Same experience. Although only heard and not bought (in East Berlin) on SFB2 (Sender Freies Berlin) in the independent charts (was it with Burghard Rausch? I think). Beautiful time. Besides The Smith also something like Big Country, The Cult, Red Guitars, Colourbox (great with "Baby I love you so"...); the new album by The Cure (Disintegration) was out... but whatever. Life goes on, I don't want to dwell on the past. Only unfortunately with quite monotonous and bad "music" since then. But there is always a niche. For example, currently I enjoy listening to Band Maid (JP) and Dreamcatcher (South Korea). You have to be flexible for good music, because otherwise you'll starve. Best regards.
Summer ‘89 I was homeless, living on the streets of Los Angeles but having a blast every night at the clubs. The days on the other hand were a major struggle and all about survival. Living day to day. Minute to minute sometimes. Then the night came and all the stress and hellishness evaporated for a few hours. Very polarized existence. Anyway yeah. Somewhere in the midst of all that I heard this song for the first time.
One of my favorites from the 80's. I remember watching 120 Minutes on Sundays in the middle of the night and listening this this song while I was talking with my girlfriend on the (wired) telephone for hours. We loved how strange this video was! Definitely fed my love of all things weird! Brilliant!
i learned about so much great music watchinng 120 minutes. Much of it I still listen to today. Google THE 120 MINUTES ARCHIVE. They have the playlists for some shows.
it was reviewed on bbc saturday childrens tv by phillip schofield, he said it is the worst song he has ever heard.....glad he got his commupance , but it did take a few years...lmfao.
Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie, and Bjork amongst others. Love this version over the It's Beginning To and Back Again cut, though the rest of the album is fantastic.
I love the way the video mirrors their roles/relationships within the band. Colin hamming it up as the diva frontman, Graham vying for his chance in the spotlight, Bruce desperately trying to bail (and bring Graham with him) and finally Robert diligently banging out the beat, paying no heed to all the drama.
Wire puts way more meaning into everything they do than expected. Serious layered artists. Wonderful that you saw this. Strongly recommend _Read & Burn_ the Wire bio. Truly explains the depth of their poetry.
Not to mention the fact that they were sonic experimentalists. I believe the album this song was on was originally recorded live, all the tracks except ambient noise stripped off, and then new songs written and recorded over that. Now that's art.
Yeah, IBTABA. It sure sounded cool and arty at the time, but looking back it was mainly more effective in theory than it was in execution. It’s far from being a groundbreaking album. Both The Ideal Copy and A Bell Is a Cup were significantly better.
This band should be revered in the same way as Joy Division and many other late 70s bands are. Marvellous invention musically and witty incisive lyrics...
yes! it's oddly complete, in-and-of-itself somehow... but has built-in space, which moves so well, yet stays put! seldom does a bass track get such a sweet melody , and then the vocal-melody-words over that, woven so loosely and yet so tight, has anything ever felt more right?
mary Margret ohara? Mr John Peel OBE, Joe Strummer, Bjork, Ivor Cutler? Suggs, Ian Dury, Bernard Sumner , Howard Devoto Margi Clarke and a few I cant recognise
Nah… there were many other much earlier songs that should have qualified for ‘pop star’ status. Mannequin, Fragile, Ex-Lion Tamer, Outdoor Miner, The 15th, Map Ref, Blessed State, Ahead, Kidney Bingos… I could keep going but I’m sure I’ve made my point.
I really need to give wire mac 2 another chance thus far I dig it all. I guess its just hard to get past how amazing their first 3 albums are. But this stuff seems just as imaginative and somehow weirder, while also having the potential for mainstream radio(or atleast alternative outlets). Such a cool mix.
