The 80's were a magical time to be a kid and the 90's were an awesome time to be a teen... Then the Internet came and the world lost all common sense... Blind Melon's 3 albums were part of the soundtrack that got me through my teen years... You are still missed Shannon...
The summer of 93 had some great music on MTV. Some more from that summer are Bjork - Human Nature, Porno for Pyros - Pets, and Stone Temple Pilots - Plush.
Shannon was awesome, I grew up with him in Lafayette Indiana, him and Axel Rose & Izzy Stradlin. They were a few years older than me we all hung around in the same circle of dead end kids. Never forget hearing when he passed away... He had just had his daughter, ripped my heart out man...
Aside from your physical beauty I was moved to hear your sense of empathy for the little girl in the video. It told me that you have a sweet and kind side too.
I remember when this came out when i was a kid. I learned to play the melody on the guitar as an adult. The 90s were awesome. I also recommend the song "change" by them. I played it for my little nieces and nephews who are little kids now, out in nature in the mountains after first meeting them.
It doesn't matter if people don't like you... it doesn't matter if people laugh at you... stay true to yourself and never change for anyone... eventually we all find our people... the ones who share your interests and feed your soul... never give up trying to find them. ❤
@@AmarissNevaeif you believe in what you said it is hard to be you but you are the only one that can that's a sentence from a song from Tom McDonald called buttholes an independent artist videos shot by his girlfriend nova Rockefeller hundreds of videos with no copyright fringes, he's released a permission video for free roam of his and hers music
I always loved Shannon's voice and message. Another amazing person gone way too soon. You should check out their song, "Change". It has a beautiful message and is by far my favorite song by Blind Melon.
Blind Melon is one of my favorites =) but i never had a chance to see them in concert ! Oh well i still have their music on CD ! Thanks for such a nice reaction !✌👍👍
I've never seen a reactor respond so much & with such depth to their comments! It may not always be possible once you get to 100K subs & beyond but it sure is a most wonderful experience now! 💖
@@AmarissNevaeWell, here's hoping you choose to aim high. Your content & presence is very unique & original. And I'm a complete illiterate tech-wise but your wizardry with the graphics impresses the heck out of me! 🪄 Can't wait for your reaction to Rainbow's "Stargazer"! (hint, hint 😁).
I've been recommended that song and artists on some past videos. I have it here in my notebook. I'm sure you'd be able to do graphics if you tried. Thank you so much. ✨️✨️✨️
@@AmarissNevaeHi Amariss! Just watched your video for Eyes Without a Face. I know you have already gotten a recommend for Queensryche's (I'm not going to bother with the umlaut 😄) "Silent Lucidity", as you spoke of being a lucid dreamer. I just want to add a +1 to that one. Boy oh boy, is it right up your alley! Epic tune! But please do the studio version of the song (as opposed to any live renditions) along with the accompanying video to really get the full effect... Then there's "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, which you may have heard since it's been so ubiquitous in the pop culture landscape for over 30 years. Happy dreaming, angel!🧚🏻♂️✨
Just wanted to stop by as a new viewer and say the effort you put into the reactions and edits is noticeable and you should keep it up. You have good vibes and good content and all it takes is a little patience and time and consistency with that and it will definitely get you the subscribers and views for sure. Good luck!
I remember seeing Blind Melon opening for the Rolling Stones in Memphis TN 94-95...They got booed off stage...& not too long after that the lead singer OD'd... Gone too soon
It’s so sad. Shannon Hoon was born just 4 days before I was. He was so young when he died. Interestingly, he was friends with Axl Rose from Guns and Roses and he sang back up vocals with Axl Rose on the song “Don’t Cry”.
Hi again, Amariss! You've probably answered this question elsewhere in the comments (if so, sorry!) but do you plan on adding a "Community" section to the site? For updates, questions, suggestions, etc.
@@AmarissNevaeAh, outstanding! Well, whatever your first post is, I hope it starts with "Hear ye, hear ye..."📢 😄 (Actually, "Woo!" would be better 😉). And Congratulations on 2.5K subs!! Milestone! 🍾🥂🎈
Another amazing reaction! Blind Melon is one of the most gifted and talented bands of the 90s. Every song is really good, and if Shannon Hoon was still here, no doubt they would still be putting out amazing songs.
@AmarissNevae they only put out 2 official albums and a third album with unreleased songs with Shannon Hoon, and he was only 28 when he left this world to the other side There's also some live footage, and they put on a high energy concert performance. I haven't heard a bad song from them, every member is a high level musician.
You should try *The Warning* - 3 Grammy-nominated sisters from Mexico (but they sing and speak perfect English) who rock! Try 'Evolve' from the 2023 MTV VMAs or 'Automatic Sun' from the 2024 EMAs.
Amazing reaction! 💯. Could you checkout ‘The End Justifies’ from the band HammerFall. They are from Sweden formed in 1993, The vocals are clean & catchy. Top quality sound😅
If you are aimed at right/good, God will put before you obstacles to maximize your evolution, and if you take those obstacles with gratitude, He will give you the strength to endure any darkness. ~George E Kelley (paraphrasing Joseph Campbell paraphrasing Carl Jung.)
