guided by voices :: jon stewart show part 1

[soapydodger]

Crazy Bob and the gang, keep me almost sane.

[fysicsandpholds]

Jon Stewart and GBV in 95. Life is good

[squishybiscut]

and the wisdom they will sellllllllllllllllllllllllllll­l. sehehelllllllll

[kc7fys]

I do wonder why they're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame--but then again, neither is Cheap Trick. GBV, I mean, you ask your average "normal" on the street, and they have never heard of the greatest rock and roll band ever to toss up a word salad. They'll never make it into those halls. Despite their tremendously prolific oeuvre.

[mightyboemker]

Seriously? Will somebody please just put them in the RR hall of fame and let people realize that they're better than the Beatles and The Who combined?

[therudedude87]

@mightyboemker yes!!

[BabylonAGoGo]

brilliant band!

[Icix1]

and this is why jon stewart is awesome

[GBnordeast]

king and caroline is about carol king. right?

[shrivalup]

soooo bitchin! fuck yeah!

[aknugs]

I saw these guys in Port Chester New York, in 1994 with my buddy Mike. It was the first time I saw them live and I still have all their stuff. They pretty much drank rolling rock on stage and took requests from the crowd and played an energetic on point entertaining and fun musical experience.

[mixmastermonte]

stinks the camera was late on catching bob's kick. one of the best ones ever. saw this line up last year in philly. going this year too. I like this line up the best even though others were good too.

[llamacide73]

This is why i miss the 90's!!!

[kdt89]

Tobin is an amazing MFer! I just love watching Mitch Mitchell live! He's a GD dynamo!! Was right in front of him at the Majestic in Detroit on Devil's night 2010. Those kids went for over an hour & a half... no stops except for celebrating Bob's birthday at midnight... i can't remember much better than that.

[stperea]

just give that guy a drink and a microphone, and he becomes a rock God, in any capacity. a former teacher my ass...

[xharrybeanbagx]

shit

[wvcounselor]

Actually, that's stage right.

[thebruno44]

Under the Bushes is my favorite. Not a big fan of the big rock sound of the later albums but I did like Isolation drills

[zazeify]

@thebruno44 the thing to appreciate on the later albums, is Bob's maturing lyric-writing skills. I just noticed this lately, and when you compare with earlier times, he's really made leaps and bounds there.

[jacksonkoch]

UNCLE BOB SAVE OUR SOULS

[stubnubs]

Amazing performance of such an odd choice of songs...love how pollard rocks the pint...tyhe whole band really rocks this.

[lucksondube]

We need Jon Stewart to have them as a guest now, my idea but lets make them do it with massive fan support.

[lucksondube]

i just posted on The Daily Shows forum, how come they haven't had them as guest? we need to create a movement.

[zazeify]

Uncle Bob!!!

[realaxeman4life]

GBV at their worst (kinda)but not totally. Bob is ok(he's done a ton better and i respect him alot). Mitch Mitchell on guitar is like putting a flute up your ass and farting and hoping it does not have a reed in it. Kevin is an ok drummer and a nice guy hard timing issue's.. I would not have brought this line up on Jon Stewart,on T.V. this is sad. Whoever said Bob should have kept this line up obviously is an agent for I.G.N.O.R.A.N.T. am i experienced to make these remarks? Bet ur ass i am.

[fabrasham]

@realaxeman4life ha ha ha, quite funny. The allure of this lineup is not technical ability.........

[roswellfag]

bah ! sfuhsdufhsudfhsudhfdus

[fabrasham]

best GBV lineup, end of story !!!!

[llamacide73]

is that Kenny Powers playing drums?

[zazeify]

@llamacide73 No, Kevin Fennell

[nickkoby3]

I'm going to see these guys on Monday in LA at the Wiltern. I can't wait.

[wstsidela]

@nickkoby3 See you there

[leandrobolotah]

king and caroline = one of the most awesomely beaufifully gloriously wonderful songs i've heard in my life.

[BlackstarChicago]

GBV reunion tour going on!!! Original line up!!!

