Suede Brit Awards

[LeGrandeOrange]

Disappointed by the Anti-Americanism in the comments here. Let's face it, Brett's biggest influences are Bowie & Morrissey, both of whom have had huge success in the States, so I'm not buying America's fear of androgyny as the reason why Suede never broke the US market. Dig a little deeper, people. Peace!

[oogie11]

I watch this and I feel so sad because music of today is so mind-numbingly boring. Although I hear Suede may be releasing new songs soon, lovely

[TheLinz78]

The day after this was on Tv I was on a total high at school. Brett was not only my hero, but also my role model.

[TuT4]

oasis (L) suede (L)

[JonnyKasabian]

fuck US boys ;DD Im happy Suede is quite famous but still a bit underground this days

[MyHandInTheCookieJar]

damn, brett sure is HOT!!

[Wacko1a]

Dont be dissing oasis.

[JackBandicootsBunker]

This, mah boys, was responsible for changing the rules on the BRITs. No more repetitive nominations for pricks from yesteryear and has beens with mediocre albums.

This time it was the Indie scene taking over the ceremony. Still up to today that hasn't changed. But now we have glam shite that makes Indie geniuses stay in the dark (maybe because they want it, but that does not allow people to despise them for no reason)

[MrPeteEa]

Much better than Adele's performance. Agree?

[TheLinz78]

Indie music will never be this subversive again.

[theNagatuki]

@gitergun77 - How sad you didn't know any girls who liked Suede - I (American) was in HS when I heard them and it was like, "Wow - who is that?" and also, "I want..." :}

[Problembeing]

You have to remember, Suede broke onto the scene that was dominated by US grunge. No one got them over there until later :D

[yarvelling]

Fucking legendary.  EPIC.

[Muskateering]

Theres some proper aggression and rebellion going on in this performance, its like a mixture of punk and glam, the clash meets brian eno and david bowie. No one else was doing this at the time. Ace.

[madliv]

why arent bands like this anymore?

[HonkyCat90]

After this performance music was never the same! They changed it all. We can thank Suede for all the great british music in the 90s.

[mrcodhead67]

This, as late as 1993, kicked-off the 90's, for me. Without NME putting pressure on the BPI to let Suede play at the recently renamed Brits Awards, there would have been no Pulp, Blur or Oasis breaking through, forget Ocean Colour Scene, Cast, The Lightning Seeds (oh, you already have), Baddiel & Skinner's Three Lions. I can still see the the faces of music establishment honchos, in their dinner jackets and dickie bows, mouths open, agog! Suede were the most creative of their peers, undoubtedly!

[msblurgirl]

'what turns you on?' you do, Brett

[nasalscarecrow]

Brilliant. This is what got me into Suede when I was about 10.

[stevegerard88]

excelent !!

[sonicadv27]

what a performance. The voice is amazing, the music is great, Brett' look is pure androgyny, and his freaky moves in this one are just marvellous. Anyone who were expecting more Phill Collins or Annie Lennox got surprised. This was the point of it. the more brett realised how they were out of place the more he would express himself. at the end of the performance he was already possessed by his "demon".

simply outstanding.

[MissAlabaster]

Hilarious shots of the audience clearly thinking "Where's Annie Lennox?" I remember sitting there with my mouth open at how amazing this was and how exciting it felt. Brilliant clip, thanks for posting it!

[assaglioli]

The sad fact is that this is the only decent song Suede ever recorded. Oasis did well globally cos Noel can pen a catchy tune, it really is as simple as thar.Sorry!

[alexweel]

@assaglioli you are either deaf or mad. Or both.

[binstig]

17 years ago.... fuck!

[vars666]

yessssssssssssss thank you. i was almost beaten by sheep farmers cause of this song on a surf trip. yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[tahhana86]

And today the likes of Lady Gaga are considered provocative...what a laugh...

Legendary performance, thank you so much for posting!

[lilikari1314]

What a good song, the lyrics are strong but who cares??!!

Completely different to other performances, the guys got a good presence on the scene.

[nalaknip]

The day Britain told America to take grunge and fuck off!

