I even remember the first time hearing this masterpiece on the radio sitting in my car. I was stunned by it meticulous production, being a musician myself. Mixed with the self deprecating lyrics it shines on in history as one of greatest songs of the 80s, maybe ever!
This is such a beautiful song. Weirdly, I go through phases of listening to it obsessively and then forgetting it exists completely. I'm always struck by how fresh it sounds though, even now
@frontliner2 yeah. Like Starbucks coffee shop, windows 95, browsing on the cd rom encyclopedia kind of music. What's the frequency Kenneth by R.E.M gives me a similar vibe.
I'm familiar with a lot of 80's and 90's songs but somehow I only just heard (or noticed) this song for the first time today. It sounded like a mid-late 90's style song but am surprised to see it was actually made in 88. Definitely ahead of its time and still sounds good today.
Oh yeah, just happened to listen it on the radio and had to find out who this was by. Couldn´t believe it was this old. My teenage years, too! great song, great lyrics!
76 years old here. That voice in 1988 was sexxxxyyyyy. It took the song for me to purchase here album shooting rubber bands at the stars. Was totally different but smooth. Glad someone posted it out here today. Thank you.
I only know 2 tracks off it but i remember it was a big thing at the time. Both tunes i know, this and circle are certainly both great tunes@LiamGoodison
I remember this band 1988 I was 17 can't believe that long ago I'm 50 now and I still love this song my daughter was listening to this song I laughed so hard I told her I was 17 when I heard this she looked at me and said you grow up in a great time of music when music was cool and it was real yes I did daughter yes I did
I hear you brother 50 in October is a bit hard to get into when im still interested in living and busy just trying to keep up with everything and everyone = i aint got time to be 50 dang it ! Great song , I didn't realize it was from the eighties - it has a nineties feel to it so props to em for pushing a new sound . Also you get the award for coolest name - after hearing that a thousand times you already know .
+RySenkari She was one of the pioneers of what, for lack of a better term, became known as simply "chick music" or "chick rock." Melissa Etheridge, Lisa Loeb, Tori Amos, Alanis Morrisette, Sarah McLachlan, Brenda Khan, were all among those starting that whole thing (oh, and DEF! Suzanne Vega--don't want to leave her out, or even The Breeders for that matter, though they were group oriented, not so much just a chick on an acoustic guitar, or a piano). I could name another 20 probably that belong in that same group of women who paved the way for far, FAR less talented women to break into the business, but yeah... Edie is/was amazing!
+Art Scott Though they call it that it sounds good and look at the band, it is mostly men except for Edie as the lead singer. The music actually has a good melody that can help someone forget other songs they don't like. It is always nice to know of a few catchy songs to help rid your mind of crappy ones that never get out of your head.
+RySenkari Alternative music of this ilk was alive and well in the mid to late 80s and certainly ahead of it's time. R.E.M and 10,000 Maniacs were also revolutionary.... and definitely don't sound 80's. Best part is the timelessness.
Also aphex twin and autechre were also active at this time and their music was light years ahead of this. And how is this any more ahead of its time than sweet dreams by the eurythmics from years earlier?
@@user-xd5pr4qd4z sweet dreams SOUNDS like an 80s song. It was perfect for its time. as for aphex twin, I agree, a lot of music he made was ahead of its time. idk about autechre though.
ikr. It's just that laid-back mellow groove, and her awesome voice. I love the guitar bridge (or whatever its called) at 2:10 , i like that style. Edie, yup she was hot imho. That wild hair, nice dark eyes and a cute smile. And unlike todays "artists" she didnt have make-up plastered on with a trowel.
What the. I never would’ve thought to check the year… I distinctly remember this being played like a new single like around 92-94. Just blew my mind a little with this. What’s next, Tom’s Diner isn’t an early/mid 90s hit either?! Get outta here.
If this came out in 2024 this girl would be one of the biggest stars on the planet!! She has the natural voice and sound people try and fake in todays world!!
Yes I remember because a Hip-Hop group called the Brand Nubians sampled it and it made me buy the cassette. A classic indeed. Circle is still something that opens my eyes when I hear her lyrical artistry. She should take a bow
Come on Gen X ! Get off the Geritol. Better days are ahead. Speak for yourself but I’m not going quietly into that dark night. I’m going to skid sideways into the box and leave this body a dried up husk! Forge on X. My little circle of friends had such high hopes for Edie, then she married Paul and disappeared. My 18 old self had such a crush on her🌹Every song on that first album was good. Rare!
Picked up a girl hitchhiking at 3 AM in the morning in Southdale Winnipeg in 1986. Her boyfriend just kicked her out of the car she said. I drove her home which was about twenty minutes away in St Norbert. This song came on and we both just listened to it. I hope she remembers me every time she hears this song because I surely remember her when I do.
