I saw these guys when they opened for the Alarm back in 86.They blew everyone away with their set. This song sticks out in my mind because this one had everyone, including the nay sayers, on their feet. They drew out the guitar jam at the end like it was their last moment here on earth and they were going out with a bang. God bless the Long Ryders.
I incorrectly guessed the time frame of this band, since this is my first encounter. Thought they were from the 70's. Wish I knew about them in the eighties,
It's not the Byrds or Tom Petty, Sid Viscious, Not REM. Eagles may have been influenced by these guys. Oh yea The Long Ryders. Kick ass. Good post. I think the guitar player wound up playing with The Jayhawks.
I first about the Long Ryders from reading celebrated crime novelist George Pelecanos' classic "A Firing Offense"...Pelecanos described the Ryders as "The Eagles with balls"...haha, I can definitely second that notion!
Great band! They filmed this video at Art Center in Pasadena , CA. It is like the Harvard of art schools. It costs an arm and a leg to go there too! Glad I decided not to go after all back in the 80's.
Native Sons was the soundtrack to my teen years, from a band in the boondocks of the great US of A..... I now live in South London, and Sid Griffin lives close by now apparently!! Plays gigs in London with a band called the Coal Porters..... songs like this don't come around very often, please enjoy it, and tell everyone you know to have a listen, god knows music needs a kick up the arse
The Long Ryders' Native Sons was the very first CD with any kind of country music I ever bought a couple years back. I bought it mainly for their Paisley Underground/neo-psychedelic and country-rock material and then ended up actually liking the whole CD. Never thought I'd really get into any country music at all seriously.
I totally agree with chuckschilling--this IS a good video! People forget how primitive video was back then. This is actually impressively sophisticated--rdsphotos, you did a great job. And what a fantastic song--in my opinion this is perhaps the best song to come out of the whole LA post-punk scene. A perfect fusion of 60's Byrds jangle and melody with the fury of punk.
Good analysis with the Byrds-punk combo -- it's not hard for Long Ryders fans to recognize that mixture, and understand the band melded those two influences. But think about how groundbreaking it was to actually combine them and make something that almost didn't sound like either genre, especially at the time they did it.
Heh heh, this is a Magnificent song and a pretty good clip as well - if you don't mind the tacky 80s feel! But isn't it a great irony that without dudes like the "sad" one in the "story" we wouldn't have youtube and we wouldn't be watching this clip and sharing our views...
Great song/video, accidentally found it thanks to watching old episodes of Night Flight. As cool as the song sounds, it actually seems easy to learn to play on guitar. I need to join a band so we can play this.
Hey.. I was their tour manager for their first Pacific NW tour in 1984 and they were the best band alive at the time!! Great bunch of boys and I miss their style and music. How about a reunion in the US Sid??
I was their roadie at the time. shot in the back garage at an unoccupied mansion in sierra madre...we got there at like 6am finished up around 6 pm and had to do a show that night with dwight yokam (however you spell his name) long day...learned what a mess a video shoot can be! These guys were the best, Sid would always help you out...not many like 'em around anymore.
Contrary to what else is stated in the rest of the posts, this was shot at the Art Center in Pasadena and a mansion in San Marino that was not abandon but owned by the family of the guy in the "suit". Nice place - very cool garage as you can see. Again, super low budget, whole crew worked for free and very long hours to boot. But that was the game back then.
great video! I found the 7" single on "Zippo" Records 1984 with "too close to the light" on the flip. Amazing double sider..nice to place the music with their visuals.. Very byrd like ! Quintessential GOOD 80's lyrical flow mixed with country psych! Sweet. That was tight
I don't remember the crappy 'plot' - perhaps the show I saw it on had interviews or the presenter butt in during these parts. I just remember the band rockin' out! I hadn't heard anything like that on TV pop shows before, it really blew me away. The '80s didn't have many good bands, in my opinion.
Thanks to Andy Kershaw I went to see the Long Ryders at the Warehouse in Leeds in 1985. Small venue packed out and bouncing. I remember Sid was selling stick on sideburns. Thanks for posting this video, it has brought back some good memories.
What a shame about the stupid, pointless footage of the guy and yeecchh! Video directors with too much money to spend, i bet the long Ryders weren't impressed..., well, were you Sid? Otherwise fookin' brilliant.
Hi - Just saw your comment. I was the director and the whole deal was shot for 5K for everything. Tried to get the most with the least. Sorry you weren't impressed. But it was pretty good all the limitations considered.
Man you should've stopped with just footage of the band which was brilliantly shot, I could've watched them the whole length of the song without the yuppie love story. You should've at least got the guy at the end to mime "That was tight!" That would've been funny. Sorry to dis your work, I think on the whole it was well shot and edited, but could've done without the suit.
Hey, I think you did a great job. Don't let all of the YouTube "experts" tell you differently. The 80's were a very different time - those of us who lived through them as young adults certainly understand that.
Thanks for capturing great footage of a legendary band.
I feel kinda bad for my post that said it has its "80s weaknesses" because in a way, that's part of its charm, at least for those of us who actually remember the early video days, as chuckschilling pointed out -- and allend makes a good point about how primitive music video capability was (esp. with low budget you had available).
