Teenage Fanclub Feel a whole lot better White room 1995

[Ghoopty]

This is good....I think I prefer the Tom Petty version meself.

[ElizabethMariya]

Torturing myself: I couldn't get tickets to Teenage Fanclub this week in Sao Paulo (sold out concert in less than 24 hours!!), now I'm looking for live videos... :-(

[hugmeshootme]

who the hell would dislike this? seriously?

[swampdodger33]

super double magic, norman &gerry freekin beat tastic, im fae easterhouse bythe way...look out for "Pavementchaser"

[swampdodger33]

super double magic, norman &gerry freekin beat tastic, im fae easterhouse bythe way

[swampdodger33]

super double magic

[BigJulieWasDead]

Fantastic. Great powerpop song covered by a great powerpop band. Now, whatever happened to the girl in the black singlet top down the front?

[NtheH]

I totally missed these guys 15 years ago: what the F*** was I thinking? What a waste of my teenage years! Mind you I was listening to Cast at the time, so I'll let myself off! The more I find out about these guys, the more I like. Anyone got a spare ticket fro the Paris gig in November?

[cariboufilo]

my favorite 90's band playing my favorite 60's song, just great!

[TheHarecat]

Better then the Byrds! Fantastic days and music and such good times. White Room was a brilliant show back then with some great bands. Don't know why it was ever axed so quick.

[ABITTERSWEETGIRL]

oh bloody quality... just great.. loved this band.. oh memories..

[MarqueeMoon95]

This song always reminded me of TFC! God they really do it well. Now I think about it I'm not at all surprised that they like The Byrds, you can really hear the influence.

[bloodnokian]

Yes! I saw this back in the day and never thought I'd see it here! Brilliant!

[TheSinisterSnowman]

couldn't agree more keefp - they are fucking brilliant aren't they?

[keefp]

met these guys a few years ago. Great bunch and the MOST underrated band of all time.

[mcs1hr]

This is quite simply the best British band since the Smiths.

Astonishing live, their albums are all classics and their singles always have first class b-sides. Why on earth aren't they squintillionaires?

[rredvoodoo]

Bro, you are so FREAKIN' right!

[luketaa]

@mcs1hr that's a question i'd like to know the answer for, specially knowing that the music TFC does is very "accessible", in terms of listening... maybe TOO "accessible"... who knows?! their albums are excellent, and their b-sides always impressionate... my favorite band!

[FFGG22E]

I've read that due to the fact that they love Big Star and The byrds, they were at one point going to be called The Big Byrds, but they were slapped with an injunciton by Jim Henson.

I've also read that they were once going to be called the Whom?

[kevsickboy]

thank you so much for posting this. ive wanted to see this again since the vhs copy i had wore up years ago. really thank you.

[JumpleadsForTwo]

Great band covering another great band.

TFC do the Byrds very well don't they.

I saw them cover Mr Tambourine Man at Reading Festival in '92 on a freezing wet Sunday afternoon. I think Nirvana had chosen the main stage bill for that day because they were headlining. TFC really cheered me up that miserable day.

[rollingstones1965]

VERY GOOD JOB GUYS!!!!

[conbaz106]

Amazing Fannies! Have you heard their cover of the Beatles 'Tell Me What You See'? Definitely one of the greatest Beatles covers ever.

[pcollenYT]

EXCELLENT cover of this song...no added fluff, just spot on. The lead player NAILED the solo..A+

[marcelcruzeiro]

Amazing!!!! I love this band!

[lacassula]

MARAVILLA

[littlejames22]

What a song, what a band (the byrds i mean) and a great cover by a good band!

I remember i used to go to the late but great Wag on Wardour St on thursday nights and always request this from the benevolent poor dj Spencer, who always did play it eventually. Happy days.

Anyone else remember this being played upstairs at the Wag thursdays circa 1997-98?..

[JoeChrisMorris]

Very nice. Gene Clark RIP

[Raughwe]

Right on.

[browboy]

Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for posting. Just heard the Byrds version on the radio and remembered this version. One quick search and here it is. I also remember the Fannies used to cover the Beatles' Rain around this time. Sadly I don't think there are any recordings of this.

[Soi102]

Man, this takes me back. Yeah Browboy, they used to cover Rain and they also used to close the set with a 15 min cover of the Yo La Tengo instrumental, I Heard You Looking. Would kill for some live footage of the Fannies circa 96/97....good times.

[TheAlexH]

They used to play I Heard You Looking live? WOW!

[3chrds]

sexcuitado!!

[Swodaem]

Damn, I remember watching this when it was on. A top, top cover by a great band (and an amazing song). I miss The White Room though, miles better than Jools bleedin' Holland.

[orkneyfellow]

Agreed! I still have some remnants of the White Room scattered through a variety of increasingly lessly played videos from the 1990's. Some cracking stuff in there, enhanced by Mark Radcliffe's humour and presentential skills. Can't help feeling that these videos are now the 2000-thingy's equivalent of playing 78's in the 1970's. Which you clearly didn't. Oh dear.

[darkglasses]

Byrds rule. Teenage Fanclub rules. Great song.

[TenenteDinamite]

Man, I have a MP3 of the Fannies doing Fell a Whole Lot Better for years. It's from a radio program and it's completely acostic. Never though I could see a video from an electric version. Great Great Great!!!

[dunkiep]

I got a tape recording of that - it was a radio 1 session (Mark Radcliffe show I think).

[fadsandfancies]

Great version from a great band...Gene Clark wrote this didn't he?

[jeffkahl]

yes

[Pinzhead]

Excellent version of a great song which was released as the B side of "All I Really Want To Do" and thus failed to be a deserved hit.

[nikav8]

Pleasing !

[Kowaldo]

Manrific!!

[idahovandal]

Gene Clark would be proude.