@@hardluck8732 Maybe I was wrong on the exact dates. I moved to Banff from Winnipeg in 1988 I still have the bus ticket. Trust me it was a long time ago and I honestly thought it was 1986. Looking into this I see you are correct. I moved to Banff 1988 and was driving a ford Comet. I picked her up in a 1974 Celica which I eventually crashed and wrote off. . So my dates were off but trust me this is a true story it is hard to remeber exact dates 35 years ago. All I remember was she was super cute and she didnt want a ride at first then softened up, and accepted the ride . When we arrived at her house at about 3AM he rmother thanked me and said I was a good person. To this day all I remember was she was so hot young and very nice. never saw her ever again.
I thought this song was from the 90s for my entire life. It was definitely ahead of it's time by a few years and maybe even helped shape the coming sound of 90s alternative.
@@uuajck1624 @Uuajck I'm inclined to disagree. The 1990s saw a move towards deeper, more artistic popular music. This song sounds more like popular 90s artists such as Fiona Apple, 4 Non Blondes, Sarah McLachlan, or Paula Cole than it does like 80s acts Debbie Gibson, Bananarama, or the Go-Go's.
No doubt. I remember this song when it came out and it was way ahead of its time. It didn’t fit in the 80s pop, new wave, 80s industrial dark wave, it was its own sound.
Edie Brickell definitely laid the foundation for the female rockers that followed with this song - Alanis Morissette (who was making bubble gum pop at this time in Canada), Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Paula Cole - all the greats of 90s alternative rock.
Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars is an album that never ages. No filler songs, the whole album is good. This is original "alt rock" when the genre was relevant and actually had some balls.
This band, this song, and their style are the proof that a certain decade doesn't end or start with numbers. This is a mid-nineties song made at the end of the eighties.
Yeah I thought it was a 90s song until they featured it on Vh1 100 greatest one hit wonders of the 80s. She seems and sounds like a 90s girl like Jewel, Alanis Morrisette or Lisa Loeb.
Only young people think this. If you were around when it came out then it's late 80s. I would never mistake this as a mid 90s song because I had the cassette when it came out. Millennials. Lol
Amazing, I heard this song yesterday driving car (Warsaw POLAND) , I know this song from past....but first time see today this VidClip ;-) She looks so natural and feels easy, crazy see it now in Plastic dolls era.
Impressive. It's like they time traveled, peeked into the 90's and then went back. With this song, they anticipated musical style, look, attitude. Absolutely incredible!
Except this was released around the same time that Costello's 'Spike' and Sugar Cubes' 'Life's Too Good' were. At the time it was all just lumped together as "Alternative" but yhe "90's" as people know them now we're *already* here in the late 80's.
They not only peeked into the nineties (true comment), they peek into human soul ? I think.... Love the name of the band. Thanks Edie & Crew. . .Still Loving ya 😘💗✌️🌍🌏💘
The whole Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars album has aged very well. Actually i like it even better now than i used to like it back then. It's really really good.
Found this CD at a thrift store and had to get it for my daughter who is in her first year of college like I was when I first heard it! Sign of a great artist/album - it has stood the test of time. Sounds just as meaningful as it did to me all those years ago and I hope my daughter finds the same power and inspiration from it.
The way this girl sings this song is so captivating and she is so into the rhythm of it with her facial expressions. Just love it! This song is still a hit after all these years.
Yes, its an 80's song with a 90's zeitgeist, decades seem to blend into each other and overlap, like disco didn't die out until 82 but the murmurs of what was to be the 80's sound were happening back in 78. So too with the 80's, it's influence was meandering until it received its dead blow in late 91 from Nirvana.
They went way beyond the nineties. There are still so many bands today that seem to base their stage presence off of this video. For nearly 25 years now this song has sounded like it could have been released yesterday!
@@gwendolenyoung4198 I know. I specifically said that this song was a few years ahead of its time, because to me, this song and videoclip APPEAR LIKE they are from the 90s, even though they are not.
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I actually agree with E Drew, this does sound ahead of its time. THAT doesn't mean it's a good song, but I would have called this a 90's song, it has that shitty 90's mass market college rock sound. But it came out in 88, so to me it sounds like they were surfing way out on the bleeding edge of a shit wave, foretelling the shiticane to come.
Por fin te encontréeee, te busqué por más de 20 años, no te encontraba porque no sabía el nombre de la canción ni de la cantante. Gracias a Ticktok que me lo puso en bandeja estoy acá disfrutando esta canción después de 30 años aproximadamente que ya no escuchaba. Las pinches emisoras no lo ponen, al menos en mi ciudad.
I have her album on cassette and it did not have this version you hear here. My cassette had a longer version of this and you can hear the solo at its fullest. This was the version that when she starts with "I'm not aware of too many things.....", she sings it twice instead of once. I like that version better.
Incredibile come nessuno abbia parlato degli anni d'oro della nostra infanzia, anni d'oro della tv, anni in cui sentivi questa canzone praticamente tutte le ore del giorno di tutti i giorni anche senza volerlo... Signore e signori ecco a voi Canale 5🥺
That's a Boss TW-1 Touch Wah pedal on the solo. It's sensitive to how hard you pick the guitar strings - light picking causes minimal wah effect, and heavy picking gives a strong wah sound. Definitely a unique pedal.
they played a small venue in Chicago in '88 or '89, and in between songs Edie kept talking off-mic, and I shouted 'i love you!' She laughed and smiled and said 'i love you too!' and went into this song. Outstanding!
