The Feelies - Away

[lalalalaurensvagina]

love the guy at 2:38 dancing up the front

[LeeB9999]

Faster. Faster. Faster. Faster. Faster.

[elseamusic]

AWwwwwaaaaaaaayyyyyy awwwwwaaaaayyy yeah!!!! what a cool band!!

[Amritsaroop]

The Feelies are playing in Prospect park Today (free show 7 pm )

[a0clockwork0kiwi]

this is what i'm talking about. cool. 

[kirbula]

I remember MTV's 120 Minutes, but even more important were the live music shows in the 1986-89 years range with the coolest, energised, powery-pop songs. REM, The Feelies, Let's Active. I saw English Beat and REM at the Erb Memorial Union, that's the University of Oregon's Erb Memorial Student Union...! Yes - they played right in the dining area. This is the same location the famous 'food fight' scene for the movie Animal House was shot -- Never really knew how good I had it back then!

[willids]

Felt Forum - 1988 - Feelies opening for REM - My life was never the same......

[MelindaAugustina]

I just heard about them. Really awesome music!

[AhliAnggur]

Jonathan Demme directed the video. Just a reminder.

[TheWheels777]

It's Only Life is a amazing album. One of my all time favs

[BDRUMMER]

I liked 120 Minutes so much that I'd tape it and edit my favorites together in the college video lab. Kind of a video mix tape.

[mrlucky777]

that's Jet Black from the Stranglers guesting on drums in this video.

[PopeSalty1]

Once upon a time, there was a TV channel called MTV. And on this MTV there was a show called 120 Minutes, where they played videos by less-commercial acts such as the Feelies. That show is what taught me that there was better music out there than what the radio decided was popular, and is largely responsible for turning me into the bitter music snob that I am today. I'm not sure if that's a blessing or a curse. Sometimes I wish I could like the crap other people like, or at least tolerate it.

[downwithcheesecake]

@PopeSalty1 xDok i agreed with everything untill the last sentence.. i think i would want to kill myself if i liked the poulare stuff. tolarating it would suck too because your giving in to the shitty music industry we have today...the populare stuff is like those cool red rocks you find on the ground they look expensive.. but there all over the place. unpopulare bands are like diamonds you have to go mining for.. the best part of music is when you look for it, and find what you like not others

[TheDiegogza]

@PopeSalty1 haha I totally feel you... its good to be on this side,,, but the otherness its always relative...

[throbgrist]

@PopeSalty1 Amen! I watched that show religiously from 1987-1993. Good times!

[PopeSalty1]

Once upon a time, there was a TV channel called MTV. And on this MTV there was a show called 120 Minutes, where they played videos by less-commercial acts such as the Feelies. That show is what taught me that there was better music out there than what the radio decided was popular, and is largely responsible for turning me into the bitter music snob that I am today. I'm not sure if that's a blessing or a curse. Sometimes I wish I could like the crap other people like, or at least tolerate it.

[Myworstnightmare85]

I would personally like to bitch slap the six people who disliked this video.

[10feetoverhead]

I saw The Feelies open up for Lou Reed at the St. James Theater in NYC. Most EPIC show ever.

[clayguy33]

Long Live the Indie Pioneers :)

[ftheeddie]

Damn, this song takes me back. I was taking guitar lessons from a guy who could not understand the starts and stops, and tempo changes in this song when I played it for him. That was the last time I took lessons and am a better musician for it. The best songs are the ones that you never forget.

[MnuityData]

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[spadge321]

awesome 

[muarkslayerg]

i reeeally feeeel the feeeeelies

[maju72]

NERD..ES..TENS

[tobiadon]

the feelies were ten years ahead, but the velvet underground anticipated sounds, rythms, aesthetics, cultural movements... and most of all they were doing music for art's sake, despising any commercial success

:)

[toxickatie]

Oh my fucking god, I'm so glad I stumbled upon this band.

[jsalley]

Autumn Song Number One, 2010. When I heard this song in the fall of 1989, I was about to turn 21, my college was about to become my alma mater, the '80s was about to become the '90s. Somewhere in "Away," I heard frenetic, nervous rhythms joined with a calm, easy, almost pastoral vibe. I heard how I felt like "Welcome to adulthood," the song said. "Welcome to the real world. Welcome to the '90s. Everything's going to change. Everything's going to stay exactly the same." And the song was right.

[climbon74]

Saw them years ago at small back alley dump called the "Sun Club" near Arizona State University while going to school there. I read they were coming to town, never heard them before and was blown away that night. Been a fan ever since and always will be. I agree, they were way ahead of there time, way ahead.

[mbones2]

These guys were about 15-20 years ahead of their time. one of my all time favorite bands.

[UsedFanx3]

wow! MTV when they actually played music!

[Starvoid7]

Feelies >Replacements

but don't get me wrong...i like both bands

[wenge12345]

Τhey are Gods!!!!!

