Well, not according to himself! The Stone Roses are my favourite band; they incorporate a 60s melody with Bob Dylan esk lyrics but the melodies are quite easy to play. Does that mean he’s not very good? Of course not, but if you’re comparing pure ability and technique - not the song or lyrics just the guitar playing ability - then you’d have to argue he’s not quite there with people like Satriani, Santana or Hendrix. It doesn’t detract from the music but in the balance of a fair argument you couldn’t say Squire is one of the greatest guitar players.
Snort Wassabi The sound the band makes isn’t a guitarist on his own and his own ability. You missed the point entirely. A waste of a comment. As you were.
Stone Roses - Blackpool '89 (For mobile users) 01:25 I Wanna Be Adored 07:01 Elephant Stone 11:12 Waterfall 16:17 Sugar Spun Sister 20:27 Made Of Stone 25:14 She Bangs The Drums 29:18 Where Angels Play 33:38 Shoot You Down 38:10 Going Down 41:13 Mersey Paradise 44:13 I Am The Resurrection
THAT SONG... was always in my Top 3. What the guys packed into 2 minutes, music, lyrics and happy emotions, is one of the most amazing things done in rock.
+dean erickson the date shown here 12.08.1989 (DD.MM.YYYY) is actually Saturday 12 August 1989. This from Wiki ... "Their biggest headline gigs in 1989 were to 4000 people at Blackpool's Empress Ballroom on Saturday 12 August and to 7000 people at London's Alexandra Palace on Saturday 18 November. The former of these was released as a live video in 1991 ..."
You don't need to be thousands and thousands to be legend.......... Sex Pistols in Manchester Lesser Trade Free Hall gig in 1976, the audience was only 35 to 40 people in the audience including members of Joy Division, Buzzcocks, Mick Hucknall, Morrissey, Mark E. Smith from The Fall, Tony Wilson and journalist Paul Morley......
You were born at a time when you could hear all their discography at once. I'd say that's better. Good music has a way of hitting you with nostalgia though, I know
I remember reading an interview with Ian and he said the band were the only ones not on E that night , they thought the floor was gonna give in cos of the crowd stomping to the tunes
It's funny, you don't realize when genius is taking place right in front of you. At the time the Roses were amazing, but there were so many other amazing bands across many genres. I had no idea how enduring and legendary the Roses would be, or how briefly these moments in 89-90 would last. I wish I could go back and not take them for granted. I wish I could go back and appreciate how good they were as musicians, how the 4 of them combined to create music that was truly special. Listening to other bands from this era, they all sound like someone or each other. The Stone Roses don't sound like anything or anyone else and nothing from that era, before or after will be as recognizable and unique.
Beautiful. You were there. So many fakes out there who pretend they were in the know during these glorious days. Made me the man I am. When you know, you know, you had to experience it and looking back how fuckin lucky we were. We had nothing at the time, Thatcher the bitch was ruling with an iron fist, we the youth were the enemy within, no fuckin jobs or if you did get one, it was for fuckin 15 quid a week and we had no future and we had, had enough. The band's or music didn't start the scene, it was revolution of the youth and then some of us made the music to go along with our feelings....thus a youth revolution arose.. What a time. Respect 🙌✌️
As a guitarist myself and a life long Roses fan I slightly agree my own technical ability far surpasses his on paper but I always marvel at his cadence and note selection. Made of stone for me as an isolated snap shot of music is perfection and has been a source of inspiration to me since I was 9. I can’t help but be impressed by Squire.
I am the resurrection - Bloody excellent times in about 1990 getting stoned on top quality hash, wait for the singing to end, the bass to open the instrumental section, then hold onto your head as you'd trip right out.....ahhhh great times.
@@waynesilverman3048 true. If you were there at the gig , his voice probably sounded perfect as virtually the whole crowd would have been on ecstacy or weed!! I think it sounds better than people have given him credit for.
I was at this concert...and like anyone else that that attended the lads were sheer class as always...i was 27 at the time and had to endure lots of poppy crap in the 80's , Like a lot of lads and lasses we had been waiting for bands like the Roses and Mondays since The Jam packed up in '82.
