Hi.
MMJ is my all-time favorite band and most days I feel like the only person in the world who appreciates them to such an extent. That's all I will say on the subject, otherwise I'll sound like a crazy obsessed fan girl.
But I'm just trying to find other people who agree. It may have to do with my age but I rarely come across a person who has even heard of Jim James or MMJ and have met about 3 people who actually own music by them.
Basically I feel very alone whenever I listen to their music because no one else seems to care while it speaks to me so powerfully. Please tell me I'm not the only one...
Unfortunately you probably will not find any other obsessed fans around here.
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My friend, D, and I have listened to the Porchester shows so much over the last several months, that I am seriously thinking that we need an intervention - pronto.
We are a obsessed as were when we were teenagers and the sun rose and set with the Grateful Dead.
No, you are not alone.
Welcome, Erin! Check your email and/or PM for more... :beer:
Quote from: erinburk on Nov 19, 2013, 04:25 PM
Hi.
MMJ is my all-time favorite band and most days I feel like the only person in the world who appreciates them to such an extent. That's all I will say on the subject, otherwise I'll sound like a crazy obsessed fan girl.
But I'm just trying to find other people who agree. It may have to do with my age but I rarely come across a person who has even heard of Jim James or MMJ and have met about 3 people who actually own music by them.
Basically I feel very alone whenever I listen to their music because no one else seems to care while it speaks to me so powerfully. Please tell me I'm not the only one...
Everyone around here is wildly obsessed. I understand how you feel though. Besides my older brother, I cannot get anyone to listen to them IRL.
Welcome to the board!
you've come to the right place... :smiley:
one thing I will say is that I feel kinda fortunate that I have such a strong connection to this band and their music where most of my friends don't have a personal connection with music.
think about it like this Mitch Hedberg joke just replace shaving with listening to MMJ:
Every time I go and shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, 'I'm gonna go shave, too.'
Guilty
Quote from: erinburk on Nov 19, 2013, 04:25 PM
Hi.
MMJ is my all-time favorite band and most days I feel like the only person in the world who appreciates them to such an extent. That's all I will say on the subject, otherwise I'll sound like a crazy obsessed fan girl.
But I'm just trying to find other people who agree. It may have to do with my age but I rarely come across a person who has even heard of Jim James or MMJ and have met about 3 people who actually own music by them.
Basically I feel very alone whenever I listen to their music because no one else seems to care while it speaks to me so powerfully. Please tell me I'm not the only one...
Now this is a first post...welcome and be prepared...you are among friends...now look up one big holiday and come to Mexico and ye shall see if first hand...it truly is a sight to behold
Y'all got any disco ball back there?
I didn't listen to any other music for an entire year when I got bit. Literally. Welcome to the freak show Erin!
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Nope, definitely not alone!
This is obsessed fan central!
I get absolutely giddy over the band. My friends make fun of me all the time for referencing the band as if they were cousins I was telling funny stories about. I went for a year where I just couldn't listen to anything else except MMJ and related projects. I'm slowly coming back in balance, but it's a rare day when I don't listen to at least one song.
Welcome :beer:
this gives you an idea of my obsession...
http://www.last.fm/user/tangerine843 (http://www.last.fm/user/tangerine843)
Welcome to the world of cray cray MMJ fans! You're definitely not alone. Sometimes I think I love that band more than life itself. See? Issues. And no one judges 'cause they're the same way. :)
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All we ask us that you don't buy an omnichord. Once that happens there's no going back.
