This song has the shoegazy feel of the first two Smashing Pumpkins albums and the sludgy guitars of a Melvins song while having early emo-Sunny Day Real Estate type lyrics and singing.
coz billy and buzz are influenced by sabbath, thats why theres the connections between those bands, like soungarden crowbar and tool! different sound but similar in some ways!
I saw them live when I was like 16 years old at this small venue in Socal. They put out 2 albums and got panned when the second one came out I remember. They were just another 90s one hit wonder. There were tons of bands who had the same story.
subsamadhi I love their second album, even more than the first. This may be their only song that got much airtime, but I really like most of their other songs.
DDball Yeah, that's the one that I saw them perform live. They were a cool band. Nice heavy guitar sound. Perfect 90s rock. They got ripped on in Southern California, where I live. But I mean, they put out 2 albums and had a radio hit. So that makes them stand out for the time.
Billy Rodgers Lol, I'm getting the release dates all mixed up. So I guess they have 4 albums in total. I meant to say that I like Downward is Heavenward even more than You'd Prefer an Astronaut. They are both amazing of course.
@@albert2524 I've always said that if Hum had blown up in 91' or 92' they would've given Nirvana a serious run for their money. You'd Prefer an Astronaut was one of the top five Alternative/Grunge albums ever made. 95' was just too late :(
@@R49_CompleteHum and You'd prefer an astronaut is not grunge. And honestly I'm glad it came out after the grunge/nirvana craze, a lot of influential and great albums/bands came out after grunge in spite of the movement/sound.
What palooza was it year other bands on gig who headlined I had to been there but don't remember them I was pretty wasted at some of them though as the good Ol days and good music we didn't know how good we had it I should of cherished it more cuz this new generation of music really SUCKS!!!!
There's something awesome about four skinny, nerdy dudes from Champaign, IL that turn up to Conan in jorts and t-shirts and practically burn the place down. What a fantastic performance.
Gotta love when a band sounds better live than on the album. The little tweaks and addins. They put alot of effort into their sound, I wish more bands did that. The energy is awesome too, especially at the end so fucking great!!!
Hum had the heaviest tone I've ever heard...and I listen to death metal as well. I was a senior in high school when this came out in 1995, and it blew me away. Their guitar tone was ungodly heavy. This is why I love stoner/sludge/doom.
Christopher Parks Matt Talbott would go on to produce .hopesfall. - The Satellite Years which is one of my favorite albums musically....It is absolutely dripping with HUM influence despite the fact that hopesfall was one of the first "metalcore" bands.
built to velvet waltz "The Satellite Years"...which Matt Talbott produced and very clearly helped write. But it's also their heaviest album..their fianl album "Magnetic North" is probably a bit more user friendly.
I was in first grade when this song came out and remember standing in the one-stall-inbetween-classroom-bathroom at my school and singing this out loud and assumed no one heard me... 11 years later this album got me through high school when I rediscovered the band. All time favorite band.
I bugged the fuck out when I first heard these guys on 120 minutes back in '95. I've been a dedicated fan ever since. Still my favorite band by a long shot.
Everything about these guys was unpolished and that's whats so effin' awesome bout HUM. From their appearance to their music, they're just regular joe's you wouldn't even notice walking down the street but they rock out hard. No touched up pro-tools here! I bet the original RCA recording in 95 was full analog.
I totally relate to what you're saying. I went to the U of I at the same time they were getting their start playing at Champaign-Urbana bars and the fact they looked like normal guys was part of their appeal. Plus of course they were the best band on campus...seems like all these positive comments 20 years later validates my opinion back then and now!
+Steven Williams I was looking into what gear they used & found *this*: playgroundstudio.com/studio-secrets/hum-guitar-sounds/ about the recording of 'You'd Prefer An Astronaut'
+Warrior Poet No compression no EQ!! Just ultra lush guitar tracks layed over each other? such simplicity and complexity at the say time! Whoa! awesome find! Thank you
There were so many bands like this in the 90's that put out awesome music but didn't seem to stick around for long. So glad I lived my teen and high school years during that decade.