you were actually there? only just seen this. That's incredible. it's still my favourite footage. I used to get wrecked to this video (vhs release) then dvd before I went out. it's the benchmark for me, in terms of sound and movement. although they played in Shrewsbury once , the fridge. apparently the best live performance. I seen them at Heaton 4 yrs ago and again tomorrow. you lucky bastard
you were actually there? only just seen this. That's incredible. it's still my favourite footage. I used to get wrecked to this video (vhs release) then dvd before I went out. it's the benchmark for me, in terms of sound and movement. although they played in Shrewsbury once , the fridge. apparently the best live performance. I seen them at Heaton 4 yrs ago and again tomorrow. you lucky bastard
you were actually there? only just seen this. That's incredible. it's still my favourite footage. I used to get wrecked to this video (vhs release) then dvd before I went out. it's the benchmark for me, in terms of sound and movement. although they played in Shrewsbury once , the fridge. apparently the best live performance. I seen them at Heaton 4 yrs ago and again tomorrow. you lucky bastard
I was in Pasadena California at that time 26 years old and as I recall pre internet I think I read about them in spin mag or rolling stone how great they were before the cd/album was available (and it wasn't played on US radio yet either). I bought it when I first found it at the indie record shop and I was awestruck at how great that album is/was, kind of like discovering a hidden treasure or finding a fools gold mine
The intro to I wanna be adored when Squire kicks in is mind blowing and not only sends shivers up my spine but is better than the album intro by a mile
You are alluding to the syncapated drum piece which kicks the number off. An old technique from the sixties most probably perfected by John Bonham of Zeplin fame and Lars Urlich of Metallica. Urlich used it to full effect in the intrioduction to Enter Sandman. Expand your musical genre and learn.
Watching this on Christmas day 2024 after a long time of not being able to watch it because of my past, and I'm glad to say I'm happy now. I'm ovver it. Thank you, *THE Stone Roses. . * 🍄
Forget Spike Island. THIS is THE one. The one talked about in hushed tones: were you there? No, I bloody wasn’t, and I’ll never ever forgive myself. From the release of the Hooky-produced Elephant Stone in ‘88 to Waterfall on Tony Wilson’s OSM, the gig at the Haçienda on Snub TV, the appearances on TOTP and The Late Show (‘amateurs’), and the releases of Made Of Stone, She Bangs The Drums, Fools Gold and THAT album. THE album. 1989 belonged to them and this gig was the absolute zenith. The world at their feet. So jealous of those of you that were there, you beautiful legends. Thanks for posting.
Brother, that was poetry. Im a yank from Oklahoma and Ill never forget the first time I heard the roses. 2014 flyin home from Munich, watching the Shane Meadows documentary on my laptop. I never could decide on my favorite band, beatles or floyd... Then I heard the roses. "They're still in the area..." boom tap a tap a tap a tap by Ren and they launched into Resurrection. Thats all it took. That one perfect album goes around my turntable every week.
Burst into heaven Kiss in the cotton clouds Arctic sheets and fields of wheat I can't stop coming down Your shrunken head Looking down on me above Send me home like an elephant stone To smash my dream of love Dreaming 'til the sun goes down And night turns into day Rooms are empty, I've got plenty You could move in right away Seems like there's a hole In my dreams In my dreams In my dreams Down through the heavens Choke on the cotton clouds Arctic sheets and fields of wheat I can't stop coming down Your shrunken head Looking down on me above Send me home like an elephant stone To smash my dream of love Didn't your bed and bookshelf go And run, run, run away These four walls saw the rise and fall And your midnight getaway Seems like there's a hole In my dreams Or so it seems Yet nothing means anything Anymore
This is one of those great concerts in history... Queen at Live Aid, Metallica in Moscow, The Who at Isle of Wight, Ramones in London, Pistols at Free Trade Hall, and the Roses in Blackpool... Everything comes together to make an epic night, the crowd, the venue, a band tight and running on all cylinders.
Metalica in Moskow had to be the most powerful concert ever. The intro to Enter Sandman with those Soviet army helicopters buzzing over the stage was sheer evil.
@@db0800You allude to some of the greatest outdoor concerts ever son. But then you were not even an idea when the Who played Woodstock and the Isle of Weight. The Queen Live Aid concert had ten times more people at it that this small event. In fact they had millions upon millions more watching on TV and big screens all over the planet. This bunch of Baycity Rollers esq. Numpties could not string Brian May's guitar.
Y'all are obviously shyt for brains. It doesn't have to have millions of people in the crowd or be satellite broadcast. The Roses in Blackpool was a seminal concert for a generation of fans who loved them. Their first album is absolute perfection and this is them at the front of a movement.
This version of 'I wanna be adored' is my fave. they were young back then and the sound is more raw. John letting his guitar feedback is all the more haunting. so good.
even when Squire misses the F chord and goes slightly to a C before the 'I am a resurrection and I am the light' - that sounds like if it was meant to be. What a band.
Under appreciated aspect- the lyrics, eg on songs like Waterfall and She Bangs the Drum, are mythical and timeless, about the spirit of England itself. Incredible album and band.
Grew up in a small town in Northern California, saw the video for I Wanna Be Adored late at night (MTV?), must have been 1990. It blew my mind. Stone Roses is still in my top 5 albums all time. But I had to enjoy my new favorite band all on my own (until college, met a few other fans). Amazing to learn how huge they were back in England, wish I could have seen it, been there.
Yes that one song is the extent of their repertoire ! Apart from that, the rest is mediocre shit. The lead singer has no punch to his voice. He sounds like a girl guide with a sore throat. Listen to proper lead singers, like Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, Freddy Mercury, Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison James Hatfield, Ossie Osbourne. These guys projected their voices on to their audience, they were distinct, original , vibrant , violent , all the things this boy has not.
