Ian Brown - She bangs the drums

[Elbowlicker75]

Well, I was there for this, and I can safely say that it was mindblowing, fuck how out of key King Monkey was....I didn't notice at all on the night!!. Having spent years watching the Blackpool Live gig over and over, my Red Striped brain looked around the Academy at the balconies and waving arms and it all came together like I was actually back in 1989 in what I'd seen on the TV screen so many times. Spine-tingling. Roll on June!

[ArcticEwi]

6 people don't understand the magic of music and emotion.

[mrpaulmarwood]

That made me cry. Saw the Roses twice. The music holds up but you had to be there for the full effect. The world changed.

[seifukusha]

i dont think anyone there cares if sir brown is offkey a bit. not at all.

[ChocolateTampon]

Ian is a little out of tune but who gives a fuck. Wish I had been there. Magical. Not like the shite that gets airplay today :(

[weavehole]

Looks amaaaazing

[blurry67]

I am dumbfounded by people always bashing John Squire's singing! John's voice is not the best, but even he sings better in tune than Ian Brown!

I've just played John's version of SBTD and he defnitely did a better job than Ian does here!

[Reni1919]

omg!! his vocal here is really bad, but yeah...who cares, his the king!

[MrSuffy29]

@ctidcarl  Exactly!

[MrSuffy29]

@ctidcarl exactly! mate!!

[avfcmickdaly]

i come on here every three months or so when i'm on my stone roses/happy mondays/inspirals buzz and we still get the same idiots whinging about the vocals..........WHO GIVES A FUCK....enjoy the atmosphere of a legend performing one of the classics from the late 80's/early 90's....have you seen her have you heard....the way she plays there are no words,to describe the way i'm feeling.....

[avfcmickdaly]

@avfcmickdaly ...just watched it again for the 10th time...it is easily the best 3 minutes of youtube footage going....absolute class

[foreverashcroft]

who cares if hes out of tune.. this is still classssssss

[markheckyLUFC]

Who gives a fuck about his voice???Its being there & the whole experiance that counts.What does everybody want a world full of xfactor karioke shite or unique people like Brownie??

[jl093]

haha no offense, but the backing vocals sound better than Ian

[Sanguru100]

I'Ve never - NEEEEVER - seen such an untalendted CLOWN like IAN BROWN on stage. EVER! EEEEEVER!

Look how he moves!

POLIO - maybe???

How can a frontman dare to move (move?) like an untalented grandfather, age 74?

HORRIBLE!!!

Poor-poor STONE ROSES!

It could have been such an incredible career with a man who is not more than a mediocre singer and the prototype of a non-frontman!

JUST HORRIBLE!!!!

[seoulstar]

his dancing is clever because it helps distract from his tone-deafness.

oh well, eah to their own.

[heyjjules]

The crowd screaming is even more in tune that Ian itself, haha.

Still, a fucking legend.

[servecool1234]

is this singstar or something?

Ian calm down... x

[thisisboringnow]

A shocker as usual.

Tuneless.

[DANNYM35]

Shocker? Just look at the people that matter, the fans.. do they think it's a shocker?

[tommej]

the king of autotune

[rapperzondernaam]

can anyone sing moreout of tune than Ian? But it doesn't matter!!

[avfcmickdaly]

forgot to say,and my reason for commenting in the first place,cheers for putting up such brlliant footage of one of the greatest songs of all time.

[avfcmickdaly]

amazing song.

oh for the days of 89/90 when i finally got to the legal age of drinking and was allowed to listen to this in a club.

sitting in a park with a crappy tinny stereo,a bottle of thunderbird and a bag of carling didn't quite have the same acoustics.

although,saying that,dancing to these and the happy mondays in a park,was a lot better.

[yenoock]

I love ian brown and the roses, just wish he could sing more in tune when he plays live. Anyway perfection is boring.

[NuQ8]

What a crowd !!

[mufcstokesy]

it would remind u of da blackpool gig in a way. with da balcony and all. pure energy just comin off this video. close my eyes and i feel like im there!!

[kiaganga]

being a manc is where you are

[steviecarr06]

this look like a great night!!

[kiaganga]

made in mancland sez everything you need to know

[adam7paul]

got to be the best live song ever.... fuckin love it!!!!

[talsophos]

i agree ! tune and a half !!!

[steveo9996]

Lol Ive seen ian brown a few times, and sometimes he just seems to go totally off, and other times is is fucking mint. The only thing i can think of that sends him so off is booze or drugs

[mykingmonkey]

woah...amazing!!

[gaffers2008]

well sed by ctidcarl" even if yer sed it 5 months ago haha. legend ian is

[themightycelestial]

Holy shit.

That was fuckin' amazing.

[bilicana]

AMAZING for me with 2 albums and are as fucking good as U2 x example! they have made it generational hymns!

[ripstoneroses]

i was there,

raving the shit out of my new adidas

[kingmonkey75]

what i can remember this was an awesome night, soon as he started playin roses songs the whole place went even more mental. the man is a legend

[ctidcarl]

Listen, this is the cut of it...

