Morphine - Lilah.

Schizotypic · 04-11-2009, 01:40 PM

I just got five albums from the band Morphine. My sister says their really good, but I haven't cracked into them yet. I think I'm going to start with Good (1992).

So, anyway, anyone who likes this band or owns a few of their albums, care to elaborate on how great they are? What aspects of them should I look out for? Anyone particularly enthusiastic about this band or a certain album? Discuss.

Oh, also, I'm missing the song Lilah from the album Like Swimming (1997), so if anyone would like to send that my way I'd be eternally grateful. An incomplete album isn't an album at all.

**Janszoon** · 04-11-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Schizotypic

I just got five albums from the band Morphine. My sister says their really good, but I haven't cracked into them yet. I think I'm going to start with Good (1992).

So, anyway, anyone who likes this band or owns a few of their albums, care to elaborate on how great they are? What aspects of them should I look out for? Anyone particularly enthusiastic about this band or a certain album? Discuss.

Oh, also, I'm missing the song Lilah from the album Like Swimming (1997), so if anyone would like to send that my way I'd be eternally grateful. An incomplete album isn't an album at all.

Great band! I actually know the sax player pretty well. Good is a good place to start, it's one of their best albums. Really all their albums are pretty good, though I have to say I think Like Swimming is their weakest.

Also worth checking out is the band Twinemen which is the band the remaining members of Morphine started after Mark Sandman's death.

I'll PM you about "Lilah".

GravitySlips · 04-11-2009, 01:58 PM

I've only heard Cure For Pain, it's a fantastic album though. Really cool sound, I love listening to it before I go out.

Schizotypic · 04-11-2009, 02:39 PM

Thanks Janszoon, I really needed that track! Also, I think it's incredibly amazing that you are friends with the sax player from Morphine, seriously! Definitely going to check out Twinemen, I'll for sure get around to it. I think, as far as the albums go, I'll do what I usually do and go in order by what year the albums came out. That usually gives me an idea of how the band evolved. I can't wait to crack into them.

**Janszoon** · 04-11-2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Schizotypic

Thanks Janszoon, I really needed that track! Also, I think it's incredibly amazing that you are friends with the sax player from Morphine, seriously! Definitely going to check out Twinemen, I'll for sure get around to it. I think, as far as the albums go, I'll do what I usually do and go in order by what year the albums came out. That usually gives me an idea of how the band evolved. I can't wait to crack into them.

It's not like we're best of friends or anything, but he grew up around the corner from me and his parents have been close friends with my parents since I was a little kid so I talk to him from time to time.

Anyway, yeah, the Twinemen stuff is good. It basically sounds like Morphine but with a female singer. Mark Sandman's cool slide bass style is missed too, but the guy that plays bass with them is pretty good in his own right.

Seltzer · 04-11-2009, 07:48 PM

I've been meaning to check out this band ever since I heard the Night from your comp. Janszoon.

**Janszoon** · 04-11-2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Seltzer

I've been meaning to check out this band ever since I heard the Night from your comp. Janszoon.

I can PM stuff to check out if you want.

Seltzer · 04-11-2009, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I can PM stuff to check out if you want.

It's ok, I recently acquired their discography. In fact I'm listening to Good atm.

jackhammer · 05-10-2009, 09:44 AM

Just got a couple of albums yesterday and listening to Cure For Pain right now. I love the Sax work it's simple yet effective and gives the songs a different shape. I like it's laid back nature.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 03-11-2012, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I can PM stuff to check out if you want.

Me too please! x

04-11-2009, 01:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Schizotypic Souls of Sound Sailors Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mojave Posts: 759	Morphine - Lilah. I just got five albums from the band Morphine. My sister says their really good, but I haven't cracked into them yet. I think I'm going to start with Good (1992). So, anyway, anyone who likes this band or owns a few of their albums, care to elaborate on how great they are? What aspects of them should I look out for? Anyone particularly enthusiastic about this band or a certain album? Discuss. Oh, also, I'm missing the song Lilah from the album Like Swimming (1997), so if anyone would like to send that my way I'd be eternally grateful. An incomplete album isn't an album at all.

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Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,870	I've been meaning to check out this band ever since I heard the Night from your comp. Janszoon. __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Just got a couple of albums yesterday and listening to Cure For Pain right now. I love the Sax work it's simple yet effective and gives the songs a different shape. I like it's laid back nature. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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04-11-2009, 02:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Schizotypic Souls of Sound Sailors Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mojave Posts: 759	Thanks Janszoon, I really needed that track! Also, I think it's incredibly amazing that you are friends with the sax player from Morphine, seriously! Definitely going to check out Twinemen, I'll for sure get around to it. I think, as far as the albums go, I'll do what I usually do and go in order by what year the albums came out. That usually gives me an idea of how the band evolved. I can't wait to crack into them.