The Halo Benders - "Virginia Reel Around The Fountain"

[shlomonew]

love it maaan

[benusherr]

bummer you can barely hear calvin

[diegocombi]

@benusherr true

[drbrandovalentine]

what  a bad ass!

[imjohnandyouare]

I saw an interview of Calvin where he was talking about Modest Mouse (during the making of Lonesome Crowded West) and he seemed like a douchebag

[DeJayPlp]

He reminds me of Morrisey

[stevnricke]

he doesn't any gayer than morrissey, so what's the big deal?

[takeittothemall]

i am a big fan of calvin's.

that being said, i think he has no idea how to operate that guitar within the context of this song.

[ernestotorres1977]

The bassist looks really familiar too! =p

[bionicgiblets33]

haha calvin is quite the character

[staticrituals]

if only the sound guy turned up calvin's microphone as opposed to his guitar amp!

[staticrituals]

it sure is

[Jack1685]

is that doug martsch with them?

[DubNarcoticDotOrg]

Yep! He is 1/2 of the magic that is the Halo Benders.

[Buddyismyking]

@DubNarcoticDotOrg and which one of them is the other half?

[DubNarcoticDotOrg]

Calvin Johnson (founder of K Records, Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System, The Hive Dwellers).

[sealionnn]

@DubNarcoticDotOrg

The Halo Benders are def some fucking magic! :)

[stevan33ify]

this aint punk its the halo benders do everyone a fucking favor stop trying to put everything in a fuckin bracket either you like or not im sick of everyone having a sup pat critisism on fucking youtube

[SeanSeanSeanCanada]

you can barley hear Calvin in this

[obligatorynagger]

Doug is playing a jazzmaster here?

[stevnricke]

YEAS

[looshkin66]

he sure is!

[longlegged]

I don't find that pot-belly of Calvin's very punk rock...

[thedarkpoets]

This isn't punk rock that's why.

[longlegged]

You don't really know about Calvin (or punk rock for that matter), do you?

[JoyDivisioner]

Ah, the memories this songs brings back. :^D

[DrunkClown69]

is that dough martsch from built to spill....

[priser24]

yeah, halo benders is one of his other bands.

[SWAC424]

Calvin kinda dances like Morrissey. Great song.

[OutLoudOutLoud]

Why is Doug Martsch so goddamn awesome?

[vaspers]

congratulations today this video was selected by the NYC Punk Rock Evolution Foundation.

[proteanlives]

I saw them play this song in a surprise performance--Doug just got up on stage--at a Dub Narcotic Sound System show during CMJ in 1997 or 1998 and it was incredible--small crowd, amazing energy, so much fun. One of the best performances I've been to in my life.

[gceverett]

some chick that moved to our town from portland had some hook up with k records, and she was trying real hard to get calvin johnson out to delaware, but instead we got karl blau. not as exciting, but i can always dream :D

[deeceptione]

this video and band sound sO gAy!

[thesoup]

Oh hey! I was there! This was a sweet show.

[GotsTricks]

Great angle, thanks for the vids. I'd only heard this song on BTS live CD.

[m00nkitteh]

LOVE calvin's dancing. wish i could see this in person!

[antiposter]

calvin stinks. for real. he doesn't bathe often. B.O. like a dead hooker ass.

[northwestindie]

Hmm... I took this video and I've been near Calvin in close quarters several times and I've never smelled any horrible B.O. Perhaps you just caught him on a bad day, or maybe your upper lip smells like dead hooker ass...?

[extremepietbh]

don't plagiarize or take on loan.

[ChocolateExplosion]

i'm sure calvin's done alot for music, but does he really have to talk shit thru every halo benders song?

[ritziszen]

he practically makes this song

[amazingstarbeam]

Somebody told me this is a Smiths song...any one know?

[DavidBlaine1]

they're different songs. the smiths song is called reel around the fountain

[samuelmichaud]

Yeah...thats calvin johnson, he dosent giva fuck if he looks like a fag...it's pure punk-rock mentality this guy...in his own weird ass way

thanks for uploadin

[Timmybear]

@samuelmichaud - to me, a fag looks big, burly and bearded, since I'm one (of both sets of qualifiers). Therefore, the guitar player on the right is a fag, I hope. :) (though I'd be willing to give Calvin honorary membership)

[rainofwalrus]

perhaps,

easily,

irreversibly,

without doubt,

unintentionally,

the best song written in the 90's

[cashfan53]

I agree, the guy in the blue shirt looks/acts like a fag.

[didntfinishsoup2]

except that hes been doing that since about 1982

[GenusMus]

Hes cute..

