Lydia Lunch Interviews on Videowave -- Oct. 1983, Nov. 1985

[alan8653]

I'm removing this video soon. You can see it at youtubecom/VideowaveMusic

[laistar]

hahahaha Joe Rogan owned her.

[alan8653]

@laistar huh???

[laistar]

@alan8653 youtube vid 'Joe Rogan vs Feminist'.

[Trashfished]

This is why I live in the country ,work me trade, love my wife, raised my kids , and just loved the Lord ,and life itself. It is what it was meant to be.

[HomotopyToMarie]

aw god.  she was so adorable.

[lgadwords]

lost and confused... the poor thing.

[nayaolympia]

ima go chris brown on this bitch

[vladdt]

Lydia Lunch, Harvey Pekar, Andy Rooney, Alan Zweig, the cast of "I, Curmudgeon" - a sample of the few individuals who give me a sliver of hope that I can relate to humanity.

[RecklessYouth333]

Say what you want about the woman, but theres something to be admired in her brutal honesty about how she feels about things. Lots of people say they "hate the world" and it comes off as shallow, petty, and small. When Lydia says it, I don't know, it just seems more genuine. She doesn't even articulate her words very well but still manages to make them make a world of sense in their simplicity. But maybe its just me.

[TheFutureLooksGrimm]

@RecklessYouth333 SHe's just BSing her and being contradicting. Anyone who knows who Lydis Lunch is, know's what she's about. She's a major Bitch who has a natural awesome talent in spookin word.

[sonic4a]

Great

[draziom902]

Joe Rogan tore this bitch up

[difficultbastard]

Sounds like my little sister. Joe Rogan owned her.

[earx23]

i like the way she handles interviews better then her music. god these questions are boring.

[truthbeeeetold]

Joe Rogan put this lady on her lap and spanked her like a child!

[belzondium]

I want to go back to '83 and have a threesome with Lydia and the first interviewer.

[Chronosaur]

you get people like this any more? Kind of seems of its time, like that kind of attitude's gone out of fashion - seems a bit self absorbed.

Speaks beautifully though

[robin56]

She gives us so many reasons not to give a shit about her.

[scottvska]

She reminds me of an ex girlfriend.

[Maxfox11]

Absolutely alluring beauty, she could scowl and grimace at me all day:)

[badazzpresidents23]

She is so attractive, in every essence of the word.

[McMinnManiac]

He movies were innovative ,Henry Rollin was in one where he's a weight lifter and he gets in a rage and kills his girl , oh what a classic

[jimbobklyn1963]

i wanted to kick her in the cunt then, i want to kick her in the cunt now.

[spacenoise5]

filth the guts to do something.

[DAN13L15]

I like the way she is in the first interview, but that second one is painful! Thank god she grew out of that. Although, her music has always stayed sounding great. <3 Lydia so much

[PRESTOTHECAT]

I like who she grew up into. Fun to see the young and not so prepared Lydia.

[JohnnyLovely2]

cool

[svensvenok]

pretentious then as she is now

[schlumbucket]

I love her bad attitude! It makes me smile! :)

[artstar19]

her personality is decent, but somewhat pretentious. I guess that's what comes with fame, though there are still lots of people who don't know about her.

[pensillinn]

She´s right

[666AcidFreak]

i would marry her in a second

[MrTulip65]

Is the world a better place with LL in it? Yes- and if you think she's not worth listening to because she "contradicts" herself,well you miss the point...some of the important voices here on this planet "contradict" themselves- because they have a constant dialogue going on in the Here&Now,and if you don't live in the Here AND Now you are walking dead..a frightened nonentity,all too ready to hide beneath the bedsheets of your own cowardice. Love you Lydia-you're beautiful.

[geojorge1369]

Such a nice girl!

[MrTrOPicalbreeze]

positive negativism, hahahah!!!

[MrTrOPicalbreeze]

@333begemot, don't listen to queeramy, she's too stupid to understand Lydia..

[333begemot]

Omg, she's gorgeous!! :D

[queeramy]

@333begemot How can you say that?? SHE's full of Hate....

[333begemot]

if you like to hear tragicly missing Red Alert, feel free to type Teenage Jesus & the Jerks - Red Alert

[littlebitchSaik]

I love Lydia!!!! 

[amishfriendshipbread]

"When something becomes totally extreme, and intense, and intimate: It's usually, I guess, filthy. That's where I tend to come in."

