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The important thing is to believe.
There are many examples of emulation in the world of music. Among the most sadly known, at least in the beautiful country, we recall Little Tony/Elvis Presley, not to mention the numerous groups eagerly seeking popularity by attempting to vaguely remind us of iconic bands like the Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc.
In the case of Puddle Of Mudd, we could say the same, except that the result is not so bad, in fact, it is well-received. It's true, the first thing you notice when watching a live performance or a music video of the Kansas City band is how the leader Wes Scantlin forces himself to resemble a certain Mr. Kurt Cobain; with the proper proportions, the flashback works quite well.
"Come Clean" is the band's second CD, on the cover a cute little boy urinating near some bushes, but don't worry, it's not the same one from the "Nevermind" cover who might have grown up and perhaps wipes his pee hands with the dollar. Behind the scenes is Fred Durst, the band's discoverer and a point of reference along with Rick Rubin for bands wanting a good production and some money in their pockets. After the opening single "Control", the path towards the grunge CD of the decade seems paved (there wasn't much competition, for example, the grunge legends Pearl Jam would publish the very dreary "Riot Act" a few months later), but one must keep their feet on the ground.
"Drift & Die" very much, too much, recalls the "Cobain style", while much more alternative are the excellent "Out Of My Head", perhaps the best track of the album, and "Nobody Told Me". Some people frowned upon watching the videos of "Blurry" and "She... Hates Me" on MTV. Indeed, the latter has very little to do with grunge, but it was the single for the European launch, with a fun text unfortunately censored for a long time in the old continent just because of some explicit terms dedicated by Scantlin to his ex-partner. Note how Fred Durst's "electronic" hand is present in the bases of 8 tracks out of 11, especially in "Control" and "Basement". What is unconvincing about the album is that some tracks like "Said" and "Nobody Told Me" were already present on the band's previous album, "Abrasive", and have somehow been remodeled for a perfect fit into the CD.
Strong sound, scratchy voice, scratching riffs, melodic bases but never similar to each other; it's true, the Nirvana are still far away, but the important thing is to believe.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Control (03:51)
I love the way you look at me
I feel the pain you place inside
You lock me up inside your dirty cage
While I'm alone inside my mind
I like to teach you all the rules
I get to see them set in stone
I like it when you chain me to the bed
But then your secrets never show
I need to feel you
You need to feel me
I can't control you
You're not the one for me, no
I can't control you
You can't control me
I need to feel you
So why's there even
I love the way you rake my skin
I feel the hate you place inside
I need to get your voice out of my head
'Cause I'm that guy you'll never find
I think you know all of the rules
There's no expressions on your face
I hope that someday you will let me go
Release me from my dirty cage
I need to feel you
You need to feel me
I can't control you
You're not the one for me, no
I can't control you
You can't control me
I need to feel you
So why's there even
You and me
I love the way you look at me
I love the way you smack my ass
I love the dirty things you do
I have control of you
I love the way you look at me
I love the way you smack my ass
I love the dirty things you do
I have control of you
I love the way you look at me
I love the way you smack my ass
I love the dirty things you do
I have control of you
I love the way you look at me
I love the way you smack my ass
I love the dirty things you do
I have control of you
I need to feel you
You need to feel me
I can't control you
You're not the one for me, no
I can't control you
You can't control me
I need to feel you
So why's there even
You and me
You're not the one for me, no
You're not the one for me, no
You're not the one for me, no
You're not the one for me, no
02 Drift & Die (03:37)
Forgotten thoughts of yesterday
Through my eyes I see the past
Well I don't know, I don't know, I don't know why
I Believe,I said I Believe, I Believe in the truth, from inside
Go away, go away, go away from me
Leave me alone
