the wedding present - my favourite dress

[maxtesatora]

PAPA GEDGE! KING of UK!

[Scotsguy1955]

Rediscovering my love of the Weddos, awesome stuff!

[27View]

"...maybe next time" never came

takes me back to a time of regret for not being brave enough

Siobhan Dalziel........

"nevermind"

[apc52]

A brilliant band,sound and lyrics relevent and potent now. 

[maestrodimente]

Reminder of happy nights spent back in '88 at Glasgow's best ever indie club, the Kes Club @ Rooftops! Bliss :-)

[Hyena47A]

A classic song that captures the wonderful intimacy that gets lost in those bigger venues. That was my favourite dress ;)

[dazmalski]

Totally agree with XmeansH07 below. This ain't the Hit Parade lmao

[solar7]

sorted beats,awesome rhythm and jangly guitars, lovely chuggin bass and a pure poet on yer lyrics. 5*s*t*a*r*s*!

[girlfriendofnone]

Tonight I will enjoy The Wedding Present.

For every year in ten!. (It was an accident?.)

They are playing my favorite venue. loppen.dk

I'm still in love.

[MrBrunoBou]

tHE WEDDOES FOR EVER

[gouvyrock]

great british band!!!!

[talullatulips]

Gedge is a superb lyricist and what a great band The Wedding Present are! So many great songs, this one I love especially.

[58everton]

what is the bass players name ?

[nick10791]

saw them live 3 times in their hey day, brilliant

[sielwolf02]

Nevermind...

[alicairns1974]

Gedge! Best broken heart ever! Bring on Tunbridge Wells forum! George Best and Bizarro still get caned in my kitchen at work every week without fail. Noone there understands!!

[martmako]

@alicairns1974 too right mate, weddos are still givin' it some now just as good as the 'old days' wicked, and we all understand, top music will always be top..Jah Bless,

[moonbeammalkmus]

@alicairns1974 Hey, I live 'local' to there and I totally understands ! If you've not been there before, it usually takes a while for people to move ( bit restrained down here .... )but I'll def be having a 40 something stab at a Take Me pogo at very least. Do join.( Except for a 30 something one in your case, assuming 1974 is birth related ? ) Blah blah blah

[leeluke50]

big up dave gedge,top band with top tunes,george best still sounds as good today as it did over 20 years ago,love em..........

[wendybrownkatz]

Clearly one of the most underrated British bands of the last 20 odd years. These tunes are timeless - as enjoyable live today as they were in the late 80's when i first saw them. Gedge is a poet. Long live Gedge!

[xMEANSHO7]

@wendy I completely disagree. They're not underrated - by their fans that is, and surely that's all that matters. Who cares if 12 year old girls don't have posters of them on the wall, and they don't get invited to play on TV chat shows. Having top ten singles and household fame is not what proper musicians want anyway, they just want a decent fanbase who are on the same wavelength.

[ALotofWind]

A wonderful band but so disappointing live when I saw them at The National Club on 1st November 1989. The sound all wrong and Gedgey sounded totally disinterested. On record a stunning group

[andymac1967]

Timeless! Must be 20 years since I saw the Weddo's play at Loughborough Students Union.

[nogomet66]

They've still got it! How many of us get pangs of regret over ex-girlfriends when we hear this? Or is it just me?

[jolstano]

@nogomet66 not as bad as when sally stopped doin the wedding present T-shirt shop

[johnnyvicious2]

Jeez, wasn't expecting that to be as good as it was. It will always be a great song.

[JonMonkeyFace04]

Might I ask what was used to record this? The sound quality is really good.

Thanks!

[dazmalski]

That is da frakkin nuts!

Some rare delight!

[bedsitter1982]

I saw them live twice, and they were excellent both times.

[54spiritedwill54]

this is brilliant!

[synno62]

Recognised the stage straightaway - I was at the gig. I've seen the Weddos at the Atomic a couple of times now, just as great as when I saw them about 20 years ago (they still don't do encores though). Cosy intimacy, good sound, less than €20 a ticket, fine beer... what more could you want? Lou Barlow also puts on a good show at the Atomic Cafe every time he plays there.

[feedmecoolshit]

GEDGE played this acoustic in our shop on Wednesday..i'm such a fan boy i got him to sign the lyrics crib notes he had for the gig along with key changes and chords! ha ha ha... i am fan number 1! ha ha ha.. last saw them play 1989!

[yasgar]

saw them play at the welly club in hull last nite m8 as always awesome

[Krusas2]

Ar they still alive?

[mspratz]

If you are not a sad armchair bullshitter! you are one lucky bastard!!

[hockeyteeth]

fuck yeah... this is a bad ass tune!!!! dan- niagara falls n.y.- reminds me of high school!!

[fluberto]

i saw the wedding present in liverpool a few years back, man i was fucked and acting somewhat scary by my limited recollection, but it was a fucking great gig!

[Share1871]

brill

[thirtysecondrule]

David Gedge is a clever so and so, didn't he invent the whole idea of playing a classic album from start to finish.... something that is now being replicated by every other band with a back catalogue.

