Uh No. Then maybe. Now no. Oasis, The Verve only good bands still kickin it. The UK is full of absolute shit indie bands who all sound the same, wear tight pants and think there Oasis. Fuck The UK Music. There's no variety whatsoever. Chris Martin is a weasel, and his band is overrated, and Radiohead puts me to sleep. At least in the U.S. you get a variety of different types Rock music. Like our style of music or not, at least there's creativity.
Your'e right to a certain degree. I don't dig Oasis, Radiohead nor Coldplay. They're all mainstream. I'm talking about My Bloody Valentine(Ireland), Echo & the Bunnymen, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, The Smiths, Cocteau Twins, Spacemen 3, etc. Need I say more? These were/are damn good U.K./Irish bands that the U.S. bands cannot compare to.
You have selective memory. I could name ten bands from america that are great from that same time period. You are being really nationalistic which is strange. Like you made all the music yourself or something. There's been a shitload of awful music form the uk too. Maybe you would be someone that makes the shitty music.
Off the top of my head bands from this time period only that I remember enjoying..Husker Due,Pixies, Weezer,Pavement, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Early REM ,matthew sweet,dinosaur junior, talking heads
,the pretenders, early prince, pere ubu
If it makes you feel better. I'll capitulate to you and proclaim that Britain is sooo much better than America. I know you guys are always keeping score and steaming on the inside over this shit. So congrats.
I was the only person out of all the people I knew back in the early 90s that liked almost exclusively brit pop and the music currently coming out of Britain at that time and I went to a big uni. It was either grunge or hippy stuff. I had to look at the college radio scene in America to compare. Before grunge hit. Although I find Nirvana to have made some amazing tracks., They are just so tied into the grunge scene its hard to separate them.
Didn't Bob Mould used to front the band Sugar ca. early 1990's? I used to watch MTV's 120 Minutes back in the 1990s and saw them. Didn't really get into Sugar for I was into at that time Ride, Adorable, The Jesus & Mary Chain, a bit of Smashing Pumpkins (saw them live in 1992) & The Boo Radley's "Everything's Alright Forever".
Yes, he was. I was totally into those bands too. I saw the stone roses live from their last album.. People kept yelling out Oasis songs for them to play. Rude, but funny. Poor guys never got the respect the deserved. Thanks for reminding me of the Boo Radley's! How about the The La's or Luna? What was that magazine that was devoted to this music? Gosh I can't remember the name, but evan dando was in every issue strung out of crack when he was hanging with Oasis
I think American music is really pumping right now ukpunk. I'm so impressed with the bands I'm hearing. From my morning jacket. the strokes. tv on the radio, its fucking endless. My favorite artist is aphex twin, btw. Dunno if you heard of him. Another band that I like form the UK is The Doves. I love them. Have you heard of Cassette Boy?
Since I like you and can't stop talking so much I thought Id point you to a vid of my dads band from the 60's. He was/is a professional singer. He sang and wrote this song
I don't know if you read my comment below, but my sister dated Mark Gardner a couple years ago. She never would have known about ride if it wasn't for me. So I am responsible for getting Mark Gardener laid. Seriously though. I never got to meet him, but my sis says he is awesome and a great guy. We both love the song Vapour Trail
Blast from the past. Saw them at a one day festival in Slough during the early 90s (think about 92) They were fab. Remember walkin back to the train station with my ears just ringing. We missed our train and only got as far as Reading where we all ended up kippin at the station. A gaurd let us sleep in the carriage of train parked up for the night. The longest night of my life, But it didnt matter , id just seen Ride. Happy days.!!
used to love this when i was 17; the song is still great but the video is ridiculously cringey now; marks hair OMG. And the guitarist looks like David Walliams!
One of my favorite Ride songs but I just can't get over Mark Gardener's hair. It looks ridiculous in this video. Much better 'doo in the "Twisterella" and "Taste" videos.
I play this song, like 10 or more times a day. Reminds of the good ol' days of shoegazing. @ gtr71 You are absolutely right. The best bands & music come out of the UK!
Unfortunately your average '90s douchebag in cargo shorts is only gonna remember Soundgarden and those clowns who snuffed the rooster before going out like a hard rock cliche. LONG LIVE RIDE!
This vid popped my Ride cherry! I saw it on '120 Minutes' and had to have everything they put out NOW! Amazing live band, an aural orgy!! For sure one of my desert island records!
