I still can't get over how much this band reminds me of yes. it's not even like they sound like each other. their just so kind of out there and original.
Loved this when it first came out..it was tits. Miki Berenyi has kind of a frigid voice, however. Just wish it was warmer and more expansive. Nevertheless, a number of memorable tunes emerged from this CD.
I used to write for a fanzine and I interviewed Miki after one of their shows. We used to get artists' favorite recipes. She was trashed (surprise) and gave me a recipe for toast - "I like to take a piece of bread and then put it in this thing called a toast-uh. Then wait for it to pop up and then spread butter or jam or whatev-uh on it. I call it toast." She was totally f--king with me and I dug it. Lush ruled. I'm glad I had the chance to see them "back in the day"
(NME 18/01/92) Questions to the band : Fave food to eat ?
Emma : "Anything I don't have to cook" Miki : "Milky biscuit (ask any public schoolboy)" Phil : "Cold sandwiches" Chris : "Chips and curry sauce, Razzle bars, Thai food"
Fave food to cook ?
Emma : "Anything I don't have to eat" Phil : "burnt sandwiches" Chris : "Pasta, pasta and pasta" Miki : "Braised cyst"
I think i may have been the one at that show yelling " PLAY SWEETNESS AND LIGHT!". I really adored their earlier stuff and might even contend that Gala was their best.
To this song, to Ride's "Leave Them All Behind" and to Swervedriver's "Ejector Seat Reservation" - - I've never lessened in my affection for hearing these sounds. It's the oddest thing . . while I wobble from haydn to vanhal to handel, 'Sweetness & Light' forever sounds . . . ?? what?? .. Sweet.
I kind of like Split the best. Gala and Spooky are also great. I like Lovelife and there are some really good songs off there, but it has to many break up songs for my taste. But 500 is still a great song as well as Olympia. I like the stripped down acoustic version on the 500 single.
great song from a great band. takes me back to my college days, "oh MTV 120 minutes where art thou?" and "post modern" before that for all those that stayed up late watching MTV... as for the 90's sucking, not at all. lollapalooza, grunge and rave in the early 90's with U2's Zoo TV to Britpop and electronica in the mid 90's, there were some very interesting things going on. the thing is this, a lot of the bands from the 90's are gone.
Oh, and video isn't really that good, honestly. Songs great, but the video is just really some nice effects and a couple of bright ideas. It's nice, but not really fantastic, you know? Honestly. The director's got 4:12, I ain't expecting "Bladerunner" or "The Usual Suspects". Hypocrite was better.
The 90's did suck. It's only worse now because most people in the generation I listened to were better able to deal with the real world. This is the most deluded generation and decade ever, from young to old. They killed Brian Jones and Ian Curtis, anyhow... I think I'll turn to my Playstation 2, now...
I miss the 90's so much. Great music and bands back in those days. There is getting much improvement of today's bands like. silversun pickups,interpol and shiny toy guns.
I miss them so much. I wish Miki would change her mind from what she said in that interview and do a solo acoustic tour or something... she's pulling a liz fraser on us. and both of the bands released their last albums in 1996, and announced their splits in 1998. Sad, so sad. I miss them both so much, at least I have the music to keep me going. Now, if only 4ad would get off their asses and release video compilations for both of them...
The most poignant moment ever for me in music will always be running up to the window of the limo that Lush was in (after a gig in Cincinnati, 1996) and telling these guys how their music had changed EVERYTHING for me. 4 months later Chris Aucland was dead and so was the band 2 years afterwards, but gratefully I got to express to them my appreciation, which to this day I'm astoundingly grateful for.
i wish i had the same opportunity to tell them especially miki. i did at least see them live. miki spoke publicly for the 1st time in 10 years last week and pretty much said she's not going to return to music :( said she was surprised people 'gave a shit' referring to the bring back miki campaign online
along with ride's "vapour trail", this song changed my sensibilities. i went on to learn all the guitar parts from "gala", interviewed them twice and see them 6 times. i love lush immensely.
Great song, a kalediscope of sound. Very, very fun. Used to ride my bike while listening to this tape. I need to start doing that again. Maybe I'll get this on CD again, or find a tape somewhere, as the CD skips. That's the fun thing about tapes, they don't skip and they're cheaper than CD's and way cheaper than ipods.
Exactly! I've got a box full of about 80 or so (singles, albums, and stuff recorded off the radio), from early '90's to the newest one I bought which was B15 Project- Girls Like Us (y.2000).