[MilwGonzo]

love this band - great guitars, infectious tunes

[kels327]

anyone notice the weezer say it aint so video is eerily simmilar to this at moments?

[FurNTatsIN]

Great song. Great Band.

[11xzxzxz]

Cont. That is why I don't listen to much classical and love Neil Young 1966 - '78 or the Replacements and Smokey Robinson etc. And Peter Buck did a great job producing the Feelies first record. Jack Neitzche has done some great stuff with Neil Young - like beating up his first live-in Carrie Snodgrass, with a butt of a gun.

[11xzxzxz]

Sometimes rock and musicianship come together/collide wonderfully but it's not productive to compare the Feelies to Lou Reed. It's fun though. I haven't heard enough of the Feelies or Lou Reed .. just know the Banana record cold never be made by the Feelies. I'd rather hear a unique voice than a perfect voice; interesting guitar work than perfect guitar .. not to diminish great lyrics/melodies importance .

[markothebeast]

This could only be Maxwell's. I escaped small town NJ and made it to NYC only to discover the best music in NY in the early 80's was back in Hoboken. Oh the long walks from the train station to see this band again and again.

[Timmybear]

Ah, memories. When my sister's friend lived with her for a while, she got sick of us playing Lou Reed all the time. So we would alternate with the Feelies and the Modern Lovers. If I'd had any Yo La Tengo then, I would have thrown that in too.  She should have been more specific in her objections - 'nothing that SOUNDS like Lou Reed, either.'

[paulpsyche]

bad rocked... great bass lines always

[SHOEGAZEFAN73]

Genius has a name.

[heckfarr]

I was lucky enough to see "The Feelies" in Athens, GA at the 40 Watt.

This was such a great band...

[likeastoolpigeon]

heaven..........this shit could go on forever.

[IchbinSchalker]

This one is good.

[wanderer1313131313]

This is what the Velvet Underground would have sounded like if they had TALENT. Amazing band.

[blatspanner]

yeah,no talent in the velvet underground. i mean,lou reed? ppffft. what's he ever done?

[wanderer1313131313]

Lou Reed has written some great songs, personfied a certain cool and is one of the alltime great groundbreaking artists.

 As for musicianship? Compare "What Goes On" by VU and then

Feelies and I believe you'll get my drift.

[blatspanner]

who said anything about musicianship?

[lonestar3]

I saw them open for Lou on his New York,New York tour in DC. Great show, Feelies did a cool cover of Dancing Barefoot. Lou played NY,NY start to finish, then a bunch of his classics. Great night.

[blatspanner]

sweet! ny and nj meeting up in dc fer some r'n'r.

[PosieDada]

this man was obviously being sarcastic, don't give him a thumbs down.

[blatspanner]

thankyou,yes i was. i like the feelies too.

[crlsD]

grande!

[WA7ERMelonRYAN]

what a fucking excellent song, album and band. so unique, and simply put....LOVELY.

[blevarela]

The Feelies are surely one of the coolest American bands ever.

[TheWorstWarlock]

@blevarela If would be so much easier if you liked all the crap that others like, but then you'd be a fool and not even realize it. A blessing and a curse.

[bluetwinky]

Playing maxwell's in Hoboken July 2009

[thegreenyears]

I really like the bass lines

[JuergenO]

Nobody followed the Velvets as truly as the Feelies! Always repeating "What Goes On" ,just on song. But what a song it was....love the Feelies for ever!

[allanosterm]

It's been 20 years since I've heard this. I love it. They always reminded me of The Velvet Underground.

I think they influenced The Vulgar Boatmen, but no one's heard of them.

[goodcorn]

i totally agree. and i used to see the boatmen just about every time they came thru chicago.

[tinyfolk]

Vulgar Boatmen indeed! People from Indiana remember them. :)

[frenchwv]

Just saw the Boston show.  It was great to see them and hear these songs live again.

[girgulu]

I need the Feelies LP back.

[Viacomclosedmedown]

lost my tape of this lp and only have the first lp...gosh they got good and by the time the Time to Get A Witness lp came out I was able to see 'em play with Firehose and they would tune between every song. What fine Southern perfectionists.

[buster4840]

Um . . . they're from New Jersey. Maybe it's southern New Jersey?

Great band, though.

[22clodius]

i was a fan,i become again

[paulm1347]

I think it was. Saw the 7.1.08 show two nights ago. Best show I've seen in, oh, 17 years.

[johnozed]

Wasn't this video directed by Jonathan Demme?I'm going to the secret show tonight 6.30.08 at Maxwells.

[undisclosedangler]

thank you

[Nomis0900]

i have v.i.p. passes to the reunion concert i hoboken on june 1

[dinnerbucket9]

This stuff is not easy to find, especially if you were born to be lazy. Thankyouwhoeveryouareforthisbr­iliantbitofarchaeology......th­ishillbillypostpunkassmagic.

