Yes, Harvest Moon Saloon, right next door (or one over) from Ken's Tavern... 25 cent draft, Ken's "home made chili" & the buck Polish Sausages were many meals for me back then. Out the back door and straight out Lindberg from that, home, when I wasn't actually sleeping in the breakroom of Carolina Lumber & Supply, down Piedmont about a block, then down a little trail across from Tower Package Store, where Carolina was (is) /under/ I-85, on Plaster Bridge Road...
I was living, working & surviving in Atlanta during the era of The Brains, Paper Lions, Heartfixers and other local favorites... last saw The Brains at the Moonshadow Saloon out near Decatur. I'm sure there's probably a skyscraper on that spot now. Ah... youth.
@WDockery YES! I remember Tinsly Ellis and the Heartfixers with Chicago Bob Nelson! Saw them repeatedly at The Harvestmoon Saloon (sister store to Moonshadow) Even have a vinyl LP of them recorded AT the Moonshadow. I don't know what's at the old Moonshadow site now... I will have to go investigate and report back ;^)
Thanks for posting this. A truly revolutionary band for their time. It's too bad they wouldn't have started producing this music in the later part of the '80's, otherwise they'd be on radio stations today... I need to find an mp3 of "see me". One of my favorites of all time.
Thanks for posting this. A truly revolutionary band for their time. It's too bad they wouldn't have started producing this music in the later part of the '80's, otherwise they'd be on radio stations today... I need to find an mp3 of "see me". One of my favorites of all time.
Wow! The only vinyl I kept from 400+ record collection was The Brains,and Electronic Eden.Seriously..can anyone post MP3's- I haven't bought a USB turntable yet, and their Label does not provide downloads. Good stuff!
That would be a rare find indeed! However, if you do a Google search you can turn up some mp3 downloads. Not quite as cool as having the vinyl in hand, but better than nothing.
@59ltg I've got both and the "Dancing Under Streetlights" EP on glorious vinyl. I've transferred two albums to here already and thinking about doing "Eden", just haven't gotten around to it yet.
i neva heard this version b4 its preetie good the only reason i no of tis song is because this punk band CHOKING VICTIM has a cover of tis song but sum of the lyrics r changed still a great song
I did not know there was an original song of it. Because of this video I started to find the original song It sounds more rock. Cindy's version is so pop and good but the original is better, specially those riffs!!!
I was lucky to be there -- it took me back to the days of being a young punk, spending all my time and money at The Agora and 688. Great memories. Now, if only someone can find and post some archival footage of The Basics and Heathen Girls I will be in heaven. Thanks so much.
I was there the night this was filmed and it was magical. People who don't have anything nice to say are probably the kind that would have written off Bob Dylan and Tom Waits because their voices are not "pretty." I really hope there will be another 688 reunion -- I'd love to see Tom do this song again. I like Lauper's version too.
I'm so glad you got to experience this performance first hand! While I was happy to have catch this on tape, it certainly is not like having seen it live.
Thank You for stopping by and leaving your intelligent and insightful comment :^)
Funny you should phrase it that way... Tom says the same thing! Without Cyndi's version, this song would have faded into obscurity years ago. As it turned out, Cyndi's version bought Tom a house and a couple of cars. Not a bad return on a song written some 25-30 years ago.
I'm really sorry you didn't enjoy this bit of musical history...at least you didn't ask for 4 minutes and 17 seconds of your life back ;^)
A harsh indictment especially considering that version of "Man in the Box" you have posted. But rather than giving MY opinion of that performance, I'm content with letting the numbers tell the story.
If Tom's performance of "Money Changes Everything" was bad, then at least he murders his own song and not Alice in Chains songs.
what about it? the people in front of us sure enjoyed it. and at least the singer CAN SING and would eat this tom guy for breakfast on vocals. youd better listen to both again. and i think murdering your own song is way worse. lol
Yeah, Ka-ching Ka-ching... I wonder what giant purchases Robert Hazard (R.I.P.) and Essra Mohawk made thanks to Cyndi as well. What's cool is that Cyndi just didn't say 'hey, I want that song.' She knew of the Brains and really enjoyed their live sets. She too comes from a band that rooted themselves in the undergrounds of NYC; see Blue Angel. Thanks for the posting; been curious too see the creator of such a great song.
The songs I love the most were Hypnotized, Dream Life, Raeline, Gold Dust Kids, and Asphalt Wonderland. I have been searching for some remastered CDs but haven't found them.
I have the original vinyl, The Brains, Electronic Eden, and Dancing Under Streetlights. If I can get my old DJ rig hooked up to my PC I'm going to rip them for myself. Anybody know if there's a fan club left? It would be cool to swap stuff.
