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  • I've loved this song since I first heard it yet I never saw them until You Tube. They are as beautiful as they sound, I had no clue.

  • i still love you, Emma Anderson.....

  • I've always like this track and the Paper Thin Guitar Sound with Chorus

  • loverlife is good but this is the real shit

  • Real music better than all that stupid shit out now ......

  • Another great cut from this band!

  • Great song, Terrible Video.

  • At what temp does the drummer play his drums?

  • damn the band warpaint today sounds kinda like this

  • @LilRedRasta I was thinking the samething.

  • The chorus pedal she's useing is a Boss CH-1 :P

  • Lush- Why they were never appreciated more in the 90's than they were we will never know. At least they never sold out. Thanks for posting this video.

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  • What kind of chorus pedal do they use?

  • @mewsic156 Well, you kinda hit it right on the mark! Probably Roland chorus, with flange. The layers are difficult to sort out cos' Robyn Gutherie was a meniacal genius!

  • I surely miss 120 Minutes. Great show back in the day.

  • lush is great, I love it. remember superblast? also from spooky

  • MTV 1992... love that final instrumental break @ 3:06, w/ the suspended chords.Miki Berenyi 'exotic half Japanese, half Hungarian & Emma Anderson, a classic Brunette Brit

  • @egyptianminor Is she really that racial mix? I was wondering what made her so exotically beautiful! She's enchanting. They both are!

  • I've been looking for stuff from these guys for years. They're finally popping up online. I was the only person I knew who listened to these guys in highschool in '93. Still haven't met anyone else whose even heard of them to this day.

  • Lush rules. /comments.

  • This song and video are distinct relics of the fleeting MDMA period.

  • very nice

  • shoegae to nu-gaze...Cocteau Twins started it...

  • Anybody could get signed back then. Just anybody.

  • I never heard of this band from the 90's. I really like this group's video, they sound beast!

    Great vocals. Maybe it;s not too late to become a fan.

  • Yes, MTV used to play actual music videos.

  • so many years pass, still waiting for that Box-Set w/DVD (can't forget the DVD!)

    now it's my kids who love them now...20 years!! miss them very much

    R.I.P. Chris!

  • I loved them , the next time I see them play again will be in heaven.

  • i was adding these guys to my progBlog and thought I'd see if I could find any video's. Never in my wildest dreams did I anticipate I'd find any. And How appropriate that your vid is from the old 120 minutes show. That's where I first heard these guys. I used to record it every week. found a lot of good music from that show. thanks a ton!

  • I saw these at the Charlotte in Leicester around 96, such an underated group. I just love this song :-)

  • She ain't just a vocalist, she is a good guitarist as well.

  • Holy crap, the redheaded vocalist is just about the prettiest woman I've ever freaking seen!

  • Miki Berenyi

  • @irontoad30 The brunette is hot too...loved 'em 'cause they had the right non-pretentious attitude

  • the voice of the 90's, this video brings back some good memories... I saw them a couple of times in Seattle in front of what must have been 100 people. they exploded our ears!

  • it's impossible to see or hear anything like this anywhere else but on youtube. youtube rules. somebody mentioned mtv. the name from the past. is it still around?

  • @jarviscockerspaniel

    Yeah if it wasn't for Youtube, those bands, those genres, probably disappeared for most people.

  • Because mtv is shit now days. Thats why.

  • why doesn't mtv play any good music anymore :[

  • @marsvolt Why doesn't mtv even play music anymore is the real question. It all about pregnant teenagers and cool people.

  • Economic models I suppose. Why bother with playing videos when most people are going to watch them here and download the albums? I can't imagine MTV making much profit that way when they can just air shows that embarrass the crap out of New Jersey. Because sadly there is a big audience for mindless TV.

  • Yea, i can take attest to that because I live in New Jersey. Yet people still watch it religously here! They say they just think it's funny... sure...

  • Because its after 1996 thats why

  • OK, who had the best harmonies ever?

    Michelle and Cass,Agnetha and Frida,

    Tracy and Missy (Voice of the Beehive)

    all of them brilliant and divinely talented...

    but Miki and Emma blow 'em all clean out

    of the water,because they wrote all their

    own material,because of Emma's utterly

    original and unique guitar style,and because there's never been another band

    like them,before or since. Like VOTB, a

    superb band that was gone much too soon with far too little music left behind.

  • Huely influential!Even in New Zealand!

  • I absolutely love this song!! I've played it to death. I wish Lush would have been really, really successful... they lost me after Split (which was almost as good as Spooky) but what came afterward.....nah. It really IS a shame!