I’m actually rediscovering this whole era of Wire myself lately. I lived through it in real time as it unfolded from the mid 80’s to the early 90’s, and I bought most of the albums as they were released, but I didn’t really appreciate it the way I did their first go-round, or the early solo albums that Colin put out (which I have always thought of as an extension of Wire). Now I’m gaining a whole new appreciation for most of it. I still can’t stomach Manscape, and I can only barely tolerate The Drill. However the rest of the stuff from the ‘86-‘91 period, including The First Letter is sounding much more interesting to me lately. As you pointed out, it inhabits it’s own weird little world, and it’s a world that I enjoy visiting more and more these days. Back then there were a lot of accusations of supposedly trying to emulate New Order, but I find that a bit ludicrous. Aside from the whole syncopated dance beat thing, it’s a real apples and oranges comparison that holds a lot less relevance today than it did in the late 80’s. To me it still sounds like classic Wire, just with a more danceable rhythm. If you were to ask anyone in New Order how they felt about it, I bet they’d tell you that when they were still called Joy Division that they were heavily influenced by Wire… so it’s a “chicken or egg” thing. Anyway, I apologize for the long winded response, but Wire is one of those bands I could go on all day about, and your comment is something I can very much relate to lately.
@Shikta-poobah67 no apologies needed, I'm all about getting into a dialogue with anything art. I'm definitely interested to hear what anyone has to say who got to hear this stuff as it was released in the context of the times. I was born in the late 80's so I kinda got to listen to this stuff WAYYYY after the fact and just latched onto the early stuff no problem. But now I love it all. I agree with the new order aspect, I think you hit the nail on the head with that one. Wire had WAYYYY more dynamics in their song writing and production to fall into that box. Not to say I don't love new order but I fall off with them after low life.
@@buckrogez87Yeah, it’s just two different styles linked by a couple of ‘common bond’ factors. Those factors being that both bands had been around in some form since the early days of UK punk, and both had been ‘reborn’ in the 80’s as dance floor commandos. The music press really played that aspect of things up, but as was usually the case with the journalists of that era it was all mainly a bunch of piffle. Wire has been one of my favorite bands since I first listened to Pink Flag, back in 1980 when I was 13 years old. That album just knocked my socks off. It took me a little while longer to fully appreciate Chairs Missing and 154, but once those albums got their claws in me they never let up. Still mind blowing to this day. Like you said, those first 3 albums are so fookin’ *AMAZING* that anything that came after was going to be a hard sell, but the Mk. II era has it’s own charms. It just took a lot longer for me to come around to it. I immediately loved Mk. III (Read & Burn parts 1,2, and 3, the “Send” album), and then I guess it’s considered Mk. IV - everything that begins with Object 47, all the way up to the present day. Especially Change Becomes Us, which is just a fantastic album (and it’s composed mostly of material that was written in 1980 and originally intended for what was going to be their 4th album). They’re still capable of blowing minds, even today. Not bad for a band that’s been around close to half a century.
Yes, in this video I also recognized Andy Fletcher, Bernard Sumner/Albrecht, Howard Devoto and the two males of Cocteau Twins. I think other people too are singers.
Edvard Graham Lewis - the bass player- was studying fashion design at some point in school- Lewis is the genius of the group- poetry like pope, sarcasm like arouet. really listen to the bass lines on their own- nothing terribly virtuoso-istic but nice and solid- good foundation always. Listen to Lewis' solo stuff as well- He Said, and Hox... excellent excellent stuff- a little artsy- but it grows on you, as only healthy, well evolved seed can...
Is that Björk at 1:40? Also thanks to Poparena's Nick Knacks series ("Total Panic" episode I think) for introducing me to this! I had only ever heard stuff from the "Wir" era of this band.
That’s a very short lived era. Literally one album, one single, and one year (if that). There’s a *LOT* more of this amazing, one of a kind band band to discover. Maybe you have by now? It says here that your comment is a year old. That should be sufficient time to deep-dive into Wire’s vast, multifaceted catalog.
I thought it was about like serial killers and how some of them will get pains like buzzes in the ear and to try and ease it that's why they kill people
then you haven't done it right! get your favorite drinkies or whatever yer into, and sit down and listen! it's the highest art that's ever been created, man! or a fine example of it, i guess i should say... you can just tell they were enjoying recording it, something comes thru , if you just listen properly- music appreciation is a fine pursuit, and what you gain from it is uniquely yours.....hopefully it inspires you to wanna make your own noisical expressions - there's room for lots more in practically any and all directions!