[onfirefeels]

Do the collapse has some of their best songs: Teenage FBI, Things I Will Keep, Surgical Focus. Yeah, as an album, it's probably their weakest. But it's still worth hearing.

[zachmasterzach]

What channel/time slot was John Stewart's original show on?

[ThrashandDestory]

@zachmasterzach

I am pretty sure it was on MTV and it was always on super late.

[zachmasterzach]

@ThrashandDestory thanks!

[eskimoprizefighter1]

The original line-up coming to a town near you !!

[nmcclure79]

@eskimoprizefighter1 I just bought my tickets!

[RaygunShaun]

When is Robert Pollard not wasted?

[pjbaldes]

OMG, Im crying......

[kingofinternetz]

Mitch Mitchell for ever.

[TheAkakansas]

Sounds Good even in Mono

[tbzeee]

wow, 15 years ago. i remember being incredibly excited when this first aired. jon stewart had a great (if short-lived) late-nite program pre-daily show

[68friendhead]

best band ever!!! motor away song of the century!!

[skoolbus]

You're right. He didn't ditch them. Sorry. But back then info wasn't as readily available as it is now, and it still smarts to see in clips like this what an amazing band they were. Rumors of their demise went by for months (and in some cases years) before there was any official word of what actually happened. I'll try and get out of that frame of mind.

[breakupthespace]

Quit technology and devote yourself to rock!

[Gumbyrearygood]

@breakupthespace Cosign.

[nice12b]

lol this band is sooooo horrible.

being from Dayton and having to hear the hype of them all these years is pretty freakin hilarious.

there are so many better bands from dayton that you've never heard of.

this happens to be one of the worst.

sorry you are all so misinformed.

[zazeify]

@nice12b

Hey, when's your band playing? Love to hear them.

[Skeeterbag]

WOW! It's Bob back with Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell and Tobin Sprout! This is great!

[faunoram]

algún ignorante me dio puntuación negativa,

seguramente solo porque no conoce mi idioma ...

jaja ... si habrá idiotas ...tal vez tengo que decir:

guided by voices rules dude!!!!!!

[faunoram]

himnos !!!

himnos de rock hechos por unos locos tomadores de cerveza en un sótano ... cada vez que escucho a GBV renace mi esperanza en esta forma de música y expresión denominado rocknroll tan vilipendiado y alicaído en el presente.

escuchando estos himnos de furia y belleza uno puede estar seguro de que la proxima revolución del rock se esta fabricando en algún sótano en el último rincón del mundo!!

[okstaa68721]

That was awesome

[abc66X]

absolutely the best lineup. this band is a national treasure. spread the word to your grandchildren. a newer new testament.

[TCMO99]

I f**king love this band so much!!!

[GBVGBVGBVGBV]

I'm Crying! I'm crying all over again!! Thanks for the post.. May Bob Bless You!

[luvumo2day]

thank u jon 4 u great show when you dis jon stewert youve made the big time among the intelecual brainiacs

[athorist]

Jon Stewart looks so young!

[UOo0Y0oOU]

I voted 囉

[cromwellian13]

Tobin!!!!!

[FahQposeurfag]

this never gets old, luv it!

[HamburgerMartyr]

Mitch Mitchell rocks.

[mozo2112]

Ah yesh the classic lineup gotta drink sum moore

[IEatGod]

Why is there blood coming out of my right speaker?

[TehZombie]

At 3:02, this goes from just regular awesome to ass-kickingly awesome.

[skoolbus]

I still think Bob made a very bad decision ditching these guys.

[wgabbard]

totally agree

[zazeify]

@skoolbus

he didn't "ditch" them. Toby quit. Kevin was a drugged-mess.  Dan quit. Mitch left town.

[stevemacdougall]

@skoolbus Bob didn't ditch these guys. The band imploded because Tobin Sprout left to be with his family and Greg Demos went back to college. Kevin had legal issues that caused him to miss that last show with the classic Gbv. Mitch stayed on for a while, and even played bass on some of the Doug Gillard lead stuff on Mag Earwhig!, but lost interest in the band. I don't see how Bob could be blamed here. It was a good band, but Gillard's a monster.

