Jeffrey Lee Pierce (Gun Club) - Love and Desperation

[LoogieV]

whos that girl on the guitar?????



[Criddington]

He's so hot! That's coming from a straight man too! Miami is one of the greatest albums of the 80s :)

[slosh77]

can anyone get their hands on a cleaner sounding recording of this? not that im not grateful for the post

[hildaatje]

Haunting.No one will ever sing that out of tune that beautifully again.

I,ve had the fortune of meeting him several times,he even stayed at our home one weekend and he was just the sweetest man.He had such a funny giggle. Last time I said goodbye was with a hug,and a big kiss.He drank a lot and had an ulcer.But no big drug addiction at that time,I.m certain of it.No big nay sayer either.This is my recollection of the time before his death.But its no more than a moment in time.

I miss him.

[ashes222dust]

Jeffrey Lee Pierce was FUCKIN´ GREAT. Period.

[oogie11]

I didn't know that Jeffrey Lee Pierce had a solo album, wow, cool :)

[interzoneincorporate]

great jeff!

[hottapper]

Poor sound.....why ?

[djgforce11]

When the fuck did Jeffrey Lee put out lame disco songs?! This shit is awful,no wonder he ODd. I cant believe u people think this is cool!

[NickJunoJr]

he ho, he didn't od ok ? he was sick, just an uncurable disease so shut the fuck up will you ?

[djgforce11]

Yeah the disease is called alcoholism so u shut the fuck up,ya douchebag!

[NickJunoJr]

@djgforce11 : alcoholism was just the cause ! (i.e. liver disease), but at the end he's had also syphilis, man (in Holland), so idon't know who you're calling douchebag but you should calm down !

[spuffchops70]

@djgforce11 Yeah, for some reason that seemed to be the fashion at the time. Gang of Four & Green Gartside from Scritti Politti went on to do some terrible white disco shite.

[oogie11]

@djgforce11 Well, this song is ok, I like it, it reminds me of the future sound of the band called The The...and you should check out the last album of Gun Club called 'Lucky Jim', a very moving and haunting album

[Lrpesme48]

@djgforce11 fuck you

[djgforce11]

@Lrpesme48 -Muthafuck u & lame disco is lame disco no matter who does it!

[Lrpesme48]

@djgforce11 It's only lame disco when someone ELSE does it....

[Pajaguma]

So sad that this guy lost track.

Which made me think: do we really need to be special? What is all the specialty worth? Look at his life, look at Curt Cobain's... What is the extra that stardom brings you?

A bothered life and a sooner death... Let's be thankful for our 'boring' lives. Still I feel said; he should have lived longer.

[lonemilkman]

I think he looks like Beth Chapman :P

[H3Babe]

Love this song. One of my all-time favorites. Thanks for posting this hard-to-find video.

[slick2112]

great. video not so dull.

[WillFierce]

thats his girlfriend right plying guitar right?

[viperhotep]

That is indeed Ms. Romi Mori. She left JLP for the drummer, I do believe.

[WillFierce]

at least at :27

[theidealcopy]

he looks even more like him now

[WillFierce]

he looks like jim morrison a bit

[KillAllCops]

he does doesnt he.

I always though he looked more like Marlon Brando...check it out, fuckin' uncanny

[TheBohemianOwls]

Interview is not of the norm. I want what he is on and see the world he does

[braadspitt]

yeah, I remember this. A schoolmate had it recorded on video. The guy who does the interview is Bart Peeters, belgian. I forgot if this was from a dutch or belgian show, as he worked for the (dutch) VPRO as well.

The video is some ad hoc thing for the TV show, recorded in Rotterdam (Netherlands) in 1985 at an outdoor exhibition site called Fenomena (near the Euromast).

Nice to see it back. Don't care too much about the song I'm afraid. I so much prefer his stuff with the Gun Club.

[buchanan1985]

hey thanks for the info!

I do, however, think this is one of his many outstanding songs.

[Nordland45]

That was one of the dumbest interviews i've ever seen . Shame too , because he was a good singer .

[mocyl]

Stag, zie dat je Nederlands bent. Geweldig wat je geplaatst hebt. Ik heb Gun Club 3 x live gezien. 2 x geweldig, 1 x had Jeffrey Lee Pierce er geen zin in. Hij is veel te jong overleden.