Trust me, you’re not alone. I wasn’t much of a fan when it came out back in ‘89. I’ve only quite recently embraced this era of Wire, and mainly just the two albums that preceded this one (The Ideal Copy, A Bell Is A Cup). With this particular song, I’m much more into the single version (this one) than the IBTABA version. It’s not that I don’t like IBTABA. I just think it was a much better idea than it is an actual album. Great concept… taking a live recording, stripping away everything but the drums, and then recording over the beats… but not all that impressive results. Still, it’s a much better album than the two that followed it (Manscape, The Drill). Those were Wire’s all time worst.
Is it just me, or is Colin Newman and Sean Cullen somehow related? Check out Sean in this vid PL574EB6604EF28A41 Kinda similar looks and moves to this video, no? Would we have Corky And The Juice Pigs if not for Wire? I think I know where Sean got his licks from now at least. LOL
That, plus the decaying ear shown for about a nanosecond at the very beginning is clearly a tip of the hat to David Lynch “Yep, that’s a human ear alright”
I know your comment is over a decade old, which would place it at right around 2011 or 2012, but still… Wire was very much active and prolific at that time. That would have been right around the time they released the Red Barked Tree album, which is a fantastic album. There was no reason to “miss” them, unless what you meant was that you “miss” this particular era of Wire.
a late reply from Australia. i remember both shirts (black/white versions) for sale in an "alternate" clothing shop back then in Sydney. wish i'd bought them
You can easily find that print on fabric. If you have a sewing machine and know how to use it, along with a pair of fabric shears, then it’s easy-peezy.
This is another one of their tracks where I began to dig them, it's rather cool to think where they started, then how they integrated later technology into their niche.
yes! on 'IBTABA' or 'it's-beginning-to-and-back-again' from 1989! i'll never forget that year! we had just gotten cable tv, and mtv was still cool~ and ,,, the mayor of simpleton had been dropp'd, oops~ wait here~!
@@tinfoilhatterMTV has never, and I mean *NEVER* been cool. They were just a bit less lame and actually played music videos at one point in time. I’ll give you 120 Minutes. I suppose they were cool for a couple of hours each day.
Summer 1989. Going into senior year in college. Heard this song and immediately bought album. Not a care in the world. Such good memories.
Same experience.
Although only heard and not bought (in East Berlin) on SFB2 (Sender Freies Berlin) in the independent charts (was it with Burghard Rausch? I think).
Beautiful time. Besides The Smith also something like Big Country, The Cult, Red Guitars, Colourbox (great with "Baby I love you so"...); the new album by The Cure (Disintegration) was out... but whatever. Life goes on, I don't want to dwell on the past.
Only unfortunately with quite monotonous and bad "music" since then.
But there is always a niche. For example, currently I enjoy listening to Band Maid (JP) and Dreamcatcher (South Korea). You have to be flexible for good music, because otherwise you'll starve.
Best regards.
Identical story here
Summer ‘89 I was homeless, living on the streets of Los Angeles but having a blast every night at the clubs. The days on the other hand were a major struggle and all about survival. Living day to day. Minute to minute sometimes. Then the night came and all the stress and hellishness evaporated for a few hours. Very polarized existence. Anyway yeah. Somewhere in the midst of all that I heard this song for the first time.
I was a senior in high school, getting it all figured out for college.
If you don't like this you do not have an ear for greatness.
One of my favorites from the 80's. I remember watching 120 Minutes on Sundays in the middle of the night and listening this this song while I was talking with my girlfriend on the (wired) telephone for hours. We loved how strange this video was! Definitely fed my love of all things weird! Brilliant!
Man I miss 120 minutes. That and USA's Nightflight.
I never missed 120 Minutes! So much great music I will never forget ❤️
i learned about so much great music watchinng 120 minutes. Much of it I still listen to today. Google THE 120 MINUTES ARCHIVE. They have the playlists for some shows.
It's incredible how such a low cost video can be awesome
What the hell ya talking about? This had to cost hundreds! 😉
I bought this on 12 inch single, my record of the year for 1989 and still a great favourite. Brilliant !
it was reviewed on bbc saturday childrens tv by phillip schofield, he said it is the worst song he has ever heard.....glad he got his commupance , but it did take a few years...lmfao.