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I have certainly found myself more obsessed as time goes by. I don't know if I would go so far to say I'm as obsessed as when i was introduced to the Grateful Dead as a young teenager, but 30 years later, it's not really a proper comparison. But, I am paying to take my family of 5 to Mexico for OBH. We're now crunching numbers to see about taking my mother in law to help with the kids while we party to the wee hours. My 13 year old girl has MMJ on her ipod and I hear her singing along in her room. My 5 year old son LOVES Jim James and I can't wait to take to see them on the beach. He is going to freak out when he realizes Jim James wears a cape. This will escalate his super hero status. And to your point about no one else you know even realizes this band exists, well that is why my wife and I have worked to expose our kids. If we don't do it, they could miss out on a band I'm not afraid to compare to Led Zepplin mixed with Pink Floyd and the Doors. And really, if you think about the origins of these bands (at least LZ and Floyd) they were very undeground and didn't get the deserved recognition until the test of time. I mean, look at the fact MMJ sells out multiple nights of red rocks and goes completely unnoticed. I live minutes from red rocks and people around here don't have a clue what they're missing. Anyway, welcome to the obsessed. It's good to have company :evil:
Quote from: Fully on Dec 05, 2013, 06:02 AM
All we ask us that you don't buy an omnichord. Once that happens there's no going back.
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Tru dat!
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Quote from: erinburk on Nov 19, 2013, 04:25 PM
Hi.
MMJ is my all-time favorite band and most days I feel like the only person in the world who appreciates them to such an extent. That's all I will say on the subject, otherwise I'll sound like a crazy obsessed fan girl.
But I'm just trying to find other people who agree. It may have to do with my age but I rarely come across a person who has even heard of Jim James or MMJ and have met about 3 people who actually own music by them.
Basically I feel very alone whenever I listen to their music because no one else seems to care while it speaks to me so powerfully. Please tell me I'm not the only one...
Well well....... :thumbsup: do not fret, I have felt like this for 7 years now. When I was first introduced to MMJ by my high school friends, we all loved it....but they reached a limit lol....I always wonder if I am the only one that listens to their music EVERYDAY, ALL DAY...
Quote from: johnnYYac on Nov 19, 2013, 06:06 PM
Welcome, Erin! Check your email and/or PM for more... :beer:
Erin?
Erin?
Did jYac back up the dump truck and bury you?
I knew he should have tied a rope to your ankle.
BTW, I can relate to all the obsessions above so, I guess I, too, am obsessed.
And, speaking of obsessions, I think SBB's wonderful opus on the "At Dawn Album Cover" thread probably belongs over here.
Quote from: GO4IT on Jan 16, 2014, 10:37 PM
Quote from: johnnYYac on Nov 19, 2013, 06:06 PM
Welcome, Erin! Check your email and/or PM for more... :beer:
Erin?
Erin?
Did jYac back up the dump truck and bury you?
I knew he should have tied a rope to your ankle.
BTW, I can relate to all the obsessions above so, I guess I, too, am obsessed.
And, speaking of obsessions, I think SBB's wonderful opus on the "At Dawn Album Cover" thread probably belongs over here.
Haha, thanks Rob, I guess I am obsessed... obsessed with telling the truth! :thumbsup:
I love MMJ / Jim but my obsession is with Jerry Garcia. I understand what your saying when you ask folks if they have heard OF MMJ but try finding folks that are not your closest friends (folks that toured) that listen to GD or Jerry Garcia Band or any thing else with Jerry. Its almost impossible to find anyone that really gets lost and found again in Jerry's voice. Jim is the only other singer that has taken me away like Jerry does. I hope that I don't sound like total lunatic but then again maybe other folks have had similar experiences.
Quote from: Jamison on Jan 19, 2014, 01:33 PM
I love MMJ / Jim but my obsession is with Jerry Garcia. I understand what your saying when you ask folks if they have heard OF MMJ but try finding folks that are not your closest friends (folks that toured) that listen to GD or Jerry Garcia Band or any thing else with Jerry. Its almost impossible to find anyone that really gets lost and found again in Jerry's voice. Jim is the only other singer that has taken me away like Jerry does. I hope that I don't sound like total lunatic but then again maybe other folks have had similar experiences.
We understand here. There are lots of Deadheads around this place. If you go to the Other Music section, you'll find a huge dead thread.
Thanks Fully!
