aside from the heavy metal. But thise times were behind us. The 80s metal had eased off the cliff into perma-grunge and enough was enough with the "I like it because you like it" when it was my car lol. But yeah, I don't know where you're from but living on the streets in Denver in the very early 90s was (well extremely dangerous when you had a shaved head and were mistaken for being a skinhead with the gangs as bad as they were) but it was really awesome. We had an amazing scene, several all ages almost all night coffee shops and we weren't kicked out of the parks for sleeping there (not too often, the sprinklers were much worse on us) and most of the time we'd find a place to stay because the scene was big and rent was cheap. My how things have changed. But none of us used drugs. We were against that stuff. I bailed on my friends when they started getting into that because we had such a rule against it I felt so betrayed. I still talk to them though. Those friendships are lifelong. If you were there, you were a friend.
@@sixmercer2504 You sound like you listen to alot of the same bands...I live in Louisville..KY...its bad here now...wasn't back in 2002 when I was in my dark place but like you...I learned alot from over 2 years experience of having to listen to nobody...it was an experience...I used to drive to far away places...Slayer is a band that I've been listening to since 1986 and still do...I just went to their farewell tour right before covid hit...it was an awesome experience...Tom Araya went to each side of the stage and looked at the crowd and saying his goodbyes and everyone was throwing 🤟 up...I did the devil horns (index finger off my forehead) and I swear on my daughter...Tom looked dead at me and smiled and bowed his head to me...that meant alot considering they have been one of my favorite bands since I was 13...when I went to see AIC in 2009 with the new singer...my hair was half way down my back...bangs and all...and I've seen old AIC videos and me and Layne resemble each other when my hair was long..it was a small venue but Jerry Cantrell kept looking at me and I know he kept thinking man he reminds me of Layne so much...I was yelling them songs to play and a few they did...my voice was gone the next day from screaming so much...good times...
Miss you you Shannon. You left us way to soon.