[Sammicsno]

I want her to talk about her incest. Because that's where she's coming from.

[alan8653]

@Sammicsno Shes one of the commentators righ here. In the beginning

[Dark13Goth]

@Sammicsno You are more like the one who was incested.Lydia is awesome you damn hillbilly

[quikdon]

sad, shes an unhappy girl. i respect her artistic endeavors, but she's just plain miserable.

[Ikarus43]

@quikdon

 yep you are right

[Ikarus43]

@quikdon

yeah

[alan8653]

@quikdon Out of pain comes creativity

[gr8ape]

@alan8653

not sure if thats true, very "artsy" of you to say that

[INITIALSJE]

@quikdon You do realize your commenting about Lydia Lunch circa 1985, right?

Her being "unhappy" was part of what made her and her music what it was. The only thing that's "sad" is when someone makes a comment about something that they have no prior knowledge about. But, it's nothing personal, of course.

[jrjrloreto]

i like her way...of thought out look.....shes nuts but i love it

[b3tt3rto3ndwithabang]

"i think they should steal it!!"

thanks so much for posting this... i love that adulterers anonymous && lydia lunch are still around, && MERLE GINSBERG!

omg her outfit...her *patience (she's not exactly known for that these days)

from interviewing lydia lunch to writing a book for/with paris hilton

W OW

[iamthegirlfriend]

i really dont understand why lydia lunch became so well known. too me she just comes off as a pretentious bitch who takes life way too seriously adn desperately wants to be thought as somekind of anti-hero. PLUS teenage jesus and the jerks werent even all that good. i found their stuff kind of boring.

[StylishCheese]

I don't wanna be the troll here, so please excuse me if I become one, but I don't think she understands what she talks about. I agree about the consumer only knowing an iota, and for that I give her an incredible amount of respect, but to say that her greatest quality is generosity? examples?

Please some one enlighten me, but I'm being serious. I really wanna know, I don't mean to come off as sarcastic. I wanna respect her more, so someone please answer me!

[alan8653]

@StylishCheese Read up on Lydia Lunch. I found her on the mark.

[DDBB2012]

@StylishCheese Well one obvious example of her generosity is how she got her name. She used to steal Lunch for her starving friends who were people she accepted and loved. To many people that may define her as a low thief but read more about her, especially her childhood and conclude for yourself. She may come across as selfish or stingy but have you met her?

[totopatter]

@DDBB2012

I'd love to meet her someday..

[maorigator]

@totopatter I met her with Exene Cervenka in '93 after a spoken gig. She is Far friendlier in this videoclip.

[TheSANTIKid]

@StylishCheese If you wanna know more about her, personally, read her books: Incriminating Evidence, Paradoxia, Will Work For Drugs

Watch more interviews, etc.

She's amazing, and one hundred percent honest.

[TheShrimpton]

so much better then courtney love

[TheMagmagoblin]

Courtney Love is a blathering retard who wants everybody to love her. She's pathetic, a phony, a sell out who makes horrible music which gets no respect from anyone with a brain. Lydia's smart, sexy and talented and made a career out of thin air. The worst one could say about her is she should lighten up and maybe live longer but she's obviously got a sense of humor and lives the lifestyle she wants to live. Don't dirty her fuckin' name.

[lazord1991]

I like her personality, and I tried to get into her music but I couldn't.. the only thing I liked was her piano piece "Dance of the Dead Children". And I'm thinking to read her books. But where I could find it in Saudi Arabia? LOL the only thing most of my people know her is Metallica and other mainstream shit bands and artists.

[kaput450]

what a cunt

[hotdogagua]

what is she on? She can't stop moving.

[WerewolfMorgue]

@hotdogagua moving like what? She's moving like a normal person.

[Ikarus43]

@hotdogagua

tons of speeeeeeed I guess

[DANNLAVOIE]

yes this is pre-courtney love! I love Lydia Lunch. But I think it's odd that she has this 'hot energy' persona, says "shit" then asks if it's alright........if you're going to go there why ask for permission?

[northernxstar]

Can someone please explain how Merle Ginsberg went from interviewing musicians like Lydia Lunch and Nick Cave to becoming a shitty fashion author? What the fuck?

[iammilk27]

she has cute style.