  • From what i gathered. When they went their separate ways with Robin Guthrie from Cocteau twins. Miki took the band in the direction that they really wanted to go. Like you i liked the ethereal aspect of Lush's original sound. Very CT influenced. Wasn't too much a fan of the heavier sounding stuff.

  • if you listen to the early EPs (eg: side2 of "Gala"), they were originally more "punky" and raw sounding ("Bitter" and "Second Sight") . I think Guthrie had a huge influence on them in the studio.,as did Tim Friese-Green, as far as their "sound" also Miki was more of the "rocker" while Emma wrote a lot of their "ethereal" stuff. I think Miki's songwriting took over "Lovelife". That and the obvious tensions in the band at that time.

  • Lovelife was a good album too!

  • Classic sound.

  • poor chris... lush would have been huge in

    america, its a shame really.

  • i love lush gala was a great album..does anyone have the song thoughforms?

  • I have a vinyl version of Gala that has thought forms on it twice. Wasn't sure what that was about. Unfortunately i don't have it on cd. :(

  • I found 'Gala' on CD at a music store here

    in Washington State about June '09, so it's out there... no luck finding a copy of

    'Split', or any of the original EP's. Isn't

    there a fan website somewhere so we

    can trade and exchange the music we all

    love? Everybody I know who hears 'Spooky' for the first time is flat-out

    blown away by it and wants to know, 'why

    didn't I hear about this band before?'

    Please give me your thoughts on this.

  • @WAplumber

    Well its very hard to find some CDs today, most CDs of this kind are mostly out of print, i buy CDs and when i found something hard to find, i try always to but it, because it will dissapear, since just few people will buy it in most cases, and the CD store remove it because of that, if you want CDs that are hard to find, look for Discogs, you will probably find more Lush material than Gala.

    Saludos.

  • It's supposed to.

  • One of my all time favorite bands...this video brings such memories...

  • I will never, ever get enough of this sound! I absolutely think they were one of the best bands ever!

  • Shoegaze rules

  • I remember that they had a song on a Volkswagon commercial.

  • best **** ever

  • two angels sent from heaven to give us soul food

  • I first read about Lush in a rock encyclopedia a few yrs. ago and they described them as "a dreamy shoegazing early 90's Brit-pop band that showed lots of promise til Aclund offed himself." When I hear this song I'm sure it's the one I heard so long ago..like a reverie in a dream is their music. God bless ya Micki Berenyi; your hauntingly, achingly beautiful music captured a moment in time that'll stay with me forever...like quicksilver it is.

  • Wonderful! - hate Grunge! - Shoegaze is billion times better!

  • hey, even kurt cobain, the guy who made grunge popular, likes this band

  • I definitely like Lush as shoegaze more than what they did later.

  • That would never happen... unless they did a new Studio project first

    lets keep the dream alive !!!!!!!

  • Hope they come back again for 1 last tour. To remember Chris and for all the fans that are still touched by their amazing sound

  • oh i like cocteau twins also. I also like curve

  • Well it's good, I hate to compare bands but nothing like My Bloody Valentine.

  • really? i love them both!!!!!!!!

  • Well, it's no so bad but Cocteau Twins is better than this too.

  • 90s nostalgia rising

  • My favorite band of all time. *sigh* I miss shoegaze.

  • I have to go with Slowdive over Lush. Still, both bands were great...

  • shoegaze is still alive! see profile

    "under the under" "muffin 57"

  • I think the idea of saying I miss shoegaze isn't saying it is dead, it is saying I miss or wish I was apart of the moment in time that was the late 80's early 90's Britain when the music was of the moment as we are now left looking back on bands like Lush.

  • i understand you point here. i was in a band called "all natural lemon and lime flavors" in the 90's. it was a great time and it is now over.

  • this was and still is one of my favorite songs by them... man, music was good then. bring back shoegaze. =)

  • When you watch this video..it gets stuck in your mind. it's so strange and original!

  • correction: Emma"s Fender "JazzMaster" it has the body

    of a Jag though.

  • Wow Emma is playing a Jaguar fender...Never to be seen before or after...the mystery remains

  • The Jaguar that Emma shows is not hers (it's probably Robin's, just like Miki's sparkly Gretsch)

  • so good, wish they would come back...

  • just crazy about them

  • hmm strange

  • Love Miki, she is so awesome.

  • it s always sunny and breezy and I am always 18 again when I listen to this.

  • a serious question: does anybody know if mickie or emma

    ever sang in the church choir?...the intervals and scales

    that their voices combine with kind of remind me of the

    melodies that i have heard in some of the "gregorian chanting" kind music...i like it. its hypnotic and it

    takes you out there...