Kirsten loves this band andhot guyworldnever changedhow does a guy get anything she'sa girl andshe learned to play a guitar not tennis a older guy had one andthey fucked enough while she at ea and alol the womonin womyn in the universe got so fat she stolehis guitar finaly finally i'm out of my case of saltines and Saltines without buttter butter cigerette without a umjmm butter idea is like no salt anyway she had it forgot she stole it had sex with this onep person and the real duet of two penis men is the oldest sad last stump for my girl baby shoes without a sock missing they were friends and she stole a guitar and learned to play for a dad she found a photo of and it is this she gave God
Whilst in a Hartford CT music store, pretending that I knew how to play (making noise), there was a guy killin' on a 6 string. I asked him if he was in a band and if not, would he be interested in starting one. He replied that he was already in a band and asked if I'd heard of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians? I hadn't until then. I was out-classed then & that continues to this day. ~8^)
Yes! Me too! The sound (I guess it's an Auto-Wah) and the solo itself. Nice to read that others also appreciate that. Don't know any other guitar solo in pop history that sounds like that.
That is what makes this era of music the very best... The diversity and the ACTUAL talent!!!!! I said what I said!!! Musical talent and creativity 💪🏾💯👍🏾
An 80's song that sounds like a 90's song that wants to be a '60-'70s song. I do mean that in the best way possible. I absolutely love this song and the vibes. As always, a classic.
Late 80s Deep Ellum (Dallas) style... well, one of the styles. I was a highschool kid back then, but the clubs weren't exactly strict when it came to checking IDs. Anyways, there was a pretty good and innovative alternative scene.
I've rewritten this comment like 20 times... it's so hard to get my words out about how fantastic this song was for the time and all these years later. It jut has such a uniqueness to it that always brings me back to it every year or so. Such an amazingly resonating song.
If you remember this Masterpiece song you are not old you are high quality vintage. 💞👌😊👍
I even remember the first time hearing this masterpiece on the radio sitting in my car. I was stunned by it meticulous production, being a musician myself. Mixed with the self deprecating lyrics it shines on in history as one of greatest songs of the 80s, maybe ever!
I heard this in 80s on school bus, Whose listening to this in May 2024
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This is such a beautiful song. Weirdly, I go through phases of listening to it obsessively and then forgetting it exists completely. I'm always struck by how fresh it sounds though, even now
Similar for me too. I have been listening to this this week, several times at least.
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Omg I do the same thing! That’s too weird
Same.👍
Too weirdoz like puke shit grungy hippies Seattle soundz crappyttude woke's this 4 minutes of disaster
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This song forecasted the 90s.
i was just thinking that, it sounds mid 90's
@frontliner2 yeah. Like Starbucks coffee shop, windows 95, browsing on the cd rom encyclopedia kind of music.
What's the frequency Kenneth by R.E.M gives me a similar vibe.
@@frontliner2was thinking that, too.
1988
This is the most 90's sounding 80's song of all time.
Ahead of its time
Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division was the most 80s sounding 70s song of all time.
a lot Of REMs songs songs as well
MIND BLOWN... never thought of this in THIS particular way. And I'm 103 yrs old!! (or at least that's how I feel today).
@@christopherwebb3517 Cars by Gary Numan and M's Pop Muzik are right up there too... All three New Wave pioneers...
RIP Brad Houser. Your fretless bass work on this tune is awesome.
I can see the frets on his bass tho
@@youtubeuser206This is a music video, it's not live 😂
the sound is of a fretlees bass guitar
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@@youtubeuser206 lol wrong
I didn't know he died. Yes, rest in Peace.
I had the good fortune to see Edie open for the Grateful Dead in July 1990. It is hard to believe that it has been almost 34 years.
Ohh, that sounds good. I would've gone. Funny thing is, though, we used to make fun of these lyrics. We thought they were stupid. LOL.
**insert old lady from Titanic meme** 😜
@@kalevala29 Well they were / are .
The song writers decided saying something was not necessary .
You're old.
@@Marco-717 you're not wrong.
Released in 1988 and waaaay ahead of its time.
Truly the first great 90's song.
Ikr, sounds so much like a 90s song
Like it or not, this is generation X baby. I think I'm the same age as that chick singing. Then again, so are the Pixies. So choose your side. LOL
Everything about this feels like it was made in about 1992: the music, the lyrics, the clothes, even the cinematography of the music video.
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Who's listening to this one in 2024? Eddie for ever and ever
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I'm familiar with a lot of 80's and 90's songs but somehow I only just heard (or noticed) this song for the first time today. It sounded like a mid-late 90's style song but am surprised to see it was actually made in 88. Definitely ahead of its time and still sounds good today.
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What I am? Still listening.
As a 50 yr old, this song song just took me back to my Teenage years.
Thanks so much xx
I couldnt stand this song lol. Sounds so stupid
@@vipr1142 really?