Nostalgia is miserable.....'cos it makes us realise how crap music has been for the last 10-12 years. This band should be everybodies memory of the early 90's.
sorry I disagree. There's always crap and great music around at the same time.. yes you can claim this was a great era for alternative/brit rock but there was a lot of cheesy r&b garbage going on at the same time.. (Vanilla Ice?).. nowadays there is lots of good music, just look for it. There are tons of bands around now that take from Ride.
oh, this takes me back! Saw them at Letchworth town hall (where the caretaker unplugged them for being too loud! -still got my daffodil somewhere!) and in Germany at the time of Euro 90 where they wore Germany shirts - Germany hadnt beaten us at that point so they survived!!! If anyone's got Chains, please post cos I LOVED that song so much!
Great clips but they were awesome live - the 'shoegazer' tag was unfair I thought. They didn't jump about the stage but that wall of guitar sound was something I have never seen any other band do live. The best live performance I have ever seen.
I love love love the Smile EP. Ride had the misfortune of being around when grunge came on the scene so they got overlooked. The Most underated british band ever!!! Just listen to "Going Blank Again" album, almost as good. Almost finished the tab for this song.
This song is very, very good. I personally don't think they got near it again, although I do like a lot of their others. Such a good sound they made live (even though the singing wasn't always the best!)
Alan Mcgee's attempt at recreating the Beatles image before he discovered Oasis. Who themselves, later invited the Ride guitarist join them on bass.
IndieKid45 3 years ago
Not bad. I like this better than Chapterhouse.
Thresholds 3 years ago
Ha, funny vid, the drummers got bad tech. there...!
Ride r rad tho
goldenhoovez 3 years ago
Not everyone has your "mad skill" on the skins, but he seems to have managed just fine.
rktsncalnc 3 years ago
*Love* this!
Lol - look at Loz. So young, so fresh faced - so dropping his stick - hee, hee.
DaveCromwell 3 years ago
Long live shoegaze!!!!
ukpunk1 3 years ago 2
@ukpunk1
glad crelp74 brought this video back. It's better than the cvijetics version (he had to pitch the audio)
ukpunk1 2 months ago
This is the fist CD my first boyfriend got me when I was 15 - SMILE> LOVED this song - was my fav off the album. Thanks!!!!!!!!
rebeccawitham 3 years ago
Who did the song "you're so special"??...It was a song back in the 90's.
sleestack 3 years ago
do you mean 'Creep' by RadioHead?
lobot666 3 years ago 2
Maybe your thinking of The Farm - Groovy Train
Basskick91 3 years ago
BOINKYBBoinkboinkboink! SQUADALAAAHAHAHAHzzzzzzzzzz!!!
xxx NEW-DUH PAR-TAY!
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sakanoue27 3 years ago
errr don't mind that comment... I was playing around with the audio preview and accidentally pressed post comment heheheh...
sakanoue27 3 years ago
My sis dated the lead singer Mark a couple years ago
sleestack 3 years ago
lucky for her they didn't marry. he look like shit today
powerslide13 3 years ago
well that's not a nice thing to say, he probably aged a little more than the others but he's a great guy if you chat with him. top guy Mark
crelp74 3 years ago
How many sticks does loz drop!
james5353 3 years ago
Only the one.
TheMusicalElitist 3 years ago
Great song, terrible video.
SLDPotato 3 years ago
The after-echo bit at the end is great. A superb song - takes me back...
163richardb 3 years ago
Bought this EP 12" when it came out, and it was/is impossible to play at anything other than max. volume. What a track!!
RICKD790 3 years ago
They are great and were so friendly, well Mark and Lawrance. Andy and Stheohen wrer on a butter side when I met them.
jesslin72 3 years ago
thats right best bands are from UK
archidi1 3 years ago
Uh No. Then maybe. Now no. Oasis, The Verve only good bands still kickin it. The UK is full of absolute shit indie bands who all sound the same, wear tight pants and think there Oasis. Fuck The UK Music. There's no variety whatsoever. Chris Martin is a weasel, and his band is overrated, and Radiohead puts me to sleep. At least in the U.S. you get a variety of different types Rock music. Like our style of music or not, at least there's creativity.
tfabc 3 years ago 3
Your'e right to a certain degree. I don't dig Oasis, Radiohead nor Coldplay. They're all mainstream. I'm talking about My Bloody Valentine(Ireland), Echo & the Bunnymen, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, The Smiths, Cocteau Twins, Spacemen 3, etc. Need I say more? These were/are damn good U.K./Irish bands that the U.S. bands cannot compare to.
ukpunk1 3 years ago
Once again I see we agree!
