40. "Wormwood" by Moe. (2003)

The header to this blog suggests that a large majority of the CDs in my collection are actually the crappy ones that I am left with because my kids stole all the good ones. This CD is actually kind of a reverse of that: I have no idea where it came from or how it ended up in my collection.

Well, I have some idea. I mean I can't really say I have "no" idea, because I have an idea. I mean, it didn't come from Mars, nobody broke into my house and put it there, etc. The idea is that one of my kids got this CD, didn't like it, and forgot about it. Since no one, to my knowledge, has ever played it, it never got separated from its case and has therefore remained in fairly pristine condition in the "M" section. I have always known it was there because of its bright yellow cardboard packaging. Until this week I had never listened to it nor had any idea what kind of music was on it. Ok, well, I had some idea because, after all, I know what kind of music gets played around here.

Moe is a jam band, and I really am not much into jam band music. I gave this CD an honest two listens. I am still not a jam band fan, mainly because of this type of thought-deterring lyricism:

Back in the summer of 88
I didn't know how to rock and roll
I saw your face as i drove away
How could i know what you'd do to my soul?
Goodbye suzie goodbye UNH
Ive been down this road before
I said that right when i hit LA
Im feelin alright
Im feelin okay

Okay, Alright
Okay, Alright
Okay, Alright
Okay, Alright

Did you know that this is like Moe's eighth album? Neither did I. How about this one, "Kids":

Hey Michael
How are you my friend?
Hey Michael
How the hell have you been?

Do you remember that time
Way back when we were nine
You tried to be my good friend
And yet I turned you in

Kids will try to run you over
Kids will try to bring you down
Kids will never say they're sorry
Kids back then are older now

Jam bands are not my thing. I never understood the Grateful Dead either. I mean, I understood their lyrics just fine, but I never understood the appeal. Bands like this one, Widespread Panic, The String Cheese Incident and Phish are cool I guess. To each his own. Actually I kind of like Phish becuase they are such awesome musicians. But I will sell you "Moe" disk real cheap if you want it.

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p.s. I couldn't find a video of these guys that wasn't a cell phone upload.