Who gives two fooks how he sounds??

That crowd is "mad" for Ian Brown and if any of us were there too, we'd all be acstatic.

Its not always about the sound - its about the Vibe.

And Brown and The Roses created one that has never been bettered.

[guekman]

You are so right

[NAH1HODGE]

exactly if he was so shit,y doeshe sell out all the time,in 88-90 he cud sing with the best,ur voice goes with age,but theres only 1 IB,av u heard Squire,fu@kinell!

[kevindoo2007]

ok so he cant sing that well,But its Ian Brown come on the mans a god,Ive seen him live twice and on both time the crowd couldnt give a fuck what he sounded like cos as i said it was Ian Brown on stage,he brings so much more than his voice,He is a legend

[adam789999]

ive seen him three times live and hes been on top form every time!! one question....how can you be a lead singer if u cant sing??

[longlivetheroses]

two words ian brown nobody can solve this wonder of the world

[ctidcarl]

Amateurs!!

Who gives a fook what his voice sounds like?? Are you all critically acclaimed, professionaly trained voice analysts???

Didn't think so.

This is Ian Brown at his best, giving HIS fans and fans of THE STONE ROSES exactly what they want.

Keeping the vibe alive - Ian Brown and The Stone Roses..... its not where you're from, its where you're at... and for all us Roses fans, this performance is keeping us where we wanns be - at that mad summer 0f 89 when all was good

[SirRudy93]

He just sounds crap on craply recordedd vids cos he's got a strong vioce, when i went to see him at sheffield craling academy, the gig where someone pulled him off stage, he sung really well, ian brown can sing as a matter of fact and you must have the experince of being there to understand

[MattJamesR]

Horrible...

[Northernsoul12]

at 0:38 the audience can sing better than he can

[suedehead28]

check 'Sally Cinemon' LIVE in Finland 1990 on here...for a reminder that on a good day his singing aint half band.

[whitelabeldemo]

This sounds fucking awful.

[AdeBamforth]

I wish she would bang the drums a bit louder.

[dommo808]

he can also play drums keyboard guitar and bass so he aint talentless and he also used to be able to sing....

[yayforpie49]

Nice!

Im not slatin his voice but it is a bit, u know what I mean.

they r such an old band and I agree with zozzie. but BIG UP YOURSELF!

Theyr alright, If I were u guys id just listen to the CD not watch it live if u wanna hear the best of them.

[alexzab86]

think it was that song when i lost my glasses, then lost them again when he came to lincoln

[foggy260683]

i admit brownys voice is woeful live, but u have to be there to truely appreciate the electric atmosphere everytime he plays a stone roses song, its incomparible! bring on the roses reunion

[drthecat]

I think a Roses reunion would be diasterous, especially after the World is Yours. Ian and Mani might gel well, having been down the electro road though. I'd be afraid

[THEchu]

as bad is it may sound at first glance his terrible tone and everything made it a very authentic live performance for me and i really enjoyed it

[rogan71]

Proof that he's always been a talentless twat... He writes some OK stuff, but his ego is way higher that his actual ability

[whitelabeldemo]

anyone who slates squire's singing should listen to this. woeful. at least squire is a genius on guitar

[jackomanc123]

people the atmos is fuckin electric, it gives me tingles when ian comes out live and bangs out this, the guy is a legend. his voice is amazing live, he knows he doesnt have a gud voice thats why he swaggers out n blows the audience away, his manc accent suits all these songs

[jumpingjack7877]

the song is 20 years old- his voice has got alot deeper since then- i think this is a great performance, listen to liam gallagher try to sing live 4eva or wonderwall these days- now that is shite!

[hellasoleole]

As stupid as it sounds the imperfections of him singing live is what music is all about. I mean why pay$8o AU if it will sound identical to the album. Same with football if you want to watch a game with perfect view no obstructions imperfetions sit your arse on the couch.

[shuraoviedo]

ian ian !!!! opsss

[redbear99]

who gves a fuck if he can't sing live -Mans about presence hes a fucking legend!!!

[spiritfree]

One of the best pop songs of all time, but this is awful. Why doesn't the audience shut up!?

[TheInformation]

LOL This is horrible!

[rookiecard]

Oh man....best album ever. Worst live singer ever.

[carlisleutdno1]

the sooner the roses reform the better but apparantley Squire is considering the idea

[zozzie]

They are best left as they were so everyone one can remember them at their best - the last thing we need is another old band touring all the time, like the Rolling Stones - but i'd still go and see them if they reformed!

[mahavishnu]

¡Queremos alos Stone Roses de vuelta!

¡Y los queremos ver en México!

[knopflervascaino]

really beautiful!!!

i hope he can come to brazil soon....very soon...

[STFCstoneroses]

anybody know when he'l be touring next??

[ellycat]

That is pure and simple called 'rocking the joint to it's foundations'.