Lollapalooza, summer of 1992 -- Jones Beach, NY -- Lush goes on stage around 4 p.m. -- first act --- they do a killer set for close to an hour i wanna say --- as soon as they finish, the skies open up, people are drenched in a downpour --- Pearl jam is next up, but the weather f**ks us and the show is canceled, and not rescheduled ---- so i went to lollapalooza in the summer of 1992, and all i saw was this band called LUSH, and i still dig them today after all these years!
This song has always been one of their best, produced by Tim Friese-Green of Talk, Talk *another awesome 80's band* pre Spooky. Once again, did not know this existed and edited quite a bit but left the solo part in at least...
Oh wow, I wish I could've caught that show at the Palace. I didn't discover them till around 98ish or so. I love slowdive too. Sorry I never got to see them. But I did get to see Emma's band Sing-Sing at the Knitting Factory several years ago.
Were they any good? After Chris hanged himself I didn't listen to any other post Lush music. Chris hung himself from what I understand because he had no money. After "Single Girl" came out the girls were making money but not spreading the wealth so to speak he was making 200 quid a week.
I think sing-sing is good. Their sound is definitely different. Not shoegazer at all. I hand't heard about Chris killing himself for that reason. I thought it was because of failed romance.
lyrics: See my life (Ive been so tired) See my self (Ive been uptight) See my life (Ive been so tired) See my sight (I could disappear) See with you memories fading fast And with you its never going to last You are the sweetness in my eyes You are an apple in disguise...(skip) I never wanted to tell lies,You are the sweetness in my eyes,You are the juice I need for life You are the sweetness in my eyes
i see the music as uplifting and tingling. cocteau twins had the same sound - same producer (that 4ad sound) which was never really generated by anyone else. I believe music is a key to events in your life. the music isnt sad...the events that you link lush with may be. i have this convo with people about my favourite band (joy division) all the time. kind reguards Dan Melbourne AUST
I wasn't sad when I wrote that, but your comment said I was "sad".. just trying to describe the music. Didn't post a comment on here to debate with anyone. have a good one, bye
I think some of Lush's music is sad, but some of it is very uplifting also. Especially hearing it now and knowing that there will never be music like this again. The alternative/indie of the 90s music scene disappeared way too quickly.
I think Sweetness and Light, Lit Up, and 500 by Lush are some of the most uplifting songs I have ever heard. Feals Like Summer by Sing Sing and some other stuff by them is also very beautiful.
Lush 500 (Shake...) has the same effect on me, when I think that it was their last release, and that a tragic event just 3 months later was to result in the end of the band. It's supposed to be a happy song too.....
early 1990's modern rock or alternative music was very adventuresome. lush, ride, electronic, lightning seeds, world party, stone roses, sinead o'connor, the charlatans etc..
When I first heard this song I had to drive about 2 hours away (in the snow - up hill both ways) just to find a store that carried it. It was well worth the trip...
Corporate music today is all you hear on the radio. The only music that is coming out today that is any good is underground, jazz and world music in my opinion. Nothing on revolutionary in new music going on today. Makes me sad that music has sold out and gotten so bad today. Oh well, what are you going to do? Just try and stick to to good stuff like this.
I agree definitely - I'm into the collage stations and net radio. Not to be on a soapbox, but there is something we can do about today's music - support internet radio! This is the only medium beyond corporate control, and they are DEFINITELY trying to take it over. It's the only medium where there can be any real change. Go to Save Net Radio (I can't post the URL) and call your congressperson.
True college radio and net radio are some of the only places that play any good music. Bands that are not about selling out and stick to their sound and audience. There was good stuff coming out at that time. Do you read Under The Radio mag? They still showcase underground stuff. Thanks for the info about the radio station.
Oh yeah, I've heard of that one, too. They both are good if you are looking for music that is not the corporate stuff that has exploded on the airwaves today. When I worked at a radio station in Colorado and would choose the music I would only play jazz and stuff that didn't get alot of airplay on it's own. I still love the sound of 90s alternative/indie like this song. 120 Minutes was such a great show.
Thanks. I will have to look and see how that is. I use to play stuff that wouldn't normally get much air play by itself. And I like weird, spacey and relaxing music. Jazz, instrumental, electronic, some vocal music. I think that is what appeals my to Lush. I some way or another they have gone in to each of these style during their career. Split is my fav by them for sure, though.
Lee Abrams was the guy who split the markets up in the mid 1980's, which is why you don't hear much variety on a single station any more. More importantly, he used marketing research to construct "more disciplined playlists", leading to the limited and relentless repetition on CHR today.
Cool. I tried to find those artist that mainstream radio won't play and got very interesting and positive results from caller. I tried to find good music style similar to early 90s alternative/electronic/indie stuff from then, but coming out now because it is hard to find good music these days from mainstream radio. Lush would have been a fav if I were a DJ in the 90s.
