Somehow this song is EVEN BETTER now than it was when I was 20, and it was amazing THEN. That's actually a trait of the BEST literature, that you can read it every ten years and find entirely new meanins in it.
This whole LP never got its due. How do some bands not make it with great music? There is a long list of those bands… it’s almost criminal. Great Album!!
These guys have to sign their names in blood. If they can't or won't agree to something everything is pulled just as easy as it was given. I love that with Internet we truly have the power to choose who and what we like vs agents and record companies telling us what we like. Ya know?
25yrs ago I would put my headphones on and hide in my room blasting this album.. songs like Homesick and without a trace shaped my youth. I was adopted at birth and always wanted to find my real family... found them 5yrs ago finally made tha call and asked for help... they immediately flew to San Diego and picked me up... ill be starting a new life with my twin brothers and sisters! Its never too late to ask for help! ❤❤
In grade 5 one of my close friends walked up to me and said 'do you know that Carrie is your sister'. I went home and asked my mom and dad wtf. They then told me I was adopted, that Carrie, whom I'd been babysitting for for a year now, and Kathy, who I'd been hanging around with as my godmother, was actually my birthmother. It nearly killed me, I wished I never found out. I'm on the opposing side of telling your adoptive children that they are adopted if you know they will never find out any other way. The hurt and anger it caused in me after being sexually abused for as long as I can remember. Then to find out she had another kid and kept them, like what did I do wrong that I wasn't good enough to be wanted. My parents said I was special because I was choosen. I can't even bring myself to talk to my blood sister and brothers because they didn't have the decentcy to tell me who they were before I was told in school. Peace and much love sent from Ontario, Canada. P.S. I'm now 50 and too old for change. I'm happy it worked out for you. Everyone deserves happiness.
The singer always reminded me of Kiefer Sutherland. I started listening to SA in 1991 when I was about 4 years old. My sister had the let your dim light shine album. One of the most well rounded bands out there. The new music is a bit too formulated & bubblegum for me. Let your dim light shine & Grave Dancers Union are the two albums I can listen to anytime, anywhere.
A woefully underappreciated song/video and band. These guys had a depth and integrity to their angst that only Nirvana could match. Somehow they escaped the media praise they so richly deserved. And that's a damn shame.
Patrick Waters I agree, and the only way people will know who you are talking about is by saying "you know the band that did runaway train" well at least with the people I know.
Underappreciated not totally unappreciated, Most of their songs did not see heavy rotation. The one that did see lots of airplay is the only song anyone seems to remember from this group. And, as you can see, they had much more to offer. Many very good songs that did not get decent airtime. Regards,
Criminally underrated yes. Hall of Fame, No! That's a bloated, corrupted institution which honours sales, not talent. If you get inducted there, it means you sold out and bribed the right people. Soul Asylum don't belong in that wannab elite.
You're missing the point, who gives AF about a soulless organization like RRHF, no class, no awareness, no real appreciation, it's a husk, a front, just like most radio stations, purely in it for the money - I've been there twice, it's ironic since we are talking about this on a song from The Grave Dancers Union, since that place feels more like a collection from grave robbing, than it does a museum
I caught their concert circa mid 90's when they were known as "the loudest band in the world" based on decibel measurements taken by Spin. This is the song they opened their set with. The recording doesn't convey how blistering that opening riff is live. Great show.
The quality of this video is unbelievable good, specially for the time it was released! I still have this album and I didn't know there was a video for this amazing tune. I love Soul Asylum to this day :]
Without a Trace Soul Asylum LYRICS I fell in love with a hooker She laughed in my face So seriously I took her I was a disgrace I was out of line; I was out of place Out of time to save face See the open mouth of my suitcase Sayin' leave this place Leave without a trace Leave without a trace Leave without a trace I tried to get a good job With honest pay I might as well join the mob The benefits are okay Standing in the sun with a popsicle Everything is possible With a lot of luck and a pretty face And some time to waste Leave without a trace Leave without a trace Leave without a trace I tried to dance at a funeral New Orleans style I joined the Grave Dancer's Union I had to file Trying to do the right thing, play it straight The right thing changes from state to state Don't forget to take your mace If you're out walking late I liked to see your face You left without a trace You leave without a trace
I bought "GDU" the day after I saw an ad for it in Thrasher magazine. I had bought "And the Horse..." and "Hangtime" at a used music store previously and I wasn't really thinking I had to buy "GDU" when I saw the ad, but there it was in the same used music store the next day. The one time I saw them in concert was with Screaming Trees and Spin Doctors. Dave introduced "Nice Guys Don't Get Paid" saying "This song is for James." It's stupid significant for me to be watching this video for the first time today.