Ignorance spreads lies
How much will money buy
Well I'll take my time as I drift and die*
Unwanted live my life a shame
Who's to blame for my mistakes
Well I don't know, I don't know, I don't know why
I Believe,I said I Believe, I Believe in the truth, from inside
Go away, go away, go away from me
Leave me alone
Ignorance spreads lies
How much will money buy
Well I'll take my time as I drift and die*
As I drift and die
As I drift and die
Ignorance spreads lies
How much will money buy
Well I'll take my time
As I drift and die
03 Out of My Head (03:43)
What is wrong with all my friends
I know that I am unlike them
Just another situation
Don't hold me back
I don't look up to them
They always act so dirty
They keep themselves so clean
Why can't they find the answers to
The questions that are right in front of me
I'm so high
I'm never low
I hold the sky
Never letting go
Let it go
No one's ever listening
The lines I crossed somewhere between
My head is spinning like a top
I don't know when this shit is going to stop
They always act so dirty
They keep themselves so clean
Why can't they find the answers to
The questions that are right in front of me
I'm so high
I'm never low
I'll hold the sky
Never letting go
You fill my cup
From good to gone
So shake me up
I'm ready to roll
roll...roll...(I'll never let you)go...go
What is wrong with all my friends
I know that I am unlike them they
Hold me back
They never will
I'm telling you these people
Are not my friends
I'm so high
I'm never low
I'll hold the sky
And I'm never letting go
you fill my cup
From good to gone
So shake me up
I'm ready to roll
I'm never letting go
I'm never letting go
04 Nobody Told Me (03:52)
Looking back in my childhood
Wasn't to bad but it wasn't that great
I carry the luggage like a bag of bricks
Feels like it's holding me down again
Staring down a pitch black road
Painted lines show me the direction
Sun is burning on my face
Sun is setting me on fire
Nobody told me where to go
Nobody told me where to run
I can't find my way back home
Lost my head down there somewhere
Could we just be gone alone
Lived in doubt and fear I've shown
Gazing down a long gray road
I see the stop sign way up ahead
The sun is burning on my face
The sun is setting me on fire
Nobody told me where to go
Nobody told me where to run
Nobody told me where to go
Nobody told me Nobody told me
Same old shit different day
gotta get up gotta get up
Same old shit different day
gotta get up gotta get up (x3)
I can't find my way back home
Lost my head down there somewhere
Could we just be gone alone
Lived in doubt and fear I've shown
Gazing down a long gray road
I see the stop sign way up ahead
Sun is burning on my face
Sun is setting me on fire
Nobody told me where to go
Nobody told me where to run
Nobody told me where to go
Nobody told me nobody told me
05 Blurry (05:04)
Everything's so blurry
And everyone's so fake
And everybody's empty
And everything is so messed up
Pre-occupied without you
I cannot live at all
My whole world surrounds you
I stumble then I crawl
You could be my someone
You can be my scene
You know that I'll protect you
From all of the obscene
I wonder what you're doin'
Imagine where you are
There's oceans in between us
But that's not very far
Can you take it all away
Can you take it all away
When you shoved it in my face
This pain you gave to me
Can you take it all away
Can you take it all away
When you shoved it in my face
Everyone is changing
There's no one left that's real
So make up your own ending
And let me know just how you feel
'Cause I am lost without you
I cannot live at all
My whole world surrounds you
I stumble then I crawl
You could be my someone
You can be my scene
You know that I will save you
From all of the unclean
I wonder what you're doin'
I wonder where you are
There's oceans in between us
But that's not very far
Can you take it all away
Can you take it all away
When you shoved it in my face
This pain you gave to me
Can you take it all away
Can you take it all away
When you shoved it in my face
This pain you gave to me
Oh
Nobody told me what you thought
Nobody told me what to say
Everyone showed you where to turn
Told you where to run away
Nobody told you where to hide
Nobody told you what to say
Everyone showed you where to turn
Showed you where to run away
Can you take it all away
Can you take it all away
When you shoved it in my face
This pain you gave to me
Can you take it all away
Can you take it all away
When you shoved it in my face
This pain you gave to me
No!