You can try Pandora - it's an internet webstream service that customizes what you like using fuzzy logic. Ask it to create a station based on Lush, then it will play songs similar to Lush. If you don't like a track in will skip to the next selection, and what you like and don't like gets computed for the next songs. You might be surprised.
Thanks for the info about the radio station. I'm from Minneapolis where they still have good alternative/indie/underground music stations. Unfortunately, I live in Las Vegas now where they don't have a lot of that stuff so Net Radio would be the way to go for me now.
I've been a Lush fan from the start and I was lucky enough to see them live 5 times in Boston. Perfect every time. Right before they released Split, they played a promo tour in the US and they played a club in Boston. That night, they fucked up the beginning of Blackout and had to start over. They also played The Childcatcher live (the All Virgos Are Mad version)...long before the crap version they put on Lovelife. It brings back some great memories. I have them on my iPod at all times.
I miss that feedback that they edit out, but the video is still very cool. Very 90's indie rock. I love it. Minnesota and Wisconsin rock. Minneapolis indie rules.
sAW THEM AT ONE OF THE EARLY LOLLAPALOOZA'S AT ALPINE VALLEY IN WISCONSIN - I THINK NINE INCH NAILS AND RED HOT CHILI PEEPERS WERE AT THAT ONE ALSO - gREAT SONG!
They played Lollapalooza 92 with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam, & Temple of the Dog. Simply awesome concert. I saw it outside Toronto and was late getting in so I missed most of Lush, but what I heard was awesome... their sound was a bit raw, and sounded phenomenal. What I wouldn't do to see them live again.
April 1, 1992, the Masquerade, Atlanta, GA. I shouted at the oriental chick in the band when they got onstage "You make Joan Jett look like shit!" and everyone laughed. Very mild crows, well-behaved. During this song I forced them to body surf me. A bouncer at the front of the stage pushed me back and I knocked off his hat. He pointed at me, dove into the crowd, got me in a headlock, and walked me out of the venue. Drunk, I yelled and climbed around the venue trying to get back in.
I just discover them...without being pretentious in the town where i live im maybe the biggest expert of 60s & 70s psychedelia...but the shoegaze-madchester movement got some hidden treasure to be find...i Just discover Lush & Curve the other day... Thank u for this atmospheric video
thank u! & i have already a 'curve' video in my favourites...and been in my favourites is not something easy as a Disc Collector my Filter is really powerfull!lol the artist got to be specially good! but i m sure that everybody say that...
I think that most of those bands of this 'excsiting' scene sound better before 1994... it s just a personal opinion... even if there's always really good things after... nothing is black nothing is white
I hope you're being deadpan, since Meriel Barham of the Saints was a founding member of Lush before leaving, and Robin Guthrie of the Cocteaus was the producer of Lush's "Mad Love" and "Sweetness and Light" EPs (two-thirds of "Gala"), and of their first feature LP/CD, "Spooky".
The early Lush stuff, like this song was produced by Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins. So your ears are correct. Compare this to their later albums (i.e. Lovelife).
I am such a music-moron. I am just now discovering bands like Lush, The Tea Party, and the Eels.
talus007 2 days ago in playlist Quintiflow
How to quickly tell if a band sux: It formed after the 90s
EdRoy01 3 years ago
The 80's culture died in 1990 I think.
darkmaster2x 3 years ago
This song is awesome and addictive as a narcotic
Gahan1985 3 years ago 2
HQ stereo version on my channel. ;-)
GreatScott256 3 years ago
this band will always have a special place in my heart
Scottydont66 3 years ago
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If, like me, you are a white dewd who digs asian chicks (you have "yellow fever") Miki is the bomb
EdRoy01 3 years ago
aaaaaaaaaah, the memories. i saw them in the 11th grade, when they opened up for the cocteaus at the wiltern in LA.
BahmanG 3 years ago 2
My first girl crushes. Oh, Miki and Emma!
trazzer78 3 years ago 4
miki looks like an alien!
(a freakishly hot alien)
iammadedeath 3 years ago
чудесная музза!
sophiaturbo 3 years ago
I love our hungarian hottie, miki, and I'm totally addicted to lush
09090707 3 years ago
bloody awesome....nuff said...
Sandboge 3 years ago 4
I still can't get over how much this band reminds me of yes. it's not even like they sound like each other. their just so kind of out there and original.
Bowiefanperson 3 years ago
there is not ONE thing wrong with this song.
redsonjaiscoming 3 years ago 4
Way better than most of the crap we have today...
Naroon201 3 years ago 16
amen brother!