How can they be one of the best bands ever with just one hit. Appart from "I want to be adored" they are mediocre at best. Even the Bay City Rollers had one hit.
I Am The Resurrection is the highlight of the set by far, the Roses were on their way to superstardom at this point. 2nd half of 89 and the whole of 90 they were top of the world
Love the way that Squire gets his head down and just gets on with it. Not to mention that he's fucking brilliant aswell! He's definitely my favourite guitarist by a country mile🍋
Andrew Bateman easily my second favorite guitarist of all time just behind Jimi. Squire has such a funky groove and paired with his unbelievable sense for melodies, he makes this magical atmosphere that few can or will replicate.
Only the birth of my kids challenges this as my best ever night! Absolute class and just what was needed to help us exit the Thatcher years! In my eyes, @IanBrown was solely responsible for my success in life!!
Another great thing is that you look at the crowd and they’re all into the music and having a great time. Nobody is standing there with a phone held up and recording everything. That’s the thing I hate the most about live music today.
I like how John Squire seems so disinterested, he'd just as well like to be doing his laundry. Meanwhile he's weaving these unbelievable guitar textures imaginable. And the album songs are hardly as good as these live renditions
When they fade Where Angels Play into Shoot You Down is amazing. I remember them doing it at Heaton Park. And as much I loved every minute of seeing the Roses in 2012 (I was lucky enough to see them three times) I'd give anything to go back and see them in their prime.
I love this. My zeus Reni is just wonderful. Squire is lyrical in his playing, Mani is solid as a rock and then Brown just oozes charisma. Truly inspiring band
I'm just an American bloke from St Louis. Got the Stone Roses CD from the library in 2003 knowing nothing about it. The cover looked cool and I think a coworker may have suggested it (this was over 20 years ago...). Been a favorite ever since despite not really caring for most of the 90s britpop stuff apart from Chumbawamba. Still listen to the whole album a few times a year. It's great for road trips because there's not a weak track on it apart from that backwards loop filler track, haha. Recently had it cranked up on a road trip from Minneapolis to New Ulm, Minnesota with my wife and a friend who had never heard it before. Nice to finally see footage of this amazing band!
Thanks for posting!! One of the great regrets of my 20's was that I never got to see these guys live and now that my 15 year old son is getting hooked on them, I decided to see if UA-cam had any of their concerts from back when i first started listening to them. Well done mate!
Well Ian did a great job on Waterfall live , as well as the rest of the band. Stone roses had such great edge, even their soft songs have this untamed kick
Great. Just great. Why is everybody bitching on Ian Brown's voice? I think his 'weak' voice is what makes this music much, much stronger. Instrumentally this music is great and bands like the Stone Roses try to cast some arrogance. Whilst the band knows the voice is weak, they want to tell their story because they believe their story is worth telling. To me, that's the greatest example of arrogance. So I don't care about Ian's voice, the band succeeds in its mission. That's what makes the Stone Roses that good and why they have been such an example to bands like Oasis and The Verve.
He's off pitch the whole time.. only certain people can notice that, which is why most people such at singing.. the problem is he sounds pretty great on the album.. so they mustve done a lotta takes!!
I remember watching this for the first time on some dodgy pirate VHS in the mid-90s, terrible quality, but I was transfixed from the start. I was only barely aware of who the Roses were at the time, but was a fan from that point on -- Brown's dancing (if you can call it that) taught an entire generation of blokes to dance. Not saying that's a good thing, but it is what it is.
Yeah. Everybody in the band had something to offer, but Reni really made it go. What I love most is how natural and uninhibited his style is, as if he grew up in some community that primarily communicates through drums and didn’t just pick up a few licks somewhere to match his attitude. he’s the perpetual motion machine, man!
Jay jay, this is a rock band not britains got talent, his voice is exactly where it should be for this superb example of why the stone Roses are THE best band since man crawled out of the primordial pool...
I find it amazing that as a songwriter and a musician the things that we listen to come out in our art but are not plagiarism but a shake it all up and then pour it out reflection of what we were influenced by. This album Rocked me! peace
Best Gig ever. Listen to John's breakout's on Elephant Stone, Where Angel's Play and Resurrection. 🤯 The Empress ballroom has a vortex of reverb that is completely unique.
The Stone Roses always said Spirit of '76 was their great influence - check it out by the great Randy California(Wolfe), he was only 15 yrs old when he played in Jimi James & the Blueflames with Hendrix!... Peace & Love
John Squire: Incredible guitarist!
Erik Ottosson indeed! Definitely in my top 5 of all time
its impresssive
On is day yes .and rennie and many and the king of inde ian brown peaple 👐
Well, not according to himself! The Stone Roses are my favourite band; they incorporate a 60s melody with Bob Dylan esk lyrics but the melodies are quite easy to play. Does that mean he’s not very good? Of course not, but if you’re comparing pure ability and technique - not the song or lyrics just the guitar playing ability - then you’d have to argue he’s not quite there with people like Satriani, Santana or Hendrix. It doesn’t detract from the music but in the balance of a fair argument you couldn’t say Squire is one of the greatest guitar players.