I've got four kids from 16 on down to eight and they all know how to sing standing in the sun with a popsicle, Anything is Possible, just watched this for the fifth time and there's a lot to absorb in this video, well done
I tried to dance at a funeral New Orleans Style. I joined the Grave Dancers Union, I had to file. Try to do the right thing... Play it straight. The right thing changes from state to state. Don't forget to take your Mase, if you're out working late. Grunge rock is AWESOME!
My wife and I saw Soul Asylum on the campus of Cal State Long Beach not long after the album with this song was released. The Meat Puppets opened for them. We were the two oldest people in the room and may have had the most fun.
I Doubt Dave would categorize it as Grunge. Just happened to be out around the same time. In any case, the whole album is fantastic and I'm surprised they weren't bigger. I think they still tour but he's the only original member.
@@ShawnConrad-tw8du Musically I classify them as a grunge band but you’re right, they were outside of Seattle’s Grunge Scene as they’re from Minneapolis. Stone Temple Pilots also have the same situation. Although twin cities have their own music scene but Soul Asylum were different from other great bands from Minnesota. Bands like Husker Du or The Replacements were influenced by post punk/New Wave kind of music but Soul Asylum were really into 90s alternative rock… . Also you can call them a grunge band because of their fashion and (hair)style,… .
@@ShawnConrad-tw8du they’re kinda big in Minnesota. They’re kinda bigger than Replacements and Husker Du and that’s kinda surprising, because those bands are two of the greatest bands of all time. You google Minnesota rock bands and Soul Asylum comes up first… .
@@Abegoldhatch Those are good points. I'd still never classify them as Grunge. Pirner's songwriting is totally different to me. They obviously had albums before Grave Dancers but I really wasn't aware of them til "And the Horse they rode in On". Either way, they're a terrific, terrific band.
Complexity isn't always desirable, even in music. Better writers than I have commented on the beauty inherent in some of the most "simplistic" art. Also, I think part of what makes Soul Asylum songs generally good-to-great is the coupling of relatively simple music with fairly complex lyrics. The scales balance.
This is arguably the best song I have ever heard come from Dave. Lyrics are fantastic and the song is so damn catchy, i can put it on replay, over and over and over....
+Major woody Hi there! I see where u are coming from ., however my only child died at 39 years old May 13 2013 in Oklahoma. it is sad story. I have no family anymore.. Her daddy my ex hubby is dead also. age 61. I am still alive for a reason. :) :) Btw, I do wanna get away.from SC!! :) :) Thx for your response.. Much appreciated someone cares enough to respond to my post. :) :)
It's like listening to Bob Dylan on 45speed , same word play only you can understand the meaning of the songs with out trying to playing it over and over to figure out what the song means!!
I remember when these guys used to practice in Minneapolis inside a wearhouse, and you could hear them play if you stood by the building. I used to live 10 minutes from Minneapolis and would pass by there all the time to get to my friends house.
every one should see the guys live..... no one better... and to go old school.. on ya voted best live band in 1993... yeah im old but still sound like the album every time i hear them live
![Soul Asylum - Without a Trace [January 1993]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oe0UCwfsifI/mqdefault.jpg)
Somehow this song is EVEN BETTER now than it was when I was 20, and it was amazing THEN. That's actually a trait of the BEST literature, that you can read it every ten years and find entirely new meanins in it.
This whole LP never got its due. How do some bands not make it with great music? There is a long list of those bands… it’s almost criminal. Great Album!!
These guys have to sign their names in blood. If they can't or won't agree to something everything is pulled just as easy as it was given. I love that with Internet we truly have the power to choose who and what we like vs agents and record companies telling us what we like. Ya know?
This song should have 100 million views, not a mere one million.