I saw them several times at that club near the Emory Bike Shop, it's gone now too.
But this video is just a bunch of guys playing together not the regular band as justpassnthru says.
The Brains were a very tight performing group, more hard rock than New Wave. Tom wasn't the greatest singer, not the worst either, but that probably held them back.
gumfairy...I stand corrected!(total typo!...raised in the area..)The Y is on one ~corner..old, old italian restaurant, another..the corner is the baby strip mall that now has a PhillyCS. (I know you must also be a native cause you spell Clairmont w/o the "e" that is added in Chamblee!)anywho,
I was, and still am, a total fan...Have you ever found the ability to download any of the studio cuts?...Many thanks!
Anyone know what the original Brains guitarist, Rick Price is up to these days? While Tom sang and wrote those great songs, it was Price with his aggressive playing, windmills and jumping off the drum rise, that visually made The Brain live show GO!
Last I heard he was playing Bass for the Georgia Sats. A great talent on guitar.
saw them many times in and around Atl...favorite show was at a club at the corner of NDruid Hills and NDecatur (now a bike shop?) does anyone remember the name?
had both LPs but a roomate liberated them (can't blame him!) favorites were "Raelin" and "Dancing under streetlights"...they played last Sat. here...can't believe i missed it...Tom, please rerelease on CD(s)!
i have to amend my last comment, i think it was just the singer... could have been the guitar player? too lazy to pull the LP out to supply a name. sorry
My cool aunt & uncle brought me to see them in Charlotte, NC about 4 yrs ago.
I am a huge Cyndi Lauper fan, but I'm a punk rock fan first, so I looked for this LP for a long time & a LOT of research. The week after i found the record and bought it (cheap!), i got to see them at the Double Door. Thank you so much Uncle Kev and Aunt C = )
Cyndi Lauper, should you read this I F*N LOVE YOU!!!
Thanks for posting this. Never saw The Brains live. Bought their album when I heard their great instrumental "Trespass" on the radio, and loved the whole LP. Jealous of all you '80s-era Atlantans. Cheers!
Holy cow people. I live in the Seattle area. I tell people here of my days at the agora, rosies cantina, the brains, heathen girls etc and they look at me like I'm from mars. I sure do miss those days back then. Atlanta, what a great place. "money changes everything" by the brains NOT miss Lauper is the ultimate.
Brains, Basics and Heathen Girls....OMG, those were some wonderful times in Atlanta. 688, Alex Cooley's, the Auditorium, riding my Yamaha downtown summer nights to catch the Heathen Girls wherever they were playing. Girl I worked with was BFF with the bass player for the HG and I had the biggest crush on her!
The Producers. . one of Atlanta's finest from the '80s still occasionally get together and play. Most of them still live in the Atlanta area. Kyle Henderson is the bass player you are thinking of. Along with guitarist Van Temple, keyboardist Wayne Famous and drummer Bryan Holmes... simply one of the best bands around. You can find their vids on Youtube by typing in their names. I remember the Heathern Girls too. We all hung out at the same haunts. Great times. I miss them.
Man, found an old tape of the Brains album and have just been loving it, I can't seem to find it on CD. There was just not any better music than The Brains, Producers, REM, Heathen Girls and all those bands we'd see at 688 and the Agora. Best times of adult life. I met my wife in Atlanta and we are still together. We talk about the good old days often. I was just a flat out Brains freak then. I use to see the bass player at 688 often along with Wayne Famous of the Producers.
Under0. . .your profile says that you're "20" which would have made you . . not even around when these bands played. Typo? Or "dog years"? Obviously you know the bands. What gives?
I just posted some videos on Youtube when I was searching for Brains stuff. I didn't even realize I had an account. I thought my daughter registered the account but if you say it says I'm 20 then it was my son. But I'm a bit older than that. That, or I did a bunch of research about old Atlanta bands. he-he
While I can't speak for Mr. Gray, I can imagine him saying that he knows it wasn't the best song he has ever written, but it was the one that paid off his mortgage.
Tom is a very humble and friendly person who has written more songs than you know.
No excuses. It's the Gulag for him, where he will copy out one million rhyming dictionaries by hand onto parchment made from the hides of reindeer. And he has to skin and tan the reindeer hides himself. While listening to the Cyndi Lauper version on eternal repeat.
Harsh indictment. First mitigating factor: technically, he rhymes "everything" with "thing." Next, that line of the chorus changes over the course of the song, once to "We don't pull the strings." And that evolution makes a difference. Also, the lyrics fit the emotions and attitude. So, if your criticism comes from having internalized some rule against lazy rhymes, the lyric in this instance is an exception that works, if you're willing to see how.