Oh yeah, just happened to listen it on the radio and had to find out who this was by. Couldn´t believe it was this old. My teenage years, too! great song, great lyrics!
@@ericgenestvideoclips I think the lyrics are dumb but they work poetically. It doesn't surprise me to hear someone say it's stupid.
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76 years old here. That voice in 1988 was sexxxxyyyyy. It took the song for me to purchase here album shooting rubber bands at the stars. Was totally different but smooth. Glad someone posted it out here today. Thank you.
album worth a spin then?
Me too
I only know 2 tracks off it but i remember it was a big thing at the time. Both tunes i know, this and circle are certainly both great tunes@LiamGoodison
That guitar solo is perfect 👌🏼
I remember this band 1988 I was 17 can't believe that long ago I'm 50 now and I still love this song my daughter was listening to this song I laughed so hard I told her I was 17 when I heard this she looked at me and said you grow up in a great time of music when music was cool and it was real yes I did daughter yes I did
Best thing I ever did was create a daughter!
I was 20 years old when I first heard this song in 1988 time flies
I hear you brother 50 in October is a bit hard to get into when im still interested in living and busy just trying to keep up with everything and everyone = i aint got time to be 50 dang it ! Great song , I didn't realize it was from the eighties - it has a nineties feel to it so props to em for pushing a new sound . Also you get the award for coolest name - after hearing that a thousand times you already know .
I also remember listening to this song "a while back", 59 now.
it's still cool, just unfortunately none of the cool music tends to get recognized or much radio play. It'll get better though
This is an EIGHTIES song? Sounds like mid-90s to me! This woman was ahead of her time.
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+RySenkari She was one of the pioneers of what, for lack of a better term, became known as simply "chick music" or "chick rock." Melissa Etheridge, Lisa Loeb, Tori Amos, Alanis Morrisette, Sarah McLachlan, Brenda Khan, were all among those starting that whole thing (oh, and DEF! Suzanne Vega--don't want to leave her out, or even The Breeders for that matter, though they were group oriented, not so much just a chick on an acoustic guitar, or a piano). I could name another 20 probably that belong in that same group of women who paved the way for far, FAR less talented women to break into the business, but yeah... Edie is/was amazing!
+RySenkari The 80s were a good time for music. Having been born in '76 I have heard some good music.
+Art Scott Though they call it that it sounds good and look at the band, it is mostly men except for Edie as the lead singer. The music actually has a good melody that can help someone forget other songs they don't like. It is always nice to know of a few catchy songs to help rid your mind of crappy ones that never get out of your head.
+RySenkari Alternative music of this ilk was alive and well in the mid to late 80s and certainly ahead of it's time. R.E.M and 10,000 Maniacs were also revolutionary.... and definitely don't sound 80's. Best part is the timelessness.
FYI - saw her in the Paul Simon documentary “In Restless Dreams” on Prime Video. She is married to him. Two fantastically talented people.
Heard this song for the first time today and I gotta agree with everyone's sentiments. This was way ahead of its time.
Also aphex twin and autechre were also active at this time and their music was light years ahead of this. And how is this any more ahead of its time than sweet dreams by the eurythmics from years earlier?
@@user-xd5pr4qd4z sweet dreams SOUNDS like an 80s song. It was perfect for its time. as for aphex twin, I agree, a lot of music he made was ahead of its time. idk about autechre though.
damn I forgot how much I loved this song...and how fucking gorgeous was Edie?!!!
ikr. It's just that laid-back mellow groove, and her awesome voice. I love the guitar bridge (or whatever its called) at 2:10 , i like that style. Edie, yup she was hot imho. That wild hair, nice dark eyes and a cute smile. And unlike todays "artists" she didnt have make-up plastered on with a trowel.
Chris. G couldn't have said it better!!
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man! she was so hot!!!
John Campana no what?
I don't know WHY Edie Brickell wasn't a bigger star. Seriously, so much talent.
She married Paul Simon, and that was that :(
What about the band?
Maybe because no one knows what she means
@@jacobgreen6939 They married Art Garfunkel lol
Blame Paul Simon
Predates the coming 90s sound by a good 9-10 years. Masterpiece!
What the. I never would’ve thought to check the year… I distinctly remember this being played like a new single like around 92-94. Just blew my mind a little with this. What’s next, Tom’s Diner isn’t an early/mid 90s hit either?! Get outta here.
If this came out in 2024 this girl would be one of the biggest stars on the planet!! She has the natural voice and sound people try and fake in todays world!!
she would be a playable charcter in fortnight
Her style is timeless. I love 80’s music of course, but this song doesn’t sound like that era, just sounds like itself.
This song screams a heavy pre cursor to the mid 90's in my opinion. Great song!@@hummushero9428
They libtards wouldn't like her because she's not a 10 looks wise. Society as we know is over and never coming back to reality.
ikr; this kills almost anything out in now. Can't believe this song is 36 years old now!
She took this classic to #7 in Feb, 1989 and it still is a classic 35 years later.