[motownmaniax]

"I let other people pay my bills..." ~lol

[8ballinthepocket]

if ugly was a cruiseship, i'd see the world 10 times over (*)|(*)

[THiRAKAULiTZ]

lol i so fucking love her attitude

[spadge321]

shes a nice kid

i want to fuck her and then have a rock and roll jam with her,,

i want you Lydia honey

[todnyc]

proto-Courtney Love

[alan8653]

Isn't that pre-Courtney Love ?

[todnyc]

proto- : that which gave rise to the later one, so yeah

[Henrogonzo]

@alan8653 well, that's what proto means.

[spacenoise5]

filth: something intense, intimate, spontaneous, once in a lifetime. whatever it may be, it is pure to you but to others is filth. dirty and pure, the pure intentions, what really matters to you and it is your personal filth. i think that its what that is.

[beatsofsoultrain]

fucking hot

[jas22]

@beatsofsoultrain yea, in the old videos i think shes a voluptuous, thick, lovely sicilian woman - with the demeanor to match. :) shes still beautiful.

[badsign1980]

well so did hitler, like about 2 ppl in whole world, like myself... like lydia i make some critics, like do myself, but then again who am i...

[keltyk]

ugly but beautiful- really hot- has a dirty kind of erotic energy- that bad girl thing- though unbelievably annoyingly pretentious here- but it was a long time ago- we all change and she had potential to be a great person as is evident in her deep intelligence- not sure how she is now- probably very well read and eloquent- less pretentious- probably learned some humility- well i hope so anyway

[BoomTiss]

Her hair is so COOL!!!

[jas22]

i think here lydia lunch is hot! im serious.

[alan8653]

At first when I saw her I was put off but it dawned on me there was a method the the madness and I was surprised by the wisdom wrapped in a smart alecky package, Thats why this is here. Much more not n here

[cubanzombie]

high five.

[jas22]

holy crap im 1:22 into this video and i see my SOUL MATE! 'positive negativism' - yea, a great way to verbalize that kind of attitude. plus, i have been quoted as 'hating everything', too!

[mikenordo]

because bipolar disorder is considered to be a negative attribute?

[jasonbigelow]

why can't today's girls look to Lydia as a role model?

[beatsofsoultrain]

@jasonbigelow i'm interested in it too

[sonicwingnut]

yeah, nothing's goin on in London, it's disgusting I've lived there 3 years and only left my house 10 times...

hold on dear how the fuck do you know there's nothing going on if you never leave the house?

Die, prototype Courtney Love idiot.

[lloplop]

you moron thats why she isnt leaving! there is nothing going on! u know by newspapers, word of mouth, tv! what a stupid fucking comment! youre a clown! ha!

[sonicwingnut]

That's ridiculous, everyone knows all underground scenes you have to get involved in, make your own mind up don't just follow other's opinions like some lazy cattle. Even if there really is nothing going on, you make things happen, I fucking hate little scenesters just sat there complacently, whining that nowt's going on, especially somewhere like London, where there's always been something going on. Most of it might be shite, but that's why you leave the goddamn house and make your own mind up!

[dredge67]

Look at the way the two interviewers are dressed and then ask who is full of shit. She's more real than the two clowns interviewing her.

[jas22]

merle was very cool.

[Newwaver2007]

Rofl... Lunch<3

[kurtney91]

she looks cool

[lukeandlea]

She's full of bullshit and herself.

[AvelUnderWill]

I love her!

I think it's hilarious that she said she thinks her stuff ought to have been stolen, as I didn't pay for her Oral Fixation cd.. It was given to me x]

[LunaSeaSane]

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[professionallynasty]

I would hate if people kept asking me about shit I said 'a few years ago'...wtf?

[asjabluedog]

Lydia Lunch is always full of lies to make herself appear bigger and better.

[bigbronzespider]

she was just a kid. it was 24 years ago. she's slightly more refined now.

[droid740]

lydia lunch boring boring boring. Contrarian. It takes courage to rebuild the world. She takes the cowards stance. The detached asshole. Caring would be a start.

[hashfromplan9]

caring about what? little starving orphans in third world nations? here's a newsflash for you Dan Rather, your tax dollars, yeah thats rite, your money, actually pays for those dictators to stay in power, thereby forcing those little orphans to starve in the streets with flies laying their larval offspring in their eyes, feasting upon their flesh. are you crying, do you feel pain yet? do you care enough, you're going to save me from myself, thank you Jesus, i needed saving, hahahahahha

[totopatter]

@hashfromplan9

Lydia, is that you?