"What's he got, that I ain't got?"... don't I wish! Sorry, no Producers... but I do have a Producers story from "back in the day"... remind me to tell you some time! :^)
The Producers don't play anymore do they? I had heard the bass player (can't remember his name) left a while back. Use to bump into them at the Agora too. Saw them at the Romantics concert I think.
Btw, does anyone know whatever became of the "Basics" and the "Roys". . two of the best bands in the Atlanta genre' mentioned here? Allan Vinnes was in the "Basics" with Jimmy and Adrian and simply one of the best bass players the city ever produced. He split to form the "Roys" and later moved to Arkansas to go into banking. I'm wondering if anyone ever heard of reunion shows featuring either of these groups? Great memories. "Beggin' for Beer". .
Watching the Brains as many times as I did back in the '80s in Atlanta, I too felt that these guys should have been monsters in the field. I saw them open for the B 52s at the old Agora and simply blow the Athens bunch off the stage. It was an incredible era. REM, Pylon, the Producers, the Ga Satellites, the B 52's, Swimming Pool Qs and many more I'm leaving out. I still have both Brains albums on vinyl. Tom Gray was brilliant. I miss the Agora, Hedgens, 688. Thanks for posting this.
The Brains were great. Quite possibly one of the last good bands from Atlanta. Lots of Atlanta bands then and now are way overrated but regardless of that, Tom was good.
Sometimes, "drive-by comments" are the best! To be honest...I'd forgotten Bryan was the bass player for the Brains. I'm pretty sure the bass player on this night was The Swimming Pool Q's bass player. If you go to MySpace and search "The Brains" you should find a page maintained by a friend of mine that can tell you all about it! Cheers, thanks and good luck!
Yes, you are correct, that was Charles and yes he was the original drummer. For additional info, please click the (more) button in the "about this video" box. Thanks for watching!
Sadly, cynically, Tom had it right. A punk anthem if ever there was one. The Brains rocked my skinny-tie world, from "See Me" to "Girl in A Magazine" to "Raylene" to surf-meets-electronica "Treason." Maybe before I die the Brains will be on CD.
I am definately a C.L. fan! and without the exposure from Cyndi's version, the song would probably just have faded into oblivion. I agree with Stuart below, that Cyndi made it her own! At the same time, it makes me proud for "local boy done good" Tom Gray, who readily acknowledges that Cyndi paid off his mortgage and bought him a few cars with the royalties :-) Money from out of the sky! Money, indeed, <b>DOES</b> change everything! Thanks for commenting!
yeah Lex. I saw The Brains a few times in Atlanta. First time I saw em was at the greatest little rock venue in the world, imo- Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom. Brian Eno was in attendance, and was seated not far from our table.
That was a great era for the Atlanta music scene. B52s, early REM, The Brains, Pylon, Love Tractor, and one of my alltime favorite bands- The Swimming Pool Q's.
I saw the Brains open for Devo at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta in 1980, and then as a headliner at the Milestone Club in Charlotte the night before I graduated from college. Both nights they rocked as hard as anyone I've seen in my life (400+ rock shows). I dind't even know this video existed. Outstanding.
Thank you for posting The Brains doing "Money changes everything". The Brains were one of the best Bands I saw at Emerald City in Cherry Hill, NJ. They put out 2 albums a debut"The Brains" and "Electronic Eden". The song was written by a Philly guy Eric Bazillian and was a hit for Cyndi Lauper (Blue Angel..eeeek), yeah i am an old geezer!!! Saw lots of great and overlooked punk bands through the years:)
Thanks for the comment! You are correct about the two Brains albums. To clear up any confusion though, the song "Money Changes Everything" was written by Tom Gray. The song "Someone Like Me" was written by Eric Bazillian. Both were subsequently recorded by Cyndi Lauper.
This dude sounds just like Lemmy Motorhead. He should do Murder by Death. I am waiting until all of my friends go over to livevideo before I switch, I don't think I could handle two video places at the same time.
Very catchy tune thanks for sharing the song justpassnthru. I do see the message about this whole youtube paying people to make videos and revenue or whatever and its obviously a bad idea. Great Video.
Excellent band original of money changes everything I used to own there very first album 80 or 81 was promo
troutmaster48 1 month ago
Yes, Harvest Moon Saloon, right next door (or one over) from Ken's Tavern... 25 cent draft, Ken's "home made chili" & the buck Polish Sausages were many meals for me back then. Out the back door and straight out Lindberg from that, home, when I wasn't actually sleeping in the breakroom of Carolina Lumber & Supply, down Piedmont about a block, then down a little trail across from Tower Package Store, where Carolina was (is) /under/ I-85, on Plaster Bridge Road...