IsabellaInc 3 years ago 9
melodic manna
leadedhypercurve 3 years ago
lordy lordy Miki and Emma. Major boner material.
the memories will never be erased. wish they'd tour again.
bonzelite 3 years ago 6
Surfing music for me.
yubazubee 3 years ago 2
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I LOVE THIS SONGGGGGG
katrinski 3 years ago 4
OMG lush and 120 minutes - those were the days! LOVE this song!!! Thanks for posting :)
joga2323 3 years ago 11
yes on my English garden....full sunlight please!
transcendrage1 3 years ago
Loved this when it first came out..it was tits. Miki Berenyi has kind of a frigid voice, however. Just wish it was warmer and more expansive. Nevertheless, a number of memorable tunes emerged from this CD.
salivabubble 3 years ago
Great tune,Lush were brilliant back then.
54spiritedwill54 3 years ago 2
I wish music was like this today.
wekka 3 years ago 8
Emma...is ..sort of....ear ...candy.....for now.
thunderstorm activty.....will be posted....fuck off
transcendrage1 3 years ago
I've heard people describe this as ear candy. I must say I agree.
cheerbear237 3 years ago 5
simply the best,
jonniemoz 3 years ago
Ook voor Sandra en Mark.
XXX
Guido
HeirApparent01 3 years ago
I used to write for a fanzine and I interviewed Miki after one of their shows. We used to get artists' favorite recipes. She was trashed (surprise) and gave me a recipe for toast - "I like to take a piece of bread and then put it in this thing called a toast-uh. Then wait for it to pop up and then spread butter or jam or whatev-uh on it. I call it toast." She was totally f--king with me and I dug it. Lush ruled. I'm glad I had the chance to see them "back in the day"
mpagner 3 years ago 3
(NME 18/01/92) Questions to the band : Fave food to eat ?
Emma : "Anything I don't have to cook" Miki : "Milky biscuit (ask any public schoolboy)" Phil : "Cold sandwiches" Chris : "Chips and curry sauce, Razzle bars, Thai food"
Fave food to cook ?
Emma : "Anything I don't have to eat" Phil : "burnt sandwiches" Chris : "Pasta, pasta and pasta" Miki : "Braised cyst"
julosx 3 years ago 5
Great anecdote, mapgner.
She consistently comes off in interviews as an articulate smartass. This is a good thing. Added to the, um, other stuff, it is basically unfair.
classof77 3 years ago
thanks 4AD
decoreh 3 years ago 2
I rated you 5 stars.
I just uploaded a version of this where the audio lines up to the video, with higher quality.
Rolomax 3 years ago 2
Thanks, Rolomax.
julosx 3 years ago
For me, it's definitively the best song ever written and recorded. Thanx for ever, Emma.
julosx 3 years ago 3
Classic of the classic
icarokar 3 years ago 2
sotdoc i wish i'd called you
outnumberedbysheep 3 years ago
emmas cute
zaxzyy 3 years ago 3
I had the intro to this song on my phone answering machine way back. Seems it annoyed the the few while most enjoyed
it.
sotdoc 3 years ago
Everyone loves Miki, but I like that look that Emma gives at 1.04.
manwithaplan999 3 years ago 5
takes me back. I love this song when it came out. Still sounds nice.
manwithaplan999 3 years ago
Ca-razy gorgeous track!!!! Mmmmmmiki...
jimwich 3 years ago
I feel like i'm drifting off into the clouds.. ahhhhmmmmmmmmmm
moonz4 3 years ago 6
ah sweet Miss Berenyi - it has never left me what a joy she was to behold. Great front lady and a sexy wee lass!
LiveatErics 3 years ago 3
ah sweet Miss Berenyi - it has never left me what a joy she was to behold. Great front lady and a sexy wee lass!
LiveatErics 3 years ago
I think i may have been the one at that show yelling " PLAY SWEETNESS AND LIGHT!". I really adored their earlier stuff and might even contend that Gala was their best.
mnomadw 3 years ago
At the Chapel Hill show in the 80's when I saw Lush, some guy near the beginning of the show SCREAMED "PLAY SWEETNESS AND LIGHT"!!!
Miki was laughing at him going "Relax dude...we'll get to it" LOL
EdRoy01 4 years ago 4
This was such a great time for great music, what has happened to the music industry today????? Love them still!
Leahlambchops 4 years ago 7
Hey, the Chapel Hill show is where I interviewed Miki and she gave me a recipe for toast (see my other comment on this video). Small world!
mpagner 3 years ago
oh,yes!!! Ride were also great!
germanroots 4 years ago 2
Great tune,Lush were brilliant back then.