25yrs ago I would put my headphones on and hide in my room blasting this album.. songs like Homesick and without a trace shaped my youth. I was adopted at birth and always wanted to find my real family... found them 5yrs ago finally made tha call and asked for help... they immediately flew to San Diego and picked me up... ill be starting a new life with my twin brothers and sisters! Its never too late to ask for help! ❤❤
Medicine for broken souls
That's wicked mate, all the best from the 🇬🇧
In grade 5 one of my close friends walked up to me and said 'do you know that Carrie is your sister'. I went home and asked my mom and dad wtf. They then told me I was adopted, that Carrie, whom I'd been babysitting for for a year now, and Kathy, who I'd been hanging around with as my godmother, was actually my birthmother. It nearly killed me, I wished I never found out. I'm on the opposing side of telling your adoptive children that they are adopted if you know they will never find out any other way. The hurt and anger it caused in me after being sexually abused for as long as I can remember. Then to find out she had another kid and kept them, like what did I do wrong that I wasn't good enough to be wanted. My parents said I was special because I was choosen. I can't even bring myself to talk to my blood sister and brothers because they didn't have the decentcy to tell me who they were before I was told in school. Peace and much love sent from Ontario, Canada. P.S. I'm now 50 and too old for change. I'm happy it worked out for you. Everyone deserves happiness.
@kathall6422 Yes everyone does, sounds like especially you. Hopefully you have found some happiness in your life. Sending positive viibes ur way.
It's been that long
Overlooked, underrated...this band and this song rock!
The singer always reminded me of Kiefer Sutherland. I started listening to SA in 1991 when I was about 4 years old. My sister had the let your dim light shine album.
One of the most well rounded bands out there.
The new music is a bit too formulated & bubblegum for me.
Let your dim light shine & Grave Dancers Union are the two albums I can listen to anytime, anywhere.
A woefully underappreciated song/video and band. These guys had a depth and integrity to their angst that only Nirvana could match. Somehow they escaped the media praise they so richly deserved. And that's a damn shame.
Patrick Waters I agree, and the only way people will know who you are talking about is by saying "you know the band that did runaway train" well at least with the people I know.
+Patrick Waters Agree. This song just made my day...
+Patrick Waters they sold millions of albums, and you call that underappreciated? So what are bands for you that never even get airplay? Nonexistent?
Underappreciated not totally unappreciated, Most of their songs did not see heavy rotation.
The one that did see lots of airplay is the only song anyone seems to remember from this group. And, as you can see, they had much more to offer. Many very good songs that did not get decent airtime. Regards,
+Patrick Waters I also agree with that. Problem is... Runaway Train was just too good for their own good, so to speak.
Soul Asylum = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Criminally underrated.
Criminally underrated yes. Hall of Fame, No! That's a bloated, corrupted institution which honours sales, not talent. If you get inducted there, it means you sold out and bribed the right people. Soul Asylum don't belong in that wannab elite.
You're missing the point, who gives AF about a soulless organization like RRHF, no class, no awareness, no real appreciation, it's a husk, a front, just like most radio stations, purely in it for the money - I've been there twice, it's ironic since we are talking about this on a song from The Grave Dancers Union, since that place feels more like a collection from grave robbing, than it does a museum
I caught their concert circa mid 90's when they were known as "the loudest band in the world" based on decibel measurements taken by Spin. This is the song they opened their set with. The recording doesn't convey how blistering that opening riff is live. Great show.
chris nicholas Heard it live and I have to agree. Great live act!
chris nicholas No question the production here mutes the song
Damn... It's such a good riff too. I'll find a live
sad part is they were pain almost nothing
music of today can't compare with this stuff from the past. oh the memories
I beg to differ.
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The real 90's rock.
🤘
Standing in the sun with a Popsicle, everything is possible!!!! Great line that encompasses youth...
Will u reply ?
The quality of this video is unbelievable good, specially for the time it was released! I still have this album and I didn't know there was a video for this amazing tune. I love Soul Asylum to this day :]
Such a beautiful haunting masterpiece of a song.
I didn't know there was a video for "Without A Trace". Thank you, Soul Asylum! 😊 Dec 9, 2018
Same
I didn't either til UA-cam. Killer song.
Did you recognize Winona Ryder?
@@shannonmeredith1791 Well, I did now! ☺😀😁😂
Forgot how insane this band is........I'm hooked again!
When videos n bands meant something. Fckn cool times!
What a great front MAN!!!
