Thursday, September 16, 2010
THIS MAKES THEM CRY ALMOST AS MUCH AS THE DOLPHINS: On October 21 in Columbia, SC, a 20 foot long and 12 foot tall monument to Hootie and the Blowfish will open. Interestingly, according to the article, the Blowfish celebrate their 25th anniversary next year, which would technically render them Hall of Fame eligible, and Cracked Rear View remains the 16th biggest-selling album of all time in the USA, sandwiched between The Beatles: 1967-1970 and Elton John's Greatest Hits.
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I live in Columbia, and man, people love them some Hootie here. One thing I will say on the band's behalf is that they have done a ton of charity work here and really helped out the community. They do a big celebrity golf tournament, allowed a local college's gospel choir to remake one of their songs where all the proceeds go to charity and perform at a ton of functions. It's nice to see such philanthropic work on a local level.
ReplyDeleteI want more information about what this "art piece" will look like. I'm hoping for a 12' tall Darius Rucker.
ReplyDeleteI heard it is going to be a statue of Bob Dylan with Hootie and the Blowfish's name on it. That said, and legal disputes aside, Cracked Rear View is a good album. It's a bit short, but Fairweather Johnson suggests they might have just run out of good material and decided not to pad it.
ReplyDeleteIt's actually a LeRoy Nieman painting
ReplyDeleteOh, come on. I listen to some songs on Fairweather Johnson as much or more than anything on Cracked Rear View. Its bench just isn't quite as deep.
ReplyDeleteThis honor, though maybe a little overblown, makes me happy and nostalgic. To use an overused phrase, they have never forgotten where they came from.
I can think of no better follow-up to the rich white professionals debating "best rapper" than a spirited disagreement over whether the second Hootie album lives up to the promise of the first Hootie album.
ReplyDeleteThey seem like nice guys.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind catching a concert with them, just not one of their concerts.
ReplyDeleteHell, until today I had no idea there was a second Hootie album.
ReplyDeleteAs someone from South Carolina whose high school and college years were Hootie-filled, this makes me very happy.
ReplyDeleteThis is literally true, as Darius Rucker's new country album is named after the date and city in which he was born.
ReplyDeletePutting aside the part where Isaac Spaceman channels Isaac Jaffe, the first Hootie album wasn't about promise. It was both successful and good, but I don't think anyone expected Hootie would be playing halftime in the SuperBowl in 30 years. (Then again, with the NFL's selection criteria these days, they probably aren't more than 10th in line to do it.) Had they released Time as their final single and then went their separate ways, it would have been just about perfect for what they are/were as a band, with both the song and the nostalgic music video a fitting cap to their time on top.
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