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First, two disclaimers: 1. I have no connection to Jellyfish or any of the folks associated with them - I'm just a fan who discovered their music a few years ago and was astonished that they aren't more widely known 2. I shared this suggestion here ~3 years ago, but so much time has passed, there's a huge number of r/Music subscribers who never would've seen the previous post. I hope someone else discovers Jellyfish all over again!
Wikipedia has the whole story, but here's the TL;DR: Jellyfish formed in San Francisco in 1989, released two albums of gorgeous and intricately-produced music (generally lumped into the "power pop" genre), and broke apart in 1994. There were a few people who cycled through the band during its brief lifetime, but the two principal creative forces driving the group and their sound were Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Andy Sturmer.
Despite being driving by a pair of legitimate creative / musical geniuses, Jellyfish had some absolutely terrible luck, which almost certainly contributed to their lack of commercial success. Two serious problems in particular stand out to me:
Jellyfish only released two full albums (not counting some demo tapes and a few live bootlegs): Bellybutton and Spilt Milk. Both albums are absolutely crammed with tracks that evoke (without entirely ripping off) many familiar artists and bands, ranging from The Beatles, Badfinger, Cheap Trick, Queen, The Beach Boys, etc. - basically any major group that incorporated complex harmonies and arrangements within the rock/pop genres. Put another way: if you like any songs from any of the groups I just listed off, you're almost sure to find at least a couple songs from Jellyfish that you'll adore.
For anyone who isn't already familiar with Jellyfish and their two albums, here are a few selected tracks from each of their albums, with a few personal notes or observations:
Bellybutton (1990):
Bellybutton showed a young band flexing their creative muscles while also being pretty up-front about their musical influences. While many of the songs on Bellybutton were exceptionally good, the album as a whole didn't feel quite complete. After Bellybutton gained moderate critical acclaim but failed to result in major sales success or significant national recognition, Jellyfish retreated to the recording studio and focused all their creative and technical abilities on their second and final album, Spilt Milk. Instead of shying away from evoking their musical influences, Jellyfish basically doubled-down and set out to create a power-pop magnum opus, complete with wide-ranging lyrical themes, rich sonic tapestries, complex and nuanced instrumentation, and heartbreakingly beautiful vocal harmonies. Here are a few particularly amazing tracks, but really, if you've made it this far in this crazy long post, you should just listen to the whole damn album from start to end.
Spilt Milk (1993):
Okay, that's it - this is already way longer than I meant it to be when I started writing after dinner tonight! Here's the blog post I randomly stumbled across a couple years ago that brought Jellyfish into my life - I owe that blog post a lot for bringing Jellyfish into my life. I hope someone else enjoyed this post as much as I've enjoyed writing it!
EDIT: Per a suggestion from /u/bamboo-coffee, here are Spotify links to the two Jellyfish albums:
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So far so good, best 20 bucks I paid for on youtube. I like car movies, and the acting by Christian bale and Matt Damon is amazing. The cars and the race scene is amazing, Its not too serious, which I love too. I don't think I can consume the whole movie in one day but so far so good.
I hope the rest of the movie is good, there are a lot of movies that keep the viewer seated first half but then for some reason lose the audience near the end of the second half of the movie.
I'll come back and give my full opinion when done.
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