More Than a Girl In a Bee Suit

If you don’t already know I am referring to the band that people would consider a one hit wonder of the 90’s: Blind Melon. I really wish that this band wouldn’t get thrown on the backburner and labeled with such a degrading term. Most people will hear “No Rain” on the radio, sing it and think nothing more than a girl dancing around in a bee suit. There is more to Blind Melon than No Rain and a quirky girl dressed up as a bee…much more. Aside from one of the best albums of the 90’s Blind Melon’s Shannon Hoon led a life that can be described as beautifully short. His lyrics are some of the best I’ve ever heard especially seen in the song “Change,” possibly the greatest song lyrically in my opinion. He gave so much inspiration and such a powerful and bold message in that song. Lines like “And when your deepest thoughts are broken, keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreamin’ it’s time to die” and “So I want to write my words on the face of today/and then they’ll paint it.” His words were so powerful and bold, it is such a shame he followed a path of drugs which eventually led him to his early death. Their self titled album is just surreal and has a magical kind of feel to it. Their following album “Soup” wasn’t quite as amazing but none the less was very impressive. The final album “Nico” which was released after Hoon’s death and was named after his daughter and wasn’t an official album but instead songs they had yet to release and some bonus material. I really wish people would go out and buy one of their albums to realize what a great talent this band had. Don’t be fooled by VH1 and the radio, there is more to Blind Melon than the label of One Hit Wonders.