It all goes back to the Beatles, Stones, the Who, the Kinks, etc.
They were alaways ahead of the American bands and it's been that way since then.
I dig all those bands and Oasis & Radiohead also.
ukpunk1, I got your back mate!
gtr71 3 years ago
You have selective memory. I could name ten bands from america that are great from that same time period. You are being really nationalistic which is strange. Like you made all the music yourself or something. There's been a shitload of awful music form the uk too. Maybe you would be someone that makes the shitty music.
sleestack 3 years ago
Well sleestack, name me these bloody ten U.S. bands. I'm not being nationalistic, just realistic. Please do not name Nirvana or Soundgarden.
ukpunk1 3 years ago
Off the top of my head bands from this time period only that I remember enjoying..Husker Due,Pixies, Weezer,Pavement, Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Early REM ,matthew sweet,dinosaur junior, talking heads
,the pretenders, early prince, pere ubu
If it makes you feel better. I'll capitulate to you and proclaim that Britain is sooo much better than America. I know you guys are always keeping score and steaming on the inside over this shit. So congrats.
sleestack 3 years ago
You forgot Jane's Addiction. "Nothing's Shocking" was a damn good album.
ukpunk1 3 years ago
I was the only person out of all the people I knew back in the early 90s that liked almost exclusively brit pop and the music currently coming out of Britain at that time and I went to a big uni. It was either grunge or hippy stuff. I had to look at the college radio scene in America to compare. Before grunge hit. Although I find Nirvana to have made some amazing tracks., They are just so tied into the grunge scene its hard to separate them.
sleestack 3 years ago
it sounds corny but Bob Mould helped me deal with goin bald. no lie lol (like personal email messages and shit)
sleestack 3 years ago
sleestack,
Didn't Bob Mould used to front the band Sugar ca. early 1990's? I used to watch MTV's 120 Minutes back in the 1990s and saw them. Didn't really get into Sugar for I was into at that time Ride, Adorable, The Jesus & Mary Chain, a bit of Smashing Pumpkins (saw them live in 1992) & The Boo Radley's "Everything's Alright Forever".
ukpunk1 3 years ago
Yes, he was. I was totally into those bands too. I saw the stone roses live from their last album.. People kept yelling out Oasis songs for them to play. Rude, but funny. Poor guys never got the respect the deserved. Thanks for reminding me of the Boo Radley's! How about the The La's or Luna? What was that magazine that was devoted to this music? Gosh I can't remember the name, but evan dando was in every issue strung out of crack when he was hanging with Oasis
sleestack 3 years ago
Also I was into The Stone Roses and early The Charlatans (UK).
ukpunk1 3 years ago
I think American music is really pumping right now ukpunk. I'm so impressed with the bands I'm hearing. From my morning jacket. the strokes. tv on the radio, its fucking endless. My favorite artist is aphex twin, btw. Dunno if you heard of him. Another band that I like form the UK is The Doves. I love them. Have you heard of Cassette Boy?
sleestack 3 years ago
oh, camera obscura is another band form scotland Im dingin too
sleestack 3 years ago
Since I like you and can't stop talking so much I thought Id point you to a vid of my dads band from the 60's. He was/is a professional singer. He sang and wrote this song
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sleestack 3 years ago
I don't know if you read my comment below, but my sister dated Mark Gardner a couple years ago. She never would have known about ride if it wasn't for me. So I am responsible for getting Mark Gardener laid. Seriously though. I never got to meet him, but my sis says he is awesome and a great guy. We both love the song Vapour Trail
sleestack 3 years ago
Was that after or before he got balled?
powerslide13 3 years ago
is that a joke? I think originality is pretty much dead all around minus the most obscure bands.
RRPMUSICOFFICIAL 3 years ago
Andy Bell's movement @ 2:15 foretold the coming of "Birdman"
ukpunk1 3 years ago
The best bands in the world are from Britian!
ukpunk1 3 years ago 3
lush's album spooky wipes the floor with them
forakiller 3 years ago
When Ride 'entered' the charts, the day that Indie was truly born!!!
Felt like a Daydream, allright.