  • she is ....

    it fells good baby...

    bow down to the shych...

    its all about hollywood and not us

  • I've always thought Emma was sooo hot! Sweet voice too.

  • Miki said about this video "If I look like a rabbit mannequin caught in a headlight, Emma looks fantastic !"

  • There is something about Miki and Emma's voices (and faces too) that draw you in whether or not you want it to happen.

    Modern day sirens, to be sure.

  • My favorite band from my college days. Miki Berenyi is one of my idols, just so cool. Under the Radar did a fantastic interview with her from late last year.

  • You can read even more recent news from Miki herself in the on-line VPME (Von Pip Musical Express) where she shares her personal photo album of the good ole Lush years !

  • I think I've seen that! Was that the album with pics from Lollapalooza and their time in the U.S.? Thanks for the tip...I miss them so much!

  • Miki also recently give us her views on Lush videos, and she's quite not happy with this one, as she expressed in the VPME (again).

  • One of my all time favorite times. I saw them in '92. Loved them since.

  • one the best bands of the 90s

  • I miss this band. I saw them the week I moved to San Francisco where they play a free show at Union Square :)

  • I was there. The funny thing was in between sets they were playing old Santana.

  • Emma Anderson looks like a sex toy or something in this video. .It's the shape of her mouth I suppose.

  • Incredible! I love lush!

  • They were so very good

    Best songs: Sweetness and light and Superblast!

  • best song laura bling bling bling bling

  • "Laura" is Emma's fave song from "Spooky".

  • I seriously love and miss this band, I wish music didn't die the way it did.

  • so fuckign awesome

  • I met Lush working at a store in Pittsburgh, PA called Slacker.....they were shocked I knew who they were. They were in town to play at Lollapalooza that year, Maybe I believe 92 or 93. Was pretty sweet. Love this band, back when music was good...lol

  • seriously though

  • i love Lush and the entire Spooky CD. This is the most innovative music ever!

  • christ, saw lush 8 times. they only played this once!

  • just crazy about them

  • could someone please upload the video of the epic track called "Desire Lines" ?

    I'll never forget that their first ever concert in Athens Greece was canceled after Chris' death

  • You can download it from the ITunes store ; the same goes for "Single Girl".

  • Fuckin Aye!  Lush were a wicked band.

  • ahhh the days of Lush, Megacity 4 and The Mary Whitehouse Experience on telly, great time to be a 17 yo

  • absolutely GREAT TIMES!!!!

  • I almost choked when I saw the MTV logo. Can you believe that MTV actually used to play stuff like this??? Miki is so beautiful!

  • it was the early 90s...the "madchester" mooveement then even more grunge were basically underground but were more and more successfull...mtv eat every new "genre" that sell a lot...

    MTV was doin' that by opportunity...they belived in the commercial potential of underground (as pearl jam and nirvana prooved it)... now they believe 'eyes closed' in r'n b and black 'show me the money' stuff... it's a sad time...

  • "120 minutes" was a really good programme back then. 2 hours narrated by paul king every sunday evening. I really miss those days...

  • MTV: it was called "120 minutes" - sunday nights, and for a hot minute they also offered us "The Cutting Edge" and "The Young Ones", and the USA network had "Night-Flight" with shows from the UK like "The Tube" - the good old days...

  • ohhhhhh man, I miss this band. It's interesting, what we take for granted, until it's gone.

    Ha! 1992 and all those dark nights in my room alone, as a 'misunderstood' jr higher, listening to this album and loveless.

  • que increible influencia de guthrie!!! excelente!

  • today is the anniversary of the drummer's passing r.i.p.

  • a lot of rhythmic energy shown here! bad sound quality in this upload though.

  • guthrie all over it... strum strum strum

  • this band will always have a place in my heart...loved all thier albums

  • thank you soooooo much for putting that on here!! i love you!

  • it's all about Spooky & Gala. :sigh:

  • AND Split.

  • This song has always been a highlight and when I saw them Live in 1991 and 1994 this was a highlight in their live set. This version though edits out quite a bit, including a cool mystical sounding solo and the ending part :( The album version is almost 2 minutes. longer.

    And omg, miki and emmas faces almost touching make me want to just pull them through the screen and hug them to death...

  • i love all their albums like lovelife & split, but this is definitely one of their best songs. it's so hypnotic and incredibly beautiful and romantic.

  • Miki (interviewed by Timothy White in 1992) : "Although it's about Emma not being very happy, I think it's a very romantic song. Those lyrics are MOVING."