WDockery 7 months ago
I was living, working & surviving in Atlanta during the era of The Brains, Paper Lions, Heartfixers and other local favorites... last saw The Brains at the Moonshadow Saloon out near Decatur. I'm sure there's probably a skyscraper on that spot now. Ah... youth.
WDockery 8 months ago
@WDockery YES! I remember Tinsly Ellis and the Heartfixers with Chicago Bob Nelson! Saw them repeatedly at The Harvestmoon Saloon (sister store to Moonshadow) Even have a vinyl LP of them recorded AT the Moonshadow. I don't know what's at the old Moonshadow site now... I will have to go investigate and report back ;^)
Thanks for stopping by!
justpassnthru 8 months ago
@justpassnthru Which one was near Emory and which one was near Broadview Plaza on Piedmont? I'm old and get them confused.
HildebrandJohnson 5 months ago
The Brains ROCK!!!! Many a night spent at Rumors, The Moonshadow, 688, etc......
jmlancaster 9 months ago
still stands the test of time.. kicks ass
ugabob1 9 months ago
@ugabob1 Thank-You! I'm proud to have a comment from someone who knows!!!
Cheers !
justpassnthru 8 months ago
CHOKING VICTIM ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHh BRING GUNS TO SCHOOL GET HIGH OFF THAT SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CrudeAndPreposterous 11 months ago
Thanks for posting this The Brains live!!
aziraphale1334 1 year ago
motownmaniax et al.... joins "us" on FB. search PEOPLE: Love The-brains
Hey, Greg.
I have uploaded ALL the songs, but can't figure out how to get videos, or how to post them here...they are on my youtube site....
SOS
heartinthestreet 1 year ago
lol how do u write that song? It's a dialog between A,B and C guys that u forced to get a song.
desenxuxator 1 year ago
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Thanks for posting this. A truly revolutionary band for their time. It's too bad they wouldn't have started producing this music in the later part of the '80's, otherwise they'd be on radio stations today... I need to find an mp3 of "see me". One of my favorites of all time.
LioninAComa22 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this. A truly revolutionary band for their time. It's too bad they wouldn't have started producing this music in the later part of the '80's, otherwise they'd be on radio stations today... I need to find an mp3 of "see me". One of my favorites of all time.
LioninAComa22 1 year ago
Wow! The only vinyl I kept from 400+ record collection was The Brains,and Electronic Eden.Seriously..can anyone post MP3's- I haven't bought a USB turntable yet, and their Label does not provide downloads. Good stuff!
chandleratl 1 year ago
Classic song. Great to hear the writer perform.
cksdenver 1 year ago
i have all 3 albums, but it was almost 30 years ago. would like tind it on cd?
lcluap2001 1 year ago
I treasure my vinyl copy :)) great album
BushInJail 2 years ago 2
I search used record shops all the time trying to find "The Brains" and "Electronic Eden", but so far no joy...
59ltg 2 years ago
That would be a rare find indeed! However, if you do a Google search you can turn up some mp3 downloads. Not quite as cool as having the vinyl in hand, but better than nothing.
justpassnthru 2 years ago
@59ltg I agree. I have never seen another copy of "The Brains" besides the one copy that my dad passed on down to me.
LioninAComa22 1 year ago
@59ltg I've got both and the "Dancing Under Streetlights" EP on glorious vinyl. I've transferred two albums to here already and thinking about doing "Eden", just haven't gotten around to it yet.
motownmaniax 1 year ago
I have an original copy .. :) but no turntable to play it on..
ugabob1 1 year ago
@59ltg i have an original copy,, but no turntable to play it on..
ugabob1 1 year ago
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@59ltg i have an original copy,, but no turntable to play it on..
ugabob1 1 year ago
@59ltg I have The Brains on vinyl actually. Survived over from my Dad's hands to mine. And now one of my favorite bands of all time.
LioninAComa22 1 year ago
@59ltg
Check eBay. Recently bought a 12 inch of Asphalt...Also look for Love the-brains on Facebook--not in bands, but people.
When you find us, drop a note + I will ask if you want the LPs + singles on CD---->free.
LONG MAY WE ROCK.
(hey, Greg)
heartinthestreet 10 months ago
@59ltg I have the original vinyl of the first album, so they do exist. Keep up the search, eventually one will pop up.
corkbender 7 months ago
i neva heard this version b4 its preetie good the only reason i no of tis song is because this punk band CHOKING VICTIM has a cover of tis song but sum of the lyrics r changed still a great song
SonofRotten13 2 years ago
The Album " The Brains " from the 80's is absolutely awesome if you don't have it get it also... " Electronic Eden " is as good or better...