[ashtree50]

The Wedding Present: simply Britain's best kept musical secret.

When you think of the bands that storm the charts these days on half the talent and even less of the lyrics the phrase 'Born out of time' comes to mind.

[bedsitter1982]

mmh, is David losing his hair a bit?

[nickwormy]

'the tender caress that brings out the man'....'appen we've all received that kinda touch at some point in our lives 'ey chaps....no matter if your southern or 'ecky thumpers!

[tinydr]

I figured Gedge was milking the old catalog, but I didn't know he went back as far as he does for today's live shows... although when one things back on the largely throw-away material post Seamonsters it isn't too surprising.

[Punorss]

Gedge is a Southern Wanker who, upon realising that his new band Cinerama are fucking shit decided to start playing Wedding Present songs again. The only reason he does not do encores is because his big fat head is stuck up his own stinky southern arse!

[neilprivate]

Er, he's from Leeds.

[Punorss]

Thats the south to me mate. The world ends just past Hull and then its "Here Be Monsters."

[neilprivate]

Then you're a dick, quite clearly.

[Punorss]

No, just from further north than him.

And another thing, Cinerama are crap.

[rstewartsince86]

The guy has simply written classic music which he either feels need not be surpassed or improved upon, hence the people who search for this song will enjoy it. I often wonder why wankers like u even waste the time searching and typing your ill educated opinions. Really, wats happened in the past few years that can surpass this in not only quality but gritty reality? Gedge's music is such that you can relate to it but also so well performed that you can only appreciate or misunderstand surely?

[Punorss]

Never mind the ill educated shit, you arse wipe. He (Gedge) has jumped back on the Wedding Present cart because Cinerama are shit and going nowhere.

All the other bands in the world do encores but he does not because he thinks he is a clever cunt but he is not. He comes across like a stupid stuck up nerd wanker who needs to grow up.

[yasgar]

have you tried anger management clases what ever opinions you have nobody cares

[Punorss]

Pink Moon??????

[kerdubennak]

what the heck is this ? big effort, small incom

[rolffan]

we are the david gedge fanciers and we will kill for blood

[Punorss]

Well what else would you expect from a lanky Southerner?

[davesurgeonleeds]

I saw Gedgy when I was queuing up for a jumble sale at Bramhope Methodist Church about 5 years ago, I think he used to live up there, I shouted 'Ey up Gedgy!' at him and he turned and waved at me and I was star struck for the rest of the day. What an absolute legend this guy is! Although I was once speaking to Peter Solowka in The Duchess and he told me that Dave Gedge was a twat! I dunno if he was winding me up or if the pair had fallen out with each other!!

[bedsitter1982]

Surely Solowka said this, Gedge kicked him out of The Wedding Present and told him he isn´t good enough as a guitar player.

[land4x4ever]

BRILLIANT

[acraven123]

I saw them do an encore. It was the only one I ever saw them do. It was at the Town and Country Club, Kentish Town@88/89 and they played 'Don't Dictate'. They were really on form that night, the best gig I've been to and that includes a whole load of classic gigs.

[Punorss]

Bollocks! The last I saw them he would not play old stuff or take any requests or do an encore. Which begged the question...just what the fuck will you do? A load of new shit no fucker had heard of! Thats what!

[gaspanda]

refused to play requests (of brassneck) at the the charlotte which met with a bit of good natured heckling.

[1970Mozzer1970]

Gedge is God - he still plays out in small venues doing what he loves - he hasnt sold out and remains true to love torn angst - the lost lover! Love live king Gedge!

[Punorss]

And another thing, I live in Berwick upon Tweed so he does not even live further north than me! Coz after that its the Scots!

[1970Mozzer1970]

Weddoes dont do encores - muppett.

[kabob32]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!

[45115xeTO]

Gedge is still God

[mjeshaw]

Saw the original line up 3 times; at Bristol, Cardiff and finally Glastonbury, but they were always at their best (as here) in a confined space, where they'd blow the house away with their awesome guitar sound. (I liked this song so much I bought the same model Ibanez semi to play it on). Of all the live versions of this song I've heard on YouTube, this one is easily the best quality, and really does them justice. Be nice if someone could post the original studio 12" single version too though.

[dlp2006]

brilliant vid thanks

[HairyBosch]

David Lewis Gedge is God!!!!!

[sparsafree]

great, great song

[mankchester9]

bird bass players ROCK,in short skirts of course.

[seabeecb]

the tour was great loads of 40+'s bouncing around like teenagers fab!!!!

[fulhambob]

I was at the show in Milan the previous evening ( I think). This is a far better version than the one I was treated to.

[stephenmaxwell]

Thansk for the Vid. Who is the chick on the base - awsome!

[MatDurrance]

Hi. Great vid dinsdale00. You must have been sitting on the stage! Sound is great too. Thanks very much for posting this. Cheers!

[sethbian69]

Monster gig! I was on the front row to your left. Great vid. Cheers!

[MatDurrance]

What did you think of the George Best stuff? I saw them in London a week or so ago and am going again this Sunday.  They were fantastic! Cheers!

[jakobinac]

hell Yeah!!!