Husker Du - Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill

[Kangabeer]

go get fuct, this songs about getting all fuct up when your young...nothing more we all all get drunk when where young!!!

[platypuswhat]

for all of you wondering about what the song means:

Up north, the cheapest brand of vodka you can buy is "Heaven Hill" vodka. Its like $8 for a 1.75 liter. The song is about an alcoholic, and watching a friend die to alcoholism.

[ehodakowski]

@platypuswhat Thanks buddy. Now this is one less Husker Du song I can enjoy. Happy freakin Holidays.

[sickpoola]

@platypuswhat in an old interview Grant said it's a song about an old woman who drank bottle of this vodka everyday...and died....

sorry if i'm wrong.

[Chr1ss71]

Best Husker Du lp by a mile!!

[LeeB9999]

That girl, that bottle, that mattress and me.

[Vord1134]

I illegally downloaded a bunch of Husker Du albums last night but I think I'm going to delete them. It's just not the same as discovering it one album at a time.

[raphater2000]

@Vord1134 I think that you should. To me, illegally downloading isn't the same as owning an album physically.

[Vord1134]

@raphater2000 I've been begging my parents to take me to the record theathre for months now. Last time I was there I bought Land Speed Record and Candy Apple Grey. I'm buying all the Husker Du they have in stock next time.

[raphater2000]

@Vord1134 That's awesome! I just got Candy Apple Grey on CD. I saw New Day Rising and Zen Arcade on vinyl, I'm going to buy them when I get the funds.

[TheJuniorpv]

curti ;

[Useless2112]

That black sun on the cover looks like a motherfucking butthole, cocksuckers.

[CrazyDan1984]

@Useless2112 u say motherfucking and cocksucker, but butthole? really

[Useless2112]

@CrazyDan1984 Touche. I take it back.

[CrazyDan1984]

Bob Mould, Greg Sage, and D. Boone, possibly the best guitarists out of the 80s underground music

[AvantGrapes]

@CrazyDan1984 Wow, I can't believe I met someone who has similar views of guitarists in the 80's...don't forget Greg Ginn though!!!

[CrazyDan1984]

@AvantGrapes my apologies, while we r at it lets throw in Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets

[AvantGrapes]

@CrazyDan1984 haha all SST musicians except for Sage. I love Kirkwood's playing as well. Up On The Sun and Meat Puppets II are some of my favorites.

[littleboeep]

1st grunge ever

[Disburden]

reunion for the love of God PLEASE

[TRANZEURO]

....When performed live that is.

[TRANZEURO]

I'm curious to know that since Grant Hart like Bob Mould is now openly gay if he would ever consider changing the gender in the lyrics ?

[squeekspop59]

26 years ago and this song still rocks me!! Huskers Rock

[salope413]

@squeekspop59 it's the same for me

[Mastermind19791]

das Gekreische in der 3.Strophe jagt einem mehr Schauer über den Rücken als alle Cradle of Filthes und Dimmu Borgirs dieser Erde!

[psychoannalist1]

Still looking for that girl

[NinjaaElliee]

@psychoannalist1 Best Comment On Anything Ever

[TheMrJOHNNYT]

No nazionation it wasn't a german boardgame! Nice try go die kruzen

[beelzabubba]

"..she keeps her lantern lit for me..... and a bottle up on her mantlepiece.... "

[StackMeSwayMeBaby]

classic<3

[DizzleFitzpizzle4eva]

one of the best songs, from the best album, from one of the best bands...ever!

[TheMrJOHNNYT]

I love you marilyn rose.

[nazionation]

does anyone remember an old game from the seventies called Husker Du?

[TheTrainRex]

@nazionation Haha, that's funny because you said "Does anyone remember?" and Husker Du means "Do you remember?"

[7thWombat]

I always love their album art.

[Schurik72]

It's always an experience of sorts if you think a song must have been written because of someone you know.

[PieceofMindmusic]

This song, 'Pink Turns to Blue', 'Don't Want to Know', 'Diane', and 'Could U Be the 1' are probably their best songs in my book.

But gawd there are soo many more i havent said that are amazing. This band is just GGHAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[TRANZEURO]

@PieceofMindmusic So you're clearly more of a fan of Grant's songs over Bob's ? ; )

[PieceofMindmusic]

@TRANZEURO well its been five month and ive decided i love every song they've ever done and I'm a huge fan of Sugar and don't care for Grant solo stuff very much.

They've both got great songs!

[yadnala]

fuking need more bands like this now!

[topcat148]

The version on the living end is better!

[AngrierGorilla]

I like so much this song...maybe because musically it could be easily on Zen Arcade, which is my favorite HD album

[joepubic89]

I have visions of screaming this song to my ex :)

[TheFuzzboost]

FUZZ . . .

[Studman454]

it's a shame they were never mainstream. these guys were extremely talented and could craft some beautiful lyrics to their dynamic songs. truly one of the most underrated and unnoticed bands of all time. I love them and all they do.

[sickpoola]

@Studman454 me too!!!!!!!!!!!

[hoibsh]

@Studman454 As long as I can listen to them, I don't care if they're mainstream, downstream or upstream. On the other hand, if they lived in China and the Communist Bloc banned them, I would take up arms and go over there.

[prango]

That chord bashing outro - YESSSS!!

[WesterbergPaul]

I was 16 when I heard it for the first time...I couldn't sleep all night! I fell in love with these guys from Minneapolis for ever

[sickpoola]

@WesterbergPaul me too :)))))))))))))))))

[rockkzz]

@bucky468 ... here is a hint... this song was never in the "hot 40"... it never got commercial radio play... none... but i heard it on college radio... ckcu fm in my frozen canadian town... streaming online these days, maybe you can find treasure on there yourself

[noveds07]

Fantastic fucking music....