I'm really feeling some 90's nostalgia. Old girl friends, Zima, flannel, the music.....
bahaha zima for when you need cough syrup but want to get drunk too
In a few years this song will remind me of the 10's, since I wasn't born in the 90's and I discovered them this year
lol Zima. Love it.
with jolly ranchers right
I ñever had Zima here in whatever country I am in
Without a Trace
Soul Asylum
LYRICS
I fell in love with a hooker
She laughed in my face
So seriously I took her
I was a disgrace
I was out of line; I was out of place
Out of time to save face
See the open mouth of my suitcase
Sayin' leave this place
Leave without a trace
Leave without a trace
Leave without a trace
I tried to get a good job
With honest pay
I might as well join the mob
The benefits are okay
Standing in the sun with a popsicle
Everything is possible
With a lot of luck and a pretty face
And some time to waste
Leave without a trace
Leave without a trace
Leave without a trace
I tried to dance at a funeral
New Orleans style
I joined the Grave Dancer's Union
I had to file
Trying to do the right thing, play it straight
The right thing changes from state to state
Don't forget to take your mace
If you're out walking late
I liked to see your face
You left without a trace
You leave without a trace
I bought "GDU" the day after I saw an ad for it in Thrasher magazine. I had bought "And the Horse..." and "Hangtime" at a used music store previously and I wasn't really thinking I had to buy "GDU" when I saw the ad, but there it was in the same used music store the next day.
The one time I saw them in concert was with Screaming Trees and Spin Doctors. Dave introduced "Nice Guys Don't Get Paid" saying "This song is for James."
It's stupid significant for me to be watching this video for the first time today.
At the top of their game. Dave, Dan, Karl and Grant. These guys should have been as big as U2.
Excellent song.I miss the 90s.
They miss U
I've got four kids from 16 on down to eight and they all know how to sing standing in the sun with a popsicle, Anything is Possible, just watched this for the fifth time and there's a lot to absorb in this video, well done
String of Pearls...lyrical genius in all they do!
way cooler than anything now days !!!!! just take me away to 1992
I tried to dance at a funeral New Orleans Style. I joined the Grave Dancers Union, I had to file. Try to do the right thing... Play it straight. The right thing changes from state to state. Don't forget to take your Mase, if you're out working late.
Grunge rock is AWESOME!
Soul asylum is touring w Third Door Down and Collective Soul. Two of my fav band: Soul Asylum and Collective Soul! Can’t wait I have VIP tix!!!
I love Soul Asylum 💚. I'm crazy to see you in Brazil on December 2. Please, play in the full album "Grave Dancers Union", the best of World!!!
so cool....talk bout a hook....great song
all ears99 yes,the guitar riffs in this song are incredible,...
This album reminds me of my youth spent in foster care. Still better than being at my original home. Ii love the album Grave Dancers Union.
Bless you. How are you doing now?
This is my favorite Soul Asylum track from their Columbia/Sony years hands down, I love it.
"The right thing changes from state to state"
Amazing show at the Laguna Lounge in Brigantine, New Jersey!!!! They still have it after all these years!!!!
My wife and I saw Soul Asylum on the campus of Cal State Long Beach not long after the album with this song was released. The Meat Puppets opened for them. We were the two oldest people in the room and may have had the most fun.
Grave Dancers Union is one of the best albums of grunge scene and whole 90s. For me it’s one of the top 10s of 90s. Great songs.
I Doubt Dave would categorize it as Grunge. Just happened to be out around the same time. In any case, the whole album is fantastic and I'm surprised they weren't bigger. I think they still tour but he's the only original member.
@@ShawnConrad-tw8du Musically I classify them as a grunge band but you’re right, they were outside of Seattle’s Grunge Scene as they’re from Minneapolis. Stone Temple Pilots also have the same situation. Although twin cities have their own music scene but Soul Asylum were different from other great bands from Minnesota. Bands like Husker Du or The Replacements were influenced by post punk/New Wave kind of music but Soul Asylum were really into 90s alternative rock… . Also you can call them a grunge band because of their fashion and (hair)style,… .
@@ShawnConrad-tw8du they’re kinda big in Minnesota. They’re kinda bigger than Replacements and Husker Du and that’s kinda surprising, because those bands are two of the greatest bands of all time. You google Minnesota rock bands and Soul Asylum comes up first… .
@@Abegoldhatch Those are good points. I'd still never classify them as Grunge. Pirner's songwriting is totally different to me. They obviously had albums before Grave Dancers but I really wasn't aware of them til "And the Horse they rode in On". Either way, they're a terrific, terrific band.
@@Abegoldhatch Also, don't forget about Prince. Another great musician from Minneapolis
I love this song. However, no matter how well done the video is, I always get really chocked up when I see it.
Dave and I have the same birthday! I am 41 now and I still have them on my playlist!
I've worshipped this song , GDU since 199?? And this is first time I've seen this 😍😍😍
What an awesome song, and I had forgotten it!