Great Band.
thesilencers13 2 years ago
I did not know there was an original song of it. Because of this video I started to find the original song It sounds more rock. Cindy's version is so pop and good but the original is better, specially those riffs!!!
Julian7507 2 years ago
I like it. And remember it well.
Winifred214 2 years ago
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Also thank you for adding this vid to your favorites!
justpassnthru 2 years ago
back in 1980 this was one of my fav songs - thanks for posting
GBStuff 2 years ago
I'm glad you found this video, thanks for the comment! I'm happy it conjured up good memories.
justpassnthru 2 years ago
I was lucky to be there -- it took me back to the days of being a young punk, spending all my time and money at The Agora and 688. Great memories. Now, if only someone can find and post some archival footage of The Basics and Heathen Girls I will be in heaven. Thanks so much.
fightingchance60 2 years ago
I was there the night this was filmed and it was magical. People who don't have anything nice to say are probably the kind that would have written off Bob Dylan and Tom Waits because their voices are not "pretty." I really hope there will be another 688 reunion -- I'd love to see Tom do this song again. I like Lauper's version too.
fightingchance60 2 years ago
I'm so glad you got to experience this performance first hand! While I was happy to have catch this on tape, it certainly is not like having seen it live.
Thank You for stopping by and leaving your intelligent and insightful comment :^)
justpassnthru 2 years ago
well, after sitting through that, all i can say is: thank god for cyndi lauper!!
mainlymusicman 2 years ago
Funny you should phrase it that way... Tom says the same thing! Without Cyndi's version, this song would have faded into obscurity years ago. As it turned out, Cyndi's version bought Tom a house and a couple of cars. Not a bad return on a song written some 25-30 years ago.
I'm really sorry you didn't enjoy this bit of musical history...at least you didn't ask for 4 minutes and 17 seconds of your life back ;^)
justpassnthru 2 years ago
well, at least hes aware how bad he is. that performance was terrible and unnmusical
mainlymusicman 2 years ago
A harsh indictment especially considering that version of "Man in the Box" you have posted. But rather than giving MY opinion of that performance, I'm content with letting the numbers tell the story.
If Tom's performance of "Money Changes Everything" was bad, then at least he murders his own song and not Alice in Chains songs.
justpassnthru 2 years ago
what about it? the people in front of us sure enjoyed it. and at least the singer CAN SING and would eat this tom guy for breakfast on vocals. youd better listen to both again. and i think murdering your own song is way worse. lol
mainlymusicman 2 years ago
You are quite possibly one of the most ignorant people I have ever run across. Thank you for proving you can't argue with a sick mind.
justpassnthru 2 years ago
yes , which is what you are. and this guy sounds like joe cocker at 97 on his death bed. lol
mainlymusicman 2 years ago
Yeah, Ka-ching Ka-ching... I wonder what giant purchases Robert Hazard (R.I.P.) and Essra Mohawk made thanks to Cyndi as well. What's cool is that Cyndi just didn't say 'hey, I want that song.' She knew of the Brains and really enjoyed their live sets. She too comes from a band that rooted themselves in the undergrounds of NYC; see Blue Angel. Thanks for the posting; been curious too see the creator of such a great song.
thedj2 2 years ago 2
Cool story! Thanks for commenting ;^)
justpassnthru 2 years ago
Any Retraints fans>???
ulverwolf 2 years ago
(cont'd from above)
The songs I love the most were Hypnotized, Dream Life, Raeline, Gold Dust Kids, and Asphalt Wonderland. I have been searching for some remastered CDs but haven't found them.
I have the original vinyl, The Brains, Electronic Eden, and Dancing Under Streetlights. If I can get my old DJ rig hooked up to my PC I'm going to rip them for myself. Anybody know if there's a fan club left? It would be cool to swap stuff.
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buck39 2 years ago
I saw them several times at that club near the Emory Bike Shop, it's gone now too.
But this video is just a bunch of guys playing together not the regular band as justpassnthru says.
The Brains were a very tight performing group, more hard rock than New Wave. Tom wasn't the greatest singer, not the worst either, but that probably held them back.
(cont'd next post)
buck39 2 years ago
Choking Victim's version is better.... XD
RockstarRacc00n 2 years ago
Awsome. I never heard these guys before.
murderface74 2 years ago
If you didn't happen to live in Atlanta in the 80's, the chances of you hearing of these guys are probably one in a million.