MeenGMeenie 4 years ago
the track is just as brilliant now. thanks for the video!
kingofcalhoun 4 years ago 3
To this song, to Ride's "Leave Them All Behind" and to Swervedriver's "Ejector Seat Reservation" - - I've never lessened in my affection for hearing these sounds. It's the oddest thing . . while I wobble from haydn to vanhal to handel, 'Sweetness & Light' forever sounds . . . ?? what?? .. Sweet.
DadukoDave 4 years ago 3
this one and deluxe are my favorites.gala and spooky LPs are great,split ok,lovelife not so good.earlier is better.
germanroots 4 years ago 3
I kind of like Split the best. Gala and Spooky are also great. I like Lovelife and there are some really good songs off there, but it has to many break up songs for my taste. But 500 is still a great song as well as Olympia. I like the stripped down acoustic version on the 500 single.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
Their early stuff was great. Afraid I went off them when they jumped on the Britpop bandwagon though.
jonnypanic2000 4 years ago 3
love the thrash guitar interlude...then the soaring guitar rift at the end....wow, where did 20 years go?
musetteanddrums1970 4 years ago
nobody knows them here in russia :(
Chekhofff 4 years ago
They do now . . .comrade!
skeevo666 4 years ago
awesome!!!
sadodarkskies 4 years ago
One of the best songs I remember from my college years... I saw Lush live at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC
EdRoy01 4 years ago
great song from a great band. takes me back to my college days, "oh MTV 120 minutes where art thou?" and "post modern" before that for all those that stayed up late watching MTV... as for the 90's sucking, not at all. lollapalooza, grunge and rave in the early 90's with U2's Zoo TV to Britpop and electronica in the mid 90's, there were some very interesting things going on. the thing is this, a lot of the bands from the 90's are gone.
littledogbean 4 years ago
I think some people fear an abstract video...positively futuristik
Hunt for another site to put a negative post. As for all your opinion does matter and it is a free country.
A bad video...no way. Futuristik
tera1320 4 years ago
Oh, and video isn't really that good, honestly. Songs great, but the video is just really some nice effects and a couple of bright ideas. It's nice, but not really fantastic, you know? Honestly. The director's got 4:12, I ain't expecting "Bladerunner" or "The Usual Suspects". Hypocrite was better.
GodSaveTheInternet 4 years ago
The 90's did suck. It's only worse now because most people in the generation I listened to were better able to deal with the real world. This is the most deluded generation and decade ever, from young to old. They killed Brian Jones and Ian Curtis, anyhow... I think I'll turn to my Playstation 2, now...
GodSaveTheInternet 4 years ago
i agree - people live in facebook and mobile phone world now. people i work with that are 18-21 ask me what life was life before mobile phones! LOL
Benzi75 4 years ago
i think the 90s sucked in alot of ways. but this.. takes me back to my college days aweosme.. .. cool music for a cool time in my life. :)
vampirerazorblades 4 years ago
I miss the 90's so much. Great music and bands back in those days. There is getting much improvement of today's bands like. silversun pickups,interpol and shiny toy guns.
joseitsme 4 years ago
Brings me back to a happier time of Sunday nights watching MTV's 120 minutes
Scottydont66 4 years ago
For sure....back when MTV was actually worth watching :)
Hadron05 4 years ago
word....word!!!!
Pixiessp 4 years ago
miss them too.
Chekhofff 4 years ago
I miss them so much. I wish Miki would change her mind from what she said in that interview and do a solo acoustic tour or something... she's pulling a liz fraser on us. and both of the bands released their last albums in 1996, and announced their splits in 1998. Sad, so sad. I miss them both so much, at least I have the music to keep me going. Now, if only 4ad would get off their asses and release video compilations for both of them...
djeboe 4 years ago 3
The most poignant moment ever for me in music will always be running up to the window of the limo that Lush was in (after a gig in Cincinnati, 1996) and telling these guys how their music had changed EVERYTHING for me. 4 months later Chris Aucland was dead and so was the band 2 years afterwards, but gratefully I got to express to them my appreciation, which to this day I'm astoundingly grateful for.
producer9k 4 years ago
i wish i had the same opportunity to tell them especially miki. i did at least see them live. miki spoke publicly for the 1st time in 10 years last week and pretty much said she's not going to return to music :( said she was surprised people 'gave a shit' referring to the bring back miki campaign online
trumph7 4 years ago
Hey, where can I read her statements? Is there a link somewhere?
cmarcallen 4 years ago
do a search for under the radar miki berenyi' and you'll find it. it won't let me post links here.
trumph7 4 years ago
Found it. Thx. Great Interview!
cmarcallen 4 years ago
Охуителиные тёлочке! Шугейз рулит!