Quote from: Jamison on Jan 19, 2014, 01:33 PM
I love MMJ / Jim but my obsession is with Jerry Garcia. I understand what your saying when you ask folks if they have heard OF MMJ but try finding folks that are not your closest friends (folks that toured) that listen to GD or Jerry Garcia Band or any thing else with Jerry. Its almost impossible to find anyone that really gets lost and found again in Jerry's voice. Jim is the only other singer that has taken me away like Jerry does. I hope that I don't sound like total lunatic but then again maybe other folks have had similar experiences.
The Jerry-> Jim connection is what pulled me in too. They are two completely different souls/ styles but somehow the connection is similar for me. I miss Jerry everyday and am Grateful something else has pulled the strings of my music soul in such an unexplained yet profound way!
Quote from: My Morning Tube top on Jan 20, 2014, 05:49 PM
Quote from: Jamison on Jan 19, 2014, 01:33 PM
I love MMJ / Jim but my obsession is with Jerry Garcia. I understand what your saying when you ask folks if they have heard OF MMJ but try finding folks that are not your closest friends (folks that toured) that listen to GD or Jerry Garcia Band or any thing else with Jerry. Its almost impossible to find anyone that really gets lost and found again in Jerry's voice. Jim is the only other singer that has taken me away like Jerry does. I hope that I don't sound like total lunatic but then again maybe other folks have had similar experiences.
The Jerry-> Jim connection is what pulled me in too. They are two completely different souls/ styles but somehow the connection is similar for me. I miss Jerry everyday and am Grateful something else has pulled the strings of my music soul in such an unexplained yet profound way!
As a deadhead since seeing my first show at 15 and logging over GD shows before Jerry died, the passion I have for MMJ is the closest thing I've felt to what I used to feel for the Dead. Both in terms of the music and also the community around it.
Whenever I show a friend MMJ and they are "meh" or think I like them too much...
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Back to the Grateful Dead thing...
I have had several pretty solid affairs since the my Dead Head days (once a head, always a head). I love all things JW, listened to the Avett Bros allot, Radio-head, done Phish, gone to Bonnaroo 5 times, etc, etc. but I never thought there would be another band out there that would completely capture me like the Dead.
MMJ. Right there again. Its different, for sure, but there are so many similarities, and in some ways I connect with JJ and MMJ on a level that is more profound. Maybe I am just older.
Nothing will ever rival that feeling of a Dead show, that wonderful circus, but they were so hit and miss musically. That was part of the deal. That's why you just had to go again and again. You never knew when the absolute miracle was going to happen. But the Fat Man (god bless his sole) took such poor care of himself, it is tragic to think we never really got the best from him all the time. With JJ, he is so positive, so joyful and seemingly so well grounded, that you just know he is always in %100.
And the band? Fuck they rock.
Don't you ever turn it off.
Bear,
Agreed....I was fortunate enough to fall into the Dead in the mid 80's and have to say on a number of levels I had to time of my life seeing some of those shows including 87-89 at Alpine.
That said, one of my frustrations until recently is there are sooo few bands that actually sound better live than on record and finding that has been a struggle. MMJ for me captures that lost feeling of surprise at just how good and different, but yet better it can get live.
I managed to go from not knowing them 8 months ago, to fully obsessed to the point that I made OBH and pretty much listen to the live stuff nonstop now.
Bull Dog,
Wow our stories are pretty similar. I started a little earlier, '83, (when I was 14!), but really got going in 87. I was at the those Alpine shows. What a great time.
And, like you, even though I have seen them a bunch, it has really been in the last year and half that I have really started to glimpse the depth that MMJ possesses. The T5s started it and the PCs sealed the deal.
Not listening to much else these days.
Just to add to the Alpine Valley love-fest going on here. I was at those GD Alpine Valley shows in 86, 87, and 89. 86 was my first time seeing them, and it defintely blew my 15 year-old suburban midwestern mind.
The first night of '89 is probably in my top 5 of the over 100 GD shows I saw. It's great that they made a live DVD of most of that show (the full second set and part of the first set).
:thumbsup: yup...I was somewhere in that crowd dancing my ass off....
Until OBH I never though I would experience anything like that live again which either says allot about 89 Alpine or OBH or both...