[miguelskate]

VERY FUCK AWESOME SONG!!!!!!!!

[19TravisBickle87]

Infinito rispetto!!

[bucky468]

Whatever happened to good music like this? This rocks!

[jeffthrow6892]

F...in' awesome......

[jhnbalance]

fucking great ! 

[txfantastic]

my god this is scary .

[Gonzoroy]

ZEN Arcade!

[shingaki777]

Flip Your Wig is my fave Du album but they are all pretty good.

[YouFuckenConformists]

Fuck they are hardcore,anyone got any reccomendations on what album i should buy?

my friend just recently got me into them

[Kraftysot]

@YouFuckenConformists Zen Arcade is a master piece of 1-take recording. While on LSD no less. Metal Circus is my personal favourite.

[kenpantera86]

this really is probably their best song. its just one of those songs where everything sounds so harsh and in your face, but there is this great melody under it all. who knows what its about either. grant hart is openly gay, so really i cant see it being about a romantic encounter with a woman. either way, fucking classic.

[TheNanosteve]

invented emo 1st ! with this .

[JustOneMeatPuppet]

@TheNanosteve Well it says so in a lot of music articles, about them "laying the groundwork for emo music" or whatever, but I say we stop pigeon-holing our bands into silly genres and appreciate Husker Du for what they were really doing: high-energy music, with real emotion. I think *that* should be considered a genre in itself

[NinjaaElliee]

@TheNanosteve erm this aint emo, at all

[facethruster138]

damn, that girl drove him wild!!

[theseer27]

how have i not heard of these guys before...wow. guess im gonna have to listen to all their albums now...

[BrokenHalo5]

I love when Bob breaks into the choppy riff. Only does it a couple of times on the track, and this song has one of his best solos.

[eagle16v]

one of the best punk records ever made

[Kwaxistala]

@eagle16v top ten easy.

[BrokenHalo5]

Grant Hart masterpiece with an incredible band performance.

[deadpool1102]

the girl who lives on heaven hill must be pretty damn hot!

[vivelavidarocka]

Most unknown, underrated, unappreciated band ever. Ironically, one of the Best Rock Bands of all Times.

[shingaki777]

cadenmccann you said it all right there. Du is an awesome band with great chops!!!!

[Kissofthedragon66]

fucking love this band

[madderbass]

Cripple Bastards did a great cover of this song!

[Gonzoroy]

it's what it felt like- to be living at the time. It doesn't feel like that now, but man when I hear it, I get a little time-machine action.

Powerful stuff, Fucking with people's heads and the space and time continuum.

[Demonoftheforrest]

I wouldn't count these guys as pop punk, pop punk bands never played like this, R.E.M. got big after the longest time, but Husker Du pretty much stayed underground, they're alternative legends, they're fucking amazing!!!

[Kraftysot]

@Demonoftheforrest Husker du is punk as shit. Just like the Minutemen, Mojo Nixon, and the Dead Milkmen. They may not have the crappy three power chord rhythm to it, but its no less punk.

[Demonoftheforrest]

Yes I agree they're punk, but they're more like alternative gods rather than a pop punk band is what I was trying to say, besides alternative was punk in those days

[cadenmccann2]

Husker survives because its so passionate, intense, and melodic - and those 3 things never get old

[wisconsindeathtrip]

"That girl that bottle that mattress and me..."

[kc768]

That's the first song I heard of Husker Du. It was on MTV in 1985, and Martha Quinn who played it. I'll never forget it.

[weezadam]

this is one of Husker Du's best songs in my opinion, and these guys were one of the best rock groups of the 80s, sooo underrated

[stivoivod]

@weezadam i totally agree !

[bblutsvente]

@weezadam underrated... fuck mainstream

[SuperMagicMoose]

this is totally great. no one knows who the fuck these guys are but everyone knows the pixies. It kinda makes them cooler

[ziffels]

It will always be easier to say "no" than "yes". Try to love Husker Du, Sugar, Bob Mould on their own considerable merits. Try to say yes. This stuff is so good. Enjoy it for what it is: perfect rock-n-roll.

[86Leonida68]

beautiful bass guitar

[zurzica51]

a clean amp and a very dirty one with a little fuzz.. very good! :) they rulles!

[fjallman90]

It just struck me how much No Age owe to these legendary pop-punkers

[RewindThatTape]

How one man could manage to get that much noise out of one guitar....is awesome. Huskers rule.

[morgoth195]

The guitar is double-tracked for the album version.

[tiredoldsound]

so what u're saying is... you don't understand how music pervades the public sphere of consciousness? lmao... it figures.

if pop punk is how the band is considered to be in todays day and age,, then thats what they are. period. cause thats how todays generation uses it's language to describe the band so that's what we come to know them as.

and to whoever said they influenced pop punk yeah that basically makes them a pop punk band cause its like theyre the father of all the pop punk bands today

[emptyheadbrokenbones]

fuck genres! this is Rock, just prove me i'm wrong!

[antoniozart]

right U R!

[woodoven]

They loved the Ramones, girl groups, the Beatles, and to a very small degree free Jazz. Their peers were hardcore, Black Flag,etc. They were individuals. They took what they loved growing up and let it inform the songs they wrote within the scene they had a part in developing. Simple as that

[MusicJew158]

I wouldn't say they were pop punk though they probably had an influence upon the genre

[matdinozzo]

youre right enough..

[RATTTHEPUNK]

i wouldnt say pixies are pop punk, but husker du definately did have an influence on alternative, like the pixies were influenced by them

[matdinozzo]

they were...

[PearseMexico]

I always thought they were a harcore band.

[tiredoldsound]

not a big fan of pop-punk music in general but husker dew is all right

[dudemandude999]

baby-fuck is all right