LFYR 4 years ago
along with ride's "vapour trail", this song changed my sensibilities. i went on to learn all the guitar parts from "gala", interviewed them twice and see them 6 times. i love lush immensely.
khambrelrene 4 years ago 2
Great song, a kalediscope of sound. Very, very fun. Used to ride my bike while listening to this tape. I need to start doing that again. Maybe I'll get this on CD again, or find a tape somewhere, as the CD skips. That's the fun thing about tapes, they don't skip and they're cheaper than CD's and way cheaper than ipods.
kris kemp
bicycledays 4 years ago
Exactly! I've got a box full of about 80 or so (singles, albums, and stuff recorded off the radio), from early '90's to the newest one I bought which was B15 Project- Girls Like Us (y.2000).
Andypilot333 3 years ago
What a beautiful song. I like to listen to this with my eyes closed and think of good things.
mindpharm 4 years ago 8
i remember seeing this video for the first time on MTV's 120 Minutes...so fortunate to see them in concert
Scottydont66 4 years ago
Lollapalooza, summer of 1992 -- Jones Beach, NY -- Lush goes on stage around 4 p.m. -- first act --- they do a killer set for close to an hour i wanna say --- as soon as they finish, the skies open up, people are drenched in a downpour --- Pearl jam is next up, but the weather f**ks us and the show is canceled, and not rescheduled ---- so i went to lollapalooza in the summer of 1992, and all i saw was this band called LUSH, and i still dig them today after all these years!
douchechilled 4 years ago 4
This song has always been one of their best, produced by Tim Friese-Green of Talk, Talk *another awesome 80's band* pre Spooky. Once again, did not know this existed and edited quite a bit but left the solo part in at least...
leedsquietman 4 years ago
I saw Lush in 1996 in LA at the Palace Slowdive opened Mikki wore a green sequen dress AWSOME SHOW
marcdavis1970 4 years ago
Oh wow, I wish I could've caught that show at the Palace. I didn't discover them till around 98ish or so. I love slowdive too. Sorry I never got to see them. But I did get to see Emma's band Sing-Sing at the Knitting Factory several years ago.
cmarcallen 4 years ago
Were they any good? After Chris hanged himself I didn't listen to any other post Lush music. Chris hung himself from what I understand because he had no money. After "Single Girl" came out the girls were making money but not spreading the wealth so to speak he was making 200 quid a week.
marcdavis1970 4 years ago
I think sing-sing is good. Their sound is definitely different. Not shoegazer at all. I hand't heard about Chris killing himself for that reason. I thought it was because of failed romance.
cmarcallen 4 years ago
uno de los mejores grupos dark etereo de los 80 conjuntamente con cocteau twins
abisire 4 years ago
Ahhhhh,I love this band!They were so great!Miki and emmas beautifull voices fit so perfectly together,This band truely was a match made in heaven <3
R.I.P chris :(
Sheltie987 4 years ago
damn I miss the 80's and the 90's
R0mmatt 4 years ago
Damn I miss "120 minutes"!!!!
ibtaba 4 years ago
ditto
bklynbroker 4 years ago
Me too!That was such a cool time.
Virgo34 4 years ago
Sandramx1 4 years ago
this atmospheric video and song bring tears to my eyes...
Sandramx1 4 years ago
dont be sad
heinous74 4 years ago
you must not be a Lush fan
sandrax2 4 years ago
i see the music as uplifting and tingling. cocteau twins had the same sound - same producer (that 4ad sound) which was never really generated by anyone else. I believe music is a key to events in your life. the music isnt sad...the events that you link lush with may be. i have this convo with people about my favourite band (joy division) all the time. kind reguards Dan Melbourne AUST
heinous74 4 years ago
I wasn't sad when I wrote that, but your comment said I was "sad".. just trying to describe the music. Didn't post a comment on here to debate with anyone. have a good one, bye
sandrax2 4 years ago
I think some of Lush's music is sad, but some of it is very uplifting also. Especially hearing it now and knowing that there will never be music like this again. The alternative/indie of the 90s music scene disappeared way too quickly.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
I think Sweetness and Light, Lit Up, and 500 by Lush are some of the most uplifting songs I have ever heard. Feals Like Summer by Sing Sing and some other stuff by them is also very beautiful.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
Lush 500 (Shake...) has the same effect on me, when I think that it was their last release, and that a tragic event just 3 months later was to result in the end of the band. It's supposed to be a happy song too.....
Andypilot333 3 years ago
early 1990's modern rock or alternative music was very adventuresome. lush, ride, electronic, lightning seeds, world party, stone roses, sinead o'connor, the charlatans etc..
creates100 4 years ago
So true.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
My favourite Lush song.
julosx 4 years ago
When I first heard this song I had to drive about 2 hours away (in the snow - up hill both ways) just to find a store that carried it. It was well worth the trip...
crashsite000 4 years ago
I sure miss this band, and the whole 90's music scene. Do you think large music corporations have anything to do with this? No, I couldn't be . . .
