Spin Doctors - Turn It Upside Down


I cannot tell you how great it feels to get the end of the story out of the way. It's on the blog, but i didn't actually publish it here on facebook. Now we can just keep filling in random middle parts. Like mid 90s funk rock. You probably know 1 or 2 songs by Spin Doctors, but they aren't on their second album Turn It Upside Down. You probably didn't know John Popper was an early member (prior to their name change). 

Spin Doctors is a jam band. I don't mean that in a bad way, i just mean you have to take them completely on their own terms because there isn't any larger statement they try to make than "hi, we're a band, hope you came here to hear some random funky rock songs about drug euphamisms." Dirt means heroin, by the way. Especially if it's in a bag.

Ok, normally i don't like this album, but today it's totally fine. It could just be that finishing the  story is a big mental relief, but probably anything sounds a little more chipper and light after all the screaming. Funnily enough, the band had to sit out a year because Chris Barron woke up with vocal chord paralysis one morning in 1999. We ended up taking the timeline fork tine where it came back and they kept playing and made 2 more albums in the 21st century, but it was a legitimate coin toss back then. 

Critically speaking, this is a "meh, it's fine, i don't completely hate it" album. I'd call it an album for people who specifically want to hear more Spin Doctors songs. They're fine. They're a weeknight bar/festival, good time band, not a  theatrical headliner. They're also as excessively 90s as Dave Matthews Band, in the same way Uriah Heep or Citadel are decidedly 70s. I'm surprised this album didn't come with weed and patchouli scented scratch and sniff stickers. If you don't mind my asking, what's it like for you to go from Between the Buried and Me to Spin Doctors? Do you feel anything? I personally don't feel anything, i'm tired and hungry all the time anyway.

The end

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