Yes I remember because a Hip-Hop group called the Brand Nubians sampled it and it made me buy the cassette. A classic indeed. Circle is still something that opens my eyes when I hear her lyrical artistry. She should take a bow
@@user-sk9hh9cx7d Music does many positive things to us.
This song was a regular on 120 minutes on MTV,late nite Saturday nites
My senior year of high school. We had the best music. 😊
@@mpaloutz It's what memories are made of.
Ummm...still can't believe this song is already 35 yrs old. Time flies.
Damn has more time than my life xd... do you like horses?
2024 anyone?🎉😊
THIS is an 80s tune??? I wouldve NEVER ever have guessed.
Yeah I'm 28 and I thought myself a 80s fan and I didn't discover this until a couple of years ago. I love it.
was a few years ahead of the Coffee House curve of the 90s
Exactly 1989 to be clear
But This puke shit soundzlike no-life infamous 90's crappyttude decade
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This song reminds me of a better time; of being young, full of energy and a bright future ahead.
Amen
Bright future ahead? Never to old to camp out and look for gold.
Keep that feeling
...then life happened and reality sunk in.
Come on Gen X ! Get off the Geritol. Better days are ahead. Speak for yourself but I’m not going quietly into that dark night. I’m going to skid sideways into the box and leave this body a dried up husk! Forge on X. My little circle of friends had such high hopes for Edie, then she married Paul and disappeared. My 18 old self had such a crush on her🌹Every song on that first album was good. Rare!
Picked up a girl hitchhiking at 3 AM in the morning in Southdale Winnipeg in 1986. Her boyfriend just kicked her out of the car she said. I drove her home which was about twenty minutes away in St Norbert. This song came on and we both just listened to it. I hope she remembers me every time she hears this song because I surely remember her when I do.
I bet she does. This song just does that to you. I get it, dude. Love.
Thanks for sharing
This song came out in '88. How did you and this girl listen to it in '86?
@@hardluck8732 Gagahahahahahahahahahaga. Sorry, I'm old school & I really do laugh out loud...way out loud. Stay groovy!!!
@@hardluck8732 Maybe I was wrong on the exact dates. I moved to Banff from Winnipeg in 1988 I still have the bus ticket. Trust me it was a long time ago and I honestly thought it was 1986. Looking into this I see you are correct. I moved to Banff 1988 and was driving a ford Comet. I picked her up in a 1974 Celica which I eventually crashed and wrote off. . So my dates were off but trust me this is a true story it is hard to remeber exact dates 35 years ago. All I remember was she was super cute and she didnt want a ride at first then softened up, and accepted the ride . When we arrived at her house at about 3AM he rmother thanked me and said I was a good person. To this day all I remember was she was so hot young and very nice. never saw her ever again.
2024 and still love this
Sometimes I forget how good the music was when I was growing up. Talented group.
This has a very "hippie" sound to it. I miss when music was on MTV.
Taryn Sarvas pretty sure these guys opened for the Grateful Dead a couple times in the early 90s.
@Taryn..So do I my friend! !
Sometimes im logical. Sometimes not so much :/😁👍
Yes I also miss MTV!
yes, me too. *Nirvana UNplugged*
I thought this song was from the 90s for my entire life. It was definitely ahead of it's time by a few years and maybe even helped shape the coming sound of 90s alternative.
no it´s very 80´s
@@uuajck1624 @Uuajck I'm inclined to disagree.
The 1990s saw a move towards deeper, more artistic popular music. This song sounds more like popular 90s artists such as Fiona Apple, 4 Non Blondes, Sarah McLachlan, or Paula Cole than it does like 80s acts Debbie Gibson, Bananarama, or the Go-Go's.
No doubt. I remember this song when it came out and it was way ahead of its time. It didn’t fit in the 80s pop, new wave, 80s industrial dark wave, it was its own sound.
Yep sorry, eighties! Give us this! Grin
correction this song is late 80s .Generation x the best
Esa canción comencé a oírla en Febrero del año 1989.
Edie Brickell definitely laid the foundation for the female rockers that followed with this song - Alanis Morissette (who was making bubble gum pop at this time in Canada), Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Paula Cole - all the greats of 90s alternative rock.
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Shooting Rubber Bands At The Stars is an album that never ages. No filler songs, the whole album is good. This is original "alt rock" when the genre was relevant and actually had some balls.
This band, this song, and their style are the proof that a certain decade doesn't end or start with numbers. This is a mid-nineties song made at the end of the eighties.
Yeah I thought it was a 90s song until they featured it on Vh1 100 greatest one hit wonders of the 80s.
She seems and sounds like a 90s girl like Jewel, Alanis Morrisette or Lisa Loeb.
Damn right !
Well fucking said!!
Only young people think this. If you were around when it came out then it's late 80s. I would never mistake this as a mid 90s song because I had the cassette when it came out. Millennials. Lol
@@bloodbitchxxx9792 I'm 45 years old and I agree wit the op...
The instrumentation of this is SO good.
Flushing toilet is more classy than this
The guitar tone is incredibly warm and beautiful.