Snort Wassabi The sound the band makes isn’t a guitarist on his own and his own ability. You missed the point entirely. A waste of a comment. As you were.
Still listen to the debut album several times a week.
Just bought a car with a working CD player and yes I too enjoy playing this again a lot.
I was there that night. Oh wait I wasnt cos Im 16 and they just dont play live :(
...interestingly enough, so do I. And I know for a fact that it's better than almost everything else entering the market...
@@galaxian754 wow really...we were all so forward thinking back then...what the f happened to you?
@@sturdeehouse could be called "rooting" growin roots - the point is not to confuse "rooting" with smthn similar to "roting" (taken in by the Scam)
Stone Roses - Blackpool '89
(For mobile users)
01:25 I Wanna Be Adored
07:01 Elephant Stone
11:12 Waterfall
16:17 Sugar Spun Sister
20:27 Made Of Stone
25:14 She Bangs The Drums
29:18 Where Angels Play
33:38 Shoot You Down
38:10 Going Down
41:13 Mersey Paradise
44:13 I Am The Resurrection
ShyLesbian thank you.
hero
God bless you
Muito obrigado!
God married you.
The band who saved my life
You and me both mate!!!
in what sense?
Mersey paradise could still be number 1 now in the charts
THAT SONG... was always in my Top 3. What the guys packed into 2 minutes, music, lyrics and happy emotions, is one of the most amazing things done in rock.
Reni's Drumming In This is So Magnificent
this is what the nineties sounded like with 29 days left to go in the 80's
+dean erickson the date shown here 12.08.1989 (DD.MM.YYYY) is actually Saturday 12 August 1989.
This from Wiki ... "Their biggest headline gigs in 1989 were to 4000 people at Blackpool's Empress Ballroom on Saturday 12 August and to 7000 people at London's Alexandra Palace on Saturday 18 November. The former of these was released as a live video in 1991 ..."
+Charlie Billingham Spike Island was '90 so Blackpool and Ali Pali were the biggest headline gigs of '89
Eh ?
You don't need to be thousands and thousands to be legend.......... Sex Pistols in Manchester Lesser Trade Free Hall gig in 1976, the audience was only 35 to 40 people in the audience including members of Joy Division, Buzzcocks, Mick Hucknall, Morrissey, Mark E. Smith from The Fall, Tony Wilson and journalist Paul Morley......
42. That's why Douglas Adams used that number as the meaning of life.*
*Another fake 'fact' brought to you by scherben.
Waterfall is one of the most glorious songs ever written.
I was born at the wrong time in the wrong place. Wish I could have seen these guys in their prime. One of my favorite bands of all time.
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You were born at a time when you could hear all their discography at once. I'd say that's better. Good music has a way of hitting you with nostalgia though, I know
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Your lucky someone filmed them at this gig for u to see as I believe this is them at their best just before they went massive
I díd see them in Amsterdam at the Melkweg ‘89.
One of the best gigs i’ve seen, ever!
It takes a lot of skill to stay that well in time with the music when you're that high, I think Ian does a good job.
Kilburn what did he take?
SNIGAMING drugs
Thomas Wharton defo mdma, you can see Ian is pinging. Being on xtc will actually make it a lot easier for him to stay in time
@@albanomadarts lol
I remember reading an interview with Ian and he said the band were the only ones not on E that night , they thought the floor was gonna give in cos of the crowd stomping to the tunes
never seen a live video of a band have so much footage of the drummer, and rightly bloody so, Reni was the heart of The Roses
If anything there isn't enough footage of Reni, the camera lingers on Brown way too much.
Defo I love watching reni, he's such a charismatic bloke too
The opening to elephant stone guitar is just breathtakingly brilliant...
It's funny, you don't realize when genius is taking place right in front of you. At the time the Roses were amazing, but there were so many other amazing bands across many genres. I had no idea how enduring and legendary the Roses would be, or how briefly these moments in 89-90 would last. I wish I could go back and not take them for granted. I wish I could go back and appreciate how good they were as musicians, how the 4 of them combined to create music that was truly special. Listening to other bands from this era, they all sound like someone or each other. The Stone Roses don't sound like anything or anyone else and nothing from that era, before or after will be as recognizable and unique.
Beautifully said, perfect sentiment and I wholly agree
Beautiful. You were there. So many fakes out there who pretend they were in the know during these glorious days. Made me the man I am. When you know, you know, you had to experience it and looking back how fuckin lucky we were. We had nothing at the time, Thatcher the bitch was ruling with an iron fist, we the youth were the enemy within, no fuckin jobs or if you did get one, it was for fuckin 15 quid a week and we had no future and we had, had enough. The band's or music didn't start the scene, it was revolution of the youth and then some of us made the music to go along with our feelings....thus a youth revolution arose.. What a time. Respect 🙌✌️
Musical geniuses, yes, but I wish to God Ian could sing in tune.