Yes, agreed...it was all a bit of film school thinking...more is more...but that was the general thinking in 1984-85 in the music video world. We had a lot of meetings with music companies and when we told them we did it for 5K they asked if we could do another 5K, then we would tell people we did it for 50K and then would show us another guy's video and tell say,"Look what this guy did with 5K". I gave up after a few months of this. But it was our small contribution to MTV.
"long time no blow dry...what can i say" best ever
harybosco 3 months ago
Remind me of the Byrds.
PliskinLee 3 months ago in playlist PliskinLee's favorites
One of the greatest bands that ever lived.
aprilglaspieable 10 months ago
I saw these guys when they opened for the Alarm back in 86.They blew everyone away with their set. This song sticks out in my mind because this one had everyone, including the nay sayers, on their feet. They drew out the guitar jam at the end like it was their last moment here on earth and they were going out with a bang. God bless the Long Ryders.
BookerBird66 1 year ago 2
Mixing a retro country sound with the alternative rock sound of the eighties. Not bad. I like the extended jam at the end too.
PadreArnaldo 1 year ago
I incorrectly guessed the time frame of this band, since this is my first encounter. Thought they were from the 70's. Wish I knew about them in the eighties,
duk909 1 year ago
It's not the Byrds or Tom Petty, Sid Viscious, Not REM. Eagles may have been influenced by these guys. Oh yea The Long Ryders. Kick ass. Good post. I think the guitar player wound up playing with The Jayhawks.
duk909 1 year ago
I first about the Long Ryders from reading celebrated crime novelist George Pelecanos' classic "A Firing Offense"...Pelecanos described the Ryders as "The Eagles with balls"...haha, I can definitely second that notion!
CesMan83 1 year ago
Awesome guitar sound at 2:38.
eclipsemullet 1 year ago
absolutely fantastic song. Everything works.
goldbugnz 1 year ago
brill band not many bands like them now music i grew up with
PSYCHMOD1 1 year ago
Great band! They filmed this video at Art Center in Pasadena , CA. It is like the Harvard of art schools. It costs an arm and a leg to go there too! Glad I decided not to go after all back in the 80's.
kwadinka 1 year ago
Native Sons was the soundtrack to my teen years, from a band in the boondocks of the great US of A..... I now live in South London, and Sid Griffin lives close by now apparently!! Plays gigs in London with a band called the Coal Porters..... songs like this don't come around very often, please enjoy it, and tell everyone you know to have a listen, god knows music needs a kick up the arse
jimboboval 2 years ago
The Long Ryders' Native Sons was the very first CD with any kind of country music I ever bought a couple years back. I bought it mainly for their Paisley Underground/neo-psychedelic and country-rock material and then ended up actually liking the whole CD. Never thought I'd really get into any country music at all seriously.
DaWalk 2 years ago
Listening to these guys is more proof that RnR died in the late 80s. They are soooo good!!!
clydebk 2 years ago
I totally agree with chuckschilling--this IS a good video! People forget how primitive video was back then. This is actually impressively sophisticated--rdsphotos, you did a great job. And what a fantastic song--in my opinion this is perhaps the best song to come out of the whole LA post-punk scene. A perfect fusion of 60's Byrds jangle and melody with the fury of punk.
allendl181 3 years ago
Good analysis with the Byrds-punk combo -- it's not hard for Long Ryders fans to recognize that mixture, and understand the band melded those two influences. But think about how groundbreaking it was to actually combine them and make something that almost didn't sound like either genre, especially at the time they did it.
voltrules 2 years ago
Heh heh, this is a Magnificent song and a pretty good clip as well - if you don't mind the tacky 80s feel! But isn't it a great irony that without dudes like the "sad" one in the "story" we wouldn't have youtube and we wouldn't be watching this clip and sharing our views...
Cocrteau3 3 years ago
Great - I love the guitars and all - but the guy who´s shaking the tambourine at the end is not only brilliant - he´invisible
Sliptrail 3 years ago
Great song/video, accidentally found it thanks to watching old episodes of Night Flight. As cool as the song sounds, it actually seems easy to learn to play on guitar. I need to join a band so we can play this.
crt123 3 years ago
What can you say about those guitars??!! Blew me away as a kid, still does after all this time..Thanks for posting this.
ollybollylilly 3 years ago
Love this band, I bought this when it came out. From the classic album "Native sons" that isn't on sale anymore. Shame, it was sheer class.
aarthoor 3 years ago
Hey.. I was their tour manager for their first Pacific NW tour in 1984 and they were the best band alive at the time!! Great bunch of boys and I miss their style and music. How about a reunion in the US Sid??
hotohold 3 years ago
Yeah, the video has its 80s weaknesses ... but that's irrelevant ... this song rocked! Especially that multi-guitar raveout at the end. Unreal.
voltrules 3 years ago
it's very much of it's era but shouldn't be criticised because of that. job well done i say.
reddeathat416 3 years ago
Lucky enough to see them live in Chester, England in a small club in 85'. Got the ticket and set-list somewhere!?! Wonderful gig.
