I'm a longtime fan of the Lemonheads. They seem to either be dismissed, forgotten, ignored, or never heard of by most people in my circle. I've always thought they made some great original music and had a knack for doing interesting covers. Any fans here? If so, what are your thoughts on them?
I love Evan's voice, such a nice, warm voice that goes perfectly with the more poppier stuff. So It's A Shame About Ray and Come On Feel The Lemonheads are my favorite albums (I won't be alone in that), but I like the rest. Haven't listened enough to their earlier stuff, but recently bought the expanded reissues so they're on my pile to be listened to.
I like their stuff from Lovey onwards the best. Not much of fan of their early stuff though, aside from a few tracks like their cover of Luka. I'd say that Come on Feel is my favorite by them. Car button cloth also has has a cool quirky quality to it. Evan Dando's solo lp has a similar vibe, but is more country tinged. I wish they'd get a bit more active . . .
It's A Shame About Ray is one of my favorite albums ever. Picked up the Music On Vinyl version last year. I also like the self-titled album on Vagrant from a few years back too.
"Mallo Cup" has long been a personal fave and a mix tape staple. A theme song of sorts. Yes, I like the candy version
Funnily enough, as a kid growing up in the '90s, I absolutely remember eating those one summer and listening to The Lemonheads' version of Mrs. Robinson and the coincidence sort of blew my mind at the time. But I ate the candy all the time those summers - we'd get them from the ice cream truck. I've never gone on to explore more of the Lemonheads music. (Can't eat much of the candy anymore, either....)
I have "It's A Shame About Ray", nice album! Bought it for the version of "Mrs Robinson", but I liked the rest of the songs as well.
Yep. Lovey, It's a Shame About Ray and Come on Feel are all fantastic. Lick has some great stuff. Mallo Cup is one of their best. Creator and Hate Your Friends ( I have a comp called Create Your Friends that combines the two) are fun but sound like a different (punkier) band.
Mine too and when I first met my wife, it was one she loved so we still listen to it a lot, road trips and party mixes. Confetti and rudderless are still brilliant
Was a huge fan in my teens, but grew out of them over the years. Maybe I'll go and take a nostalgic relisten! I liked everything from their punky teenagers debut up until 'Car Button Cloth", great album that was ignored by many at the time, great drumming from Murph of Dinosaur Jr.
I remember "Into Your Arms" on MTV and I really liked that song. Don't think I ever heard anything else by them, though.
For anyone that hadn't heard anything prior to "It's A Shame About Ray", this is one of the greatest songs that Evan penned, should've been a hit...
There are a bunch of Lemonheads songs that I like. A top 10 might look like this: 1. Into Your Arms 2. If I Could Talk I'd Tell You 3. The Outdoor Type (hilarious lyrics) 4. Mrs. Robinson 5. It's A Shame About Ray 6. It's All True 7. Hospital 8. Allison's Starting To Happen 9. Down About It 10. Dawn Can't Decide
Loved them back in the '90s, so this thread might inspire me to get back into them. "Rudderless" off It's a Shame About Ray is a great song.