18 April 2024

Third Eye Blind

 


Third Eye Blind (sometimes abbreviated 3eb) is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. They are best known for their songs, "Semi-Charmed Life,"  "Jumper" and "How's It Going to Be" which all reached the Top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100, and "Never Let You Go" reaching the Top 20. Third Eye Blind has sold around 12 million records worldwide.

Their Wikimedia entry has a very long list of lineup changes but nothing about the name. Their AllMusic entry says, "Formed in 1993, Third Eye Blind hail from San Francisco, where singer Stephan Jenkins made his name as a solo musician after earning an English degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Jenkins soon decided to piece a band together. After several lineups failed to gel, former Fungo Mungo bassist Arion Salazar joined the group, which Jenkins had named Third Eye Blind (in reference to the metaphysical concept of a mind's eye). At one of the band's early shows, guitarist Kevin Cadogan -- a former student of Joe Satriani who later became involved in the northern California ska and punk scenes -- introduced himself to Jenkins. Cadogan subsequently joined Third Eye Blind in late 1995, bringing along former Counting Crows drummer Brad Hargreaves as well."

The third eye (also known as the inner eye) is a mystical and esoteric concept referring in part to the ajna (brow) chakra in certain Eastern and Western spiritual traditions. It is a representation of mystical intuition and insight—an inner vision and enlightenment beyond what the physical eyes can see. It is traditionally depicted as being located in the middle of the forehead. It is also spoken of as the gate that leads within to inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness.

The third eye - to which most of us are "blind" - is often associated with visions, clairvoyance, precognition, telepathy, ESP, and out-of-body experiences. People who have allegedly developed the capacity to utilize their third eyes are sometimes known as seers.

There is also a symbolic third eye (all-knowing eye) that appears on the back of the U.S. dollar bill.


 

2 comments:

  1. The hole in the tip of the penis is a man’s third eye. It’s “Blind” because it doesn’t care what the woman looks like…it just wants in.

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  2. I concur. I thought for less than 0 seconds that it had anydamnthing to do with evil eye. The evil eye, obviously, is to protect the wearer from any and all harm or malice.

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