I was lucky enough to see BLIND MELON and many other acts at WOODSTOCK 1994. Shannon Hoon came out dressed in a white dress, and most likely was tripping on LSD during the show. That weekend was the 2nd best concert I had been to behind Plant and Page in 1997. Half of the grunge movement was just a return to classic style rock and roll of the 70s. With that came the singer songwriters, and the hippies. Bell Bottoms were popular 1993-94
The girl in the bee costume works a regular job now and absolutely detests and avoids any mention of it. She doesn't want to be known as the tap dancing girl in a bee costume
what script? she was the only one on stage & such a thing as script to a tap dance routine,💁🏻♀️ & THERE ISN'T, the audience laughing wouldn't be written into it. and if you mean written into the script of this video, well DUH, captain obvious, that is how music videos work! 🤦🏻♀️ what she's wondering is why were they scripted to laugh in her. everything fictional is a scripts that are just "written that way"...but the important parr is WHY. the significance, goofy! the significance, goofy! they were laughing at her because they're ugly people (at heart i mean)
Ah, I remember this one. It’s a good, slightly trippy, mellow rock track. That’s why I bought a download of it years ago. I’d say it’s true that the band had a hippie vibe and style going on. And for someone who used to do the punk thing and then also Goth, I’ve actually known quite a few hippie girls. ☮️ Rest In Peace to Shannon Hoon, like too many he was gone too soon. It has to be so hard on the bands they leave behind.. and then even harder for their family and friends. If I recall correctly Shannon did some work in music prior to Blind Melon- singing backing vocals on “Don’t Cry” by Guns N’ Roses. (Think he’s also briefly in the video.) And he might’ve been friends with Layne Staley of Alice In Chains. There’s a very goofy photo of them together from wherever they happened to be.
I just looked for that photo of them, and it's so goofy yet adorable. I love hippies!🌻 I have not met any goths yet. It is neat how different bands were friends. Yes, may Shannon Hoon Rest in Peace. ✨️✌️☮️
Sweetie. There ARE people like this still. Albeit not many. I'm an ol hippie. I've still got my hair down to my waist. I love good people. God bless you. Hello. I'm in Texas. You're a sweet girl. Please never change. The world needs people like you.
Hey Amariss! Great reaction to a really good band that was short lived. I'm sure had they not lost their lead singer, they would have seen success for a good while. Keep my cheeks dry today means not to cry. Where was that mind of yours going? I'm glad you're posting again bee-cause I missed you. I'll bet bees are attracted to you because you are so sweet! Please keep up the purrfect reactions. Peace and love.❤❤❤
I was just envisioning his jeans getting rained on. It wasn't anything bad. 😹👖⛈️ Sometimes, I have to disappear here and there due to being a power ranger. Have no fear. I always return. ✨️✨️💥✨️✨️ Thank you 🐝✨️✌️
@AmarissNevae I was thinking maybe a secret agent captured behind enemy lines never to be seen again... but I can buy the superhero scenario. I would have guessed Catwoman though...😺
One of the most underrated bands ever.... and this is probably my least favorite song by them. -Tones of Home -Time -Change -Mouthful of Cavities -Toes Across the Floor All songs worth listening to.
Blind Melon released their debut album in 1992 and it didn't sell until the single 'No rain' became a hit on MTV and radio in 1993 and the album sold 4x platinum in the US. However, Shannon Hoon (vocals) of Blind Melon came to fame by singing on the Guns N' Roses ballad "Don't cry" in 1991 and appeared in the music video... Shannon Hoon was originally from Indiana, same as W. Axl Rose, singer of Guns N' Roses. When Blind Melon formed in L.A. in 1990, they were signed quickly and recorded their self-titled debut album in North Carolina... They didn't want to be an L.A. 'hair band'... and found themselves at the height of 90's alternative rock scene. Along w/ Hoon on vocals, Blind Melon was - Roger Steven (guitar) and Brad Smith (bass) from Mississippi... and Christopher Thorn (guitar) and Glen Graham (drums)... The 'Bee girl' on the album cover was Glen Graham's sister; they used a different 'Bee girl' for the 'No rain' music video. Unfortunately, drug use was frequent in Blind Melon and Shannon Hoon was abusing he+++n... it was apparent that he needed rehab by 1994 but could not stay clean and got into trouble on the road. In 1995, Blind Melon recorded their 2nd album 'Soup'... and filmed a music video for the single 'Galaxie'... Shannon Hoon was high on drugs and freaked out band members during filming by banging his head on the car on set, breaking the glass... 'Soup' was a commercial disappointment even as the Blind Melon toured in 1995. Tragically, Shannon Hoon was found dead of an apparent OD on tour in New Orleans at age 28... He left behind a baby daughter Nico w/ his girlfriend. Blind Melon disbanded soon after and named their 3rd release 'Nico' in memory of Shannon Hoon. Years later, Blind Melon reformed w/ a new singer but the appeal was not the same.
Wow, that's pretty intense. He was such a gifted singer. It's sad to hear that he went through that. I hope he is happy and in Peace now! Thanks for helping out with my research. ✨️📚📒✨️
Another cool choice. I was lucky enough to see them open for Guns & Roses not too long before he passed. Always like your reactions. I'm gonna keep suggesting Motionless in White, Thoughts and Prayers. Killer track and crazy video! Be easy!
Subbed. Great vibes! Check out the Blues Traveler song called "Hook"; you'll like it and would make a good reaction Lyrics; Keeping your "cheeks dry today" means he didn't cry... There was "No Rain"...no tears..dry cheeks 😊
Its a video though. Shannon was quickly killing himself through severe drug abuse and so wasn't as easy going and happy as he played. Everyone in the band struggled in their own way, because they're real, not ever happy, earthy, tea-drinking, mythical hippies. That field was an escape, not reality. But, the positive takeaway is that most of us do long to be like this, and to be with people who are happy and free. So embrace them when you find them and smile and dance under the sun, but also embrace the times when the dark clouds circle and the rain pours down when you're all alone. If you can do both, that's where you'll live the most and find the most joy. Embrace reality, not the field. And we should give the jerks a second chance. Those are usually the people who are lost and need some understanding... and even a hug. Many jerks are good people playing a dark character. Help them, don't discard them. It makes the world a better place for us all.
