o so sublime. this is perfection.

This is beautiful, but I have heard this before, Jefferson Airplane or Cream????

so Hope Sandoval (aka Mazzy Star) is playing a show at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston... and the crowd is getting restless... it is a very dimly lit show (at the artist's request) and a lot of people were there to see Hope b/c they heard she was cute... not a shadow on stage.. so a bit into the show a quiet crowd started chit-chatting, drinking at the bar and what-not. Mazzy stopped the show and started complaining about the crowd being too loud. Someone shouted out "We love you Hope!" to which she replied:

"I don't need you to love me. I need you to SHUT THE F**K UP!"

Amazingly bizarre moment out of all the live shows I've worked/seen. Almost the whole crowd turned on her.

She was very apologetic after the show and is a TOTAL SWEETHEART in person.

Just an off night I guess.

wferrier wrote:

Most of the comments on this page make me feel really stupid ...

So Purdy...

Cool.. Way.. Coool. Nice.

There is a kind of musical genius to Mazzy, but you have to think about it—like Bjork but in an opposite way.

Into fabulousness!

I immediately purchasesd, downloaded and imaged a disc of an iTunes Essentials compliation CD of Mazzy Star.

Pure perfection

Eerily serene. I have no idea what inspired this song, but it makes me imagine two people who decide to end their lives one day...and do so.

Morbid? Sure. But there it is. This song has a stillness in its center where time and life seem to stop. It would be perfect for a soundtrack to a movie like "Picnic at Hanging Rock."

Perfect wind down for my wound up day

mandolin wrote:

.....Yes, Please...

Sure why not!

mandolin wrote:

...can i give this whole album a ten?..

This is excellent. I too like complex music but Mazzy has this sound down.

This reminds me that I need to upload some of Hope Sandoval's solo stuff. Thanks for the reminder!

Mazzy Star has a unique style that I like more each time I hear it. Maybe I'll call it my "hookah" stage.

karljonasson wrote:

This reminds me of the George Burns gag:

"Too bad everyone who knows how to run the country is cutting hair or driving taxis"

RobK wrote:

That's a really good point. I've noticed it too. I think the problem is, when you don't like a band it's somehow more noticeable.
Also, I really admire artists who have many sounds and styles, which is certainly not the norm.

superfido wrote:
No they don't. It's called "having a sound". Think Led Zeppelin, or Bob Marley & the Wailers, or Wilco, or AC/DC, or...pretty much anybody. Every band has their own distinct sound which you will hear in just about every song they play. That must be what's confusing you. Mazzy Star's songs don't all sound alike. Trust me, I've listened to them all.

Every Mazzy star song sounds the same. this band is a total sleeper and the most unvaried band i have ever heard i think

I adore Mazzy Star, but all of a sudden I am sleepy...

Sometimes less is more.

karljonasson wrote:

and Tom Waits-Clap Hands you find inspiring? LOL

Shesdifferent wrote:
Yes

just lovely...

Very Nice

Luv this

bliss!