Then again, it was more than one in a million that you would find this video...hmmm, maybe you should go, right now, and buy a lottery ticket! :^D
(don't forget to cut me in on the winnings, if you should win)
Sorry, I digress...
Thanks for watching and commenting! :^)
justpassnthru 2 years ago
They are now called Delta Moon. In 2003 Delta Moon won the Internatonal Blues Challenge in Memphis Tenn. They are real talented.
eatfreaky 2 years ago
Great band my friend lent me that first album i never forgot it.Cheers
daktari9 2 years ago
gumfairy...I stand corrected!(total typo!...raised in the area..)The Y is on one ~corner..old, old italian restaurant, another..the corner is the baby strip mall that now has a PhillyCS. (I know you must also be a native cause you spell Clairmont w/o the "e" that is added in Chamblee!)anywho,
I was, and still am, a total fan...Have you ever found the ability to download any of the studio cuts?...Many thanks!
braindoug 3 years ago
I think you are talking about Loehman's plaza
dustybrand 2 years ago
I saw The Brains at Tyrones's in Athens around 1981 or so....thanks for this!!!
canyon59 3 years ago
There is no corner of N Druid Hills and N Decatur. I saw them at a club at Clairmont and N Decatur, though-- can't remember the name.
I wish I had a Brains CD. I miss the Roys, too.
gumfairy716 3 years ago
Anyone know what the original Brains guitarist, Rick Price is up to these days? While Tom sang and wrote those great songs, it was Price with his aggressive playing, windmills and jumping off the drum rise, that visually made The Brain live show GO!
Last I heard he was playing Bass for the Georgia Sats. A great talent on guitar.
Waiken78 3 years ago
Rick lives in Stone Mountain. A friend of mine knows him well. I think he has a new band and works on racecars now.
dustybrand 2 years ago
saw them many times in and around Atl...favorite show was at a club at the corner of NDruid Hills and NDecatur (now a bike shop?) does anyone remember the name?
had both LPs but a roomate liberated them (can't blame him!) favorites were "Raelin" and "Dancing under streetlights"...they played last Sat. here...can't believe i missed it...Tom, please rerelease on CD(s)!
braindoug 3 years ago
try it from Letfover Crack , definitely perfect cover!
edemirel 3 years ago
i have to amend my last comment, i think it was just the singer... could have been the guitar player? too lazy to pull the LP out to supply a name. sorry
thisyearsgirl13 3 years ago
My cool aunt & uncle brought me to see them in Charlotte, NC about 4 yrs ago.
I am a huge Cyndi Lauper fan, but I'm a punk rock fan first, so I looked for this LP for a long time & a LOT of research. The week after i found the record and bought it (cheap!), i got to see them at the Double Door. Thank you so much Uncle Kev and Aunt C = )
Cyndi Lauper, should you read this I F*N LOVE YOU!!!
thisyearsgirl13 3 years ago 2
I LOVE THE BRAINS THEY GO REAL NICE WITH THE VAPORS AND OTHER NEW_WAVERS from the 8O's
rystrttn1 3 years ago
I had always heard she the song wasn't laupers , but didn't know till now who it was thnx
AceNitro 3 years ago
Wow....A great video!.
It's one of my favorate songs.
What many don't realize is, this song is actually an inditement of the music industry and how money rules in it.
Thanks for posting it!
Barb5001 3 years ago
How come you can't find their records on cd? Big bummer!
cleophas1901 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this. Never saw The Brains live. Bought their album when I heard their great instrumental "Trespass" on the radio, and loved the whole LP. Jealous of all you '80s-era Atlantans. Cheers!
Mycroft9 3 years ago
I'm really glad you enjoyed this! It's comments like these that make it all worthwhile to post vids like this.
justpassnthru 3 years ago
Thanks for posing this! Never saw live.
Mycroft9 3 years ago
Holy cow people. I live in the Seattle area. I tell people here of my days at the agora, rosies cantina, the brains, heathen girls etc and they look at me like I'm from mars. I sure do miss those days back then. Atlanta, what a great place. "money changes everything" by the brains NOT miss Lauper is the ultimate.
bum4heli 3 years ago
Comments like these make it worth the effort to post these videos! Spoken like a true Atlantan!
Believe me...You get the same looks from most people in Atlanta these days when trying to explain.
