Almost all of the time it is in control of the record companies. You sign a contact from day one and if you don't do exactly what they tell you they will make sure you don't make it. We will probably never know but most likely they had material ready to go but there were some disagreements. This use to happen all the time with bands in the 80s and 90s before the internet, where there would be massive delays between albums ( it should be one year approx. ) but for sure if it is 2, and if it's 3 or more years every one doesn't care about you anymore.
@@RealKevM what are you talking about mate?. The menace was an incredible album of theirs!. It consisted of underappreciated tracks like "Mad dog", "Love like ours" and "Miami nice". Maybe you should check those out yeah?.
Fuck me… All these people banging on about how it’s like Wire’s I Am The Fly.. The only similarity is the way I am the fly and lineup in line are phrased, other than that I am the fly sounds more like boys and girls by Blur at the beginning. Elastica‘s first album has 15 tunes all of which are bangers.. even if there’s a vague similarity to other bands in 3 of them that does nothing to take away from the other 12. Stone cold classic end of…
D' you know, you never know. I thought the same about Lush, that it was game over a long time ago since Chris died, but when they did reunite, albeit briefly in 2016 (using Elastica's drummer BTW, Justin Welch) I was at the same time over the moon, and also very sad because the timing was wrong and I never made it to any of the gigs they did, but you really never know, many bands do tend to reunite these days...
@@lenardmasamoc6167 that was a reunion of the friends meeting up again, not the band reuniting to play again. I imagine they all get on quite well now, but Justine has changed so much since then, has found peace and clarity, and is no longer interested in making music (unfortunately).
[Verse 1] Drivel head wears her glad rags She's got her keys, money and fags I know that her mind is made up To get rocked [Verse 2] Drivel head needs a new man As only a drivel head can He's a hormonal nightmare So beware [Chorus] Another victim of line up in line, line up in line is all I remember Oh, how the favour has changed, you could've been kinder Yes, yes, line up in line, line up in line, is all I remember Oh, how their favours change, you could have been mine [Verse 3] Drivel head knows all the stars Loves to suck their shining guitars They've all been right up her stairs Do you care? No [Verse 4] Drivel head knows all the bands Knows them like the back of her hands You can't see the wood for the trees On your knees [Chorus] Another victim of line up in line, line up in line is all I remember Oh, how the favour has changed, you could have been kinder Yes, yes, line up in line, line up in line is all I remember Oh, how the favour has changed, you could have been mine
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I just got into them this last may and tbh if had a time machine I use it to go back to the 90s and witness the rise/hype of said bands performing at thier peak
Love this band SO HARD. Played them incessantly in the 90s....and beyond! I don't think they got nearly the recognition they should have, as a grrrl group. Great stuff. Not a stinker on that whole album!
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+Russell Wharton Damn, you're absolutely right. I've been on a Bowie and Bowie-influenced kick the last few days, and I always heard his influence in this song, but the connection was never made. (Pun absolutely intended.)
@@cynicallydepressed1 it's one of those albums where only a small handful of songs could quickly be taken out of contention for 'best song'.. Even now I'd have to say I have a favourite 3 or 4 not a fave 1. This album was a large part of my '96 soundtrack...
I'm not sure where you are now, or where you were here in the States at the time, but as someone born and raised in what was still somewhat thought of is the remote, far-flung outpost of the Pacific Northwest, I certainly knew of them via (the formerly great) KNDD-FM out of Seattle, that played "Connection" quite often. I not only bought their album as soon as it was available locally, but also purchased a number of their UK import CD singles from the local Borders (RIP), all of which I still have nearly 30 years later. I played the heck out of all of them during my Uni years in Bellingham WA, and may have been one and the few there that dug them so intensely. I also bought their delayed follow-up album when it was finally released, and was saddened that it all ended far too soon.
The band became subject to controversy when several bands sued them for plagiarism. Specifically, the post-punk band Wire (whom Elastica counted as one of their main influences) claimed that many of the band's melodies were taken from Wire compositions, as well as by The Stranglers. Notably, Wire's "I Am the Fly" has a chorus similar to Elastica's "Line Up" and the intro synthesizer part in Elastica's "Connection" (later also repeated on guitar) is lifted from the guitar riff in Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba" and transposed a semitone, and The Stranglers also passed comment that Elastica's "Waking Up" bore a marked resemblance to their song "No More Heroes". The disputes were resolved by out-of-court settlements.
This is so clean and spare and brilliant, and the lyric is just so biting. Why they didn't have huge success I'll never understand. This is as good as it gets.
Athough this song was (relatively,) massively popular, it is, oddly, the song that people will remember Elastica by because it is such a blatant lift from Wire ( I am the Fly). Of course they were abviously big fans of Wire from the beginning, and of course they were original artists in their own right, and of course it isn't fair. But, as the philosophers say, tha's life.