Wow, what an awesome time capsule/trip back down memory lane with this, all the way back to 1995. I was 15, or 16, at the time this aired, actually even remember watching it too, but more importantly, I was actually happy back then as well. Such great music came from the 90s, regardless of what anyone else says. I sincerely miss those late nights of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, saw so many great bands that I'd never get to see live, and even discovered a lot of great bands that I'd never heard of before. Great time, and memories too. 🙂 On a side note, Hums' , You'd Prefer an Astronaut, was a killer album! 🤘
this band was highly underated for there time. they should of got more credit but they still went hard even without the fame. there music has been with me since i was a little kid. and i still listen to it today and im 19 years old
+Powderfinger I heard that original broadcast on Stern and I've loved this song ever since. But, I knew they wouldn't last when they said during the interview that they wanted to go back home. LOL. BTW, the singer is Microsoft's Bill Gates.
First time I heard this was on SF's Live 105 back when Carson Daly was a DJ. It was one of the reasons I became a life-long musician. And I gotta say, the dudes are totally freakin cool! Spent some time after a show with Brian the drummer talking shop. It was the first time he let his daughter have a beer haha! Then Matt ambled up lugging a bottle of Jack. Good times.
I miss bands wearing a t-shirt and jeans. They look like 4 everyday looking guys, basically stating they don't need gimmicks, just their talent and an actual instrument that they can actually play. And they look like they could have gotten up from the audience and just rocked the shit out of a song they actually wrote themselves.
I was a fresh in college when this came out and we used to jam to this all the time. Super heavy sound that still makes me bang my head 27 years later.
I remember this performance! I loved it so much I rode my bicycle through a snowstorm the next day to go and buy this cd! @ blockbuster music (if anybody remembers them!) Thank you for posting this! They were/are one of my favorite bands of all time!
I love it! The beat up guitars and the shoddy, mismatched amps and cabs that look like the would fall over and explode if you touched them ever so slightly. This band rules! Why coldn't I have been born 10 years earlier and lived through the 90's without being in diapers and elementary school?
Wow. I remember seeing This on Conan , when it was a new episode ! The music blew my mind, I was just discovering this style of music as I was growing up, and this song performance was amazing!
Raw, heavy, real... and realllly loud! Love these guys and have since the 90s. Sooo many bands have covered this song. Powerfully raw and simple. Awesome sh*t.
Wow it's crazy and awesome people are still talking about Hum!! Still waiting patiently for a real reunion, not just a show now and then in a place far far away. My favorite band ever and I'm old
I realize your comment is 10 years old, but you just completely broke my heart (unintentionally of course). We're all proud and thankful for the music that Brian helped bring to us. He will be missed.
I remember when I first heard them late at night on the radio and it was this song... this band is a gem out of 90's grunge..very underrated but one of the heaviest effing bands ever
I feel the same way. I was a kid in the 90s, but most of the stuff I listen to now was from bands 90s bands. It's funny that it took a Cadillac commercial to introduce me to the greatest band ever.
how were these guys not bigger, unfortunately this was still the era when radio ruled and so many bands were just left out by not following the 3 minute formula, corgan had to give in to this...
Bands could wear cut off jean shorts and ratty tshirts as if they're heading to their friend's apartment to help them move on a Saturday afternoon. The 90s were wild man.
This song has the shoegazy feel of the first two Smashing Pumpkins albums and the sludgy guitars of a Melvins song while having early emo-Sunny Day Real Estate type lyrics and singing.
so true man
coz billy and buzz are influenced by sabbath, thats why theres the connections between those bands, like soungarden crowbar and tool! different sound but similar in some ways!
I hate when people do this.
Yes I would say this is an accurate description of this particular song :)
Its like that but also not. This is Hum
A Strat with a Gibson tailpiece and bridge shoehorned onto it for no logical reason - that is beautiful
maybe stay in tune better? He doesnt use the whammy so he probably wanted simple is my guess.
This could easily be one of the most underrated bands ever. I discovered them on XM radio today
I saw them live when I was like 16 years old at this small venue in Socal. They put out 2 albums and got panned when the second one came out I remember. They were just another 90s one hit wonder. There were tons of bands who had the same story.
subsamadhi I love their second album, even more than the first. This may be their only song that got much airtime, but I really like most of their other songs.
DDball Yeah, that's the one that I saw them perform live. They were a cool band. Nice heavy guitar sound. Perfect 90s rock. They got ripped on in Southern California, where I live. But I mean, they put out 2 albums and had a radio hit. So that makes them stand out for the time.
DDball
there second album you mean electra 2000????
Billy Rodgers Lol, I'm getting the release dates all mixed up. So I guess they have 4 albums in total. I meant to say that I like Downward is Heavenward even more than You'd Prefer an Astronaut. They are both amazing of course.
The lead singer is wearing the same clothes I wear when I mow my lawn.
you really should wear long pants when you mow
@@mckman6700 why?