If you weren't there, you just wouldn't understand!!!
justpassnthru 3 years ago
Brains, Basics and Heathen Girls....OMG, those were some wonderful times in Atlanta. 688, Alex Cooley's, the Auditorium, riding my Yamaha downtown summer nights to catch the Heathen Girls wherever they were playing. Girl I worked with was BFF with the bass player for the HG and I had the biggest crush on her!
pfursrock 3 years ago
The Producers. . one of Atlanta's finest from the '80s still occasionally get together and play. Most of them still live in the Atlanta area. Kyle Henderson is the bass player you are thinking of. Along with guitarist Van Temple, keyboardist Wayne Famous and drummer Bryan Holmes... simply one of the best bands around. You can find their vids on Youtube by typing in their names. I remember the Heathern Girls too. We all hung out at the same haunts. Great times. I miss them.
mwolf49 3 years ago
Man, found an old tape of the Brains album and have just been loving it, I can't seem to find it on CD. There was just not any better music than The Brains, Producers, REM, Heathen Girls and all those bands we'd see at 688 and the Agora. Best times of adult life. I met my wife in Atlanta and we are still together. We talk about the good old days often. I was just a flat out Brains freak then. I use to see the bass player at 688 often along with Wayne Famous of the Producers.
xunder0athx 3 years ago
Under0. . .your profile says that you're "20" which would have made you . . not even around when these bands played. Typo? Or "dog years"? Obviously you know the bands. What gives?
mwolf49 3 years ago
I just posted some videos on Youtube when I was searching for Brains stuff. I didn't even realize I had an account. I thought my daughter registered the account but if you say it says I'm 20 then it was my son. But I'm a bit older than that. That, or I did a bunch of research about old Atlanta bands. he-he
xunder0athx 3 years ago
There should be a special Gulag in the Aleutians for pop songwriters who rhyme "thing" with "thing".
BlackProteus 3 years ago
While I can't speak for Mr. Gray, I can imagine him saying that he knows it wasn't the best song he has ever written, but it was the one that paid off his mortgage.
Tom is a very humble and friendly person who has written more songs than you know.
justpassnthru 3 years ago
No excuses. It's the Gulag for him, where he will copy out one million rhyming dictionaries by hand onto parchment made from the hides of reindeer. And he has to skin and tan the reindeer hides himself. While listening to the Cyndi Lauper version on eternal repeat.
BlackProteus 3 years ago
Harsh indictment. First mitigating factor: technically, he rhymes "everything" with "thing." Next, that line of the chorus changes over the course of the song, once to "We don't pull the strings." And that evolution makes a difference. Also, the lyrics fit the emotions and attitude. So, if your criticism comes from having internalized some rule against lazy rhymes, the lyric in this instance is an exception that works, if you're willing to see how.
bearealman 3 years ago
I am the self-appointed Stalin of Pop. Gulag for him.
BlackProteus 2 years ago
OMG...are the producers on here somewhere?
nnd5512 3 years ago
"What's he got, that I ain't got?"... don't I wish! Sorry, no Producers... but I do have a Producers story from "back in the day"... remind me to tell you some time! :^)
justpassnthru 3 years ago
lay it on me...I assume you were around in those days..and the producers are on here...
nnd5512 3 years ago
The Producers don't play anymore do they? I had heard the bass player (can't remember his name) left a while back. Use to bump into them at the Agora too. Saw them at the Romantics concert I think.
xunder0athx 3 years ago
Btw, does anyone know whatever became of the "Basics" and the "Roys". . two of the best bands in the Atlanta genre' mentioned here? Allan Vinnes was in the "Basics" with Jimmy and Adrian and simply one of the best bass players the city ever produced. He split to form the "Roys" and later moved to Arkansas to go into banking. I'm wondering if anyone ever heard of reunion shows featuring either of these groups? Great memories. "Beggin' for Beer". .
mwolf49 3 years ago
There was a song by the Basics I loved. They use to play on WRAS a lot. Can't think of it.
Who played "Don't Sleep Rena?" That was a great song.
xunder0athx 3 years ago
Thanks for the updates. . .and I would go to those links. . but I'm feeling old enough as it is. Damn, those days were fun.
mwolf49 4 years ago
Watching the Brains as many times as I did back in the '80s in Atlanta, I too felt that these guys should have been monsters in the field. I saw them open for the B 52s at the old Agora and simply blow the Athens bunch off the stage. It was an incredible era. REM, Pylon, the Producers, the Ga Satellites, the B 52's, Swimming Pool Qs and many more I'm leaving out. I still have both Brains albums on vinyl. Tom Gray was brilliant. I miss the Agora, Hedgens, 688. Thanks for posting this.
mwolf49 4 years ago
Thanks for the great comment, spoken like a TRUE Atlantan! I'm glad you found this vid and enjoyed it.
justpassnthru 4 years ago
The Brains were great. Quite possibly one of the last good bands from Atlanta. Lots of Atlanta bands then and now are way overrated but regardless of that, Tom was good.
bowiemott 4 years ago
my frienda and i saw the brains, what 30 to to 40 times? our favorite atlanta band. we always had a blast. thanks for posting.
pml22 4 years ago
I enjoyed it too justpssnthru, very much.