I feel sorry for you kids if you consider this mediocre lot to be the best thing gou ever heard. The 90's must have been a shit time for rock music.
I would sell my soul to be there
Mighty Red you don’t have to sell your soul
*hE's AlReAdY iN mE!*
Nick Gur I wAnNa Be A dOoR
I was there !!! And looking back they’re shite !!!!
The sound of that Gretsch makes the hair on the back of my neck stand.
rounick28 probably the best tone I’ve ever heard along with Jimi’s
Nah shite compared to present day strat
pmellow what do you mean?
@@pstrokeslibsarctic each will always have their limitations. That's why both exist and there isn't just one "master" guitar
Yes
as a guitar player it's hard not to be impressed by Squire. but honestly i have to say that Reni is truly their secret weapon
It's that rare thing where they were all secret weapons :)
My favourite drummer hands down
Absolutely.
As a guitarist myself and a life long Roses fan I slightly agree my own technical ability far surpasses his on paper but I always marvel at his cadence and note selection. Made of stone for me as an isolated snap shot of music is perfection and has been a source of inspiration to me since I was 9. I can’t help but be impressed by Squire.
He gave them a fluidity and drive that set them apart from any other band
Squires the best guitarist of his generation, unbelievable talent!!!
Robcatist so true! Unbelievably underrated! He deserves way more credit. Probably doesn’t care though.
Good, but Johnny Marr is better.
32 mins in,where angels play and shoot you down blending in is amazing.
I am the resurrection - Bloody excellent times in about 1990 getting stoned on top quality hash, wait for the singing to end, the bass to open the instrumental section, then hold onto your head as you'd trip right out.....ahhhh great times.
seen lots of comments complaining about people criticizing Ian's voice; but I've not seen one person say bad about it.
I think half the trouble is the other 3 set the bar so high Ian was never gonna be good enough.
Better on rec
@@waynesilverman3048 true. If you were there at the gig , his voice probably sounded perfect as virtually the whole crowd would have been on ecstacy or weed!! I think it sounds better than people have given him credit for.
I was at this concert...and like anyone else that that attended the lads were sheer class as always...i was 27 at the time and had to endure lots of poppy crap in the 80's , Like a lot of lads and lasses we had been waiting for bands like the Roses and Mondays since The Jam packed up in '82.
nail on the head.
Bob on
you were actually there? only just seen this. That's incredible. it's still my favourite footage. I used to get wrecked to this video (vhs release) then dvd before I went out. it's the benchmark for me, in terms of sound and movement. although they played in Shrewsbury once , the fridge. apparently the best live performance. I seen them at Heaton 4 yrs ago and again tomorrow. you lucky bastard
you were actually there? only just seen this. That's incredible. it's still my favourite footage. I used to get wrecked to this video (vhs release) then dvd before I went out. it's the benchmark for me, in terms of sound and movement. although they played in Shrewsbury once , the fridge. apparently the best live performance. I seen them at Heaton 4 yrs ago and again tomorrow. you lucky bastard
you were actually there? only just seen this. That's incredible. it's still my favourite footage. I used to get wrecked to this video (vhs release) then dvd before I went out. it's the benchmark for me, in terms of sound and movement. although they played in Shrewsbury once , the fridge. apparently the best live performance. I seen them at Heaton 4 yrs ago and again tomorrow. you lucky bastard
I was in Pasadena California at that time 26 years old and as I recall pre internet I think I read about them in spin mag or rolling stone how great they were before the cd/album was available (and it wasn't played on US radio yet either). I bought it when I first found it at the indie record shop and I was awestruck at how great that album is/was, kind of like discovering a hidden treasure or finding a fools gold mine
One of the best intros ever!!!
Ur right pal still get goosebumps with it
As well as the best outros
Awesome drummer.
The intro to I wanna be adored when Squire kicks in is mind blowing and not only sends shivers up my spine but is better than the album intro by a mile
You are alluding to the syncapated drum piece which kicks the number off. An old technique from the sixties most probably perfected by John Bonham of Zeplin fame and Lars Urlich of Metallica. Urlich used it to full effect in the intrioduction to Enter Sandman. Expand your musical genre and learn.
As much I love this band I could watch reni on his drums forever, he's the biz
Watching this on Christmas day 2024 after a long time of not being able to watch it because of my past, and I'm glad to say I'm happy now.
I'm ovver it.
Thank you, *THE Stone Roses. . *
🍄
I used to watch this at least once a week for many years. Chewed up my VHS tape eventually. C'mon lads, get back fekken to it!
