Blind Melon (1992)
Of COURSE the dancing bee is cute. I won’t deny that any more than I’d deny liking ‘Babe’. But unfortunately cute video plus cute sleeve plus a coupla good songs does NOT (or should not) equate to cult status, anyone’s death notwithstanding. Shannon Hoon is part of an overblown, overhyped effort here, and that’s just the way it is.
(“Tones of Home”)
Grade: C+
Soup (1995)
Three years later, they’re back. Did I say Shannon Hoon was dead on that last one??? Shame on me. To quote a fairly macabre commercial from the early-mid 90’s, regarding the song “Legend Of A Mind”: Timothy Leary – “Hello, I’m Timothy Leary, and I’m not dead.” Caption – “Yet.”
(“Galaxie”)
Grade: C-