Dinosaur Jr - Freak Scene (1988)

[hxclunsford]

I wish j mascis was my boyfriend

[Thomann1984]

I'm not into Dinosaur Jr. too much, but I fuckin do love this song!!!

[pot4tots]

J mascis is an extremely gifted guitar player 

[poppybea11]

Best live band best rock band best goddam fucking band end off story , seen then 10 times and ive broken a few noses in the moshpit to this song

[bayswaterjames]

this is a great clip, i loved this band in the late 80's and now that they are on the road performing "Bug" (June 2011) it got me to thinking about'em again... turns out this stuff hold up pretty damn well... sincere authenticity always does, no matter how sloppy ir might be...

can someone please explain why is it J is so little known compared to a much lesser talent like Jon Bon Jovi?

[cyprus197408]

I have a fantastic live CD from Italy from the same era- probably their most exciting time, although I didn't discover them until "Where You Been". I don't know why people are bitching about this here? Get a life. If it's not to your liking, find something that is... Or make your own music, put it on here and hopefully don't experience the negative horse-shit you like to spout.

[JProhask1]

Seattle "GRUNGE" was just a lable put on bands. Seriously get a grip and realize that ROCK AND ROLL IS ROCK AND ROLL!!!!!!! STop trying to labelize everything as , "INDIE","PUNK", "HARD ROCK". "METAL". Etc Etc. ..................I KNOW IT"S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL AND I LIKE IT!!!

[mhz888]

sounds like seattle grunge

[FuckingStanz]

@mhz888 Dino were influential on that scene.

[afuckhead1]

ok i dont care if you call this noise rock indie rock or punk rock these guys are the best rock band ever

[fonzifan]

Awesome but is there some sort of ban on youtube of putting up the album version of this song?

[3sunnyD]

HOLY SHIT. this is great

[eracguy]

I saw these guys a bunch of times in the 90's, once with MBV. They were amazing, I have to thank Santa Cruz skateboards for they helped me stumble across this band. Santa Cruz rocked all the SST bands in their vids. My Dinosaur Jr. experience was finally realized in summer '08 at Pitchfork. Not only did Lou Barlow do "Bubble and Scrape" for Sebadoh, he played bass for the whole Dinosaur Jr. set. I never knew he could play on "the wagon"!

[ComaAlpha]

Grunge before it had a name!

[xane217]

this song and album dont even compare to the material on the 2nd album, it's still amazing and original though

[OldSchoolChinny]

I was 17 when I first heard this song(on a skate video over Mike Vallely skating)and it blew the doors off my life!

[07BSPtC]

Loudest band I ever saw live.

[Duraan84]

When Dinosaur was playing this show I was 3. Thank gawd for video and the internet.

[cupcakestereo]

i miss the 90s

[KonradAdenauer]

Me too.

[xane217]

ohhhh yeaaaaahhhhh

[djimi66]

BelindasaurJr ... we must be kindred spirits ;-)

[BelindasaurJr]

this song will shape my life forever.

[koolguy1029]

i love this song

[paulkorycki]

sweet post brother charlieeeee

[mcatling]

dinosaur jr Forever!

yeah

[archDeluxxe]

"if it wasn't for Dinosaur Jr there would be no My Bloody Valentine"

-Kevin Shields

[lynus111]

Thats where they stole the fender jaguar idea from

[PeripheralSenses]

Lou doesn't age. I fucking knew it.

[lynus111]

If you look closely enough you can see him mouth "fuck you J" under his breath :D :D....must of been right after this tour J gave him the flick.

[PeripheralSenses]

WHERE?!?!! I WANNA SEE IT?

Oh, and I've been skanking and listening to so much ska, I can almost hear a brass section to this.

[lynus111]

I was kinda joking :D Put perhaps he is really working out the lyrics for "gimmie Indie Rock"

[PeripheralSenses]

Aaw... Has anyone besides me noticed that young Lou looks kinda like Steve Albini with hair? He's even got the ripped jeans.