There's nothing wrong with "plagarising" music. For instance, the breeders(cannonball) took it from fugazi(waiting room). Killing joke(eighties) stole it from the damned(life goes on). Besides,it's not who does it first that counts it's about who does it better.
@@pg6917 wow, what a negative comment.. My nanna used to say, 'if you can't say something nice, STFU' (I paraphrase, ofc).. Pretty apparent why so many kids are badly affected by social media, with such encouraging and supportive comments being casually tossed around...
The 1990’s era of “Britpop” stood on the shoulders of the accomplishments of the music videos which preceded them on UK “Top of the Pops”, MTV in the USA, etc. I also agree about Blur. It is forgotten that MOST groups DO NOT hold fame like the Rolling Stones, ABBA, and VERY few others. By the way, I am honored to have received a comment from gypsyspacemuffin0 whose name is more fantastic than anything I could imagine! Thank you.
I played this CD nonstop in 1995. What a great year. What a great fucking decade, in fact.
More like fly in the ointment of disappointment
Steven Coil if that’s what you think of the nineties......god knows how disappointed you must be with today.
couldnt agree more
LOL.
@@puckinhell622
@@puckinhell622 But did you get what @stevencoil402 was referencing or why it was relevant? :-)
One of the best albums from the britpop era. Utterly brilliant. They just waited waaaaay to long to follow it up.
Absolutely!! Longpigs also suffered from that a little.
Almost all of the time it is in control of the record companies. You sign a contact from day one and if you don't do exactly what they tell you they will make sure you don't make it. We will probably never know but most likely they had material ready to go but there were some disagreements. This use to happen all the time with bands in the 80s and 90s before the internet, where there would be massive delays between albums ( it should be one year approx. ) but for sure if it is 2, and if it's 3 or more years every one doesn't care about you anymore.
Massively underrated group
Totally agree wiv yers, awesome.
Although excellent music is underrated, everyone always says it sound familiar... like hits. Salutes.
I don't know mate, their debut album was class but everything else wasn't that good
@@RealKevM what are you talking about mate?. The menace was an incredible album of theirs!. It consisted of underappreciated tracks like "Mad dog", "Love like ours" and "Miami nice". Maybe you should check those out yeah?.
@@IncredulousMisanthrope maybe I should
Fuck me… All these people banging on about how it’s like Wire’s I Am The Fly.. The only similarity is the way I am the fly and lineup in line are phrased, other than that I am the fly sounds more like boys and girls by Blur at the beginning.
Elastica‘s first album has 15 tunes all of which are bangers.. even if there’s a vague similarity to other bands in 3 of them that does nothing to take away from the other 12.
Stone cold classic end of…
They broke up in 2001 . . . will never reunite. Sad sad sad.
i saw a picture in Facebook
3 members excluding Justine and it's says reunion.
sorry for my bad English 😊🙏
even now...the decade of reunions...
D' you know, you never know. I thought the same about Lush, that it was game over a long time ago since Chris died, but when they did reunite, albeit briefly in 2016 (using Elastica's drummer BTW, Justin Welch) I was at the same time over the moon, and also very sad because the timing was wrong and I never made it to any of the gigs they did, but you really never know, many bands do tend to reunite these days...
@@lenardmasamoc6167 that was a reunion of the friends meeting up again, not the band reuniting to play again. I imagine they all get on quite well now, but Justine has changed so much since then, has found peace and clarity, and is no longer interested in making music (unfortunately).
You can really hear Damon Albarn on this one
I've just noticed the verse sounds identical to Blur - Girls and Boys
Yep, that's what i can hear as well. Good ear!
It's terrible the way other bands kept stealing Elastica songs before Elastica wrote them.
I am the fly, I am the fly, fly in the ointment...
which song do you enjoy more?
@@startervisions I Am The Fly. It's so obvious...
@@mookie2637 and three girl rhumba
@@startervisions I like Wire, but this is a better version of that particular rif..
2020 anyone?
yep!
No thanks. 2021 doesn't look much better.
2024 for me
reminds me of Wire's I am the fly.
O wait, Elastica were sued over that.
Actually they were sued over that other song that ripped off Three Girl Rhumba, iirc.
They were also sued by the Stranglers which they settled with a payment.
Sorry for Justine but Elastica where shameless plagiarists, maybe 3 o 4 songs are original, all the others are copied
They were not sued BY the Stranglers, read more carefully !
@@ryckybo66 Perhaps, but what they did with it was great.
Memories of cheap cider and student house parties.... ah, the mid 90s.
this sounds like girls and boys by blur omg
Is this somewhat like Oasis ? Columbia ?
Annie Holland is such an underrated bass player. Sooooo moody!
I desperately want to go back to the 90s and my youth.
