Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth

[confinedspace2006]

this is terrible, it's a joke yes?

[dirkbogarde44]

Y'know, lets be honest. It's all a bit crap.

[ronaldvanderkleij]

In 1980 I hear thiss and U2 and what rest was this

[klepzo]

I could be an old marble midget?

[joeyrider]

I saw them at Clarendon Hotel in London summer 1980 on a pair with This Heat ... awesome night

[earinsound]

@joeyrider

how great--two of my favorite groups

[waynealarsen]

I saw them at Hurrah's in NYC in 1980 and it was the BEST!!!!!

[JLKPOR1]

Now I understand wher the XX found theyr inspiration

[dotervacalabrams]

@JLKPOR1 Weird, i don't feel like it looks like the XX at all

[Loobs666]

Never mind Colossal Youth, more like Colossal Nostrils.... they're fucking massive!

[fingerstothebone]

How is it that I have only JUST discovered this band??????

[BigPorro2]

@fingerstothebone me too. dude they are great !

[DaWalk]

Is this from the Live at The Hurrah DVD?

[kbr61263]

i have this memory of YMG being on tv (something else?) perhaps in 1980, and on the same show was the first time I had seen Joy Division, (who performed transmission). Nest day at school everyone was talking about Joy division but i preferrred YMG. I also think Boy george was reviewing and said joy division were bettre, which I took up with him in person a while later when I saw him at a Theater of hate gig in the lyceum (still before the days of culture club)

[hufclufc]

@kbr61263 you are a douchebag

[deafcobain]

i would love to have a girlfriend :)

[chancesareshewears]

? Sounds like a jam at kindergarten.

[beowulven]

Holy fuck.

[tonyflatham1]

I attended Futurama2, this band were one of my main reasons for going, there were some great bands on, but it was an awful venue, being a smoothie at the time I spent most of the festival, avoiding fights with drunken woolyback skins/punks.

But YMG were great, I think they went onto to become Weekend, who also made some very good records.

[sigurros16]

aaa well neither nirvana nor r.e.m. are great bands to be proud of have had been an influence...

the greatest thing YMG did was to influence the slowcore movement, in my opinion.

[roejogan8]

@sigurros16 nirvana and r.e.m. are both fucking awesome bands you moron. fucking cooly! music snob! neither band has a bad record and both have had huge impacts on alternative music! what have you done? fuck all that's what. goober!!

[phucketification]

@roejogan8 couldn't say it better myself

[kappser]

@roejogan8 I totally agree. "The greatest thing they did was influence the slowcore movement" Bah. Um...I only like bands that are kind of obscure where actually in my circle of friends everybody likes them. Scenester Douche.

[roejogan8]

@kappser your comment is kind of confusing. is this your idea of an insult, you fucking nerd! i was picking up for r.e.m. and nirvana. i like tons of bands that aren't obscure. fucking idiot! ac/dc, the cars, abba, the beatles, leonard cohen, public enemy, neil young, radiohead, david bowie, aerosmith, black sabbath, sex pistols, queen, cheap trick, the who, and MANY more. to quote a ymg song. DON'T LABEL ME. fucking peice of shit.

[kappser]

@roejogan8 I was agreeing with you. The insult was meant for the person you were insulting as well. Chill. Seriously.

[roejogan8]

@kappser i had no idea. i still find the comment a bit confusing. i thought you were being sarcastic. i take it back. all of the rude things i said. it's cool you like ymb and the wipers.

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 straight up,your a cock.....

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ straight up, it's spelled YOU'RE.

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 whatever you say nerd,whatever you say.

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ go look up more porn, troll.

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 lol your the troll kid,fighting with people on youtube,great life you must have,real nice life you have made for your self,your pro mate a pro troll

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ still didn't learn from my grammar lesson? it's YOU'RE, dummy. you said something to me first, so technically it is you who is fighting with me. so you fight with people on youtube and have a porn addiction... not looking good, broham. now run along, runt! you picked a fight with the wrong guy.

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 lol,i didn't realise they let retards watch youtube.

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ i know. you should never visit the website again. 

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 i hope you die of aids :D

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ poor retard. i pity you.

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 cry less bro

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ u mad?

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 i dont know why you are even here?your just a kurt cobain clone wannabe,your a sad little man its people like you kurt despised and hated.