[dashofchutmeg]

@skoolbus The Do The Collapse band was so fucking boring, dude. This band isn't much better, but anything is an improvement over "Hold on Hope."

[acrovader]

@skoolbus Didn't Tobin Sprout ditch him?

[FletchForPres08]

@skoolbus Agreed. Regardless of who left who, it was the old school line-up that had all of the charm, and they sort-of just became another band once they entered the "Cobra Verde + Robert Pollard" stage.

[culls33]

@FletchForPres08 its great, i'm pretty new to the band-who is the guitarist with the townsend moves?

[latinamajor]

@culls33 Mitch Michel... that dude taught me how to olie... no lie..

[FletchForPres08]

@culls33 Pretty sure it's Mitch Mitchell. Early/mid 90's was the classic line-up for this band. The later stuff is okay, but it's just Robert Pollard with the band Cobra Verde serving as his backing band. All albums Alien Lanes and prior are well worth owning though. 

[shrivalup]

@skoolbus totally. gbv in full stride. no incarnation has put out anything on par with the work of this line up. jesus-titty-fucking-christ! what was he thinking? did he really have to nix 100% of the line up?

[karmisson]

GBV forever...Boston Spacehips keep us flying

[wolfman19999]

Bob!!

Bob!

[lifesabeachnj]

Why is the right channel missing here?

[DeathBySitar]

i'm glad you asked, i was afraid my headphones had finally bitten the dust.

[bewilderedtube]

it's killing me!

[blackk]

I know I sound kinda silly saying this, but Bob looks so young. I'm getting misty eyed. Simply the fucking greatest. They were unstoppable at this point. I miss them BIG TIME.

[andrewptob]

Yeah, that does sound kind silly, considering he was about 37 here, but it's all relative, I suppose

[cammerouge]

bob's really making a fashion effort here. didn't last long.

[badcj7]

Check out Mitch Mitchell's Terrifying Experience. (Dayton Ohio) The man till ROCKS

[cumshotfeminist]

Bob rules it on Motor Away. Aces vid.

[sonicgrub]

I was sooo into GBV at this point. I nearly came out of my skin on this broadcast. Man I miss Tobin, Mitch and Jim Greer. Great Times!

[blackk]

Me too. Those were the days brotha!

[murcuryvapor]

Singer reminds me of Greg Lake a bit.

[mosthorrorshow]

My favorite video on YouTube. Thank you!

[mikedrud]

Motor Away is one of their very best. Great rendition here.

Thanks for posting.

[m001900]

wot a lineup

[highwaymaintainer]

wish this lineup never stopped,but, we all get older and must be responsible for others and not just ourselves

[UnspeakableRX]

the man at stage left is a fucking ROCK GOD

[Impostorinverosimil]

sos un puto chupa pijas.

[burryk]

You mean Tobin the painter?

[ststephen909]

@UnspeakableRX DUDE!!! That is no other than Mitch FUCKN Mitchell, SHRED KING!

[shrivalup]

@UnspeakableRX they ALL ARE!

[MauryDann73]

yep, when Bob traded in the original lineup for something a little more techically proficient, GBV lost a little something.

[iamlameduck]

I have never met someone who likes Do The Collapse-ish GBV more than Bee Thousand-ish GBV. Can anyone out there tell me you like Hold on Hope more than Pendulum?

[isawacat]

iamlameduck.

I like most GBV songs better than Hold On Hope. THat being said, some of my favorite GBV songs are on DTC. Surgical Focus, Dragons Awake, Things That I will Keep, Teenage FBI, and Strumpet Eye. The prob with later GBV for me is inconsistency. Too many peeks and Valleys. Dragon's Awake and In Stitches on the same Album? Really? In Stitches is HORRIBLE. Optical Hopscotch? Really? Also, production is too uniform. It worked on Under The Bushes, but I prefer the variety of the Lo-Fi.

[iamlameduck]

I agree. Teenage FBI is one of his best songs, but I think Ric Ocasik ruined it. Things I Will Keep and Surgical Focus are great songs.