Everything was just soo easy and peaceful
Oh yes was fucking great times no cctv no shitty Facebook .the fat police sergeant trying chase use was always fun
me too
Best decade
Unlucky
[Verse 1]
Drivel head wears her glad rags
She's got her keys, money and fags
I know that her mind is made up
To get rocked
[Verse 2]
Drivel head needs a new man
As only a drivel head can
He's a hormonal nightmare
So beware
[Chorus]
Another victim of line up in line, line up in line is all I remember
Oh, how the favour has changed, you could've been kinder
Yes, yes, line up in line, line up in line, is all I remember
Oh, how their favours change, you could have been mine
[Verse 3]
Drivel head knows all the stars
Loves to suck their shining guitars
They've all been right up her stairs
Do you care? No
[Verse 4]
Drivel head knows all the bands
Knows them like the back of her hands
You can't see the wood for the trees
On your knees
[Chorus]
Another victim of line up in line, line up in line is all I remember
Oh, how the favour has changed, you could have been kinder
Yes, yes, line up in line, line up in line is all I remember
Oh, how the favour has changed, you could have been mine
1:58 DAMON
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Take me to your leader, Earthling
Ahhhh, the 90's.
No doubts 3o seconds in between time itself thethe pop band to and ring spanners 7 8 and 9 all the roman General mark Anthony needed to know 1968 to 2023 ad world in between time itself queen the works the lott
Take me to your leader, Earthling.
My 90s playlist ELASTICA❤
The thumbnail is Julian Casablancas
who is here in 2023 listening to this and thinking about time travel
this is on fire!!
I just got into them this last may and tbh if had a time machine I use it to go back to the 90s and witness the rise/hype of said bands performing at thier peak
Love this band SO HARD. Played them incessantly in the 90s....and beyond! I don't think they got nearly the recognition they should have, as a grrrl group. Great stuff. Not a stinker on that whole album!
Fastest selling debut album for 10 years in England says they got the recognition they deserved.
Complete nick from Wire I am the fly
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It's no game by Bowie. Surprised he didn't want a cut.
+Russell Wharton
Damn, you're absolutely right. I've been on a Bowie and Bowie-influenced kick the last few days, and I always heard his influence in this song, but the connection was never made. (Pun absolutely intended.)
I don't see it at all, and I think that Bowie song is possibly the best song ever written.
Yeah bro
Its no gaaaaameeeeee
Elastica borrowed liberally from other bands' music, but it all sounds good.
Sounds like It's no game by David bowie
Que buen rollo transmitían estas chicas!!!
Omg that's a badass bassline
Trisha Jones
ahww, Damon!
They were a brilliant band ...
I am the fly I am the fly I am the fly I am the fly fly in the fly in the ointment
Thé wire, iam the flag
Such an Underrated song here in America! I only heard about their song, Connection, until I stumbled upon this! Elastica is So Underrated!
Hope you've heard 'Stutter', their best song in my mind...
@@cynicallydepressed1 it's one of those albums where only a small handful of songs could quickly be taken out of contention for 'best song'.. Even now I'd have to say I have a favourite 3 or 4 not a fave 1. This album was a large part of my '96 soundtrack...
@@cynicallydepressed1 i’d say Blue is their best
I'm not sure where you are now, or where you were here in the States at the time, but as someone born and raised in what was still somewhat thought of is the remote, far-flung outpost of the Pacific Northwest, I certainly knew of them via (the formerly great) KNDD-FM out of Seattle, that played "Connection" quite often. I not only bought their album as soon as it was available locally, but also purchased a number of their UK import CD singles from the local Borders (RIP), all of which I still have nearly 30 years later. I played the heck out of all of them during my Uni years in Bellingham WA, and may have been one and the few there that dug them so intensely. I also bought their delayed follow-up album when it was finally released, and was saddened that it all ended far too soon.
The band became subject to controversy when several bands sued them for plagiarism. Specifically, the post-punk band Wire (whom Elastica counted as one of their main influences) claimed that many of the band's melodies were taken from Wire compositions, as well as by The Stranglers. Notably, Wire's "I Am the Fly" has a chorus similar to Elastica's "Line Up" and the intro synthesizer part in Elastica's "Connection" (later also repeated on guitar) is lifted from the guitar riff in Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba" and transposed a semitone, and The Stranglers also passed comment that Elastica's "Waking Up" bore a marked resemblance to their song "No More Heroes". The disputes were resolved by out-of-court settlements.
Maybe but bloody good indie rock Riff here. I think that is there composite?
@@goldenultra thanks to Colin Newman of WIRE
Yea
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This is so clean and spare and brilliant, and the lyric is just so biting. Why they didn't have huge success I'll never understand. This is as good as it gets.
They did have huge success. This was my jam and I was a high schooler living in a small town on Spain.