Oh, wow. I really do feel for Shannon. Despite his issues, I thoroughly enjoyed his aura and overall vibe. I like the way you write. Thanks for the advice. ✨️✨️
Hey, one last thing. First, sorry if I came off preachy in my first reply. Definitely no harm meant. :) I just discovered your channel and since I really enjoyed this reaction and your vibe I wanted to suggest some music. I too am very eclectic in self and unique in my thoughts and perceptions of life and so think this will be a match for you: Jane's Addiction (band) Ritual de lo Habitual (album) And Then She Did (song). The whole album is amazing so definitely keep going if interested. And if you need views, Been Caught Steeling would likely get the most if you decided to do a reaction. These guys are amazing and were a big influence on me. I hope this music affects you like it has me. Maybe let me know what you think of the song. Take Care Jason
Your channel popped up in my feed & I immediately went to 'Paranoid' before Blind Melon. Now, I'm 59 years old & had to look up RBF... 😂🤣😂 Thank you for that! Instant subscriber! Really enjoy & appreciate your deadpan humor, creativity, thoughtfulness & inner/outer beauty. Wishing you great success!🍀🙏🏻🤞🏻
I have struggled with RBF for quite some time now. It often scares people off. 😳 I'm glad you got my humor. Most don't. You're welcome, and thanks! ✨️✨️✨️
@@AmarissNevaeMy struggle has mostly been with RRUOKF, as in people constantly asking me "R U OK?" 🥺... 😁 Btw, I've been rescuing, adopting, fostering, fixing & feeding stray cats for about 15 years now. They really helped save my life, God bless 'em. So nice to see a young person like yourself have a big ❤️ for animals. Which ones do you rescue? It's on my bucket list to become a vegetarian or at least a pescatarian before I die. Not easy. I grew up in the 70's when every home had at least one barbecue grill & they got used year-round! But I'm hopeful...
Heard the song. Like the song but never took note of the lyrics. I think he does say "Keep his cheeks dry" as to say to Not Cry!! Oops. Should have checked if another has already mentioned!! Love your style with the dry erase board and having some info. Too many like to be TOTALLY blind and struggle to talk about what they just heard and ask viewers to fill in all the blanks and I'm thinking" Just Google it!! Great Job Amariss!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼
Yes, that makes sense now. I'm not sure why I found that part so funny. I know, right. Could you please comment down in the comments what song this is that I just listened to?? 🤔 Peace and thank you ✨️🌻✌️🦋🌌🐝✨️
I was fortunate enough to see Blind Melon opening for Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin in 1995. Blind Melon put on an awesome performance. Sidenote: The "Bumblebee Girl" is doing quite well. Heather Deloach is a fertility Doctor and is married. Another sidenote: Coincidentally, I stumbled across this video again a few weeks ago... after decades of not seeing it.
Checkout Change and Tones of Home. Tones was their 2nd biggest song. But Change was always my favorite Blind Melon song. Great band who was cut short after the death of Shannon in 95.
For some reason Blind Melon reminded me of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. But this BM song is much more upbeat than say, RHCP's "Scar Tissue", "Soul to Squeeze", or even "Californication". Maybe it was just their 90's alt-rock vibe. But I always enjoyed their video. The only other time I've seen a person dressed in a Bee costume was in Nelly Furtado's 2003 video, "Powerless (Say What You Want)". Death by O.D. is a common occurrence in the rock world. So much so that a 1994 book was published about it called "Death By Rock & Roll: The Untimely Deaths of The Legends of Rock" by Gary J. Katz.
That's a neat name. Red Hot Chili 🌶 🌶. I happen to love bumblebees and other types of insects. Every spring, I plant pollinators real flower seeds made from the Earth, and then they have a party all spring through early fall. 🐝🐝🐝🐝 They are so fun to watch. ✨️ That's a really sad situation with the rock stars. May they all rest in peace. ✨️
@AmarissNevae Have You heard of the instrumental song, "The Flight of the Bumble Bee"? It's a pretty cool piece of orchestra. RCHP is a pretty cool 90s band. Check out their video for "Californication". It's like an old video game.
Is your channel new? If so, I hope you go to the moon. Such creativity in your video and a cool vibe. This is a song I like alot and not reacted to very much. Here are some other songs that I like which AREN'T reacted to as much (as opposed to the ones that are always reacted to): Burning Down the House - Talking Heads Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind Back to Good - Matchbox Twenty You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse Lover You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley Hook - Blues Traveler Crazy - Gnarls Barkley The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe Mr. Jones - Counting Crows Radar Love - Golden Earring 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins Complicated - Avril Lavigne There's obv lots of great songs that ARE reacted to alot - but I figure ppl will request those already.
I've always felt it has a cheerry sound as well evn though the message is gloomy, but probably intentionally designed to be that way. which as i explain that here now, i realize i just read a comment likening them (though maybe just THIS song, idk 🤷🏻♀️) to Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP), which i initially read & just unconsciously dismissed 💁🏻♀️ until I was about to offer an example of another such song to further illustrate this (a cheery sound / gloomy message). that example being "Under the Bridge", which IS A RHCP SONG! ....so they may have something there 🤷🏻♀️ lol.
R.I.P. SHANNON HOON, he's a HOOSIER too, HOOSIERS are people born in INDIANA, I'm one too, SHANNON was on the rooftop scene in DON'T CRY/ GNR, before BLIND MELON blew up
I normally prefer heavy, brutally fast bands. That aside, I can respect and appreciate Blind Melon for some advanced music with unique acoustic and electric fusion of instruments topped with some soaring singing. 🤘
@AmarissNevae when you return to some metal, you have to check out all four of the big 4, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax. I would say the big 6 would also include Testament and Exodus.🤘🤘
Not all hippies were peaceful earth loving people. The 1969 mass murders of pregnant Sharon Tate and Leno LaBianca and 3 others were committed by the notorious commune living hippie, Charles Manson and his followers. The shocking murderers kind of destroyed the appeal of the hippie movement, though the movement did attempt to carry on a bit in the1970's until Disco and Punk Rock took over, and hippies realized that they had to grow up and get a real job which many did. Even Paul McCartney temporarily embraced the hippie culture by having his Post-Beatles family live on a muddy farm in Scotland and tour the countryside in a converted Bus for College gigs. (This was around 1970 to 1975). But hippie culture despite its lofty peaceful ideals is simply not a financially sustainable culture. Someone has to be the one to pay the bills (legally).