Yep, the slacker thing. The early to mid 90's was like that though. Put in too much effort unnaturally and you'd get snuffed out as a poseur.
SO AWESOME!!
That's because mowing the lawn rocks! grass has that kind of effect on people
Man, I like how Matt used his his kinda growly singing voice for "I found her out back," at 2:20. Just adds some more intensity to the song.
Hum and early Weezer are my absolute favorite guitar sounds. I really like The Beths guitar sound from Future Me Hates Me, as well.
Same
Right when Grunge was dying and Hum came back something just as heavy with Post-hardcore and some Alt Metal, just what we needed.
They didn't blow up as much as they should've because they were too late for the Grunge boom.
@@albert2524 I've always said that if Hum had blown up in 91' or 92' they would've given Nirvana a serious run for their money. You'd Prefer an Astronaut was one of the top five Alternative/Grunge albums ever made. 95' was just too late :(
@@R49_CompleteHum and You'd prefer an astronaut is not grunge. And honestly I'm glad it came out after the grunge/nirvana craze, a lot of influential and great albums/bands came out after grunge in spite of the movement/sound.
I saw them at Lollapalooza, one of the loudest bands I've ever seen. They have a new record out, it's awesome.....
'95?
Love it loud
What palooza was it year other bands on gig who headlined I had to been there but don't remember them I was pretty wasted at some of them though as the good Ol days and good music we didn't know how good we had it I should of cherished it more cuz this new generation of music really SUCKS!!!!
RIP Bryan St. Pere
There's something awesome about four skinny, nerdy dudes from Champaign, IL that turn up to Conan in jorts and t-shirts and practically burn the place down. What a fantastic performance.
Gotta love when a band sounds better live than on the album. The little tweaks and addins. They put alot of effort into their sound, I wish more bands did that. The energy is awesome too, especially at the end so fucking great!!!
Hum had the heaviest tone I've ever heard...and I listen to death metal as well. I was a senior in high school when this came out in 1995, and it blew me away. Their guitar tone was ungodly heavy. This is why I love stoner/sludge/doom.
I agree man . The melodies are so beautiful in there music , but it's so heavy !!
Christopher Parks Matt Talbott would go on to produce .hopesfall. - The Satellite Years which is one of my favorite albums musically....It is absolutely dripping with HUM influence despite the fact that hopesfall was one of the first "metalcore" bands.
+InvisibleTeeth What hopesfall album would you recommend? I'll cue them up on RDIO.
built to velvet waltz
"The Satellite Years"...which Matt Talbott produced and very clearly helped write. But it's also their heaviest album..their fianl album "Magnetic North" is probably a bit more user friendly.
Thanks, I'll check it out.
I was in first grade when this song came out and remember standing in the one-stall-inbetween-classroom-bathroom at my school and singing this out loud and assumed no one heard me... 11 years later this album got me through high school when I rediscovered the band. All time favorite band.
best performance in late night television history
...garage band perfection...
nah its more grunge.
You’re both wrong lmao
This is the song that will be playing when the world ends...the best f__kin band ever.
Let's make sure this recording survives the apocalypse so the survivors know what they missed.
this survivor sure as hell didn't miss it
Dude, these guys rock so hard if they played in your garage your windows would blow out.....then the walls ...
Most overlooked and underrated bands EVER!
The riff at the end of this song has always slayed me.
well Ima have to listen to these guys discography now
they put a new album out a few months ago, super worth it man
LesClaypool OnBass judging by your profile picture and name, you have very good taste in music.
@@tomney4460what are you talking about primus sucks
Rip Bryan
I bugged the fuck out when I first heard these guys on 120 minutes back in '95. I've been a dedicated fan ever since. Still my favorite band by a long shot.
Im from Danville we covered this in my band, everyone went nuts.The 90's were the shit!
Everything about these guys was unpolished and that's whats so effin' awesome bout HUM. From their appearance to their music, they're just regular joe's you wouldn't even notice walking down the street but they rock out hard. No touched up pro-tools here! I bet the original RCA recording in 95 was full analog.
I totally relate to what you're saying. I went to the U of I at the same time they were getting their start playing at Champaign-Urbana bars and the fact they looked like normal guys was part of their appeal. Plus of course they were the best band on campus...seems like all these positive comments 20 years later validates my opinion back then and now!
Steven Williams Probably so was full analog, as they do like to record that way and Matt Talbott now owns his own analog studio., Earth Analog.