[lynus111]

Lou had the coolest hair, check the freak scene video (the one in the garden) for proof

[OldSchoolChinny]

@PeripheralSenses

That's slanderous!

But actually quite true...

[iamLizardJohnny]

is there anymore of this concert?

xoxo

spiro

[ass2ass]

i prefer soulja boy than lamb of god or hatebreed or any hardcore bands nowdays.hahah.

its more fun hearing fuzzy noise guitars than screaming like ur penis is gone.

[nymetsrock]

@ass2ass those arent hardcore bands, they're like metal/emo bullshit, hardcore stuff is actually good, like black flag, or minor threat or bad brains or something

[minutegongcoughs]

Is this The Powerhouse (Islington) gig?

[zuzu1022]

J is amazing

[darwinator12932112]

theres nothing wrong with prog even if it is long i love everything and everybody happy new year

[jlaramie666]

Not everyone wants to hear the guitar like it was played by an android. Some people have fun playing and listening to bombastic loud and fuzzy guitar with shitloads of noise. Some people like to hear diminished 13th notes.

[dontmesafrusciante]

i agree with FuckingStanz Dinasour jr is amaszing Jay is an amazing guitar player metal sucks especially fucking dream theater and lamb of gooooooood !! all that shit is weak thats why im on this page because this is were its at

[QuiksilveRXx24]

amen.

[Jerdna3]

Wow classic dinosaur jr.

[6runge]

Pure Grunge =D

[FuckingStanz]

Not enough prog-wank? It's noise/feedback not Van Halen. Go check the Mascis solo video.

[FuckingStanz]

If there is nothing exciting or interesting about this, there wouldn't be an audience for this, and this band wouldn't have influenced the hundreds of alternative bands that followed. Why are you even on this video? Shouldn't you be on some shitty 25 minute Dream Theater video or setting up a drumset with 35 different sized chinese cymbals?

[FuckingStanz]

What noise band were you in? I don't really get what's so mediocre about Dino Jr, maybe the vocals, but guitar wise, he's less lazy than most alternative bands, plenty of interesting chord arrangements and melodic solos.

[spicyMcHAGGIS9green]

@sidbolero Shut the fuck up you god damn hipster.

[mrfudgeyhead]

@sidbolero

That's why we're all here, including you, watching their videos right? Because they suck and your band was awesome? And no one gives a shit about ELP, they were described by my friend's hippy mom and prog dad as "The most pretentious, gayest thing that ever came out of a fantastic era". Go listen to your Brain Salad while we enjoy our slack rock, because four minutes of noise and slack badassery is better than 8 minutes of boring tempo change and useless meandering.

[sidbolero]

@mrfudgeyhead I can't believe people are still responding to a post I made over a year ago. I just watched this video again and I'm still of the opinion that it shit. It's a lame chord sequence -D- Eminor - A.. God , how tame.. It doesn't sound "slack badass" at all, it's more like a bunch of 14 year olds at a high school concert, and if we're talking about gay, bob haircuts, ripped knee jeans and "im so cool" shades is up there with some of the gayest things around.

[noogies]

@sidbolero

How about I fart right on your teeth if you continue disrespecting Dinosaur Jr in this house.

[sidbolero]

@noogies I'm not "in this house"

[afuckhead1]

@sidbolero hey im a 14 year old and my rock band recsently played a gig at my school and whats wrong with that

[sidbolero]

@afuckhead1 is J Mascis 14?

[ShockerSkateboarding]

@sidbolero

Nice videos of "fractals", you prog worshipping fuckwit. How can you diss on Dino Jr actually getting out there and making some noise while you smoke cones and masturbate feverishly to your 14-minute fractal edit of ELP?

[sidbolero]

@ShockerSkateboarding shop whining like a baby.

[kragoraaahh]

@FuckingStanz I laughed so hard at this.

[sidbolero]

lame

[FuckingStanz]

i know a prog-rock fan isn't talking about lame.

[ellonche]

I just busted a nut...

[ThurstonWhore1]

Fucking amazing!! :D

[itsefryagainbitch]

ugh this song!

<3

[tangokuningas]

yeah!!!! :D