[indiefan23]

Screw Hold On Hope, but Surgical Focus is one of the best GBV songs ever. Its their radio album, but its perfect.

[echoedmyron]

Tobin can hit that one over and over and over again

[nolanpotter1]

Think the guitar player gets tired of hitting that chord?

[TrippleT7]

nope

[sonicmilk]

He should of never broke this line up up...he would have been huge with these guys.

[fishqueen77]

This is great. GBV will live on forever as the most rock n' roll band. I've seen them four times, closer to just before the end and every time was astounding. I'm an under the bushes under the stars kinda girl

[beethina]

i'm a sunfish holy breakfast kind of guy, but thems the breaks. i just got the "live at the whiskey" vhs tape after years of trying to track it down; its amazing, especially if you have a fondness for the "classic" lineup. gbv just aint gbv without tobin sprout and mitch mitchell.

[wyncko]

best lineup ever

[isawacat]

This line-up RUKES. Kevin Fennel and Mitch Mitchell 4eva.

[kiely]

isn't that Jim Greer (sp?) playing bass ?

[isawacat]

Looks like Greer. Goddamn, I'm sitting here at work this morning watching this and it's incredible. I got to see this line-up live only once on the Under The Bushes tour. By the time Mag Earwhig came out they where all gone. I love Gillard but I don't think he ever played a chord as mightily as Mitch Mitchell.

[iamlameduck]

Greer was in the band I think. There's a full band family tree in the "Hunting Accidents" book. You should check it out if you haven't.

[UncleCaptainMidnight]

that was sweet - i'd not seen this

[williamyanes]

GBV. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

[carmenmonoxide1]

one of the best band s ever!

[blatspanner]

fennel was a great drummer. damn shame he had to go.

[theyoungflyer]

this is sweet

thanks for sharing

[JoeThePsycoRobot]

incredible!

one of the most important bands of the 90s

[mrprufrock101]

Yes!

[theyoungflyer]

yup'

[patiotool]

The greatest of all time. That's all.

[iamlameduck]

oh my god! they played two amazing songs from alien lanes!

[diskochimp]

GBV at their absolute peak! I'd not seen this before, thanks for sharing...

[moople72]

What is this anti-Beates BS? I like both bands. The Beatles pre-65 were damn good live. The only concert that tops GBV in 1996 for me was McCartney in 1993.

This was the best GBV line-up.

Alien Lanes and Bee Thousand are classics!

[bri2u2002]

GBV 1

Beatles 0

[steplo01]

hu hu ha...

I've always thought that...

[wayved]

They are my generation's Beatles. Has anyone here heard the Beatles live? Not very good.  Sure, GBV was drunk and crazy but had more--SOUL--and commitment to the rock....

[nikki2sox]

alien lanes is one of those rare albums that is just a completely awesome album from start to finish. no.....it never really translated to their live performance, but GVB just killed me. still does.....

[nikki2sox]

i mean GBV....gosh...maybe i got drunk just watching that video.

[iamlameduck]

i totally agree. even better than bee thousand. the high points are just so much higher. when they sing "auuuuuuuuuditorrrrrrrrrium," it makes me want to kick a babie in the taint

[mrprufrock101]

alien lanes is probably my favorite all time album. i can listen to it -still after being introduced to it EIGHT years ago- over and over and over again. start to finish every word never even coming close to touching the ff button. why is it so damn good???

[JoeThePsycoRobot]

i'm the same way with mag earwhig

[Steakfinger]

"no one is better was better! They destroy the Beatles..."

By singing out of tune and writing songs that appeal to a very limited audience? I love GBV and my band has played several songs of theirs over the years, but better than the Beatles? Not in instrumental, vocal or in songwriting that reached vast numbers of people. Otherwise, sure. They're better than everyone.

[angrylambie]

wow - live - at their peak - miraculous

[bovious]

I can't believe I'm only now discovering these guys. How did I miss them? Thank God for Emusic!

[littlerockdon23]

no one is better was better! They destroy the Beatles. . . . .

[sunra67]

outstanding!