  • blonde redhead 23

  • er band :D

  • This bad and ride ruled my my life between 15-16 years old

  • damn this video is so hot! My favorite part is Miki and Emma's faces close together.

  • My fave Lush album remains "Spooky" because of its unity, thanks Robin Guthrie. But I also love "Split" and 1996 singles B-sides.

  • Chris and Phil are sooo hot :D

  • This was my favorite album of theirs it had the most beautiful songs "For Love", "Untogether", and Monocrome put me to tears. Split though was the most emotional album and it was the best produced and musically put together. Lovelife was a classic that never went as far as it should have. Gala and all the Bsides and eps were phenomenal as well i got into them in 1990 and they are still one of my favorite bands today i saw them live 3 times and it blew my mind.

  • Gala was really good, songs like Scarlett and Thoughtforms show how good this band was.

  • I don't have Gala but I have the Scarlett cd-single (which has Thoughtforms on it)- and you're right, those two songs are definite keepers.

  • "Nothing Natural" was one of the "Spooky" album songs. Miki and Emma didn't like this video because of the loads of discomforting white light : Emma closes her eyes when she can - look how reduced were their pupils !

  • spooky or gala

  • I remember this lot back in the day but didn't really get into them, can someone recommend a good album please.

  • is she still hot?..has she put on weight? just asking

  • Apologizes for my first silly comment : Miki is born march 18, 1967 ; she's therefore 40 this year.

  • My daughter and I used to watch 120 minutes together all the time when she was growing up... always loved the dreamy quality Lush had; we both still love the 80's and 90's videos! I don't see the same variety or creativity in music (or videos) today.....

  • Notice the presence of Steve Rippon (with the white guitar), the first Lush bass player. He left the band after been fed up with touring.

  • Miki is 35 this year... And I'm sure she's still worth watching (I'd be glad to check it out). I miss the early 90's as much as you, Triumph7 : music was better and... We were younger too.

  • one of my favorite vids (this and the deluxe video 2)

    thanks

    crashsite000

  • so good...no one quite like them...saw them live at the 930 club in dc back in the early 90's...the lead singer came on and said something about having her period...so awesome...

  • this simple video captures the airy, celestial feel of this song perfectly. love it, love this band.

    i miss the 90's as much everyone else, the music, tv, everything, it was truly a great time to be alive. i guess i took it all for granted and never realized things could be this awful. there used to be a good concert every other week, now i find myself going to maybe 2-3 shows/yr. most of the cd's i buy are from 90s bands who still make music or are side projects from members of defunct bands.

  • Total perfection. I could listen to this forever.

  • I love Lush. It's such a shame what happened to them. Their first three albums are amazing.

  • God I miss 120 minutes! I love you Dave!!!

  • Damn u Robin Guthrie. I want my guitar to sound like that.

  • anyone know how old the lead singer is?

  • Older than me so 36 + But did you ever see her in the harlequin one piece catsuit? Maybe I have some footage on video....

  • miki turned 40 this year

  • wow, that makes me feel a little older

  • lol, you're not the only one who feels older seeing these videos? i can't believe it's been 11 years since i saw them, feels like yesterday and i remember it like it was yesterday.

  • I don't care what a lot of the critics said, I think Robin Guthrie did the best work for Lush and this is one of the most awesome videos ever.

  • Absolutely spot on. It was never quite the same for me after Spooky. Sunbathing & Astronaut were just Blissful. Could almost reduce me to tears.

  • As good as Gala and Spooly were, Micki said that Split was the way that they really wanted to produce their music all along. I could never figure that out, except to promote the newer music.

  • As good as Gala and Spooly were, Micki said that Split was the way that they really wanted to produce their music all along. I could never figure that out, except to promote the newer music.

  • As good as Gala and Spooly were, Micki said that Split was the way that they really wanted to produce their music all along. I could never figure that out, except to promote the newer music.

  • Split is my favorite for sure. There are some moment on that album that are devastating like Never Never. A rare gem of an album that most people have never heard. Just like Forever Changes by Love.

  • I'm a little disappointed that (1) the sound is out of sync with the visuals and (2) as a video it's a bit unimaginative, at least compared to "Deluxe" or "For Love". But it's still one of my favorite songs of theirs, and I still love it.

  • Great sound from when good music was easier to find. it's all industry or NME driven now, just gimmicks.

  • 90s nostalgia rising . . . poor kids these days.

    Get off my lawn!

  • I agree. These kids today wouldn't know good music if it came up and introduced itself. and ditto for the lawn comment *grin*

  • Fantastique sound very nineties, I took a long while to question myself about micky i was pretty sure she has asian background