I have always (and will always until the day I die) covet that ear shirt.
Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie, and Bjork amongst others. Love this version over the It's Beginning To and Back Again cut, though the rest of the album is fantastic.
I love the way the video mirrors their roles/relationships within the band. Colin hamming it up as the diva frontman, Graham vying for his chance in the spotlight, Bruce desperately trying to bail (and bring Graham with him) and finally Robert diligently banging out the beat, paying no heed to all the drama.
There does appear to be something akin to sibling rivalry between Colin and Graham, which is played out in some other Wire videos too.
Wire puts way more meaning into everything they do than expected. Serious layered artists. Wonderful that you saw this. Strongly recommend _Read & Burn_ the Wire bio. Truly explains the depth of their poetry.
Definitely sums Robert… the Charlie Watts of Avant-Punk.
Hey Robert, Gotobed!
Not to mention the fact that they were sonic experimentalists. I believe the album this song was on was originally recorded live, all the tracks except ambient noise stripped off, and then new songs written and recorded over that. Now that's art.
Yeah, IBTABA. It sure sounded cool and arty at the time, but looking back it was mainly more effective in theory than it was in execution. It’s far from being a groundbreaking album. Both The Ideal Copy and A Bell Is a Cup were significantly better.
This band should be revered in the same way as Joy Division and many other late 70s bands are. Marvellous invention musically and witty incisive lyrics...
They are.
Waaaay better than Joy Division
Oh wonderful. Yet another example of someone confusing opinion with fact. A hallmark of social media. RIP subjectivity.
Fantastic tune!! That bassline!!
yes! it's oddly complete, in-and-of-itself somehow... but has built-in space, which moves so well, yet stays put! seldom does a bass track get such a sweet melody , and then the vocal-melody-words over that, woven so loosely and yet so tight, has anything ever felt more right?
that melody, at that tempo, with that beat, over that bass-melody, makes a potent pop potentiator!
zee zee zee, zum, zum... buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz-in-the-eardrum,
zee zee zee, zum, zum, (*buzz-buzz*)... buzz-buzz, buzz, buzz-in-the-eardrum~
come-to-think of it, it also makes for a potent coffee, beer, or mom-potentiator as well!
Genius.... Why doesn't this get more credit.... Fucking incredible tune
Prooof, that Graham Lewis, is one of of the smoooooothest basss guitarists, to ever walk Mother Earth!!!
mary Margret ohara? Mr John Peel OBE, Joe Strummer, Bjork, Ivor Cutler? Suggs, Ian Dury, Bernard Sumner , Howard Devoto Margi Clarke and a few I cant recognise
phil locky Simon and Robin from the Cocteau Twins between others.
Beard and sunglasses I think is Hank Williams Jr.....
Ralph Dorper from Propaganda in there too.
And Barney from New Order.
jah wobble
Just discovered this song on BBC Radio 6, great tune.
I LOVE this song and the video makes it more fun! LOL!!! The dancing AND the tambourine man! hahahahaha
I heard this in my senior year of H.S., and have loved it ever since!
Epic! Love the Depeche Mode waxy clips
This song is so silly its infectious. I love it. Love it. Love it.
killer bass tone !
I can't help it! I love this song!!!!
Love this track..... New album out, 2020....liked boiling Boy..... Keep up great work
Lead singer.. Colin John Newman (born 16 September 1954)
Love this vid, Wire is one of my fav bands that I hadn't heard of until early 2000's,
Thanks for posting:)
Why do i keep listening to this at least once a day.dont know but i aint stoppin.
1:43 Is that a gif yet?
You forgot to mention the sublime voice, otherwise I couldn't agree more! He is a vastly underrated lyricist.
Vastly.
@Biopharmer and Howard Devoto at 1:15, Bjork at 1:40, Keith Allen at 2:53.
I still love this.
This is the song that should have turned Wire into pop stars.
Nah… there were many other much earlier songs that should have qualified for ‘pop star’ status. Mannequin, Fragile, Ex-Lion Tamer, Outdoor Miner, The 15th, Map Ref, Blessed State, Ahead, Kidney Bingos… I could keep going but I’m sure I’ve made my point.
still are! Object 47 is an amazing album.