Forget Spike Island. THIS is THE one. The one talked about in hushed tones: were you there? No, I bloody wasn’t, and I’ll never ever forgive myself. From the release of the Hooky-produced Elephant Stone in ‘88 to Waterfall on Tony Wilson’s OSM, the gig at the Haçienda on Snub TV, the appearances on TOTP and The Late Show (‘amateurs’), and the releases of Made Of Stone, She Bangs The Drums, Fools Gold and THAT album. THE album. 1989 belonged to them and this gig was the absolute zenith. The world at their feet. So jealous of those of you that were there, you beautiful legends. Thanks for posting.
Brother, that was poetry.
Im a yank from Oklahoma and Ill never forget the first time I heard the roses. 2014 flyin home from Munich, watching the Shane Meadows documentary on my laptop.
I never could decide on my favorite band, beatles or floyd... Then I heard the roses. "They're still in the area..." boom tap a tap a tap a tap by Ren and they launched into Resurrection. Thats all it took.
That one perfect album goes around my turntable every week.
Noel and Liam looks at eachoder.... Are you thinking what the fuck I’m thinking mate... Yeah lets change the world after these lads bro
😅
Omg john squire and reni are my heroes
Burst into heaven
Kiss in the cotton clouds
Arctic sheets and fields of wheat
I can't stop coming down
Your shrunken head
Looking down on me above
Send me home like an elephant stone
To smash my dream of love
Dreaming 'til the sun goes down
And night turns into day
Rooms are empty, I've got plenty
You could move in right away
Seems like there's a hole
In my dreams
In my dreams
In my dreams
Down through the heavens
Choke on the cotton clouds
Arctic sheets and fields of wheat
I can't stop coming down
Your shrunken head
Looking down on me above
Send me home like an elephant stone
To smash my dream of love
Didn't your bed and bookshelf go
And run, run, run away
These four walls saw the rise and fall
And your midnight getaway
Seems like there's a hole
In my dreams
Or so it seems
Yet nothing means anything
Anymore
30 years old today. Where in the name of Christ have those years gone???
It only gets faster from here on.
Used to watch this on VHS once a week back in the day!
This is one of those great concerts in history... Queen at Live Aid, Metallica in Moscow, The Who at Isle of Wight, Ramones in London, Pistols at Free Trade Hall, and the Roses in Blackpool... Everything comes together to make an epic night, the crowd, the venue, a band tight and running on all cylinders.
Nothing like any of the crap you named above. A rave but with guitars; they happened every week.
Metalica in Moskow had to be the most powerful concert ever. The intro to Enter Sandman with those Soviet army helicopters buzzing over the stage was sheer evil.
@@db0800You allude to some of the greatest outdoor concerts ever son. But then you were not even an idea when the Who played Woodstock and the Isle of Weight. The Queen Live Aid concert had ten times more people at it that this small event. In fact they had millions upon millions more watching on TV and big screens all over the planet.
This bunch of Baycity Rollers esq. Numpties could not string Brian May's guitar.
Y'all are obviously shyt for brains. It doesn't have to have millions of people in the crowd or be satellite broadcast. The Roses in Blackpool was a seminal concert for a generation of fans who loved them. Their first album is absolute perfection and this is them at the front of a movement.
Definitely..shivers up my spine....❤
the outro of 'where angels play' gives me fucking shivers. what a band
The best 2 - 3 years of my life.....Seen them 6 times before second album.
Lucky I can only dream to ever watch them
You never know...
Jealous as fuck
The band that defined an era
The band that defined music
The band that define life
Agreed love them to bits and have still never seen them live..did catch Ian solo at a Big issue Benefit in the mid 80's though
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To say in 89 I was totally obsessed with this band doesn’t quite cover it.
Defined cool
Good looking
Reni is absolutely outrageous on the drums
This version of 'I wanna be adored' is my fave. they were young back then and the sound is more raw. John letting his guitar feedback is all the more haunting. so good.
Yes their one and only hit ! Pity they could not stay sober long enough to write another one.
Their greatest year was 1989. In that year they WERE the best band in the world.
even when Squire misses the F chord and goes slightly to a C before the 'I am a resurrection and I am the light' - that sounds like if it was meant to be. What a band.
Under appreciated aspect- the lyrics, eg on songs like Waterfall and She Bangs the Drum, are mythical and timeless, about the spirit of England itself. Incredible album and band.
The greatest gig I never went too but thanks to you tube can live it over and over again and never get tired of it
You have to admire Ian's humour. 'International scene, contintental...Blackpool' I can't believe I missed the joke for all these years.
The rejection artist .i thought he meant garath evans theirs managers club at first
This is legendary
I think his voice sounds pretty great here. Then again, i think Bob Dylan;s voice is amazing and nobody else seems to...
Badger With A Troubled Past And Nothing To Lose "Nobody else thinks Bod Dylan's voice is amazing" Are you sure?
Jack Grey
obviously didn't mean it literally
Badger With A Troubled Past And Nothing To Lose Bob Dylan is the greatest singer ever. That is all.
Diffrent music u🔧
@@jackgrey3540 this comment was a long time ago but I’ve heard people say that sadly, they just wrong!