To już 20 lat a płyta zabija jak zabijała
this just sounds like it’s under the influence of Blur, like Parklife
elastica 's version is better !
Quite simply one of THE great Britpop songs.... Musical perfection.
I miss the days when music videos were actually creative and interesting
Athough this song was (relatively,) massively popular, it is, oddly, the song that people will remember Elastica by because it is such a blatant lift from Wire ( I am the Fly). Of course they were abviously big fans of Wire from the beginning, and of course they were original artists in their own right, and of course it isn't fair. But, as the philosophers say, tha's life.
There's nothing wrong with "plagarising" music. For instance, the breeders(cannonball) took it from fugazi(waiting room). Killing joke(eighties) stole it from the damned(life goes on). Besides,it's not who does it first that counts it's about who does it better.
Sure if you prefer the original then it's on you but plagarising is something that happens all the time in music.
I think Justine Frischman may have been the coolest woman in music, if not on earth
Elastica and Pulp, the cream of the Britpop crop. Great shame this lot couldn't keep their act together.
This song helped buy my house hah.
@DreamFactory91
Well get this i'm 12 and love elastica!!!
Lets all have a fight about it XD
xXgorillazboosh11Xx well, you’re 19 now. do you still love elastica?
iam 14 nd i lovee Elastica..i started listining to them when my dad showed me this song..and i have to admit they are pretty kick ass:D
Wow youre now 23 or probably dead
@@pg6917 wow, what a negative comment.. My nanna used to say, 'if you can't say something nice, STFU' (I paraphrase, ofc).. Pretty apparent why so many kids are badly affected by social media, with such encouraging and supportive comments being casually tossed around...
Do you still think they kick ass?
Sounds a lot like I am the Fly by Wire
Blur + a female vocals.
Us
1:58 hello damon
GREAT LIVE BAND FROM THE LAST GREAT BRITISH MUSIC MOVEMENT TO MATTER. NOW I'M AFRAID, MUSIC IS DEAD.
Did the Inbetweeners take their credits inspiration from this video?
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Still sounds savage A.F 24 years on! To be played no quieter than a decibel level worthy of receiving an ASBO, it really would be worth it!
Not another teen movie brought me here.
Too bad that Justine doesn't sing anymore, but she makes wonderful artwork so I'm happy for her.
Yeah that's what I've heard she for nowadays but ayye she's happy living a peaceful private life in San Francisco
Un minuto de silencio para quienes aún no encuentran ésta canción.
Always wondered if 'drivel head' was based on anyone in particular. I knew of a lass at that time who kinda fitted the bill.
They were so cool even more than their music
I thought... hmmm she is like a boy and I LOVE IT!!!!
this song is pretty badass.
Kiss with Damon Albarn at 1:58
I think The Stranglers were a big influence on them because this actually sounds a lot like Peaches 🍑 I know Waking Up is a nod to NMH!
It's one of most underrated UK elastica's single( shame it's even only has viewers under a million
Mallrats...
The next album was too electronic for me.They sounded great like this with a kind of punk sound.
cancion `para gente sola
With German surnames .....stolen in leui of Khazar moniker
Elastica never received the recognition their music deserved. Well done.
It's very..... Blur...
Dated lead singer of Blur...
Interesting!
Blur is very Elastica
Tim Novice That response took too long :P
Battlestar Bluelastica.....
This cannot be any more British and 90s!. Looks like something you’d do nowadays in order to portrait the 90s 😂. Loving this.
killer riff right there
Damon Albarn presence is is there during the whole tune.
Bass sounds a bit like Nice n' Sleazy by the Stranglers
Not even 1 million views yet?
For me, this is the best song of Elastica. Its sooo fucking cool.
What came first...this or Blur's Beetlebum?
The 1990’s era of “Britpop” stood on the shoulders of the accomplishments of the music videos which preceded them on UK “Top of the Pops”, MTV in the USA, etc. I also agree about Blur. It is forgotten that MOST groups DO NOT hold fame like the Rolling Stones, ABBA, and VERY few others. By the way, I am honored to have received a comment from gypsyspacemuffin0 whose name is more fantastic than anything I could imagine! Thank you.
Herrliche monotone Punk-Mugge im Stile der Stranglers.
Wire ?
Underrated Britpop band!
I still remember the concert at Arena Auditorium (Valencia) in December '95
fucking love the bassline
10 de 10
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..... OINTMENT.....
1:57, el que fuera su novio Damon Albarn de Blur?
I disagree, but I like it a great deal.
¡¡uuuaaa aa uuuaaaa!!! great
my favorites band
1:55 Damon Albarn?
Nop
wonder what genre of music this would be classified? Punk, heavy electric guitar, deadpan vocals ..... interesting. love it and dont know why LOL
Duro
0:29 Donna looks spaced out in the galaxy
Wire "cover"