[youthinasia1979]

not my favorite song...but cool interview. THanks

[mariko014]

I once had it on video but it was the VCC system. I lost but I'glad to see it on you tube! thank you!

[Stag]

Geen probleem

[chainrelease]

Jeffrey Lee Pierce had a voice made of gold and couldn´t sing. Very special. I miss him very much. saw him twice live and made lots of photos.

[rjglam]

i want to seee that photos!

please!

[chainrelease]

Hi, just go to my M.Sp.-Site, with "chainrelease" at the end of the url. See ya!

[H3Babe]

I love this song! Great tune and it takes me back to the 80's when I first heard it. Thanks for posting.

[gelfling25]

hi thanx for sharing that with us man! I loved the interview part :)

By the way regarding french band Noir Désir i think their french songs are wayyyy better (just so you know the singer's got a terrible accent in english lmao).

Long live the Gun CLub (in my heart as long as i'll be alive anyway)!!!

[nightgaunt19]

I really like the old Sex Beat stuff, but it really seems like Jeffrey Lee Pierce's voice got really off key as time went on. This song really wanks too. Sorry.

[labambawatusi]

HE ALWAYS GOES FLAT! He does it exactly RIGHT for whatever song. Without that vocal, it's "Rapture" by Blondie!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Nothin wrong with Blondie either, just not their best song)

[paralisispermanente]

heyyy, thanks a lot lot love

[Soulbird67]

OMG , i bought this on 12" in the 80's and played it to death after John Peel kept playing it on his show. Great to hear it again. Thanks

[raybergen]

Thank you!!!

[MrrMojO]

One last : pyromane .

watch?v=Jl0I5jgQj4I

[MrrMojO]

1986 : Their first video clip and one of their first song in english : Lola . inspiration ... the gun club of course .

/watch?v=d3EEm8vqZ4U

Hoodoo follow bye " en route pour la joie " Hoodoo is the perfect exemple of voice inspiration ,

watch?v=KeNRaXoLYzo

2002 "La chaleur" again , it s my favorite

watch?v=JWqxnjHmAUo

[MrrMojO]

Some live :

1989 : Les ecrochés ,interview and helter skelter cover ( beatles)

/watch?v=H1lMeHolPiw

1999 : Working class hero cover (lennon)

youtube/watch?v=AN-MrXbQePw

1997 : La chaleur

youtube/watch?v=ype20Gk1iXw

[MrrMojO]

Just have to listen the firsts albums ( où veux tu qu'je r'gard 1986 )or live of Noir des to recognize the inspiration of the gun club in the trembeling voice and certain musical structure .

One of my friend just said by listening Miami album , hey that's Noir désir !!

You guys got to listen , several songs of Noir des are in english and you can find them on youtube of course !!!

[MrrMojO]

I ll try to post the original or one of the several live version that noir désir played .

JLP was and is forever really something for this band .

[MrrMojO]

Great !!!! I m a new fan ( a french one ) of jeffrey and the gun club , he's awesome !!!

I knew the gun club and jeffrey thanks to one grate dedicated song by the best french rock band " noir désir " called song for jlp .

There is a link to a cover of this song by an unknown french guy who plays it good :

h**p://***.youtube*com/watch?v­=XOvPjqkBTQ4

[tsokay]

AhhhhhhhhhhhhThank you!

[PhilCommander2]

although i am straight now i do have to say that the demons probably made him what he is. still though, it would of been better for him to not have demons and be alive. such is life...thanks for posting this!!!!

[PhilCommander2]

if nothing else its an interesting video!!!! love this and thanks for putting this up. god, he was the best huh?

[jimlovestitsdotcom]

Yeah. He was outstanding. Gun Club is up there with Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones and Elvis Presley as the best rock musicians of the century. RIP Jeffrey Lee.

[allrapsucks]

JLTits, Is Pierce dead? I didn't know that. What went down? This guy was a major talent. I hate to hear he's gone. Peace.

[jimlovestitsdotcom]

Dead for about 12 years or so, pal. RIP Jeff.

[youthinasia1979]

he died a long time ago man...