"Grow up and get a real job." 😂😂 Surely, there was a soaring command for growing top-notch organic sunflower seeds. Perhaps these people you wrote of, Charles Manson and his followers, may have taken a bit too much of the recommended dosage 😳. ✨️🌻✌️✨️
@@AmarissNevaeHaha, yes! Don't forget the fedora! Seriously, I am enjoying your written comments at least as much as the videos & that's alot. I'm sure your imagination is overflowing with ideas. Also, would you consider doing the occasional movie reaction at some point?
The 80's were a magical time to be a kid and the 90's were an awesome time to be a teen... Then the Internet came and the world lost all common sense... Blind Melon's 3 albums were part of the soundtrack that got me through my teen years... You are still missed Shannon...
Rest in Peace to Shannon Hoon. 🪽🪽🪽✨️✨️
He said "keep my cheeks dry today", the cheeks beneath his eyes, because he didn't wanna cry again... You know, no rain.
Exactly
Cheeks Dry
No Cry
The summer of 93 had some great music on MTV. Some more from that summer are Bjork - Human Nature, Porno for Pyros - Pets, and Stone Temple Pilots - Plush.
Those are some creative and intriguing band/song names, thanks. ✨️
Shannon was awesome, I grew up with him in Lafayette Indiana, him and Axel Rose & Izzy Stradlin. They were a few years older than me we all hung around in the same circle of dead end kids. Never forget hearing when he passed away... He had just had his daughter, ripped my heart out man...
That's an amazing memory to keep. I hope his soul is shining down with happiness and joy to his daughter. ✨️
Aside from your physical beauty I was moved to hear your sense of empathy for the little girl in the video. It told me that you have a sweet and kind side too.
It is heartbreaking when people are cruel to the innocent. Thank you. ✨️🐝✨️
She has a big heart. If I was that little girls dad in the audience I would have strod up and protected my daughters dignity.
I remember when this came out when i was a kid. I learned to play the melody on the guitar as an adult. The 90s were awesome. I also recommend the song "change" by them. I played it for my little nieces and nephews who are little kids now, out in nature in the mountains after first meeting them.
What a nice memory. Thanks ✨️🌲
It doesn't matter if people don't like you... it doesn't matter if people laugh at you... stay true to yourself and never change for anyone... eventually we all find our people... the ones who share your interests and feed your soul... never give up trying to find them. ❤
Yes, what a beautiful perspective and so true. Great advice. Thank you. ✨️🩷✨️
We all don't find that.
I'd say it's more rare than common actually. Most people just conform to who they surround themselves with.
@@DustinAxelsonwow...so you're more of a glass half empty kind of guy.
@@AmarissNevaeif you believe in what you said it is hard to be you but you are the only one that can that's a sentence from a song from Tom McDonald called buttholes an independent artist videos shot by his girlfriend nova Rockefeller hundreds of videos with no copyright fringes, he's released a permission video for free roam of his and hers music
Gen X never turns this one off when it comes on the radio
Shannon was good friend with Axle Rose of Guns n Roses. He is in a couple vidoes with them as a backup singer. Don't Cry i believe is one of them.
I'll have to check that song out. 🥀✨️
I always loved Shannon's voice and message. Another amazing person gone way too soon. You should check out their song, "Change". It has a beautiful message and is by far my favorite song by Blind Melon.
Yes, his voice is amazing here. Thank you ✨️🐝
in rural parlance 'keep your cheeks dry' just means try to stay out of the rain. it's a cheery phrase for glum weather.
Blind Melon is one of my favorites =) but i never had a chance to see them in concert ! Oh well i still have their music on CD ! Thanks for such a nice reaction !✌👍👍
I would have enjoyed this song live, too. You're welcome! ✨️🐝✨️
I miss him so gosh darn much. I have something in my eye.
Ahhhh. ✨️🩷🌧🐝
I've never seen a reactor respond so much & with such depth to their comments! It may not always be possible once you get to 100K subs & beyond but it sure is a most wonderful experience now! 💖
I would need to be much more consistent if I were to aim for that many subscribers. I'm grateful for anyone who decides to subscribe. ✨️🩷✨️
@@AmarissNevaeWell, here's hoping you choose to aim high. Your content & presence is very unique & original. And I'm a complete illiterate tech-wise but your wizardry with the graphics impresses the heck out of me! 🪄 Can't wait for your reaction to Rainbow's "Stargazer"! (hint, hint 😁).
I've been recommended that song and artists on some past videos. I have it here in my notebook. I'm sure you'd be able to do graphics if you tried. Thank you so much. ✨️✨️✨️
@@AmarissNevaeMy pleasure ☺️
@@AmarissNevaeHi Amariss! Just watched your video for Eyes Without a Face. I know you have already gotten a recommend for Queensryche's (I'm not going to bother with the umlaut 😄) "Silent Lucidity", as you spoke of being a lucid dreamer. I just want to add a +1 to that one. Boy oh boy, is it right up your alley! Epic tune! But please do the studio version of the song (as opposed to any live renditions) along with the accompanying video to really get the full effect... Then there's "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, which you may have heard since it's been so ubiquitous in the pop culture landscape for over 30 years. Happy dreaming, angel!🧚🏻♂️✨
Just wanted to stop by as a new viewer and say the effort you put into the reactions and edits is noticeable and you should keep it up. You have good vibes and good content and all it takes is a little patience and time and consistency with that and it will definitely get you the subscribers and views for sure.