+Steven Williams I was looking into what gear they used & found *this*: playgroundstudio.com/studio-secrets/hum-guitar-sounds/ about the recording of 'You'd Prefer An Astronaut'
+Warrior Poet No compression no EQ!! Just ultra lush guitar tracks layed over each other? such simplicity and complexity at the say time! Whoa! awesome find! Thank you
Yeah... you know it man.
There were so many bands like this in the 90's that put out awesome music but didn't seem to stick around for long. So glad I lived my teen and high school years during that decade.
this is the performance where i first heard of HUM and have loved them ever since.
Wall of Sound + HUM
RIP Bryan St Pere, you were one hell of a drummer.
Deftones owes this band for it's sound
Chino was influenced
i really wish that they had more live videos of this band back in the 90s
one of the best bands ever. big Deftones fan. But no comparison.
You can hear it plain as day too. Some Deftones guitar riffs/melodies are almost 1:1 knockoffs of Hum. And Im a huge Deftones fan too.
That's funny because Chino said himself that HUM was a huge influence in Deftones sound.
Conan is awesome for having had Hum on his show.
These guys and sponge were my favorite mid nineties bands, then along came Godsmack!!!!!!
Saw them at Lollapalooza in Phoenix mentioned. Failure played earlier that day. Awesome.
I’m surprised I don’t hear them on “influential” lists more... clearly deftones and others dug then
They came out the same time as the deftones.
@@deftone4656 They were still a huge influence on deftones.
Hum formed in '91
The white pony cover was influenced by the ypaa cover. I think I heard chino say that
@@deftone4656 bit earlier and I can hear a bit of influence in there
conan had the best musicians at times on his shows
Wow, what an awesome time capsule/trip back down memory lane with this, all the way back to 1995. I was 15, or 16, at the time this aired, actually even remember watching it too, but more importantly, I was actually happy back then as well. Such great music came from the 90s, regardless of what anyone else says. I sincerely miss those late nights of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, saw so many great bands that I'd never get to see live, and even discovered a lot of great bands that I'd never heard of before. Great time, and memories too. 🙂 On a side note, Hums' , You'd Prefer an Astronaut, was a killer album! 🤘
this band was highly underated for there time. they should of got more credit but they still went hard even without the fame. there music has been with me since i was a little kid. and i still listen to it today and im 19 years old
Heard these guys play live on a re-broadcast from an old Stern show. They sounded bad-ass and I had to check 'em out. Glad I did.
+Powderfinger I heard that original broadcast on Stern and I've loved this song ever since. But, I knew they wouldn't last when they said during the interview that they wanted to go back home. LOL. BTW, the singer is Microsoft's Bill Gates.
+ExclusiveLM Rock on Mr. Gates! :)
Hot damn. This is a treasure.
Now THIS is alternative.
First time I heard this was on SF's Live 105 back when Carson Daly was a DJ. It was one of the reasons I became a life-long musician. And I gotta say, the dudes are totally freakin cool! Spent some time after a show with Brian the drummer talking shop. It was the first time he let his daughter have a beer haha! Then Matt ambled up lugging a bottle of Jack. Good times.
Thank you for Deftones "Around the Fur."
It was awesome then
It's awesome now
and it will be awesome...there...
Bring back the 90’s!
Saw them live in Cincinnati at Sudsy Malones (laundromat/bar) in the 90's. Still the best concert I ever witnessed. Wish they would tour once more...
Headbanging at 4:13 gives me goosebumps every time!
Sometimes I forget how long Conan has been on the air.
We need to thank them for their influence on Deftones ❤❤
I wish more people aware of Hum.
Hum are the most obscenely 90s band ever and I love them
I was one year old when this performance happened. Had a friend show me “You’d Prefer An Astronaut” in 2017 and been a fan since.
I miss bands wearing shorts.
lol me too bro
I miss bands wearing a t-shirt and jeans. They look like 4 everyday looking guys, basically stating they don't need gimmicks, just their talent and an actual instrument that they can actually play. And they look like they could have gotten up from the audience and just rocked the shit out of a song they actually wrote themselves.
Welcome to the 90s, my friend.
You do?
Jorts even...
I was a fresh in college when this came out and we used to jam to this all the time. Super heavy sound that still makes me bang my head 27 years later.
I remember this performance! I loved it so much I rode my bicycle through a snowstorm the next day to go and buy this cd! @ blockbuster music (if anybody remembers them!) Thank you for posting this! They were/are one of my favorite bands of all time!
that distortion is brutal. amazing.