This pain you gave to me
Take it all
Take it all away
This pain you gave to me
Take it all away
This pain you gave to me
Take it all away
This pain you gave to me
06 She Hates Me (03:36)
Met a girl, thought she was grand
Fell in love, found out first hand
Went well for a week or two
Then it all came un-glued
In a trap, trip I can't grip
Never thought
I'd be the one who would slip
Then I started to realize
I was living one big lie
She fuckin' hates me
Trust
She fuckin' hates me
La, la, la love
I tried too hard
And she tore my feelings like I had none
And ripped them away
She was queen for about an hour
After that, shit got sour
She took all I ever had
No sign of guilt
No feeling pain, no
In a trap, trip I can't grip
Never thought
I'd be the one who would slip
Then I started to realize
I was living one big lie
She fuckin' hates me
Trust
She fuckin' hates me
La, la, la love
I tried too hard
And she tore my feelings like I had none
And ripped them away
That's my story, as you see
Learned my lesson and so did she
Now it's over, and I'm glad
'Cause I'm a fool for all I've said
She fuckin' hates me
Trust
She fuckin' hates me
La, la, la love
I tried too hard
And she tore my feelings like I had none
And ripped them away
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la love
Trust
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la love
Trust
La, la, la, la, la
And she tore my feelings like I had none
Trust
She fuckin' hates me
07 Bring Me Down (04:02)
Make no
promises to me
you slowly melting
wake up
then fall back asleep
youre quickly fading
hey man
you'll have to wait your turn
i can see that you're jonesing
taste no
flavors on my tongue
they've evaporated
you've disintegrated
why you gotta bring me down
why you gotta bring me
bring me down
charma
comes around two times
so you better be good
watch out
for the unfamiliar signs
when you're going the wrong way
look back to the devious minds
they keep pushing and pulling
baby Jesus never sleeps
when youre being a sinner
yeah he'll eat you for dinner
why you gotta bring me down
why you gotta bring me down
why you gotta bring me down
down
why you gotta bring me down
bring me down
you gotta bring me down
you gotta bring me down
down
bring me
make no
promises to me
you slowly melting
baby Jesus never sleeps
when youre being a sinner
hey man
you'll have to wait your turn
I can see that youre jonesing
taste no
flavors on my tongue
they've evaporated
you've disintegrated
why you gotta bring me down
why you gotta bring me down
why you gotta bring me down
down
why you gotta bring me
so don't bring me down
08 Never Change (03:58)
Someone's always tellin' me I'm no good
well I don't care what you say
someone's always givin' me a hard time
well I live day to day
someone's always puting me in my place
like I don't know where I am
so I'll just sit here in the corner
without any
direction
Maybe it's all it's all in my head
I think that it's something something you said
I understand that some things will
never change
never change
Someone's always kickin' me to the curb
well it's grindin' up my face
someone's always pushing me to the side
like I'm standing in the way
someone's always getting up in my face
like I don't know who I am
so once again i'm in the corner
without any
direction
Maybe it's it's all in my head
I think that it's something something you said
I understand that some things will
never change
Somebody's always out to get me
somebody's always tryin' to kill me
understand some things will
never change
Why did you have to go and change
couldn't you just have stayed the same
why did you have to go insane
understand somethings don't change
Maybe it's all it's all in my head
I think that it's something something you said
understand that some things will
never change
never change
Somebody's always out to get me
somebody's always tryin' to kill me
understand some things will never change
Why did you have to go and change
couldn't you just have stayed the same
why did you have to go insane
understand some things don't change
Why did you have to go and change
couldn't you just have stayed the same
why did you have to go insane
understand some things don't change
Never change
some things never change
some things never change
09 Basement (04:22)
Yeah ...
locked in the basement
I'm so paranoid I'm all incased and I can't escape
and when I look up, mothers looking down
and when I wake up, mothers not around
so if you want you can have
everything that I've got
so if you want
you can take it all away from me
away from me x 3
Nobodies perfect, but you just can't see
my life�s a circus that you don't believe
your sayin� something but not coming clean
now when I look up mothers livin she's livin in her dreams
Chorus
so if your unsatisfied well I'll watch you wave goodbye
so if you want you can take it all away from me
please don't come down and see me this way
please don't come down I'm too afraid
please don't come down and see me this way
please don't come down well I'm too afraid...
11 Piss It All Away (05:38)
What I feel it is real
What I do it's the truth
When I drink I can't think
When I use I need more
When you're weak I can't speak
Close your eyes and taste this wine
The cork removed less purified
I throw away everything that you say
Erase everything that you fake
What I feel it's a sin
Tell the truth do not lie
Make a wish won't come true
One way streets one track mind
Open up and see the light
One million ways to hypnotize
I throw away everything that you say
Erase everything that you fake
Erase everything that you fake
Piss it piss it all away
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By uffa
"Without a doubt, 'Control' is an excellent song, full of energy, but the remaining 10 tracks are incredibly boring, all the same."
"Puddle of Mudd is an offense on all fronts, and Interscope should be ashamed."