[bloodypepper]

this is fun to watch but i wouldn't wanna interview her :))

[showroommeryll]

Nobody understand now what punk was... They just were playing with people credulity and it's was really cynical in the authentic phylosophical meaning of the word. that's not important what she made (kern, music whatever, books) and then I don't think that she is so rich or bourgeoise today at the contrary of some other real bitch brainwashed that we see everyday on tv speaking with superficiality and real arrogance at first degree eheh

[082076]

hot, yet pretentious. She is acting like she's the only rebel, ad she's also acting like she's the only person to be self-aare. fuck her for that. But, thats why I love her.

[082076]

that interview lady is kinda sexy....

[elfsioux]

i love her so much. i think she is really cool. i love her music.

[merezstarz]

Shes awesome. A person's personality has nothing to do with a person's musical talent and your choice of music is opinion based anyway.

I think shes awesome.

So what?

[Szaam]

she must have seemed like a real bitch to talk to. but you can't whack her for being so straightforward and blunt with the conservative types.

and my god, i would fuck her senseless.

[tomcornhole]

she is HOTTT and taLented.

she can be egotisticaL if she wants,it doesn't matter you chIldren don't understand the snotty punk attitude. i think it's great that she's a bitcH

[RollBlazeInhale]

Funny to think that you people actually believe lydia lynch will give a shit about your thoughts and opinions, and to say her music is boring, just makes her prove her point about dumbfucks like you finding a new scene, finding what's not there.

eh

[seethemagmaflashing]

Hey ass. I don't recall any postings here intending to obtain feedback from Lydia herself. They're called opinions. OPINIONS. Does Lydia Lunch ever express opinions? And what precisely is her point about "dumbfucks" that is so well supported by the postings here? I would suggest you try a little critical thinking. The fact that you're an advocate of Lunch, it doesn't surprise me that you don't seem very bright.

[genericusername337]

Jesus she's arrogant.

I love it.

She's a bitch but why is this stopping people from liking her music?

[seethemagmaflashing]

Arrogance has nothing to do with it. Her music is weak. Lunch is someone you come across when you're 18 and investigating no wave, Zedd, Kern, etc. But after that, you're simply losing the plot. There's far more interesting things out there.

[totopatter]

@seethemagmaflashing

I'm going through my Lydia Lunch and Richard Kern phase right now

Happily obsessed :D :D

[jasonbigelow]

@totopatter You should read Jack Sargeant's "Death Tripping," it will fuel your obsession

[totopatter]

@jasonbigelow

:D

[ephemete]

this lady has no idea what music is. what a pretentious cunt.

[alan8653]

Suddenly its dump on Lydia Lunch-time.

We know she has an attitude. Get over it.

But she smarter than her detractors.

[seethemagmaflashing]

I can't believe I used to own records by her. How boring.

[JaSnaSk8]

hah same here...

Jess<3

[D0LLYV0MIT]

Lydia Lunch is a fat twat

[xGoodbye2ux]

lol same here ,, but i liked her ..

[TheVegetarianGirl1]

haha me too! and i can see why she likes her! That girl speaks the truth, i love it when she's like "steal it" i laughed :)

[xRuth95]

haha jessica origliasso brought me here xD

[Amygoboom]

Same here babe! :D

x

[bgdc123]

haha same.

[Staceyfriel]

haha same she tweeted it :L

[MelissaM2009]

same here haha

[ThemeOfMurder]

wow

she is now officially one of my idols

[100x100kudai]

Me Too

[InkPoizon]

IM IN LOVE

[BoomTiss]

OMG her voice when she says "favorite thing". LOL! I love her.

[andeatittoo]

I don't need no cooking, I need Lunch ! !

[tonto666ehg]

a saw that woman in butlins minehead england yestaerday

[novice8814]

Her negativity is energizing. Her realism is refreshing!  She is the righteous, no nonsense misanthrope!

[alan8653]

Exactly how I felt taping those interviews.

[CultureShockwave]

As much as I love Lydia Lunch's work, I think she's bitter over the fact fame didn't knock into her life.

Negativity can be inspiring, but not to a point where progression stops, and it's her own fault that she's in her situation, or at least at this point in her life.