[GenusMus]

It was a reply to cashfan53 comment..

[jefftotheresque]

what a great perfomance.

[curtisSK8er]

hahahaha i dont care what you guys say to me but the guy in the blue shirt looks like such a fag throughout the whole video ahahahaha

[Grare007]

you tèke tonic, don't you ? great style !

[tylerjf2005]

Calvin Johnson is a god of indie music.

[erikcnielsen]

There's something really weird about the way this video is shot right next to Calvin, and Doug is way over there in the background, but Calvin's vocals are practically inaudible compared to Doug's.

[pfishy69]

perhaps its an act of god? or maybe they switched his mic off...is Calvin a watered down version of Bez off THE HAPPY MONDAYS ?

[greengiant123]

you should give the recorded version of this a listen. it sounds a lot different. you might think different about this song. the fact that you can't here calvin gives the song a totally different sound.

[veep23]

yeah...it gives the song a better sound.

[myleftventricle]

i would actually sell my kidneys to hear this live.

[myleftventricle]

oh lord. ive just wet my pants.

[ihategoatwhore]

what the fuck is calvin doing?

[jefftotheresque]

atleast they add their own artistic and original spin too it. it's all reletive.

[pfishy69]

1980s Brit indie re hashed by you yanks!!..you lot are always pickin up on stuff too late ...all thier songs sound like someone elses !! ie that "bikini" song is that a Pixies track?? ...try listening to "Ultra Vivid Scenes MERCY SEAT" and "ride CHELSEA GIRL" 10 years before >>.even this songs title is borrowed off "THE SMITHS"

[greengiant123]

Pixies and Ultra Vivid Scene are both American bands signed to a British labels smart ass.

[pfishy69]

they were American but bombed in the states cos the yanks play it safe and popularise the music fed to them by the American media and financially vested interests ... These american bands owe their survival to a less brainwashed youth culture( inc 4AD)..who freethink and LEAD and not be LED..THANK YOU for making my point for me..SMART ASS ..

[greengiant123]

Hey I agree with you totally, but the halo benders and built to spill have had no airtime through American media at all. In my eyes they are equally amazing and talented as the pixies or ultra vivid scene. They have even been around since the 80's. It sounds like you refer to UVC and the pixies as British bands. They are not. And i agree, UK music scene > US music scene.

[pfishy69]

i spent a little time in the US in the 1980s..You could not get hold of or listen to any decent music..yet the Pixies , Harold Budd, UVS,Throwing Muses etc were sell out at clubs in the UK ..i was taken to an indie club in Philly and tortured with Depeche Mode and The Human League..( both uk bands by the way but you are welcome to them) ..listen to Bang Bang Machine "GEEK LOVE" on youtube its an education for you

[sohailio11]

Although most of the things you say are true, lets not generalize an entire nation by its popular culture eh? Specially since this is definitely not POPULAR american culture and i have never seen any mention of this band in mainstream media. Also, doug was a huge smiths fan and a band he was in before, treepeople, covered "Big mouth strikes again" off "The queen is dead". I dont know how but this must be inspired by the smiths track or something.

[pfishy69]

Im an Old Man now and very proud of the music that WAS pioneering,inspirational and truly cutting edge..I love America and its people plus as previously stated the US has produced some earth shattering true Indie bands..the Halo Benders sound great BUT i cant help thinking they sound like a musical confection or if you like a RETRO band ...Doug is a sensational musician and not all Americans buy into the popular culture shit .But its FAKE sorry!!

[dtoff]

Calvin Johnson formed his first group, Beat Happening, in 1892, four years before the formation of the Pixies, the same year as The Smiths, etc. There is legitimate room for disagreement over the quality and enjoyment value of much current US indie rock, but K Records, which Johnson founded, has been hugely influential since its founding in the early '80s, and produced truly original music. I don't think Kurt Cobain had a K Records logo tattooed on his arm as a fashion statement.

[pfishy69]

1892 ? the same year as Rachmaniloff and Sibelous !...they were really advanced Musically ...and in the manner of casual dress

[dtoff]

Yep, 1892. He's THAT punk rock!

[pfishy69]

Thats really neat and really early punk cowboy frontier music..although Shakesperes sister was actually Williams own band were he cross dressed and wrote the lyrics whilst taking time off penning Macbeth !

[fireboi55]

Thanks to doug, every time I pickup my guitar, I cry a little.

[dutchmodernist]

where is the boise arts collective? why aren't they playing at neurolux?

[eetrib]

this is what jesus probably would danced like if he didnt listen to such shitty music