well, if you don't like them, then i guess you do not like them!  i disagree with the vocals being anti-melodic, though.  he's got a distinctive voice and sometimes it does stuff that is traditionally bad but works really well (like when it cracks in the chorus of raisans), so i guess that could be a turn off, but it is a GOOD distinctive voice and he's a pretty good singer.  like the melodies he comes up with, and how he carries them out with his voice, work really well i think.  like if you listen to the intro/chorus of little fury things, there's just this great vocal melody that goes along with this pretty fly chord progression he's got going.

also what their songs are very POP-INFLUENCED i think!!  like if you look beneath the distortion, there are plenty of catchy hooks and whatnot.  like i mentioned at first, the chord progression post-intro in little fury things.  the riff of raisans (not to mention the crazily memorable solo at the end), the intro to the lung.  that instrumental interlude in in a jar at about the two minute mark, etc.  part of the reason it's so famous is because it's just a really goddamn catchy album.

i mean they were all pretty recently in hardcore punk bands before they recorded you're living all over me, i think, so that had a huge influence on their music.  it kind of SOUNDS like punk, only it is a lot more melodic, both in terms of the guitar and the vocals.  it really wasn't that common a type of music to make at the time, so i think that contributed to their being hugely influential, which is something you need to take into account.  like it really was a seminal album.  i don't know much about 80s punk but i wouldn't be surprised if no one really sounded like them at the time.  it was clearly similar to punk but with a conscious intention to be closer to pop.  the vocals are catchy, the music is full of memorable hooks and riffs, and there are just ridiculous solos of mascis dicking around on his guitar strewn throughout the record.  it was probably a little bit groundbreaking when it came out.  like there is just no part of it that isnt really good.

i think that your complaints about lack of memorability and how the vocals are bad are maybe just coming from how you are not used to this type of music.  catamites talks a lot about bands that are too far out there for me to listen to regardless of how amazing he says they are.  dinosaur jr aren't far out at all, really, but if you're not used to that type of music, they probably seem like they are.  fortunately, beyond is a really good album okay.  it is 20 years younger than you're living all over me, and it is a lot more JAMMY than their older shit, because they're all like 45 now and a lot more mellow.  it still has most of the things that made you're living all over me good, though, i think.  it's more accessible, though.  like, it is less HARDCORE DISTORTED and more melodic/laid back.


so yea download beyond and if you do not like it you just don't like dinosaur jr sorry!

also how do you feel about these they are kind of also more mellow than most of the stuff on you're living all over me




also did anyone else ever notice how often they appeared on the fucking JENNY JONES SHOW in the 90s?  that shit's depressing


yeah or these



none of this is off beyond but i think theyre kind of more accessible so!

yeah see i don't see why his vocals are so bad in that video.  it doesn't sound quite like that in the studio version, but he's definitely IN THE BALLPARK.  mostly i linked it because i thought you might dig the actual music since it's pretty warm/mellow, but yeah, the vocals are good!  like that is about as good as i think anyone can be expected to be live.

also which version of you're living all over me do you have?  there're a couple of covers on my version.  do you not even like show me the way//just like heaven??

little fury things/raisans/kracked/freak scene/green mind

I fucking love Dinosaur Jr., I talked with them a bit after I saw them play about a year ago and they all seemed like decent guys too.
It just sounds like they're not your type of music, which is fine their music isn't actually that accessible. I have no idea why you'd want to force yourself to like something.

ahaha really?  how was j?  i always get the impression he is just fucking out of it all the time, at least on stage, so i wonder how he is in person.

how can you list GaZZwa and not mention DJ Soup this is the ultimate offense we are synonyms.

What's so fascinating about Dino Jr is their mellow passive aggressive noise. They sound noisy and harsh and at the same time soft and mellow. It is really magical. And J Mascis voice is cathartic in a beautiful way man.

yeah good point.  this is definitely a huge part of their aesthetic and part of the reason i love them so much.

dude if you don't like dinosaur jr. you shouldn't listen to it. that said it's a pretty cool band man

holm you dont even post here how have you managed to pick up such a disregard for punctuation