HeirApparent01 3 years ago
absolutely brilliant
deanglover 3 years ago
great song!
prajadhipok 3 years ago
cambridge sea cadet hall (now a block of flats) must have been about 89/90.
anyone else at that gig? great times
72sollers72 3 years ago
Great shoegazer band. I saw them live in Hamburg in the early 90´s. Entrance was only 4 Euro, the cheapest concert ever for me - and the loudest...
bedsitter1982 3 years ago 4
You need to hear this loud through headphones for the full spine-tingly effect.
sreymind 3 years ago 4
Remember hearing this on Peels show and rushing out to buy it, I THINK this was the on the EP with the roses on the cover?
Spicercdc 3 years ago
For Andy.
XXX
Guido
HeirApparent01 3 years ago
LOVE this song.....Great memories....Oh god I'm getting old.
Disjecta71 3 years ago
...best band ever.
BeatYamaoka 3 years ago
I meant to say @ 2:12 "starts" my favourite part of the song.....most excellent.
ukpunk1 3 years ago
I could listen to this song on an endless loop for the rest of my life.
roothands 3 years ago 9
@ 2:12 is my favourite part of the song with Andy's lead guitar blazing over Mark's rhythm guitar and Steve's bass. Loz's drumming is most excellent.
ukpunk1 3 years ago 4
One of the best shoegazer songs of all time.
indiesoc 3 years ago
T&C October 1990!
tinaturntable 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
did the lead singer sing with the charlatans or umm did he play quality bass vibrations for the stranglers ,,lol shoegazers pop
badmev 3 years ago
Blast from the past. Saw them at a one day festival in Slough during the early 90s (think about 92) They were fab. Remember walkin back to the train station with my ears just ringing. We missed our train and only got as far as Reading where we all ended up kippin at the station. A gaurd let us sleep in the carriage of train parked up for the night. The longest night of my life, But it didnt matter , id just seen Ride. Happy days.!!
taylor414r 3 years ago 2
I was there! The line-up at that Slough festival was *incredible*, like a who's who of Indie at the time. I think it was 1991.
spiritfree 3 years ago
Rickenbackers rumble under my shoes. A classic of my youth days.
icarokar 3 years ago 3
WOOOOT!!
bear2punch 3 years ago
Riff-Tastic..... XXX
citizengood 3 years ago
Mmmmmmmmmm, Mark,and Andy....GODS!!!!!!!
munkefuk 3 years ago
DAMN this brings back memories o_O
I was lucky enough to see them live here in Australia in 1990 or so. And I bumped into Andy Bell in the street LOL
RubyFox99 3 years ago
sounds as good as ever.. ride were fantastic.
someday they will reform. wait and see..
bohsblur 3 years ago
used to love this when i was 17; the song is still great but the video is ridiculously cringey now; marks hair OMG. And the guitarist looks like David Walliams!
23skid 3 years ago
One of my favorite Ride songs but I just can't get over Mark Gardener's hair. It looks ridiculous in this video. Much better 'doo in the "Twisterella" and "Taste" videos.
hansisalive 4 years ago
...best british band ever.
BeatYamaoka 4 years ago
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Too much into Jesus & Mary Chain.
MargusKiistheCritic 4 years ago
I was in love with them for a couple of years or so. Musically, physically, sexually... Oh, well...
nosferatudasvampir 4 years ago
god, i love this song so much. the early 90s ... there was just something special about the music then.
silverghozt 4 years ago 8
@gtr71: btw, I am also American, and I live in Europe (Germany) since 1990.
ukpunk1 4 years ago
I play this song, like 10 or more times a day. Reminds of the good ol' days of shoegazing. @ gtr71 You are absolutely right. The best bands & music come out of the UK!
ukpunk1 4 years ago 3
THANK YOU!!!!
gtr71 4 years ago
Man this takes me back to the most wonderful times of my life! I loved the whole shoegaze era!!!!
I am a firm believer that the best music comes from the UK but just in case you think I am biased well I am not because I am American!
gtr71 4 years ago 2
OM(F)G!Best song by my favourite band,still play this every week.Genius.Not sure about the dancing though!
mrmjdinosaur 4 years ago
Check out Mark Gardener's solo effort "These Beautiful Ghosts" Not bad!
ukpunk1 4 years ago
Unfortunately your average '90s douchebag in cargo shorts is only gonna remember Soundgarden and those clowns who snuffed the rooster before going out like a hard rock cliche. LONG LIVE RIDE!
PacificHessian 4 years ago
what a horrible thing to say...
horribly accurate, that is.. don't forget that they also hihjacked dr martens boots.