I really need to give wire mac 2 another chance thus far I dig it all. I guess its just hard to get past how amazing their first 3 albums are. But this stuff seems just as imaginative and somehow weirder, while also having the potential for mainstream radio(or atleast alternative outlets). Such a cool mix.
I’m actually rediscovering this whole era of Wire myself lately. I lived through it in real time as it unfolded from the mid 80’s to the early 90’s, and I bought most of the albums as they were released, but I didn’t really appreciate it the way I did their first go-round, or the early solo albums that Colin put out (which I have always thought of as an extension of Wire). Now I’m gaining a whole new appreciation for most of it.
I still can’t stomach Manscape, and I can only barely tolerate The Drill. However the rest of the stuff from the ‘86-‘91 period, including The First Letter is sounding much more interesting to me lately. As you pointed out, it inhabits it’s own weird little world, and it’s a world that I enjoy visiting more and more these days.
Back then there were a lot of accusations of supposedly trying to emulate New Order, but I find that a bit ludicrous. Aside from the whole syncopated dance beat thing, it’s a real apples and oranges comparison that holds a lot less relevance today than it did in the late 80’s. To me it still sounds like classic Wire, just with a more danceable rhythm. If you were to ask anyone in New Order how they felt about it, I bet they’d tell you that when they were still called Joy Division that they were heavily influenced by Wire… so it’s a “chicken or egg” thing.
Anyway, I apologize for the long winded response, but Wire is one of those bands I could go on all day about, and your comment is something I can very much relate to lately.
@Shikta-poobah67 no apologies needed, I'm all about getting into a dialogue with anything art. I'm definitely interested to hear what anyone has to say who got to hear this stuff as it was released in the context of the times. I was born in the late 80's so I kinda got to listen to this stuff WAYYYY after the fact and just latched onto the early stuff no problem. But now I love it all. I agree with the new order aspect, I think you hit the nail on the head with that one. Wire had WAYYYY more dynamics in their song writing and production to fall into that box. Not to say I don't love new order but I fall off with them after low life.
@@buckrogez87Yeah, it’s just two different styles linked by a couple of ‘common bond’ factors. Those factors being that both bands had been around in some form since the early days of UK punk, and both had been ‘reborn’ in the 80’s as dance floor commandos. The music press really played that aspect of things up, but as was usually the case with the journalists of that era it was all mainly a bunch of piffle.
Wire has been one of my favorite bands since I first listened to Pink Flag, back in 1980 when I was 13 years old. That album just knocked my socks off. It took me a little while longer to fully appreciate Chairs Missing and 154, but once those albums got their claws in me they never let up. Still mind blowing to this day. Like you said, those first 3 albums are so fookin’ *AMAZING* that anything that came after was going to be a hard sell, but the Mk. II era has it’s own charms. It just took a lot longer for me to come around to it.
I immediately loved Mk. III (Read & Burn parts 1,2, and 3, the “Send” album), and then I guess it’s considered Mk. IV - everything that begins with Object 47, all the way up to the present day. Especially Change Becomes Us, which is just a fantastic album (and it’s composed mostly of material that was written in 1980 and originally intended for what was going to be their 4th album). They’re still capable of blowing minds, even today. Not bad for a band that’s been around close to half a century.
One of Wire's more accessible eruditions... introduction to genius,
the eighties went-out-with-a-*BUZZ*~ [a resounding one!]
Just discovered this wonderful song thanks to Shaun Keaveny and 6Music!
I remember listening to this on 3RRR's New Used and Abused
do you remember guppyman?
@@christ5826 ya
Perfect pop song
The last time I saw this video was on 120 Minutes.
only just discovered them thanks to a friend - brilliant track
Saw them at the, Rose Bowl in 88
Pure Pop!!!!
*g* Is this Vince Clark at 0:27? It could be, because Wire were also at Mute. So they could have contact.
Burntimeband 0:35 Andrew Fletcher...ok. :-)
Yes, in this video I also recognized Andy Fletcher, Bernard Sumner/Albrecht, Howard Devoto and the two males of Cocteau Twins. I think other people too are singers.
