I'm Heavy Duty! » college rock http://www.imheavyduty.com It's about music. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:05:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 10,000 Maniacs – Blind Man’s Zoo http://www.imheavyduty.com/2007/09/14/10000-maniacs-blind-mans-zoo/ http://www.imheavyduty.com/2007/09/14/10000-maniacs-blind-mans-zoo/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:43:42 +0000 Tracy Sigler http://www.imheavyduty.com/2007/09/14/10000-maniacs-blind-mans-zoo/
10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man's Zoo

10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man's Zoo

  • Artist: 10,000 Maniacs
  • Title: Blind Man’s Zoo
  • Year: 1989
  • Format: Vinyl 12 in.
  • Rating (1-10): 5
  • Owner: Mary
  • Acquired: 1989?
  • Keeper: No

There’s no way I will be fair to this band and record; I apologize for that. For those about to not rock… I salute you. And speaking of not rocking, Lee Gomes at The Wall Street Journal wrote a great article about how the iPod and MP3s are killing the sound of music. The hills are alive with crappy-sounding over-compressed music tweaked to sound better for the “lowest common denominator”, iPods.

With that rant out of the way, let us now whine about 10,000 Maniacs. I don’t know what it is about them. It may be Natalie Merchant’s voice, and probably the overall tone of their music. I’ve always found them annoying, and Blind Man’s Zoo is no exception. Mary got a couple of their records way back and now even she doesn’t want to hear them anymore. Not hatin’, I just can’t take it.

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