Seether Geezer

I  definitely had trouble picking the next album to cover.  Verbally rather than the musical definition of cover.  I have been listening to Disclaimer II, Seether 2002-2013 [greatest hits] and Holdings Onto Strings Better Left to Fray.  And of course Fragile.  The plethora of choices.  The depth of indecision.  And yet, I'm going to pick one so I can procrastinate doing my taxes for a bit longer.  I need to do a correction from a previous post.  The alternate radio station in my state does play Seether!  The afternoon lineup was Trapt, Stone Sour, Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down, Foo Fighters, Tool, Bush and Seether.  Ha! I decided on Seether 2002-2013 , for several reasons, and I'm going to do a different take on it. The first disc starts with Fine Again , Driven Under , Gasoline , and Broken .  Those four and the two on the second disc, Out of My Way and Hang On were previously released on Disclaimer II and Remedy , Tru...

  I wandered away for a minute because I purchased Fragile, the Saron Gas album.  No, just the streaming one from Amazon.  The album is $902.81.  I'm crazy, but not $900 worth of crazy. Does anyone else find the 81 cents sort of random?  Anyway, I was listening to classic Seether, Disclaimer II, and wondered what the Saron Gas versions sounded like by comparison.  That's for another time but was a great several days.  I certainly have a few things to say about Beer [the song].  I don't know why every song says [Explicit] on it.  Only about 3/4 of them are explicit.  If you find the word fuck explicit.  I'll move on. 7) Let Me Heal .  The bass sounds very grumbly at the start, like a throbbing motor.  [If it's not the bass, tell me.]  Almost a military march cadence until it smooths out into the chorus, "Please just let me heal"  The juxtaposition of the what the lyrics are saying, the somewhat passive poetry, an...

I've had a thought about my reaction to these songs I feel compelled to write about. If I connect strongly with the lyrics, I feel them through my heart.  If I can feel the music, I hear them in my soul.  If the connection is that strong for both of those it's just like soaring.  I am watching a video of the Seether Live@RED, Moscow concert.   Wait, I know these are likely unauthorized, but for a Seether newbie like me, it's the only option for seeing them live.  I apologize but it's to incredible to see and hear the live performances of the music I can't help myself.  O.K. I don't want to help myself.  Like I said, I got in late to the Seether Party.  I was watching interviews and the band was talking about the live stream concert in August.  Live and up for a week and then, as Shaun said, gone forever.  I heard this in December.  Aargh!  No DVD? I got money!  Really I do!  Gone forever.  Just stab me thro...

  B ack with part 2 of Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum.  I'm back to Liar again.  I must have listened to this one 5 times today.  It's so achingly beautiful I keep going back again.  The lyrics and Shaun's interpretation of the lyrics get me every time. Sorry to repeat myself.  I left off with Let It Go.  I've listened to this one several more times and like it more with more familiarity.  That first line, "Float down that river of blood you made when you stabbed me in the back"  Damn, tell me how you really feel.  Let It Go is about not letting it go. With a little dollop of hopelessness and a side of hostility. 9) Failure . Brilliant lyrics.  The music has an underlying muddiness, a rumbling, feedback-y sound that goes with what is being sung.  This is exactly how feeling this way feels like.  Cuts sort of close to home, to be honest. 10) Beg .  Oh, yes the Motherfucker song!  O.K.  Scary lyrics on the one hand....

  A fter I listened through Isolate and Medicate for the week, I was really wanting to hear more new music so I choose Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum.  This is the back cover: I listened to this album cold, not having heard any of the songs before except the acoustic version of Dangerous posted on You Tube.  [ https://youtu.be/tCmBhd7bqJ8 ]. I do love the acoustic version because of the music but also because I can see how the instruments are played.  I watch the show, "How It's Made" which shows the manufacture of different things such as Crayons, Chocolate, Guitar Strings and just about everything else you can think of.  How people do their jobs is also very interesting.  A job that looks simple is much more complex that it seems from the outside. Shaun and Corey playing the guitars is most familiar to me, since I play the guitar [home version only].  Dale's bass looks somewhat familiar, but I have little frame of reference for drums.  Now John is not...

  B onus tracks on Isolate and Medicate. #11 Turn Around .  Strong musical sound with menacing lyrics.  An almost Country feel until the instrumental which is Seether heavy hitting guitar-bass-drums.  If someone started singing this to me, I'd definitely find an exit.  O.K., I might think about it for a second. #12 Burn the World .  Starts with a rather creepy riff.  I quite like it.  Creepy and sexy at the same time.  Lyrics sound pissed off.  I love the quick stop between the end of the chorus,  "Don't let the world burn." and the start of the second verse, "I'll never belong to." This is why Seether's music is so interesting to listen to.  The decisions they make about the music keeps it interesting.  Decisions on how to start and end a song.  How spare or full the music is in different sections. #13 Goodbye Tonight - Seether & Van Coke Kartel.  There is an interview with Seether and Van Coke Kartel in S...

  W elcome back.  I left you on a cliff hanger.  Which Seether album did I listen to first.  Well, none of those three.  As it turned out I was back at work after the holidays and had some family stuff so by the time I was ready,  Isolate and Medicate had arrived and I could play it on my way to work and back [about 25 minutes one way].  Why this one?  Because Words As Weapons was on it.  No to mention Same Damn Life and Nobody Praying for Me which I'd listen to on YouTube earlier in December.  You've all seen the front of the album.  Here's the back: Disclaimer [ha! see what I did there] I listened through to Nobody Praying for me and I had to shut it off because I'd arrived at work.  Work, work, work.  Back with Seether on the return trip.  Started it over then skipped to Nobody Praying for me so I could get to listen through a few more songs before I got home.  Do you know how long it's been since I bought an ...

S orry to leave you so abruptly yesterday.  I hadn't heard Crash as much as many of the others.  I was listening and reading the lyrics at the same time and suddenly got it. Track #6 Suffer It All .  The timing on this one is challenging.  An interesting juxtaposition of almost atonal, ambulance siren music and choppy tension-producing growling singing with a pop, Beach Boy song-like music but with lyrics that conflict with the tone of the music.  The former sounds like the musical equivalent of an accident on the verge of happening. Very interesting.  My ears had to warm up to this one.  I like the rough sand paper/fun at the beach conflict.  Favorite line here is, "I can't believe everything you perceive as what's rightfully coming your way."  Do I get this one?  No, not yet.  Don't care, just love to listen to it.  And who puts inclination, frustration, redemption, indications and mutations all in the first verse.  Oh, ...