@@clacala of course. the guitar solo is addicting to me. want to jump up and dance with Edie...and you know I am not a dance guy.
Amazing, I heard this song yesterday driving car (Warsaw POLAND) , I know this song from past....but first time see today this VidClip ;-) She looks so natural and feels easy, crazy see it now in Plastic dolls era.
Impressive. It's like they time traveled, peeked into the 90's and then went back. With this song, they anticipated musical style, look, attitude. Absolutely incredible!
Maybe they were one of the sounds to inspire 90s style and sound
Except this was released around the same time that Costello's 'Spike' and Sugar Cubes' 'Life's Too Good' were.
At the time it was all just lumped together as "Alternative" but yhe "90's" as people know them now we're *already* here in the late 80's.
@@t.d.f Aaaaaaaaaàààaaaàaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
They not only peeked into the nineties (true comment), they peek into human soul ? I think.... Love the name of the band. Thanks Edie & Crew. . .Still Loving ya 😘💗✌️🌍🌏💘
💯💯💯
WHO'S STILL LISTENING IN 2024?
Uuuh that would be me
People who have good taste in real non-electronic music are listening to this more advanced old-school ultimate music you computer wimp.
Bought the album, truly brilliant! We need this music more than ever
20 April 2024!!!!
Yup saw here on Earth Day I think it was like 1983 at liberty State Park Jersey City.
This 62 year old grandma is rocking.
I'm 52, this lady...damn I miss my youth, she brings it right back. Thanks, music lives on.
Wow......... I was 17 when this came out....... now I'm 48......... This song sounds just as excellent now as it did way back when......
You must aging gracefully!
Same here......where did 30 years go?
It holds up very well.
Timeless . . ..
The whole Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars album has aged very well. Actually i like it even better now than i used to like it back then. It's really really good.
2024 🙌🏻
❤ This song has always been magical to me ❤
This song is my whole childhood 🎉❤
Found this CD at a thrift store and had to get it for my daughter who is in her first year of college like I was when I first heard it!
Sign of a great artist/album - it has stood the test of time. Sounds just as meaningful as it did to me all those years ago and I hope my daughter finds the same power and inspiration from it.
The way this girl sings this song is so captivating and she is so into the rhythm of it with her facial expressions. Just love it! This song is still a hit after all these years.
1988 but you can already see that 90's aesthetic taking form.
bloocheez3 Im pretty sure it came out 1998
nope. 1988
Yes, its an 80's song with a 90's zeitgeist, decades seem to blend into each other and overlap, like disco didn't die out until 82 but the murmurs of what was to be the 80's sound were happening back in 78. So too with the 80's, it's influence was meandering until it received its dead blow in late 91 from Nirvana.
+cmtmj2006 SO TRUE. THAT DRUMMER COULD BE NIRVANA 1994 HAHAHAHA
BUT THE GUITAR SOLO PLAYER IS SO "FAME 1980" HAHAHAHA
Geez, Edie Brickell is so gorgeous in that "girl next door" kind of way.
Still holding up in her old age! Sorry Edie! Look amazing! No disrespect!
She married Paul Simon not long after
@@delshoemaker7616 use the word older not old you'll sound less rude .then you won't have to apologise
@@waitingmp it was a " surprise " age difference 🤨but they compliment eachother .
@@dfangirl72 Act my age ? What? Whatever,
Nunca supe quien la cantava hasta hoy .. como adoraba esa voz
Still one of my personal favorites, and not just the song, the entire album! One of the albums that goes on every device that I have.
RIP Brad Houser.
They went way beyond the nineties. There are still so many bands today that seem to base their stage presence off of this video. For nearly 25 years now this song has sounded like it could have been released yesterday!
have to agree. I heard this song in 2008 and thought it had just come out. that bass line is killer
Nah, pure 90's , todays pop music, is STUCK in the pseudo 80's revival.
Like what bands?
@@Peter1999Videos this came out in the 80's
I LOVE this comment! And yes, cool is cool and will always be cool!
This song was a few years ahead of its time, so interesting. Even the looks, it's so 90s! Love it.
@ciao214Z okay buddy 🙄
I remember people singing this.
"I'm not aware of too many things but I know that it burns when I pee."
You’re right on
@@Dan.R.Abut he's right? It was on the airwaves at the same time as Janet Jackson and Robert Palmer and Jefferson starship
@@gwendolenyoung4198 I know. I specifically said that this song was a few years ahead of its time, because to me, this song and videoclip APPEAR LIKE they are from the 90s, even though they are not.
I thought for a while that this song came out in the late 90s, like 96 at the earliest. But 1988? Wild. Funky song. Edie Brickell was cute as hell.
Very very very good arrangement, instrumentalists, and of course Edie’s vibe.
The bass line is amazing
Right on
the bass player must of been a fan of Pino Palladino
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Edie Brickell & New Bohemians and Jane's Addiction were two bands that emerged in the late-1980s that were ahead of their time.
ahead of their time ??
really ?
Very true. They both invented a whole new genre of sucking shit a decade before hundreds of bands all started sucking shit at the same time.