My brother went to this concert 😊how amazing to be there. Just to see this is amazballs
They changed my world at the age of 16. I have been fascinated by them for 30 years since that day.
Got into them later, 25 in '93.
Grew up in a small town in Northern California, saw the video for I Wanna Be Adored late at night (MTV?), must have been 1990. It blew my mind. Stone Roses is still in my top 5 albums all time. But I had to enjoy my new favorite band all on my own (until college, met a few other fans). Amazing to learn how huge they were back in England, wish I could have seen it, been there.
Yes that one song is the extent of their repertoire ! Apart from that, the rest is mediocre shit. The lead singer has no punch to his voice. He sounds like a girl guide with a sore throat. Listen to proper lead singers, like Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, Freddy Mercury, Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison James Hatfield, Ossie Osbourne. These guys projected their voices on to their audience, they were distinct, original , vibrant , violent , all the things this boy has not.
*Brings back memories... Ian's voice is on point here.... So good... The whole band.... This was such an amazing live performance... Class*
The tone of the guitar is incredible
THE ALMIGHTY STONE ROSES! live forever ian reni mani & john!
52.28 mins in manni and reni tight as fook bet squire were in heaven playing over that bass and drum locked vibe .amazing sounds
the guitar riff leading into the repeat of the chorus in She Bangs the drums is the best 50 seconds of music
don't forgot Mani's solid bassline
What a performance. If only bands like The Stone Roses existed today, easily one of the best bands of all time
How can they be one of the best bands ever with just one hit. Appart from "I want to be adored" they are mediocre at best. Even the Bay City Rollers had one hit.
@@den264 "just one hit" 🤡🤡🤡
I was there,19 years old what an atmosphere(ecstasy helped & for Ian)...
I Am The Resurrection is the highlight of the set by far, the Roses were on their way to superstardom at this point. 2nd half of 89 and the whole of 90 they were top of the world
An incredible capture of the band at their peak. Its bonkers this has never been released.
It was released on the 4th November 1991.
Can tell he's buzzing on the Mandy! What a gig wish I was there to see it
Shannon Harrison the Mandy?
Andrew Bateman MDMA
Love the way that Squire gets his head down and just gets on with it. Not to mention that he's fucking brilliant aswell! He's definitely my favourite guitarist by a country mile🍋
Andrew Bateman easily my second favorite guitarist of all time just behind Jimi. Squire has such a funky groove and paired with his unbelievable sense for melodies, he makes this magical atmosphere that few can or will replicate.
Timeless. What a great band they were. Awesome Drummer, Bass and Guitar player and charismatic front man.
Only the birth of my kids challenges this as my best ever night! Absolute class and just what was needed to help us exit the Thatcher years! In my eyes, @IanBrown was solely responsible for my success in life!!
Being a blackpool lad and loving the stone roses makes it double brilliant really! Jealous I wasn't around a few years earlier
I always thought Ian Brown's singing voice was of the time. And Reni was the most underrated drummer period.
Imagine if we had split screen. The band and the crowd! This would be amazing!
32:16 the craft and beauty of this outro brings tears to my eyes. So gentle and yet strong. What a band.
Squire was a very underrated guitar player.
No other band will ever compare to the attitude and talent of the roses.
Another great thing is that you look at the crowd and they’re all into the music and having a great time. Nobody is standing there with a phone held up and recording everything. That’s the thing I hate the most about live music today.
I like how John Squire seems so disinterested, he'd just as well like to be doing his laundry. Meanwhile he's weaving these unbelievable guitar textures imaginable. And the album songs are hardly as good as these live renditions
Why this wasn't released as a live album is beyond me....
Live they are untouchable
@@matthewcohen7488 if you read John robbs book he was told to be like that by their manager
Decided to watch this out of the blue and notice it's 33 years ago to the day. Timeless
Hearing him open elephant stone with the wah is probably the most joyous fucking thing I’ve ever heard in my life
You get it man. You get it. ❤️😉
@@MarcoNegrisEye😅😅😅😅
When they fade Where Angels Play into Shoot You Down is amazing. I remember them doing it at Heaton Park. And as much I loved every minute of seeing the Roses in 2012 (I was lucky enough to see them three times) I'd give anything to go back and see them in their prime.
I feel pity for the people who never discover this band.
I personally dont think they missed much. One hit "I want to be adored" and the rest is mediocre shit.
@@den264why are you even here then
Had this on VHS. Defined me. And a proportion of the best of the British generation. Nothing cooler. Words almost fail....
I love this. My zeus Reni is just wonderful. Squire is lyrical in his playing, Mani is solid as a rock and then Brown just oozes charisma. Truly inspiring band
I'm just an American bloke from St Louis. Got the Stone Roses CD from the library in 2003 knowing nothing about it. The cover looked cool and I think a coworker may have suggested it (this was over 20 years ago...). Been a favorite ever since despite not really caring for most of the 90s britpop stuff apart from Chumbawamba. Still listen to the whole album a few times a year. It's great for road trips because there's not a weak track on it apart from that backwards loop filler track, haha. Recently had it cranked up on a road trip from Minneapolis to New Ulm, Minnesota with my wife and a friend who had never heard it before. Nice to finally see footage of this amazing band!