Good luck!
Thank you so much. I am happy you like, and I appreciate your input. 🌻✨️🌻
I remember seeing Blind Melon opening for the Rolling Stones in Memphis TN 94-95...They got booed off stage...& not too long after that the lead singer OD'd... Gone too soon
RIP Shannon Hoon
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I only got to see them once at the Palladium in Hollywood.
They were so much fun live!!!❤👍✌️😁
Once is better than never. ✨️
I love the board and the facts and your interpretation! Just found you… New follower
Thank you kindly. ✨️
Your voice sounds like a new born baby :3
It's the microphone settings. I sound different in person. 😆✨️
fun fact..during a show in Vancouver..a high Shannon Hoon peed on the crowd during the song no rain...
That's an amazing fun fact. ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️
You seem like the type of person that would like Simon & Garfunkel.
I have not been recommended them until now. I've written them down, but I'm still catching up. ✨️
No tears on my checks.
Nice ✨️✨️
It’s so sad. Shannon Hoon was born just 4 days before I was. He was so young when he died. Interestingly, he was friends with Axl Rose from Guns and Roses and he sang back up vocals with Axl Rose on the song “Don’t Cry”.
That is very sad. May he rest peacefully. 🌌 I'll have to listen to Guns and Roses sometime. 🔫🥀✨️
Hi again, Amariss! You've probably answered this question elsewhere in the comments (if so, sorry!) but do you plan on adding a "Community" section to the site? For updates, questions, suggestions, etc.
Don't be sorry. That's a great question/idea. I will start doing that. I just have to think of what I'd like to have as my first post. ✨️📜✨️
@@AmarissNevaeAh, outstanding! Well, whatever your first post is, I hope it starts with "Hear ye, hear ye..."📢 😄 (Actually, "Woo!" would be better 😉). And Congratulations on 2.5K subs!! Milestone! 🍾🥂🎈
That would be funny. Thank you. ✨️
I appreciate each subscriber very much. ✨️📜🌌🎇
She found her peeps, good finds good.
Yes, never give up hope. ✨️🐝✨️
Another amazing reaction! Blind Melon is one of the most gifted and talented bands of the 90s. Every song is really good, and if Shannon Hoon was still here, no doubt they would still be putting out amazing songs.
Thanks! I really enjoyed this song. 🌻✨️🐝
@AmarissNevae they only put out 2 official albums and a third album with unreleased songs with Shannon Hoon, and he was only 28 when he left this world to the other side There's also some live footage, and they put on a high energy concert performance. I haven't heard a bad song from them, every member is a high level musician.
Another great 90's band gone too soon 💔
Great reaction teach I always loved this song. Take care and I'll cya later XO ❤
Thank you, Professor. ✨️ 🩷
@AmarissNevae you remembered. Bigger hugs.
The people that are unloved, the people that are unfavored those are my kind of people because I'm one of them as well.🎉😊❤
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I dig everything you said. Right on✊🏾 If you like the hippy vibe then you'd like Oregon Country Fair.
I had to look that up. It looks so fun.☮️🌻✨️
Nice song
Happy lucky go-to song
Yes! ✨️🐝✨️🐝✌️
You should try *The Warning* - 3 Grammy-nominated sisters from Mexico (but they sing and speak perfect English) who rock! Try 'Evolve' from the 2023 MTV VMAs or 'Automatic Sun' from the 2024 EMAs.
Thanks ✨️
Hi hameriss!
Amazing reaction! 💯. Could you checkout ‘The End Justifies’ from the band HammerFall. They are from Sweden formed in 1993, The vocals are clean & catchy. Top quality sound😅
Thanks for the recommendation. ✨️
We used to shoot simple, artistic videos back then. The golden age of the music video.
I prefer videos this way. 🎬✨️🐝
If you are aimed at right/good, God will put before you obstacles to maximize your evolution, and if you take those obstacles with gratitude, He will give you the strength to endure any darkness.
~George E Kelley (paraphrasing Joseph Campbell paraphrasing Carl Jung.)
Wow, that is an immensely amazing triple paraphrase. 🌌🪽✨️🪽🌌
@@AmarissNevae Keep on winning! You're a Rockstar!☘️✨🕊️
I was lucky enough to see BLIND MELON and many other acts at WOODSTOCK 1994. Shannon Hoon came out dressed in a white dress, and most likely was tripping on LSD during the show. That weekend was the 2nd best concert I had been to behind Plant and Page in 1997. Half of the grunge movement was just a return to classic style rock and roll of the 70s. With that came the singer songwriters, and the hippies. Bell Bottoms were popular 1993-94
That sounds like a fantastic and trippy show ✨️🌻✨️.
I got to see them and Big Audio Dynamite || and a couple other bands at red rocks amphitheater in Colorado.
The girl in the bee costume works a regular job now and absolutely detests and avoids any mention of it. She doesn't want to be known as the tap dancing girl in a bee costume
Oh wow. 😳🐝
Thank you for reacting to this video. Not a lot of reactors react to this video.
It was my pleasure! ✨️🐝✨️
"Keep my cheeks dry today" is correct meaning "I would like to go a day without crying." Can you react to another song by Blind Melon called "Mother"?
Oh, I see! That makes much more sense.