[TREJ66]

brings back a previous life.....and yes that was the better one.

thx 4 the trip

[ratbasket]

Are you 'Pleased to meet me'? If you get my drift. I know I am.

[songlover08]

The Replacements? What does that have to do with this?

[bostonsmez]

two of the 10 greatest drummers in history were feelies musicians..."Piero Scaruffi"

[buggy767]

Feelies come back! Saw them in 1988 in Kalamazoo, MI, at the Wayside. The show was a dual headliner with Dumptruck opening. I went to see Dumptruck having never heard of the Feelies before, but was hooked on them instantly. Dumptruck and The Feelies! Amazing Show.

[psmccain]

Oh, how i miss this band. I saw these guys open for REM on Life's Rich Pageant tour and several years later before they split. One of THE truly great alt bands.

[kramctheman]

someone once told me that the feelies are what r.e.m. wanted to be. nice try!

[watoowatootheband]

They were much better than rem

[keymcgrip]

R.E.M. bashers consider this: Peter Buck helped to produce "The Good Earth," the first Feelies album. Great band live, too. But, boy, the lengthy between-song tunings made for a strange flow to their cranking shows. Would love to see them again.

[watoowatootheband]

I don't bash rem, I just think that they were superior to them.

the good earth, btw, was the 2nd feelies album.

crazy rhythms, their first album, was released in 1980.

[keymcgrip]

Ooops...forgot about "Crazy Rhythms," the much earlier Stiff release.

[dinnerbucket9]

A vanished Buffalo. They could soar like no one else[ god forgive us all]inside that Indie universe. I love them more than my own family.

[climbon74]

Saw them in the early 90's out at Arizona State in back ally grungy bar called the Sun Club. I was blown away and this was the song they opened with. I liked them ever since

[heckfarr]

Saw them at the 40 Watt in Athens, Georgia.

Great Show. Great band.

[mhinson9]

Saw them at the Library in Richmond, VA...great show, hung out back stage for a bit after the show...i miss em.

[Dillboy]

Saw them at the Paradise Boston in the early 90's, I love this band and i hope the do someting new.

[Nigelxman]

You hope they do something new Dill? Sorry to burst your bubble but the Feelies are long defunct Wake up and smell New Jersey dude.

[solongsnake]

HAH!this comment is now void.

[sbranquinho]

this makes me cry of joy

[tlm315]

didnt the dummer go on to play with luna anyone know his name

[inayellowsubmarine]

yes stan demeski was in luna until 1997 i believe.

[tlm315]

hay thanks alot seen him around for awhile ..i like em

[tlm315]

saw them open for lou reed in providence ri and ill tell you they were alot better than the gloomy one great show i think it was the early 90,s not sure but thanks for posting

[dartmouthhoop]

saw the feelies open for rem at the university of vermont in 1986...one of the best shows of my life

[raoulfgonzo]

i know Bill Million (the gibson player). he and Glenn are talking about a reunion soon.

[Groundhog2265]

that would be sooo cool !

[LPwarrior]

in 1986 I saw REM at the Felt Forum in NYC, The Feelies opened the show...terrific bill! the very next, my buddy and I went to see the film 'Something Wild' with Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith and Ray Liota, and the Feelies were the band at the scene of high school reunion! This was just pure coincidence. My friend and I laughed out loud when we realized who the reunion band was.

[jmh2277]

Always wished I could've seen this band live

[coolhand1uke]

Had seen them in Asbury Park NJ and Atlanta GA... Definately in the top 5 of live performers of their time.

[timd66md]

MTV's 120 Minutes. Now THAT was a show.

[ballardlesemann]

stan was the man.

[oleshatterbutt]

Oh, New Jersey has it's unsung heroes!

[OstbahnRollins]

They played my college fall 88 - amazing. Big Dipper opened. Thanks for posting this!

[blevarela]

Thanks so much for posting this. Takes me right back to college - North Carolina, 89-93. Fantastic!

[thedjmic]

Awesome.... One of my favorite bands. Saw them live with Trip Shakespeare and moved just like that crowd.

[jacquesb13]

Amazing Feelies, Mercer and Million were like jumping derviches, those speeding up rythms are fantabulous

[Cocrteau3]

Wohow! I had forgotten allabout this! Great vid..I agree with Jacquesb13 that they jump alot on this clip - there is a nice contrast with M&M being allover the place while the others are just being very cool. What a shame that Time for a Witness seems to have been their last...or is it...could there be a reunion?

[Cocrteau3]

Wohow! I had forgotten allabout this! Great vid..I agree with Jacquesb13 that they jump alot on this clip - there is a nice contrast with M&M being allover the place while the other in the band are just being cool. What a shame that Time for a Witness would be their last...or will it...could there be a reunion?