Sound// movement// ahead of their time Also timeless !!!
Love them
and I love you..fancy a date
Thanks for posting!! One of the great regrets of my 20's was that I never got to see these guys live and now that my 15 year old son is getting hooked on them, I decided to see if UA-cam had any of their concerts from back when i first started listening to them. Well done mate!
Well Ian did a great job on Waterfall live , as well as the rest of the band. Stone roses had such great edge, even their soft songs have this untamed kick
80s and 90s music will live forever. Stone Roses always send me
Manchester in the area ❤❤
Great. Just great.
Why is everybody bitching on Ian Brown's voice? I think his 'weak' voice is what makes this music much, much stronger. Instrumentally this music is great and bands like the Stone Roses try to cast some arrogance. Whilst the band knows the voice is weak, they want to tell their story because they believe their story is worth telling. To me, that's the greatest example of arrogance. So I don't care about Ian's voice, the band succeeds in its mission. That's what makes the Stone Roses that good and why they have been such an example to bands like Oasis and The Verve.
Amen!! I love his 'weak' voice, he is just brilliant
***** What's this studio magic shit, you keep going on about you little fucktard?
Cazimir Aristocraat what the music speaks for itself I've always liked Ian he's a good front man and has a raw 2 notes
You want a strong voice go listen to celion dion.... no ty
He's off pitch the whole time.. only certain people can notice that, which is why most people such at singing.. the problem is he sounds pretty great on the album.. so they mustve done a lotta takes!!
I'D SELL MY SOUL, just to SEE THEM LIVE!!
i seen them at this gig, glasgow in a tent 1990 and last ever gig at Hampden park ,the tent gig was the best
You don’t need to, they’re already in you 😉, utb
I remember watching this for the first time on some dodgy pirate VHS in the mid-90s, terrible quality, but I was transfixed from the start. I was only barely aware of who the Roses were at the time, but was a fan from that point on -- Brown's dancing (if you can call it that) taught an entire generation of blokes to dance. Not saying that's a good thing, but it is what it is.
Crikey. Reni was some drummer.
Yeah. Everybody in the band had something to offer, but Reni really made it go. What I love most is how natural and uninhibited his style is, as if he grew up in some community that primarily communicates through drums and didn’t just pick up a few licks somewhere to match his attitude. he’s the perpetual motion machine, man!
Reni wis thee drummer his technique wis spot on he new wit he wis gonty day afore squire played eh cord wish a wis alive ehn tae see em 🇬🇧🏴🎶🎧🎤💊
Certainly is. Up there with Keith Moon as the best drummers ever.
Yes brother. Where were you? We waited for you, but then time turned to more time and we couldn't wait any longer. Xx. Watch out for the pike.
@@millipedes66 it was more than that. Don't project. Water dissolves and water romoves.
Jay jay, this is a rock band not britains got talent, his voice is exactly where it should be for this superb example of why the stone Roses are THE best band since man crawled out of the primordial pool...
I don't think my voice sounds that bad, event though I was high as a kite Boys
Ian Brown a fkn amazing concert Ian, and the resurrection at Hampden was emotional Glasgow
THANKS the Rose's.
Stephen Milne glad you enjoyed it
Ian Brown fucking legend mate, best days of my life!! Thank you
Chris Todd you do realize this isn't the real guy
Geralt of Rivia it’s a joke 🙄
That golden period promised so much ,18 months later it was all over !
what happened to them>?
For me the best band that ever graced the earth! I always feel happy listening to them!
I was there. Last minute decision. So pleased it was the right one.
30 YEARS TODAY
Back in 2006 for my 15 birthday I got the DVD version of this concert best present ever
I believe Ian is quite high during this show. Which makes this gig sooooo wonderful! just my 2 cents.
Defo do an ounce of base n listen to ians tunes !!
Blackie Onassis n
I find it amazing that as a songwriter and a musician the things that we listen to come out in our art but are not plagiarism but a shake it all up and then pour it out reflection of what we were influenced by. This album Rocked me! peace
Long live the roses!!!
Haven't listened to this boot in a while, I forgot how good it is!
Best Gig ever.
Listen to John's breakout's on Elephant Stone, Where Angel's Play and Resurrection. 🤯 The Empress ballroom has a vortex of reverb that is completely unique.
Στην λευκη με αγαπη αλεξανδρος 1991 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Drumming is next level. The rhythm section was inspired.
The Stone Roses always said Spirit of '76 was their great influence - check it out by the great Randy California(Wolfe), he was only 15 yrs old when he played in Jimi James & the Blueflames with Hendrix!... Peace & Love