IWNT2BLV 4 years ago
Corporate music today is all you hear on the radio. The only music that is coming out today that is any good is underground, jazz and world music in my opinion. Nothing on revolutionary in new music going on today. Makes me sad that music has sold out and gotten so bad today. Oh well, what are you going to do? Just try and stick to to good stuff like this.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
I agree definitely - I'm into the collage stations and net radio. Not to be on a soapbox, but there is something we can do about today's music - support internet radio! This is the only medium beyond corporate control, and they are DEFINITELY trying to take it over. It's the only medium where there can be any real change. Go to Save Net Radio (I can't post the URL) and call your congressperson.
IWNT2BLV 4 years ago
True college radio and net radio are some of the only places that play any good music. Bands that are not about selling out and stick to their sound and audience. There was good stuff coming out at that time. Do you read Under The Radio mag? They still showcase underground stuff. Thanks for the info about the radio station.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
I never heard of Under the Radio - I'll check it out. I used to subscribe to College Music Journal, or CMJ. They have a CD in each issue.
IWNT2BLV 4 years ago
Oh yeah, I've heard of that one, too. They both are good if you are looking for music that is not the corporate stuff that has exploded on the airwaves today. When I worked at a radio station in Colorado and would choose the music I would only play jazz and stuff that didn't get alot of airplay on it's own. I still love the sound of 90s alternative/indie like this song. 120 Minutes was such a great show.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
It sounds like when you were a DJ you stepped on Lee Abrams' toes doing that.
IWNT2BLV 4 years ago
Thanks. I will have to look and see how that is. I use to play stuff that wouldn't normally get much air play by itself. And I like weird, spacey and relaxing music. Jazz, instrumental, electronic, some vocal music. I think that is what appeals my to Lush. I some way or another they have gone in to each of these style during their career. Split is my fav by them for sure, though.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
Lee Abrams was the guy who split the markets up in the mid 1980's, which is why you don't hear much variety on a single station any more. More importantly, he used marketing research to construct "more disciplined playlists", leading to the limited and relentless repetition on CHR today.
IWNT2BLV 4 years ago
Cool. I tried to find those artist that mainstream radio won't play and got very interesting and positive results from caller. I tried to find good music style similar to early 90s alternative/electronic/indie stuff from then, but coming out now because it is hard to find good music these days from mainstream radio. Lush would have been a fav if I were a DJ in the 90s.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
You can try Pandora - it's an internet webstream service that customizes what you like using fuzzy logic. Ask it to create a station based on Lush, then it will play songs similar to Lush. If you don't like a track in will skip to the next selection, and what you like and don't like gets computed for the next songs. You might be surprised.
IWNT2BLV 4 years ago
Cool. I will check it out for sure. I like readio station that play creative music because that is so hard to find these days.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
Thanks for the info about the radio station. I'm from Minneapolis where they still have good alternative/indie/underground music stations. Unfortunately, I live in Las Vegas now where they don't have a lot of that stuff so Net Radio would be the way to go for me now.
fatcatbuzz 4 years ago
I thought this was going to be Itchee and Scratchee's (Paul Mac) Sweetness and Light. (><)/"
onigaijinatmixi 4 years ago
reminds me of why i stopped listening to corporate rock
grafixxxdude 4 years ago
I LOVE THIS SONG. One of the best things about being at Reprise in those days. amazing!
Nefraneer 4 years ago
Love them Love them Love them...and I miss them so damn much....
Epicrates 4 years ago
Beautiful teryfic, nothing to envy to My bloody valentines. Why the bands finish so bad
mika30000 4 years ago
dreamy, artsy, evocative... lame!
saintetienne21 4 years ago
emmas new band Sing Sing is great as well. check them out!
ilovemydarksailor 4 years ago
very beautiful...
blacklightposter 4 years ago
I've been a Lush fan from the start and I was lucky enough to see them live 5 times in Boston. Perfect every time. Right before they released Split, they played a promo tour in the US and they played a club in Boston. That night, they fucked up the beginning of Blackout and had to start over. They also played The Childcatcher live (the All Virgos Are Mad version)...long before the crap version they put on Lovelife. It brings back some great memories. I have them on my iPod at all times.
bmurphy1972 5 years ago
I saw Lush play during a thunderstorm in Florida.