It is him, for sure
Yep! Many others, as well. Bjork is in there. Blink and you'll miss it!
Edvard Graham Lewis - the bass player- was studying fashion design at some point in school- Lewis is the genius of the group- poetry like pope, sarcasm like arouet. really listen to the bass lines on their own- nothing terribly virtuoso-istic but nice and solid- good foundation always.
Listen to Lewis' solo stuff as well- He Said, and Hox... excellent excellent stuff- a little artsy- but it grows on you, as only healthy, well evolved seed can...
Is that Björk at 1:40? Also thanks to Poparena's Nick Knacks series ("Total Panic" episode I think) for introducing me to this! I had only ever heard stuff from the "Wir" era of this band.
Yep!
That’s a very short lived era. Literally one album, one single, and one year (if that). There’s a *LOT* more of this amazing, one of a kind band band to discover. Maybe you have by now? It says here that your comment is a year old. That should be sufficient time to deep-dive into Wire’s vast, multifaceted catalog.
Darn good track!!!!!!!!!
Wire's ode to tinnitus?
Tribute to vapid pop music is more like it
Piss off.
i think he's describing a parasite, that gets lodged in the ear- that historically drives people insane! keep yer ears clean!
I thought it was about like serial killers and how some of them will get pains like buzzes in the ear and to try and ease it that's why they kill people
@@spunchbop5081 it seemed to them, perfectly clear!
colin newman is so cool
Way back in 89
Anyone else under 20 years old listening to this?
Anyone else over 50 years old listening to this? I was 16 when "Pink Flag" was released. I haven't stopped listening since....
i for munts ode i lissin too dis
@@jawoody9745I would venture to guess that most of the people still listening to this are over the age of 50.
Tuneeeeee
I'll be honest, I own IBTABA on vinyl but I could just never get into it.
This is the single version. Much different than the version on IBTABA.
then you haven't done it right! get your favorite drinkies or whatever yer into, and sit down and listen! it's the highest art that's ever been created, man! or a fine example of it, i guess i should say... you can just tell they were enjoying recording it, something comes thru , if you just listen properly- music appreciation is a fine pursuit, and what you gain from it is uniquely yours.....hopefully it inspires you to wanna make your own noisical expressions - there's room for lots more in practically any and all directions!
Is in IBTABA Cd like 12"version
Trust me, you’re not alone. I wasn’t much of a fan when it came out back in ‘89. I’ve only quite recently embraced this era of Wire, and mainly just the two albums that preceded this one (The Ideal Copy, A Bell Is A Cup). With this particular song, I’m much more into the single version (this one) than the IBTABA version. It’s not that I don’t like IBTABA. I just think it was a much better idea than it is an actual album. Great concept… taking a live recording, stripping away everything but the drums, and then recording over the beats… but not all that impressive results.
Still, it’s a much better album than the two that followed it (Manscape, The Drill). Those were Wire’s all time worst.
Another randomly remembered weird song from childhood
I see Vince Clarke, Andy Fletcher, Bjork and Bernard Sumner. No clue who the rest are!
see,see, see sum, sum sum
SNUB TV - 1989.
THIS ONE'S FOR YOU ELVIRA!!!
Come on how many famous faces in the video! Help me name some more!!!
Why was this song written in '89? Anyone know of a buzzing phenomena in 1989?
Yep. My brain, on a very regular basis. 🤪
Zig, zig, zig, zum, zum. buzz buzz buzz buzz in the eardrum
Oh yeah, this video has Vince Clarke, then Andy Fletcher, and Bernard Sumner is in it at some point.
LOLOLOLO!!!!!!
hey now, what's-so-*funny*, ah-ight? (one thing remains perfectly clear:)
thanks!
Is it just me, or is Colin Newman and Sean Cullen somehow related? Check out Sean in this vid PL574EB6604EF28A41 Kinda similar looks and moves to this video, no? Would we have Corky And The Juice Pigs if not for Wire? I think I know where Sean got his licks from now at least. LOL
is that Vince Clarke at 0:27?
That''l be the 5G....Buzzzzzz!!!
De quelle ville vient ce groupe ?