Thanks for the recommendation. ✨️✨️
I think they laughed because it was in the script
Yes, but I have come across people who behave this way, sadly. ✨️
what script?
she was the only one on stage & such a thing as script to a tap dance routine,💁🏻♀️ & THERE ISN'T, the audience laughing wouldn't be written into it.
and if you mean written into the script of this video, well DUH, captain obvious, that is how music videos work! 🤦🏻♀️
what she's wondering is why were they scripted to laugh in her. everything fictional is a scripts that are just "written that way"...but the important parr is WHY. the significance, goofy! the significance, goofy!
they were laughing at her because they're ugly people (at heart i mean)
@@deadassdgaf100 Amazing! I agree. Thanks for explaining this. 💯✨️
Ah, I remember this one. It’s a good, slightly trippy, mellow rock track. That’s why I bought a download of it years ago. I’d say it’s true that the band had a hippie vibe and style going on. And for someone who used to do the punk thing and then also Goth, I’ve actually known quite a few hippie girls. ☮️ Rest In Peace to Shannon Hoon, like too many he was gone too soon. It has to be so hard on the bands they leave behind.. and then even harder for their family and friends. If I recall correctly Shannon did some work in music prior to Blind Melon- singing backing vocals on “Don’t Cry” by Guns N’ Roses. (Think he’s also briefly in the video.) And he might’ve been friends with Layne Staley of Alice In Chains. There’s a very goofy photo of them together from wherever they happened to be.
I just looked for that photo of them, and it's so goofy yet adorable. I love hippies!🌻 I have not met any goths yet. It is neat how different bands were friends. Yes, may Shannon Hoon Rest in Peace. ✨️✌️☮️
I'd like to recommend you react to a band called Band-Maid, their live video of the song "Hate?" 😊😮
Thank you. ✨️ This band has been recommended a lot.✨️
Please react to Sleepyhouse by Blind Melon.
Sweetie. There ARE people like this still. Albeit not many. I'm an ol hippie. I've still got my hair down to my waist. I love good people. God bless you. Hello. I'm in Texas. You're a sweet girl. Please never change. The world needs people like you.
This is amazing to hear. Good souls are a rare gem, in my opinion. Same to you 🌌 and thank you so much! ✨️🌻✨️
Do react please to the song-'angella'...by the band toto.thanks
Keeping your cheeks dry, Means he does not want to cry
Nice metaphor. ✨️
Shannon tragically died of a heroin overdose in New Orleans,
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May he rest in peace. 🪽✨️🌻🐝⛈️
Hey Amariss! Great reaction to a really good band that was short lived. I'm sure had they not lost their lead singer, they would have seen success for a good while.
Keep my cheeks dry today means not to cry. Where was that mind of yours going?
I'm glad you're posting again bee-cause I missed you.
I'll bet bees are attracted to you because you are so sweet!
Please keep up the purrfect reactions. Peace and love.❤❤❤
I was just envisioning his jeans getting rained on. It wasn't anything bad. 😹👖⛈️
Sometimes, I have to disappear here and there due to being a power ranger. Have no fear. I always return. ✨️✨️💥✨️✨️
Thank you 🐝✨️✌️
@AmarissNevae I was thinking maybe a secret agent captured behind enemy lines never to be seen again... but I can buy the superhero scenario. I would have guessed Catwoman though...😺
That's classified information. Please trust that I always find a way around the enemy. ✨️✨️
If you want people to look and act like hippies, you need to start the trend...
This is true. Perhaps I shall try. ☮️✌️🌻✨️
Reminds me of the Elaine dance.
I'll look it up. ✨️
@@AmarissNevae now I feel bad
One of the most underrated bands ever.... and this is probably my least favorite song by them.
-Tones of Home
-Time
-Change
-Mouthful of Cavities
-Toes Across the Floor
All songs worth listening to.
Sweet, thanks. ✨️🐝✨️
Blind Melon released their debut album in 1992 and it didn't sell until the single 'No rain' became a hit on MTV and radio in 1993 and the album sold 4x platinum in the US.
However, Shannon Hoon (vocals) of Blind Melon came to fame by singing on the Guns N' Roses ballad "Don't cry" in 1991 and appeared in the music video... Shannon Hoon was originally from Indiana, same as W. Axl Rose, singer of Guns N' Roses.
When Blind Melon formed in L.A. in 1990, they were signed quickly and recorded their self-titled debut album in North Carolina... They didn't want to be an L.A. 'hair band'... and found themselves at the height of 90's alternative rock scene.
Along w/ Hoon on vocals, Blind Melon was - Roger Steven (guitar) and Brad Smith (bass) from Mississippi... and Christopher Thorn (guitar) and Glen Graham (drums)... The 'Bee girl' on the album cover was Glen Graham's sister; they used a different 'Bee girl' for the 'No rain' music video.
Unfortunately, drug use was frequent in Blind Melon and Shannon Hoon was abusing he+++n... it was apparent that he needed rehab by 1994 but could not stay clean and got into trouble on the road.
In 1995, Blind Melon recorded their 2nd album 'Soup'... and filmed a music video for the single 'Galaxie'... Shannon Hoon was high on drugs and freaked out band members during filming by banging his head on the car on set, breaking the glass... 'Soup' was a commercial disappointment even as the Blind Melon toured in 1995.
Tragically, Shannon Hoon was found dead of an apparent OD on tour in New Orleans at age 28... He left behind a baby daughter Nico w/ his girlfriend.
Blind Melon disbanded soon after and named their 3rd release 'Nico' in memory of Shannon Hoon.
Years later, Blind Melon reformed w/ a new singer but the appeal was not the same.
Wow, that's pretty intense. He was such a gifted singer. It's sad to hear that he went through that. I hope he is happy and in Peace now! Thanks for helping out with my research. ✨️📚📒✨️
I love their second album soup. Classic.
Never heard about Blind Melon, they're very enjoyable!
I liked this song a lot
I'm glad you liked it. ✨️
Please check out the country-rooted, a cappella group *Home Free.* I'll suggest their cover of *Brothers In Arms.* Please... with sugar on top.