I still have the Brains albums. Bryan
Smithwick was on the vid was he? What happened
to him? Thanks again.
bootsiebanty 4 years ago
Sometimes, "drive-by comments" are the best! To be honest...I'd forgotten Bryan was the bass player for the Brains. I'm pretty sure the bass player on this night was The Swimming Pool Q's bass player. If you go to MySpace and search "The Brains" you should find a page maintained by a friend of mine that can tell you all about it! Cheers, thanks and good luck!
justpassnthru 4 years ago
Was Charles Wolf on drums that night? He was the original drummer for the Brains if memory serves me.
mwolf49 4 years ago
Yes, you are correct, that was Charles and yes he was the original drummer. For additional info, please click the (more) button in the "about this video" box. Thanks for watching!
justpassnthru 4 years ago
I saw the Brains in Athens GA....thanks for posting!!!
BushInJail 4 years ago
I'm wrong or he have a "Bob Dylan" taste at all?
luciomasappa77 4 years ago
Sadly, cynically, Tom had it right. A punk anthem if ever there was one. The Brains rocked my skinny-tie world, from "See Me" to "Girl in A Magazine" to "Raylene" to surf-meets-electronica "Treason." Maybe before I die the Brains will be on CD.
Capybara91 4 years ago
A great song by an underrated songwriter. And regardless of your opinion of Ms. Lauper I guarantee
Tom Gray thanks God for Cyndi everyday. Cyn would
always mention Tom and the Brains back in the 80's.
52barney 4 years ago
I am definately a C.L. fan! and without the exposure from Cyndi's version, the song would probably just have faded into oblivion. I agree with Stuart below, that Cyndi made it her own! At the same time, it makes me proud for "local boy done good" Tom Gray, who readily acknowledges that Cyndi paid off his mortgage and bought him a few cars with the royalties :-) Money from out of the sky! Money, indeed, <b>DOES</b> change everything! Thanks for commenting!
justpassnthru 4 years ago
I've wanted to hear this version since She's So Unusual. Cyndi really made it her own though.
StuartIMeltzer 4 years ago
yeah Lex. I saw The Brains a few times in Atlanta. First time I saw em was at the greatest little rock venue in the world, imo- Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom. Brian Eno was in attendance, and was seated not far from our table.
That was a great era for the Atlanta music scene. B52s, early REM, The Brains, Pylon, Love Tractor, and one of my alltime favorite bands- The Swimming Pool Q's.
Fun times.
RTRoberto 4 years ago
I saw the Brains open for Devo at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta in 1980, and then as a headliner at the Milestone Club in Charlotte the night before I graduated from college. Both nights they rocked as hard as anyone I've seen in my life (400+ rock shows). I dind't even know this video existed. Outstanding.
lexalexander 4 years ago
Thank you for posting The Brains doing "Money changes everything". The Brains were one of the best Bands I saw at Emerald City in Cherry Hill, NJ. They put out 2 albums a debut"The Brains" and "Electronic Eden". The song was written by a Philly guy Eric Bazillian and was a hit for Cyndi Lauper (Blue Angel..eeeek), yeah i am an old geezer!!! Saw lots of great and overlooked punk bands through the years:)
krotix 4 years ago
Thanks for the comment! You are correct about the two Brains albums. To clear up any confusion though, the song "Money Changes Everything" was written by Tom Gray. The song "Someone Like Me" was written by Eric Bazillian. Both were subsequently recorded by Cyndi Lauper.
justpassnthru 4 years ago
Too funny!
fanbutton 5 years ago
Rockin' Good Video! Rockin' Good Show! Thanks, JPT.
catsand 5 years ago
You know it! Rockin' good show EVERY time!!!
justpassnthru 5 years ago
This dude sounds just like Lemmy Motorhead. He should do Murder by Death. I am waiting until all of my friends go over to livevideo before I switch, I don't think I could handle two video places at the same time.
SteelyDoctorWu 5 years ago
ok Doc, I'll stop with the hard sell...just whenever you're ready.
justpassnthru 5 years ago
Very catchy tune thanks for sharing the song justpassnthru. I do see the message about this whole youtube paying people to make videos and revenue or whatever and its obviously a bad idea. Great Video.
Muntron 5 years ago
Thank you muntron for your continued support! It's nice to share this stuff with someone who appreciates it!
justpassnthru 5 years ago