10000 Maniacs (Natalie Merchant) singing The Latin One on The Word

[DullTorpor]

Wow. This is awesome. Thanks for posting.

[cubfan08]

If you could hear blood gurgling from ruptured lungs , if you could witness vile sores on innocent tongues , you would not tell me not with such pride and such gest the lies of history .. Dulce et decorum est... Pro patria mori,, Maniacs are fucking awesome

[cubfan08]

holy crap this song is so great where can I find more jewles like this .. stuff off Hope Chest ???

[gahctep]

This more up tempo version of the

song is the best.

[JayMazz]

amazing! all these years i have never seen this clip!

[tranurse]

this is a poem written by wilfred owens, i think, he was an english soldier during ww1. he ended up dying in a gas attack.

[h0nDaRiDeRz]

@tranurse he died from a mozzie i thort

[guwest]

@tranurse . you're from the bit in the middle of America aren't you.

[tranurse]

@guwest i'm southern. i live in north florida.

[gkaplan2000]

Not exactly the kind of song for The Word crowd to dance to.

[Kidplunk]

Ease up on the latin, young catholic girl, you're driving me crazy:)

[markrskinner]

Yes, yes.

[mrmcinsect]

the ending is criminal

[Gaharudan]

great...GREAT...superb!

[fallo2]

So young & beautiful with short hair!!

[godlycreature]

Great!

[blairan]

I am guessing it's earlier than 1989... it looks like John Lombardo is still in the line-up. I think he left the band in 1986 or 1987?

[middyseafort]

I think he left shortly after The Hope Chest album.

[jt20042]

@blairan John left in 1986 and to me Natalie does not look like The Wishing Chair or pre-Wishing Chair Natalie in this video, so I'm guessing it's from '85 or very early '86? Plus Jerry is bald! Definitely has got to be one of John's last appearances with the original band. Thanks for posting this awesome clip. I'd never seen it before!

[pwgabachito]

@jt20042

The announcer mentions Hope Chest, which was released in 1990. John made some appearances with the band during this time to promote the collection, which he had helped the band to remaster, and also opened some shows with Mary Ramsey, as John and Mary's Victory Gardens came out around the same time.

[rlegear19]

Natalie is one of a kind. I love her dancing.

[JimmersThomas]

My God! I remember watching this at the time.. must have been 1989 or 1990? I'd never heard the band before, but rushed out the next day and bought the CD of Hope Chest.

Sadly we didn't have a CD player at that time, so I didn't get to hear it for about a year. Never quite understood that. Anyway, I bought a cassette of The Wishing Chair, and away we went.

Don't think it occurred to me at the time that this was Dulce et Decorum Est via the gift of college rock.

Thanks for uploading!