Posted on January 8th, 2012
When I site Third Eye Blind as one of my top ten bands of all time, people usually think I’m joking. Ha. Well, it’s no surprise, given their appearance in every crappy teen-comedy made in the 90s. Stephen Jenkins voice has a flamboyant lisp, and the band has many overused/awesomely cheesy devices – Third Eye Blind is an easy target. Singing “doo-doo-doo” in their most known song didn’t help.
But Third Eye Blind has an element of irony. Semi-Charmed Life, under the bubble-gum pop facade, is the darkest drug-abuse song to ever be played on the radio (and probably will be forever). The brighter the songs get, the darker the lyrics (check out Slow Motion).
They also released some incredible albums after their enormous hit record. Subsequent albums flew right under the radar and contain some of the most masterful, heartbreaking, ass-kicking rock-and-roll songs ever recorded. I love the contrast of Jenkins cheesy, horny, inch-deep lyrics when the man also happens to be a melodic genius.
Here is my challenge to you: suspend your forgone conclusions momentarily and pretend these tracks make up an album and see what you think. They’re some of my favorite songs of all time.
Faster / Wounded / Losing A Whole Year / Company / Red Star / Slow Motion / The Dao Of St. Paul / Persephone / Good Man / Blinded / Darwin
And by the way, Blue is a great album from start to finish.
4 Responses to “Underrated Band – Third Eye Blind”
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What? WHAT???? YES!!!!!
You and 3eb are the only two bands I have ever paid to see live (as an adult). I <3 them.
In addition to that list, I really like Motorcycle Drive By too, one of my favorite, but probably because I listened to it like 1000 times when I was trying to get over a girl. Also, love Hit and Run. Blue is one of my favorite albums of all time.
I've always tried to hide my love because people look at you really funny when they find out you are a 3eb fan (almost as if you had just said you were a Hanson fan, lol). Also, their lyrics are REALLY dirty and I was always shocked when they were on the radio.
I feel so vindicated now that one of my favorite artists just recommended one of my other favorite artists…
…So, what do you think of “The Shins”? I’d say they round out my top 3 favorite bands (right now), and am curious to see what you think of them…
“Motorcycle Drive-By” and “God of Wine” are two of my favorite 3EB songs, but their eponymous debut was the album I burned through the most. Five copies, rivaled only by the number of copies of “August and Everything After” by Counting Crows I managed to destroy by overplaying / overdrumming
I love Third Eye Blind! Gee, Chris you’ve got good taste