I actually agree with E Drew, this does sound ahead of its time. THAT doesn't mean it's a good song, but I would have called this a 90's song, it has that shitty 90's mass market college rock sound. But it came out in 88, so to me it sounds like they were surfing way out on the bleeding edge of a shit wave, foretelling the shiticane to come.
Por fin te encontréeee, te busqué por más de 20 años, no te encontraba porque no sabía el nombre de la canción ni de la cantante. Gracias a Ticktok que me lo puso en bandeja estoy acá disfrutando esta canción después de 30 años aproximadamente que ya no escuchaba. Las pinches emisoras no lo ponen, al menos en mi ciudad.
Can't believe this was 88....😮😮😮
Same, thought it was from the 90s.
I cant believe that shes married to paul simon whos 25 years older.
That guitar solo is SO good.
But this is an abbreviated version. The full version of the solo is even better.
very Jerry!
@@tefilobraga the r and b group intro sampled it for their song "love thang" i love both songs :D
jerry style 100%
I have her album on cassette and it did not have this version you hear here. My cassette had a longer version of this and you can hear the solo at its fullest. This was the version that when she starts with "I'm not aware of too many things.....", she sings it twice instead of once. I like that version better.
Such an underrated guitar solo...
and probably one of the best
It's really cool, but too much bass wah
Your a legend if your listening in 2024 😂
I am
I'm listening to it in 2024
🎉
This song has so many memories attached to it ❤
Incredibile come nessuno abbia parlato degli anni d'oro della nostra infanzia, anni d'oro della tv, anni in cui sentivi questa canzone praticamente tutte le ore del giorno di tutti i giorni anche senza volerlo... Signore e signori ecco a voi
Canale 5🥺
This song never goes out of style !!!
Have always loved this song. They kick a$$.
If one is a philosopher, it CAN go out of style real fast. Perhaps faster than the speed of light???
neither does her natural long 'do'
@@gemjourney5210 huh
@@Thawhid
I dunno either, guessing he has a 90s "mom" and tryiing hard to be edgy.
My Sister Loved this Song! God Bless You Cheryl! I Love You! WooF!!🐶🐶
Truly a beautiful lady with a angelic voice.
90's before 90s was a thing.
So true. This is proto-grunge or something.
I was thinking the same.
I didn't even know this song was from the 80s
This song said in 1989 "suddenly it's 1994". She was about 5 to 6 years ahead of her time.
'90s
I'm so old I remember when MTV only played music videos 24/7...
I miss the days of chillin in front of MTV and just watching music videos ALL DAY LONG!!!
@@audrapierce181 Now we have to chill in front of a computer and watch music videos on demand on youtube all day long. How awful life has become!
Me too! Just be calm! There are still some of us alive! Grin, doing a poor Matrix thing! Whatever!
@@delshoemaker7616 hahahaha...I gave up on MTV decades ago...I stick to cds and UA-cam for my music nowadays....
@@Dominian1 Actually it is harder! For better or worse, time goes on! Can't stop it! It's alright once you come to terms with that fact!
Sounds like 2020s looks like 1990s released in the 1980s. This is gold.
Way ahead of its time!
A song I'd completely forgotten about, nice to hear it again.
The bass in this song kills it!
Brad Houser. Absolute beast.
Your breath kills it more
@@creepyzeek1 Never heard that song?
@@flamingangel999
Song by the band, Halitosis.
@@creepyzeek1 Isn't their drummers name Tic Tac?
This woman was well before her time. This song is still relevant today
Yes!!
Ahead* of her time
Amazing woman
Sending it to vets, that have a problem adjusting to coming home.
She had a music video in Microsoft Plus! 98. Do you remember this one? Good Times..... ua-cam.com/video/iqL1BLzn3qc/v-deo.html
Such a good guitar solo in this. No one used the wah wah pedal at that time and it sounded sooo good here.
That's a Boss TW-1 Touch Wah pedal on the solo. It's sensitive to how hard you pick the guitar strings - light picking causes minimal wah effect, and heavy picking gives a strong wah sound. Definitely a unique pedal.
Wow, haven't heard this one in over twenty years. Loved it when it came out.
they played a small venue in Chicago in '88 or '89, and in between songs Edie kept talking off-mic, and I shouted 'i love you!' She laughed and smiled and said 'i love you too!' and went into this song. Outstanding!
Kirsten loves this band andhot guyworldnever changedhow does a guy get anything she'sa girl andshe learned to play a guitar not tennis a older guy had one andthey fucked enough while she at ea and alol the womonin womyn in the universe got so fat she stolehis guitar finaly finally i'm out of my case of saltines and Saltines without buttter butter cigerette without a umjmm butter idea is like no salt anyway she had it forgot she stole it had sex with this onep person and the real duet of two penis men is the oldest sad last stump for my girl baby shoes without a sock missing they were friends and she stole a guitar and learned to play for a dad she found a photo of and it is this she gave God
Holy shit I was there I remember exactly this.
I would find it hard to believe if Edie wasn't one of Alanis' biggest influences
+Powderkeg: Edie > Alanis.