Norfolkinidea 3 years ago
I was their roadie at the time. shot in the back garage at an unoccupied mansion in sierra madre...we got there at like 6am finished up around 6 pm and had to do a show that night with dwight yokam (however you spell his name) long day...learned what a mess a video shoot can be! These guys were the best, Sid would always help you out...not many like 'em around anymore.
alsoran66 3 years ago
Contrary to what else is stated in the rest of the posts, this was shot at the Art Center in Pasadena and a mansion in San Marino that was not abandon but owned by the family of the guy in the "suit". Nice place - very cool garage as you can see. Again, super low budget, whole crew worked for free and very long hours to boot. But that was the game back then.
rdsphotos 3 years ago
great video! I found the 7" single on "Zippo" Records 1984 with "too close to the light" on the flip. Amazing double sider..nice to place the music with their visuals.. Very byrd like ! Quintessential GOOD 80's lyrical flow mixed with country psych! Sweet. That was tight
freqazoidiac 4 years ago
Great song. Let's hope for a return of the Rickenbachers
DivineHorseman 4 years ago
They never went away, man! You might have to look a little harder, but they're there! Me and my Rick just celebrated our 24th anniversary.
Salguine 3 years ago
That's promising. But for us in Norway we are a far away from where the action is, so to speak. Hope i can see them live somehow
DivineHorseman 3 years ago
I haven't heard that for around 20 years!! Brought back some great memories. Loved this band. Thanks for posting.
Pompeymark 4 years ago
Had this on 7" vinyl. Never though I would see this. Great song that really gets revved up.
PliskinLee 4 years ago
i was in the long ryders fan club in the 80's....totally cool guys and excellent band....good democrats too...
fenderman0463 4 years ago
I don't remember the crappy 'plot' - perhaps the show I saw it on had interviews or the presenter butt in during these parts. I just remember the band rockin' out! I hadn't heard anything like that on TV pop shows before, it really blew me away. The '80s didn't have many good bands, in my opinion.
zbelm 4 years ago
this is my favourite song and I'd never seen the video!!!! I play this at acoustic nights.
tiberiusgrunge 4 years ago
Thanks to Andy Kershaw I went to see the Long Ryders at the Warehouse in Leeds in 1985. Small venue packed out and bouncing. I remember Sid was selling stick on sideburns. Thanks for posting this video, it has brought back some good memories.
stuh65 4 years ago
Thanks, tsinomania! I remember seeing this on Night Flight. They were on a special in summer '85 0n neo-psychadelic music. Those were the daze...
kaptainkrunch 4 years ago
That was tight!
Cheers Rev TT & COCO plaigarism!
revttcoco 4 years ago
I thought they were the coolest thing I'd ever seen. They still are pretty damn cool. Love the fuzzed out rickenbachers.
complitdave 5 years ago
One of the best songs of the 80s!
Cocrteau3 5 years ago
I just can't watch it again, what's with the stupid yuppy?
rugshort 5 years ago
Wonderful! What a band, saw them live a few times. Should have been massive. Awesome guitar power and a great tune. Yes it was tight!!
soprano16 5 years ago
"That was tight"
JFS61 5 years ago
What a shame about the stupid, pointless footage of the guy and yeecchh! Video directors with too much money to spend, i bet the long Ryders weren't impressed..., well, were you Sid? Otherwise fookin' brilliant.
rugshort 5 years ago
Hi - Just saw your comment. I was the director and the whole deal was shot for 5K for everything. Tried to get the most with the least. Sorry you weren't impressed. But it was pretty good all the limitations considered.
rdsphotos 3 years ago
Man you should've stopped with just footage of the band which was brilliantly shot, I could've watched them the whole length of the song without the yuppie love story. You should've at least got the guy at the end to mime "That was tight!" That would've been funny. Sorry to dis your work, I think on the whole it was well shot and edited, but could've done without the suit.
rugshort 3 years ago
Hey, I think you did a great job. Don't let all of the YouTube "experts" tell you differently. The 80's were a very different time - those of us who lived through them as young adults certainly understand that.
Thanks for capturing great footage of a legendary band.
chuckschilling 3 years ago
Thanks for the positive feedback. I appreciate it.
rdsphotos 3 years ago
I feel kinda bad for my post that said it has its "80s weaknesses" because in a way, that's part of its charm, at least for those of us who actually remember the early video days, as chuckschilling pointed out -- and allend makes a good point about how primitive music video capability was (esp. with low budget you had available).
voltrules 2 years ago
Yes, agreed...it was all a bit of film school thinking...more is more...but that was the general thinking in 1984-85 in the music video world. We had a lot of meetings with music companies and when we told them we did it for 5K they asked if we could do another 5K, then we would tell people we did it for 50K and then would show us another guy's video and tell say,"Look what this guy did with 5K". I gave up after a few months of this. But it was our small contribution to MTV.
rdsphotos 3 years ago
thanks never seen it before one of my fav bands of the 80s
eiz945w 5 years ago
thank you thank you thank you for posting this...i remember mtv played it like one time back in 1985
fenderman0463 5 years ago