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ YOU'RE ya clown. it's like beating a dead horse trying to teach you something. i'm not a clone of anyone. my record collection would leave a person in awe if they ever saw it. i'm sure mr. cobain would just love a scumbag like you hoping for someone to die of aids.

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 hahahaha sure you have a record collection,your your your record collection must be pro mate,im sure "mr Cobain" as you so eloquently put it would be so proud of his little clone :D

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ i do little man. over 1000 records to be exact. and what do you mean pro? it's not a sport, it's a record collection you inarticulate little shit. and actually i heard about ymg's through r.e.m., not kurt. you like kings of leon bro. get a grip.

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 i just realized i love you bro,your by far the coolest,smartest most bad ass person alive,long live roejogan8 the big man.

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ i knew you'd come around. thanks buddy:)

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 .........

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ hehe:)

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 i actually do know about the music you have listed,you dont and never will,you will always be on the outside looking in ,im done talking to you know "YOUR" boring me,bye nerd have a smile :D

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ i think it's time to take your medication now, little buddy. i own every record on that list on cd and vinyl. like i said, it's less than 10 percent of what i listen to and i GUARANTEE you only know some of it. now go listen to some of those albums you have never heard. they are recommended by a genius.

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 cock 

[roejogan8]

@MaaaarrJ your favorite thing.

[roejogan8]

@sigurros16 accept my apology pls sir

[MaaaarrJ]

@roejogan8 looks like he doesnt want to accept it son,i see you trollin ahahahhha

[crapidious]

Is this from an early futurama festival?

[KVID1000]

@crapidious  Yes indeed, This is from Futurama 2 in September 1980 at Leeds Queens Hall

[crapidious]

Thanks, KVID. my memory isn`t as bad as I thought it was!

[KVID1000]

@crapidious ....where you there too ?...

[crapidious]

No, I went to the following one at stafford. but I remember seeing this on tv that year.

[KVID1000]

..I missed the TV broadcasts but was at Futurama 3 also....Bingley Hall....Still got my tickets !

[crapidious]

I`ve only got vague memories (damn the chemicals of my youth) but I can remember being impressed by bauhaus.

[mikeydread62]

Grand! There's a lot of YMG in early REM. Peter Buck said he listened to Colossal Youth every day for two years. I can believe it.

[MrBandolier]

This band predated Cobain actually. Listen to their song Salad Days - Cobain totally ripped that on off. He cited them as one of his biggest influences.

[kaleoramos]

kurt cobain like of song!

[ArizonaDelRio]

Was this even a song? A beat box, crappy organ, and a lifeless vocal. Total shit.

[PieceofMindmusic]

i just wanna giv her a big hug. :]

[SilentHobo]

she is love.

[ohadrean]

simply the best!

[killherdress]

love this song too, thank you for posting!

[wormingtheapple]

Boss!

[sonicjay007]

always great song ~

[olliesdabomb95]

heyyy im friends with the lead singers son :)

[twopoint0]

cool!

[melitoce]

I would like to have a mother like her !

[7sterling]

@melitoce I would love to have a girlfriend like her.

[shit311]

@olliesdabomb95 is he a young marble giant?

[ryanaaxxx]

does anyone feel like the influence the band love is all?

[pipefx64]

YES omg you are so right about that

[DollSteak91]

yeah... a masterpiece!

[Parizpeeder]

Pretty song........i love it

[COLOSSALYOUTHmusic]

dude i named my band after this whole album. i fucking love this band!

[vortexsurfe]

you´re not the first. check out "kolossale jugend" from germany ;)

[evilmoussaka]

un de mes groupes favoris, dommage que la prise de son live couvre un peu la voix delicieuse d'allison statton.

[alicianieto]

Devine y Statton le suena de algo a alguien????Hicieron dos discazos preciosos,"The Prince of Wales"y "Cardiffians",vaya cruz encontrarlos!!!Los tengo en cassette,a ver quien los tiene en cds o lo que sea!!!

[KarkTugaEdu]

A diferent and an interesting band,with news sounds and an excelent singer.

[crabstick250]

That first release was insane, it was so good!

[waynealarsen]

that 1st ep was my life. saw them at Hurrahs, NYC in '80 0r '79. I Love this clip!!!!!!

[nathanidiothend]

Was that Robert Fripp at the beginning/\??.

God i wish they had released more albums, this is so good. Alison Statton should have been my wife.

[RUPickman]

That was totally a RF flash frame at the beginning....