This was far ahead of its time. Awesome music!!!
Workn in a restaurant 1990, still on the ❣️‼️ 2024 Super Bowl 🥣 Sunday.
Whilst in a Hartford CT music store, pretending that I knew how to play (making noise), there was a guy killin' on a 6 string. I asked him if he was in a band and if not, would he be interested in starting one. He replied that he was already in a band and asked if I'd heard of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians? I hadn't until then. I was out-classed then & that continues to this day. ~8^)
Damn... that’s a flex on a level I never knew existed
Just love the sound of the guitar solo on this song. Solo begins - 2:09
Always my favorite part.
Yes! Me too!
The sound (I guess it's an Auto-Wah) and the solo itself. Nice to read that others also appreciate that.
Don't know any other guitar solo in pop history that sounds like that.
Jerry Garcia Estimated Prophet
Paul Simon, her husband & 24 years her senior, has to be one of the luckiest guys on earth!
Steve Martin, playing his banjo and getting to create music with her is a pretty fortunate son too.
Paul is pretty damn talented also !
I agree!! She is naturally stunning and so talented!
That is what makes this era of music the very best... The diversity and the ACTUAL talent!!!!! I said what I said!!! Musical talent and creativity 💪🏾💯👍🏾
I was in love with this song as a kid... now finally i've found it.
this song and joey by concrete blonde were my favorites.
We will save the world.
Man... Same here. I was looking for this song for years and finally found it.
lol, me too.
Same - it was always on my mind , but more back in The shadows. which makes up most of my mind some days lol.
OMG, that's a kick back!!! What a fantastic track - that made me smile & I can't believe that I still knew the lyrics! WOW!!!!!
2023 I finally get to find and hear it again since 1989
Why did I only know the Emma Bunton version?!?!!? I love thisss ❤
Can we please go full circle and bring back music like this
What a simple pretty song, sung by a beautiful woman. ROCK ON!
i can’t believe this came out in the 80s it sounds so fresh
Cara....eu achava que era de 2000 e poucos kkkk
Walking on Sunshine too. Sounds nothing like a 80s song
1988.
I was 1989 in California and hear this song offen in the radio, now I remember and find it on UA-cam, Harry from Germany, Greetings for all !
Someone just mentioned this singer and song on Threads. And I had to wrack my memory to think of it!
Probably haven't hear this song in at least 25 years but randomly woke up with it in my head. So dang catchy.
2 days I had to get up for work at 340 am with this song singing in my head. So weird
you could do worse
An 80's song that sounds like a 90's song that wants to be a '60-'70s song.
I do mean that in the best way possible. I absolutely love this song and the vibes.
As always, a classic.
I totally agree!! It has that 60s freedom lyrics and that 90s beat. So ahead of its time! I guess :D
Exactly!
Neo-Hippie was a wonderous time, short as it was!
Late 80s Deep Ellum (Dallas) style... well, one of the styles. I was a highschool kid back then, but the clubs weren't exactly strict when it came to checking IDs. Anyways, there was a pretty good and innovative alternative scene.
Brilliant comment
The most 90's sounding song from the 80's.
🙏🏽❣️✌🏽. Listening to this 2024. Timeless masterpiece..
she is so gorgeous. She, Traci Chapman, Erykah Badu and Sade- so airy, mystical and chill.
Enya, Bonnie Wraight, Stevie, on n on n on.... ❤️
Sorry, did you have a point?
😊☺️😁🤣❣️👍
I agree and I would include Suzanne Vega
I think she married Peter Gabriel. Or Paul Simon. One of those guys.
Will Lastnameguy yes! Paul Simon
Did you say Tracy Chapman was gorgeous, man your blind dude she is for a man I guess
man she's beautiful!!
Absolutely love this song. A timeless classic. And would you look at that...........27 million views and zero dislikes.
This song written in the 80s with a 90s sound from a woman from Texas with a style that comes from Seattle.
well said
Indeed
Quaker Oats and is now famous for knocking the shit out of Paul Simon. lol.
Steriotype much?
It's true...these guys were 90's 2 full years before the decade happened
Even though this came out in the 1980s I still classify it as a 90’s track. Really does have that 90’s feel to it in my opinion.
Early risers ♡
definitely feel at least 3-4 years ahead of its time
Female Elon Musk?
@@LindseyDisney Don't put that evil on her!
Likewise. Agree.
After all these years I just realized why they actually created this song just for that guitar solo that guitar solo is mean boy
this band has achieved immortal status certified! great track! dat bass and guitar grooves!
I've rewritten this comment like 20 times... it's so hard to get my words out about how fantastic this song was for the time and all these years later. It jut has such a uniqueness to it that always brings me back to it every year or so. Such an amazingly resonating song.
I have listened to this every day since I was like 8 years old. I am 35 now. This and Natalie Merchant's Carnival are 2 songs I won't ever tire of.
Love Natalie's voice!
I listened to carnival before this one. Stars aligned on these songs
Absolutely agree with you. ❤️
Yep.