PHAEDRIDER 4 years ago
(in reply to pacifichessian btw)
PHAEDRIDER 4 years ago
you should be able to snuff the rooster as well as they before 'going out'
drieaz 4 years ago
This vid popped my Ride cherry! I saw it on '120 Minutes' and had to have everything they put out NOW! Amazing live band, an aural orgy!! For sure one of my desert island records!
VictoriaByers 4 years ago
Is the video meant to be a parody of 'A Hard Day's Night'?
jordancullen 4 years ago
the whole contrast photo montage looks like it.
elementz1986 4 years ago
Nostalgia is miserable.....'cos it makes us realise how crap music has been for the last 10-12 years. This band should be everybodies memory of the early 90's.
jasonw1927 4 years ago
I couldn't agree with you more!!
Kazecatcher 4 years ago
COULDNT AGREE MORE WITH YOU, MAN!
Don't you hate nowadays music?
cheers!
gabrielbusso 4 years ago
sorry I disagree. There's always crap and great music around at the same time.. yes you can claim this was a great era for alternative/brit rock but there was a lot of cheesy r&b garbage going on at the same time.. (Vanilla Ice?).. nowadays there is lots of good music, just look for it. There are tons of bands around now that take from Ride.
pollyethylene 4 years ago
Makes me wish I was born earlier.
muciallyobsessed 4 years ago
My favorite Ride video and song. Trying to find Dreams Burn Down video if there is one!
ukpunk1 4 years ago
No video for it I'm afraid. I posted a live version though, check it out!
crelp74 4 years ago
my 1st exposure to a staple of my music collection. very impressive tune. Mtv was crap when this pierced through onto my ears..
khambrelrene 4 years ago
shivers down my spine.like all- (good shoegazing music)evokes.
tju568 4 years ago
I used to love this tune. Saw them in TCD Dublin. The guitar riffs are so kinetic, like Dinosaur Jr
RobbieDowling 4 years ago
dino junior are very similar for this track. glad you got it too!
skidwatts12 4 years ago
this alwasy gives me the chills.
sadodarkskies 4 years ago
おれこのシングルだけでＲＩＤＥには満足した。
この1枚だけで二度と何も買わなかったなー。
sweetsoulmix 4 years ago
oh, this takes me back! Saw them at Letchworth town hall (where the caretaker unplugged them for being too loud! -still got my daffodil somewhere!) and in Germany at the time of Euro 90 where they wore Germany shirts - Germany hadnt beaten us at that point so they survived!!! If anyone's got Chains, please post cos I LOVED that song so much!
cheers - a happy old shoegazer!
natalieinnorfolk 4 years ago
who wore germany shirts? *confused*
LithingGrint 4 years ago
shoegazing at its best!!fuckin ace
rejects77 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this. I haven't seen this since those 120 minutes late nights in high school.
ookaninam2000 4 years ago
Great clips but they were awesome live - the 'shoegazer' tag was unfair I thought. They didn't jump about the stage but that wall of guitar sound was something I have never seen any other band do live. The best live performance I have ever seen.
GJM06 4 years ago
awesome
raphaky 4 years ago
i really can't think of a more exciting and innovative time for music than the early 90s. i miss those days.
talktal 4 years ago
Ditto
sreymind 4 years ago
damn. takes me back
LAMC1969 4 years ago
I love love love the Smile EP. Ride had the misfortune of being around when grunge came on the scene so they got overlooked. The Most underated british band ever!!! Just listen to "Going Blank Again" album, almost as good. Almost finished the tab for this song.
muzabz 4 years ago
Quick count, they've got close to a dozen classic tunes, but I don't they ever managed to top this. This is the sound of my hot summer afternoons.
walkouttowinter 4 years ago
Sorry, "don't think."
walkouttowinter 4 years ago
this video is great, what tha fuck!!! fantastic!!
kkledd 4 years ago
Brilliant song that still sounds as fresh as the first time I heard it nearly 20 years ago. One of the most underrated bands of all time.
argeebee3 4 years ago
great fucking hair
hStutch 4 years ago
Thanks for putting this back up, absolute quality song and band.
ROC100 4 years ago
This song is very, very good. I personally don't think they got near it again, although I do like a lot of their others. Such a good sound they made live (even though the singing wasn't always the best!)
jacobarthurpalmer 4 years ago
This disappeared! I watch this video at least once a day. Seriously. How good is this fucking song?
walkouttowinter 5 years ago
one of my all time favorite songs.
elementz1986 5 years ago