Complexity isn't always desirable, even in music. Better writers than I have commented on the beauty inherent in some of the most "simplistic" art. Also, I think part of what makes Soul Asylum songs generally good-to-great is the coupling of relatively simple music with fairly complex lyrics. The scales balance.
I know that isn ´t the point, but I think that this music was forgotten. I still love Soul Asylum and their song, so, I am only 14 years old =)
Last decade of great music. For any genre.
Great song , great video I love the drums , the dance everything , amazing !
AceH681 I agree with you that the video and everything is amazing😁😉 #SOULASYLUM
90s were all about great music.... from Soul Asylum to the Gin Blossoms....
From Grave Dancers Union to Change of Fortune is my favorite Soul Asylum years
where have the 90's gone?...
Yes, I can't believe I forgot misery! Thats a great song too, frustrated incorporated!
Soul Asylum kicks ass! Grave Dancers Union is definitely their best album
Great songs/lyrics! Underrated
I vividly remember it's release just like yesterday
Soul Asylum ! Forever!!!!!!!!!
Replacements, Soul Asylum, Husker Du... man the days when MPLS rocked!
Still loving it after 30 years.
This is arguably the best song I have ever heard come from Dave. Lyrics are fantastic and the song is so damn catchy, i can put it on replay, over and over and over....
Thank you😇
This group had 4 of the greatest songs of the past 30 years (this one,"Misery","Runaway Train",and"Black Good") then disappeared!!
Somebody to shove and cant even tell are also pretty good ones
Tom Shad dont forget Somebody to shove
dissapeared... without a trace...?
@@mrfrank3387 GREAT ONES!!
@@rubengonzalez7418 Yes,equally as great
Amazing song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes I would love to do just this.. Leave without a TRACE!!!! lol I am just not sure where I'd go..
+Major woody Hi there! I see where u are coming from ., however my only child died at 39 years old May 13 2013 in Oklahoma. it is sad story. I have no family anymore.. Her daddy my ex hubby is dead also. age 61. I am still alive for a reason. :) :) Btw, I do wanna get away.from SC!! :) :) Thx for your response.. Much appreciated someone cares enough to respond to my post. :) :)
some great places waiting for you out there just imagine the wonderful places that you can go! best of luck in your journey!!!
Such a perfect song!
Leave without a trace!
Great Irish band forever
One of the BEST pop songs EVER!!
This is rock, dude - pop is Britney Spears and Lady Gaga.
Truth ❤
nice song,melodious,thank u!
Unsung heroes of an era
This song is so good
0:03 Wow, I've never seen that in motion, lol. For some reason that blows my mind. I've always seen in as a still picture.
Great song.
Good times,bad times.These times where good for sure!
We love it and listen to it during wonderful times with our first car
my goodness,what a great song!! certainly one of the best sub-Nirvana groups ever..
This song really brings back memories
ahhh memories!!
It's like listening to Bob Dylan on 45speed , same word play only you can understand the meaning of the songs with out trying to playing it over and over to figure out what the song means!!
Best. Song. Ever.
Just wow..
2:30 omg Winona Ryder haha 😂😂😂
might have to dd for people that she's the mob guy
great music!!!
I joined the Grave Dancers Union
Did you file?
HAD to
Early 90s, what a time to be growing up. Beautiful
awesome song.
the very best song of them :D I LOVE IT
These guys are purty darn relevant and Cool
I remember when these guys used to practice in Minneapolis inside a wearhouse, and you could hear them play if you stood by the building. I used to live 10 minutes from Minneapolis and would pass by there all the time to get to my friends house.
que buena cancionnn!!!
damn good song; GREAT drums.
Their Best song
every one should see the guys live..... no one better... and to go old school.. on ya voted best live band in 1993... yeah im old but still sound like the album every time i hear them live
I am guilty of LOVING SOME SOUL ASYLUM!! #grungerchick #90's timewarp
out of 1,68,565 only one dislike..... :( I loved his jeans.....
thr best band for me then and now
Standing in the sun with a popsicle... take what you can in the moment. it all melts away before you notice...
LOVE THIS!
Awesome. nuff said ;)
awesome AWESOME song.
"Tried to do the right thing and play it straight. The right thing changes from state to state"
True dat.
This song is a time machine for me. Everytime I want to visit 1993 again, the intro already transport me to my 13 years old. Marco 🇧🇷
Damn getting old I am forgot the song title I felt like hearing in this place I'm at is barely enough.this is it .
Essa banda era top curti demais