The music was enchanting and ethereal. The music was the soundscape for the ambient sky.
ktsmunch 5 years ago
they live up to their name
DivaXMachina 5 years ago
This is heavenly.
slaakattak 5 years ago
thanks for posting this. it's one of my favorite songs of all time.
artboy55 5 years ago
I miss that feedback that they edit out, but the video is still very cool. Very 90's indie rock. I love it. Minnesota and Wisconsin rock. Minneapolis indie rules.
fatcatbuzz 5 years ago
sAW THEM AT ONE OF THE EARLY LOLLAPALOOZA'S AT ALPINE VALLEY IN WISCONSIN - I THINK NINE INCH NAILS AND RED HOT CHILI PEEPERS WERE AT THAT ONE ALSO - gREAT SONG!
rifkijohngm 5 years ago
YOu guys were so lucky. Man I wish I had seen this band live.
fatcatbuzz 5 years ago
They played Lollapalooza 92 with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam, & Temple of the Dog. Simply awesome concert. I saw it outside Toronto and was late getting in so I missed most of Lush, but what I heard was awesome... their sound was a bit raw, and sounded phenomenal. What I wouldn't do to see them live again.
sgillies1453 5 years ago
Haven't heard this song in forever....I met the band when they opened for Janes Addiction in Troy, Ny....they were awesome!!!
fashionistakim 5 years ago
i Would stay up and watch 120 minutes with a blamk VHS tape recording all of thier vids! Ahh the good times! makes me want to make a mixed tape!
Scottydont66 5 years ago
omg soo rare! i love this song!
HamsterTabbyGirl 5 years ago
I'm probably the only person who ever got kicked out of a Lush concert.
Nominay 5 years ago
So funny, you have to elaborate!
ggaworowski 5 years ago
elaborate on what?
Nominay 5 years ago
I'm sorry, I meant how were you kicked out of the show...
ggaworowski 5 years ago
April 1, 1992, the Masquerade, Atlanta, GA. I shouted at the oriental chick in the band when they got onstage "You make Joan Jett look like shit!" and everyone laughed. Very mild crows, well-behaved. During this song I forced them to body surf me. A bouncer at the front of the stage pushed me back and I knocked off his hat. He pointed at me, dove into the crowd, got me in a headlock, and walked me out of the venue. Drunk, I yelled and climbed around the venue trying to get back in.
Nominay 5 years ago
lush areamazing they are so vibrant and they remind me of better times
DJShadowskill 5 years ago
thanks for this!! I love Lush
annannax 5 years ago
I just discover them...without being pretentious in the town where i live im maybe the biggest expert of 60s & 70s psychedelia...but the shoegaze-madchester movement got some hidden treasure to be find...i Just discover Lush & Curve the other day... Thank u for this atmospheric video
BohemianConspiracy 5 years ago
awesome reply..i have alot of curve stuff...willing to send ya some..ben
inkdman 5 years ago
thank u! & i have already a 'curve' video in my favourites...and been in my favourites is not something easy as a Disc Collector my Filter is really powerfull!lol the artist got to be specially good! but i m sure that everybody say that...
I think that most of those bands of this 'excsiting' scene sound better before 1994... it s just a personal opinion... even if there's always really good things after... nothing is black nothing is white
BohemianConspiracy 5 years ago
Lush & pale saints both got signed to the 4AD label after a joint gig, and Cocteau Twins had been on 4AD for a while. Gala was great collection
Cricklewoodsongs 5 years ago
one of the most beautiful songs ever. Hate that it was used to sale cars a couple years back.
RobDobbs 5 years ago
The best song ever!
sayntfuu 5 years ago
I like this band a lot. For some reason their music reminds me of the Pale Saints and Cocteau Twins.
Vandertop 5 years ago
I hope you're being deadpan, since Meriel Barham of the Saints was a founding member of Lush before leaving, and Robin Guthrie of the Cocteaus was the producer of Lush's "Mad Love" and "Sweetness and Light" EPs (two-thirds of "Gala"), and of their first feature LP/CD, "Spooky".
kmarasin 5 years ago
The early Lush stuff, like this song was produced by Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins. So your ears are correct. Compare this to their later albums (i.e. Lovelife).
snuf42 5 years ago
Yo, Lush IS a spinoff of Cocteau Twins.
Nominay 5 years ago
i agree!
monlucont 5 years ago
Lush were soooooooo awesome!!! Bring back dream pop...
pedrompmarques 5 years ago
I'm doing the very best I can.
DadukoDave 5 years ago
Yeah - good, that. Liked them a lot early on.
ashie259 5 years ago
Fantastic!
Cowbananas 5 years ago
Man that Gala album was the shit!!!!
s7rugg1e 5 years ago
Another awesome video. They rock.
nirvana609 5 years ago
ok, this fucking rules!! Nice one. Lush are one of my favorite bands of all time. I was OBSESSED with them when I was in school.
crosboid 5 years ago