Londres et ses art schools de l'époque pré-Thatcher (c-à-d du temps où elles étaient gratuites).
i didnt know paul reiser was in a band
I didn’t know Emo Philips was either.
Tinnitus?
Steve Martin is in this video
Good God Genius, the bassline alone is Nobel Laureate.
I seriously doubt Jack Black is in this video.
You might want to ask Colin himself...
@@jelt110 Sure, I’ll just give him a ring.
He talked about it in the book. Just remember that Wire appeals to a variety of minds... stay cool, my friend. Wire be with you. 😊
Bruce Gilbert looking remarkably like Emo Philips here… at a time when Emo Philips was on top of the world. Hmmm…
That, plus the decaying ear shown for about a nanosecond at the very beginning is clearly a tip of the hat to David Lynch “Yep, that’s a human ear alright”
Nothing says ‘weird’ more than an ear shirt…..
Unless you’re a big Blue Velvet fan.
1:29 wire invented tumble users
crackin' tune by a crackin' good band
I really miss wire
: (
I know your comment is over a decade old, which would place it at right around 2011 or 2012, but still… Wire was very much active and prolific at that time. That would have been right around the time they released the Red Barked Tree album, which is a fantastic album. There was no reason to “miss” them, unless what you meant was that you “miss” this particular era of Wire.
Tuneeeeee
Wonder where Collin found the shirts with ears on them?
a late reply from Australia. i remember both shirts (black/white versions)
for sale in an "alternate" clothing shop back then in Sydney. wish i'd bought them
You can easily find that print on fabric. If you have a sewing machine and know how to use it, along with a pair of fabric shears, then it’s easy-peezy.
the star of the video is that geezer holding the tamborine
When you need foundation repair, you want foundation repair.
The 70s and 80s were the best decades for music by a mile
I am in total agreement
I wouldn’t exactly dismiss the 60’s.
I love how incredibly British wire sounds.
Only if you mean the accents. The music sounds otherworldly… not specific to any one nation or culture.
The censored version (i.e. without the verse about "Adolf").
Not very melodic but they really bring this song. Nation of Languige sound a bit similar to me.
I remember listening to this on New Used and Abused on 3RRR with Laurence Hudson back in the late 80's
This is another one of their tracks where I began to dig them, it's rather cool to think where they started, then how they integrated later technology into their niche.
I remember Wire toured with Depeche Mode in 1988 Muisc for the Masses Tour.
The Cocteau Twins guys 2:38
great track again , 4 very dedicated musicians who all lived in 4 different countries !
its 7th grade 89 all over again
extraña pero riquizima cancion tiempos rock ciento unicos
I liked this song, but I could have sworn there was a different version of this song.
there is! and it's on the same album or tape that i bought in about 1990 i guess...
yes! on 'IBTABA' or 'it's-beginning-to-and-back-again' from 1989! i'll never forget that year! we had just gotten cable tv, and mtv was still cool~ and ,,, the mayor of simpleton had been dropp'd, oops~ wait here~!
@@tinfoilhatterMTV has never, and I mean *NEVER* been cool. They were just a bit less lame and actually played music videos at one point in time.
I’ll give you 120 Minutes. I suppose they were cool for a couple of hours each day.
Marco Polo has lost his way
The Louisville Lip has nothing to say
One thing remains perfectly clear
The buzz buzz buzz in the drum of the ear
Why is Grayson Perry on tambourine ?
Wait… is that Bjork at 1:40? There’s a lot of cameos happening here. It would be interesting to see cast credits.
There's just one thing that is perfectly clear..... it's the buzz.... buzz buzz in the drum of the ear...
@Biopharmer
Didn't realize those folks were sprinkled throughout the video. Interesting!
Great to see this again after so many years. I still have the 12" record in my collection somewhere.
0:27 VIncent Clarke 0:34 Andy Fletcher (R.I.P) 1:15 Steve Albini?
1.15 is Robin Rimbaud, I think...
cs188 anybody?
Which video of his?
I love this! it sounds so campy- but it is more than that- i love the lyrics- sounds like a liberal arts lecture at Eton or something...
history is a long series of people gone insane, - the noise drives people crazy, sometimes it takes many years, sometimes not! haha!