Pretty hypocritical that she claims to love good things whereas I believe she's bullshitting out of her ass because she doesn't know what the fuck she wants.

[gpesano]

She is such a negative CUNT! What made her such an expert?

[ColonPal]

The look on her face tells us that you're full of shit and she made herself the 'expert'. Everyone else is full of shit.

[xXxRav3rRawrBabyxXx]

I like her voice.

[bookswise]

Liked. She sounds like a dyke now.

[alan8653]

I detect a note of disapproval.

[hashfromplan9]

lol, i think her voice went down the crapper from all those packs of Lucky Strike she's undoubtedly been iron lung-ing all these decades, but she's still great, imo

[CultureShockwave]

These are irrelevant comments.

[hashfromplan9]

how is the statement "I stole it from Lunch" not relevant when she told Merle that her fans should steal her book, and i stated i stole that quote from Lydia, the comment was a stab at satirical humor evidently lost on you

[atreidesalia]

Haha, jeeze I've loved this video. Contradicting bitch with mindblowing prose and noise. The best girl.

[dressyxbessy]

she says shit she can't back up just trying to create an image. FAKE

[HarryGobbleCock]

In my opinion, no. Prophets don't embody negativity and ugliness. She is a spoiled child who has obviously thrived from being that way. It's no different than Paris Hilton- she's famous for negative reasons.

[FelicityKnife]

1. What even brought you to this clip?

It's silly to judge her from these interviews where she is being asked inane questions - most people don't respond well to that. You may not like her persona in this video, but her work contains both breadth and depth that you can't imagine.

2. She left an abusive home in her early teens. I would hardly say that she was spoiled, unless you mean that in the literal sense.

[HarryGobbleCock]

Wow, this woman represents SO MUCH that I despise in inidividuals. She EXUDES narcissism, condescension, and self-importance. I'm not familiar with her work, but I there are plenty of good people in the world who are successful without acting like self-absorbed children.

[alan8653]

In this very way, is she not a prophet?? prophetess?

[pippigladstone]

yeah im sorry i was definately in the wrong

[mordita13]

Lol, wtf. You argue just like Joe Rogan. Like a baby. Haha, sweaty minger fucker, eh? I clearly deserved that, expressing my opinion and all that. Shame on me. But seriously, your a nut. XD

[Morthund]

being punk is being told to shut up and your an idiot and blah blah blah....

[urvil]

shut up. for the love of god, please shut the fuck up.

[DanLavoieXXX]

I love Lydia Lunch.....though she contradicts herself in this interview. She gives off a hard exterior and then asks the host if she can say shit, after it's already been said. Why ask? Why not just say it and suffer the consequences if your so ' rock'.....just a thought.

[jiajiang]

silly, spolied NYC brat, whole image based on absurd circular punk rock slogans? C'mon, send her to war, she'll change fast.

[pippigladstone]

watch that video of joe rogan shut her the fuck down. she tottally cant say shit after hes done with her.

[mordita13]

That's funny because the way I saw it she said what she needed to say and he just insulted her like a little boy. He was the one who ended up getting mad.

[pippigladstone]

she tried to control the conversation by telling joe rogan where to look when he talks to her. it probly works most of the time for her but not in that video.

[mordita13]

Lots of people do that. He flipped and she didn't. That's always been her goal. She probably went home and laughed about it. She has more talent and has inspired more people than Joe can ever hope to. Not that I dislike his stand up. I think it's kind of good sometimes actually so my opinion about him isn't TOO biased.

[mordita13]

Umm...why are you insulting me? I didn't tell you to grow up. I was talking to CircusofHeaven. That little girl comments on every Lydia video even though she claims to hate her. I'm confused now...because I didn't say that Lydia was always correct. I just don't see that little spat she had with Joe Rogan the same way you do.

[pippigladstone]

my bad sorry.

[bobbydoorknocker]

Yep she's a bitch.

[clayrapiejko]

is the second interview in 85

[alan8653]

Yes its 1985.

[7sshare]

she is a GODDESS

[rocknrummotherfuckr]

she sang with sonic youth right? in dead valley 69 song from bad moon rising.

[082076]

rebel! I like this girl, I like her a lot. You're trying to be bad, shes trying to be good lmao. its called stylish contrast.

I like Lydia Lunch because,

1.rebel

2.bee

3.killer be

"everything is dead".

Thanks Lydia.