Thank you. I'm catching up on my recommendations, but it is written down.✨️✨️
@@AmarissNevae You're very welcome. 'Catching up' probably means you never will from my understanding as everyone's list is basically never ending. :)
Well, others post 100 times a week. I post when I can. I am trying to get to them. ✨️
@@AmarissNevae I COMPLETELY understand.
But i know this song
Another cool choice. I was lucky enough to see them open for Guns & Roses not too long before he passed. Always like your reactions. I'm gonna keep suggesting Motionless in White, Thoughts and Prayers. Killer track and crazy video! Be easy!
How neat. I have the band written down. I'm kinda playing catch up on recommendations, though. Thanks! ✨️
Subbed. Great vibes! Check out the Blues Traveler song called "Hook"; you'll like it and would make a good reaction
Lyrics; Keeping your "cheeks dry today" means he didn't cry... There was "No Rain"...no tears..dry cheeks 😊
Thanks. ✨️⛈️
are you a school teacher
Its a video though. Shannon was quickly killing himself through severe drug abuse and so wasn't as easy going and happy as he played. Everyone in the band struggled in their own way, because they're real, not ever happy, earthy, tea-drinking, mythical hippies. That field was an escape, not reality.
But, the positive takeaway is that most of us do long to be like this, and to be with people who are happy and free. So embrace them when you find them and smile and dance under the sun, but also embrace the times when the dark clouds circle and the rain pours down when you're all alone. If you can do both, that's where you'll live the most and find the most joy. Embrace reality, not the field.
And we should give the jerks a second chance. Those are usually the people who are lost and need some understanding... and even a hug. Many jerks are good people playing a dark character. Help them, don't discard them. It makes the world a better place for us all.
Oh, wow. I really do feel for Shannon. Despite his issues, I thoroughly enjoyed his aura and overall vibe. I like the way you write. Thanks for the advice. ✨️✨️
@AmarissNevae I enjoyed your reaction. Your vibe and aura come through the screen and fill the room. :)
Hey, one last thing. First, sorry if I came off preachy in my first reply. Definitely no harm meant. :)
I just discovered your channel and since I really enjoyed this reaction and your vibe I wanted to suggest some music. I too am very eclectic in self and unique in my thoughts and perceptions of life and so think this will be a match for you: Jane's Addiction (band) Ritual de lo Habitual (album) And Then She Did (song). The whole album is amazing so definitely keep going if interested. And if you need views, Been Caught Steeling would likely get the most if you decided to do a reaction. These guys are amazing and were a big influence on me.
I hope this music affects you like it has me. Maybe let me know what you think of the song.
Take Care
Jason
I didn't think it was preachy. Thank you for the songs. I'm truly trying to catch up on the songs. I'm not ignoring recommendations. ✨️✨️
Your channel popped up in my feed & I immediately went to 'Paranoid' before Blind Melon. Now, I'm 59 years old & had to look up RBF... 😂🤣😂 Thank you for that! Instant subscriber! Really enjoy & appreciate your deadpan humor, creativity, thoughtfulness & inner/outer beauty. Wishing you great success!🍀🙏🏻🤞🏻
I have struggled with RBF for quite some time now. It often scares people off. 😳
I'm glad you got my humor. Most don't. You're welcome, and thanks! ✨️✨️✨️
@@AmarissNevaeMy struggle has mostly been with RRUOKF, as in people constantly asking me "R U OK?" 🥺... 😁 Btw, I've been rescuing, adopting, fostering, fixing & feeding stray cats for about 15 years now. They really helped save my life, God bless 'em. So nice to see a young person like yourself have a big ❤️ for animals. Which ones do you rescue? It's on my bucket list to become a vegetarian or at least a pescatarian before I die. Not easy. I grew up in the 70's when every home had at least one barbecue grill & they got used year-round! But I'm hopeful...
I get that, too. Don't worry. 🫣😂
@@AmarissNevaeHaha! Good stuff!🖖🏻
Was lucky to see them in 94 in the uk at Glastonbury Festival....when No Rain started the clouds parted and the sun shone down..
It was meant to be. ☀️🌥✨️
R.I.P. Shannon ✌️
✨️✌️🌻☮️✨️🪽🌧
Highly recommend doing Lovebites Scream for Me live Daughters of the Dawn... all Female nand yoi will love.
Thanks. ✨️
Heard the song. Like the song but never took note of the lyrics. I think he does say "Keep his cheeks dry" as to say to Not Cry!! Oops. Should have checked if another has already mentioned!! Love your style with the dry erase board and having some info. Too many like to be TOTALLY blind and struggle to talk about what they just heard and ask viewers to fill in all the blanks and I'm thinking" Just Google it!! Great Job Amariss!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼
Yes, that makes sense now. I'm not sure why I found that part so funny. I know, right. Could you please comment down in the comments what song this is that I just listened to?? 🤔
Peace and thank you ✨️🌻✌️🦋🌌🐝✨️
@@AmarissNevae HAAA! You giggled thinking Butt Cheeks 😮
Where are your dating or husband applications at? 🤔
"Cuz I'd be hanging out with them"....🙂🙂.....you'd have fun too....
Definitely! ✨️🌻☮️
Such an amazing song ❤
Truly ✨️🐝
I was fortunate enough to see Blind Melon opening for Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin in 1995. Blind Melon put on an awesome performance. Sidenote: The "Bumblebee Girl" is doing quite well. Heather Deloach is a fertility Doctor and is married. Another sidenote: Coincidentally, I stumbled across this video again a few weeks ago... after decades of not seeing it.
What a neat memory and an awesome experience. Wow, decades. That must have been a pleasant feeling. ✨️🐝✨️
I dont know this band
I didn't either, but it's an amazing song. ✨️
@AmarissNevae yes
Checkout Change and Tones of Home. Tones was their 2nd biggest song. But Change was always my favorite Blind Melon song. Great band who was cut short after the death of Shannon in 95.