This audience didn't know they were about to get their faces rocked....
holy shit Conan is huge
Well, enough people remember them to make them a headliner at a music festival in Chicago a year ago. They still have a lot of fans.
Damn, this brings me back to senior year!!!!!! Oh no, have I reached the age, where I am now saying, "When I was young........" I MISS THE 90's xo
what happened to bringing good bands on tv?
conan has had some cool bands
he still does have good bands on
I love it! The beat up guitars and the shoddy, mismatched amps and cabs that look like the would fall over and explode if you touched them ever so slightly. This band rules! Why coldn't I have been born 10 years earlier and lived through the 90's without being in diapers and elementary school?
Same, man. Same. What i would give to be 18 years old in 1990.
So much noise… AND I LOVE IT!!!!! 🤘🤘
Wow. I remember seeing This on Conan , when it was a new episode ! The music blew my mind, I was just discovering this style of music as I was growing up, and this song performance was amazing!
Raw, heavy, real... and realllly loud! Love these guys and have since the 90s. Sooo many bands have covered this song. Powerfully raw and simple. Awesome sh*t.
Wow it's crazy and awesome people are still talking about Hum!! Still waiting patiently for a real reunion, not just a show now and then in a place far far away. My favorite band ever and I'm old
Enjoyed this, may I politely suggest the band Feeder (the first album), similar sludge sound and compositions.
I've been fans of these guys for 15 years and this is the first time I've seen what they look like.
sat and ate dinner with the drummers dad earl tonight...hes so proud of his son
I realize your comment is 10 years old, but you just completely broke my heart (unintentionally of course). We're all proud and thankful for the music that Brian helped bring to us. He will be missed.
Fucking love this band. I saw them multiple times in Illinois. So good live!
my co-worker told me about this song, it is truly awesome.
drummer is fricken awesome
Lookit those short shorts! I miss this band!
one of the AWESOMEST bands of that time. Incredible. I saw them in a little bar in Hartford, CT called Velvet. Never forget it.
They used to make music
the guitars are so freakin loud. awesome.
I remember when I first heard them late at night on the radio and it was this song... this band is a gem out of 90's grunge..very underrated but one of the heaviest effing bands ever
I will never tire of this song!!
I feel the same way. I was a kid in the 90s, but most of the stuff I listen to now was from bands 90s bands. It's funny that it took a Cadillac commercial to introduce me to the greatest band ever.
The poster of this video is the coolest person of all time.
I always wondered where Deftones got the idea for Be Quiet And Drive.
And then how Chevelle got the idea for "Send the Pain Below" from the Deftones
Like the Deftones, another band from Sacramento CA, Far, had a very similar sound.
If you are a fan of this and the Deftones; you'll be glad you did.
agree. Hum were a huge influence on Deftones musically.
Ugh Deftones. They covered a Jawbox song and it was terrible. I think I liked one of their songs.
@@npeace312 I love Deftones but do NOT care for the Jawbox cover. Jawbox's is definitely better.
Matt with a Honcho Overload shirt; I think he played bass in that band
i completely agree with you
i was watching MTVlegit the other day and realized how awesome music and tv were back then
Look how young Conan and H.U.M looks!
What a great band. I hope they come back to DC to see them again. HUM/Failure show was epic!
Finch played this song live as a cover and it was F***ing awesome!!!!!
Yeah that was cool when Stars was on the commercial. There are only a handful of bands I listen to that are out today.
Good music was only made in the 90's. So fuggin awesome.
HI WATT what a perfect description of the sound coming out of those amps Love this band!
This was WICD-TV in Champaign!!! Hum's home town!!!!! Am I the only one that caught this??!!
Who's still here in 2019 rocking this??!?!?
jaclyn price me with u
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2020
Conan always had the coolest musical acts.
I saw your coach play twice when they toured...they are one of my favorite bands
how were these guys not bigger, unfortunately this was still the era when radio ruled and so many bands were just left out by not following the 3 minute formula, corgan had to give in to this...
Bands could wear cut off jean shorts and ratty tshirts as if they're heading to their friend's apartment to help them move on a Saturday afternoon. The 90s were wild man.
90s rockkkkkksssssss
They should have been so much bigger than they were, blows PJ Nirvana etc. away.
Hum ❤❤❤
Punk rock Bill Gates.
Or, if you like, Punk Rock Buddy Holly!! LOL.........
Champaign-Urbana forever 🌟