I appreciate the recommendations. Thanks ✨️⛈️
For some reason Blind Melon reminded me of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. But this BM song is much more upbeat than say, RHCP's "Scar Tissue", "Soul to Squeeze", or even "Californication". Maybe it was just their 90's alt-rock vibe. But I always enjoyed their video. The only other time I've seen a person dressed in a Bee costume was in Nelly Furtado's 2003 video, "Powerless (Say What You Want)".
Death by O.D. is a common occurrence in the rock world. So much so that a 1994 book was published about it called "Death By Rock & Roll: The Untimely Deaths of The Legends of Rock" by Gary J. Katz.
That's a neat name. Red Hot Chili 🌶 🌶.
I happen to love bumblebees and other types of insects. Every spring, I plant pollinators real flower seeds made from the Earth, and then they have a party all spring through early fall. 🐝🐝🐝🐝 They are so fun to watch. ✨️
That's a really sad situation with the rock stars. May they all rest in peace. ✨️
@AmarissNevae Have You heard of the instrumental song, "The Flight of the Bumble Bee"? It's a pretty cool piece of orchestra. RCHP is a pretty cool 90s band. Check out their video for "Californication". It's like an old video game.
I have not heard of that. Sounds neat. Okay. I'll save it for a future reaction. Just in case. ✨️✨️
Is your channel new? If so, I hope you go to the moon. Such creativity in your video and a cool vibe. This is a song I like alot and not reacted to very much.
Here are some other songs that I like which AREN'T reacted to as much (as opposed to the ones that are always reacted to):
Burning Down the House - Talking Heads
Semi Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
Back to Good - Matchbox Twenty
You Know I'm No Good - Amy Winehouse
Lover You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley
Hook - Blues Traveler
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
Radar Love - Golden Earring
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
Complicated - Avril Lavigne
There's obv lots of great songs that ARE reacted to alot - but I figure ppl will request those already.
I started in June but have posted sporadically. I like this song now, too. It's out of this planet.
Thank you for these songs. ✨️🐝
I don’t think it feels like an uplifting mood song as you said. Kind of the opposite actually.
There was something about the music that uplifted me. ✨️
I've always felt it has a cheerry sound as well evn though the message is gloomy, but probably intentionally designed to be that way.
which as i explain that here now, i realize i just read a comment likening them (though maybe just THIS song, idk 🤷🏻♀️) to Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP), which i initially read & just unconsciously dismissed 💁🏻♀️ until I was about to offer an example of another such song to further illustrate this (a cheery sound / gloomy message).
that example being "Under the Bridge", which IS A RHCP SONG!
....so they may have something there 🤷🏻♀️ lol.
@@deadassdgaf100 Exactly. The lyrics are somewhat blue. However, it seems like a hopeful song. At least it does to me. ✨️
R.I.P. SHANNON HOON, he's a HOOSIER too, HOOSIERS are people born in INDIANA, I'm one too, SHANNON was on the rooftop scene in DON'T CRY/ GNR, before BLIND MELON blew up
Rest in Peace to Shannon Hoon✨️.
I don't think I have heard GNR. ✨️🌌✨️
@AmarissNevae GUNS N ROSES 🌹
"DON'T YOU CRY" maybe is the name, USE YOUR ILLUSION 1&2 is the DOUBLE ALBUM
I love that name. 🔫🥀🔫🥀🔫🥀✨️
BTW. The singer was Axl Roses half brother from Guns and Roses.
I have yet to hear Axl, but I am sure I will.✨️
I normally prefer heavy, brutally fast bands. That aside, I can respect and appreciate Blind Melon for some advanced music with unique acoustic and electric fusion of instruments topped with some soaring singing. 🤘
I feel that they have a unique sound that anyone can appreciate. ✨️
@AmarissNevae when you return to some metal, you have to check out all four of the big 4, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax. I would say the big 6 would also include Testament and Exodus.🤘🤘
I hope you find your bumblebees 🐝
Same to you. 🐝✨️🐝
Not all hippies were peaceful earth loving people. The 1969 mass murders of pregnant Sharon Tate and Leno LaBianca and 3 others were committed by the notorious commune living hippie, Charles Manson and his followers. The shocking murderers kind of destroyed the appeal of the hippie movement, though the movement did attempt to carry on a bit in the1970's until Disco and Punk Rock took over, and hippies realized that they had to grow up and get a real job which many did. Even Paul McCartney temporarily embraced the hippie culture by having his Post-Beatles family live on a muddy farm in Scotland and tour the countryside in a converted Bus for College gigs. (This was around 1970 to 1975). But hippie culture despite its lofty peaceful ideals is simply not a financially sustainable culture. Someone has to be the one to pay the bills (legally).
"Grow up and get a real job." 😂😂
Surely, there was a soaring command for growing top-notch organic sunflower seeds. Perhaps these people you wrote of, Charles Manson and his followers, may have taken a bit too much of the recommended dosage 😳.
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@@AmarissNevae😆 You have quite the wit & idiosyncratic style... Perchance, do you see writing a novel or short-story collection in your future?
@@louismarzullo1190 That is something I'd love to do. I'll look into it. I'd just need a vintage typewriter and a cigar. ✨️📖✨️
@@AmarissNevaeHaha, yes! Don't forget the fedora! Seriously, I am enjoying your written comments at least as much as the videos & that's alot. I'm sure your imagination is overflowing with ideas. Also, would you consider doing the occasional movie reaction at some point?
Yes! 👩💻That sounds fun and amazing. If I ever do partake in movie reactions, I'll be sure to update everyone on this channel. ✨️🎬✨️
Happy song , but such a dark undertone