[sonicadv27]

@nalaknip your sentence must be the most delicious statement about Britpop anyone has ever made.

[mrsjtay1975]

esto es de culto!

[heppolo]

KLF can't be topped. This is no.2 in the list of best Brits performances.

[tossface1]

Gregster, was not that also your house?

[carlabonesso]

Suede is perfect!!! Does someone have this in a better quality

[gregster1978]

Out. Standing. I used to watch this like five times every morning before school and then my Mum taped over it. Naturally I had to burn her house down.

[vbb123]

What the hell is Bernard wearing? Has he just got back from the bowling green or something?

[ziggypop79]

What you dont see is i believe Matt threw his bass down at the end.

[softspotty]

Amazing, I watched this over and over and over again when i was a kidling.....wiggly hips and Bernard's 'Chuck Berry' walk are 'the bomb'!

[TheTutnplok]

raw, brutal, fantastic!!!

[sonicadv27]

not their best song, but Suede marked here one of the best performances ever in the history of english music, and without a doubt the best performance ver in the brits! people just got petrified...

[DAVSURB]

Amazing. The thing about this was that the Brit awards had never seen anything like it. Check the people just sitting there stunned. One of the best bands I ever saw live.Timeless.

[henrygale77]

haha this is awesome

[Laneybop]

This is one of the best fucking things i have EVER EVER seen!!!

[ritter89]

Why on earth Oasis broke in the states while Suede remained relatively obscure over here is still a mystery to me as Suede were/are a much more interesting band, both musically and visually. I suspect that Brett's overt brand of androgyny was a bit terrifying to the macho boys and even the girls in the states;whereas in European the kids wanted to eat the man alive. It certainly wasn't the music's fault b/c they wrote some of the most delicious pop music ever recorded.

[Reint25]

I guess Oasis were indeed more laddish and had more mass-appealing, more stadium-sized songs. And indeed, the early Bowie & Roxy Music didn't make it in the States either.

[richj683]

Well said sir/ ma'am.

[dwflame09]

Suede are grate and i will always hate oasis

[cribscian]

@dwflame09 Perhaps, but, you cannot spell, therefore your opinion is nullified.

[auto4union]

@cribscian Are you one of those saddos that points out spelling and grammatical mistakes ! Too much time on yer hands methinks ! Peace Ye`all !!

[timcoe82]

@auto4union Me thinks is one word mate. Oh fuck, I'll late, got to go, got too much on these days.

[auto4union]

@timcoe82 I typed it as one word mate..? Anyway take care ! Peace Ye`all !!

[vars666]

@ritter89 well yes and no. The music industry is a crazy thing. This band failed because of themselves more than anything. if you'd be interested post me back and ill explain further

[ritter89]

@vars666 I appreciate the offer but I'm well aware of the infighting between Butler and Anderson, the "Brits Best New Band?" article, as well as the drugs, egos, etc (if this is what you mean). MTV debuted their material on 120 Minutes, they were on Conan during his first year, made the cover of every British music mag like Q, etc. Nevertheless, they remained a "cult" type band in the states whereas Oasis was enormous. Similar fate for Blur until they went "macho/grunge" with #2 "Woo Hoo" shit.

[KirAWareme]

@ritter89 I still want to eat the man alive XD

[gratslogic]

@ritter89 americans are morons, sorry to burst the bubble

[dariounited]

@ritter89 couldn't have said it better myself!!!! spot on!

[giterdun77]

@ritter89 American *women* didn't dig Suede, which was/is telling. Girls I knew didn't "like his voice". Complete lack of sophistication or taste, preferring "meat and potatoes" to the clear "Thai food" that is Suede [actual analogy drawn by Suede's US booking agent to me back in 1999....]. It's better that Suede stayed a bit more obscure than Oasis, Verve, et al. of that era...

[timcoe82]

@ritter89 Well said mate. Didn't know Suede hadn't really cracked the USA but they sure deserve to. Since seeing them in London last month I can't stop listening to them again.

[memgrizz1132225033]

@ritter89 i agree. im american and where i live, if you arent a total macho guy, then youre pretty much an outcast

[karziflora]

Mat's hair was so long...awesome performance no doubt...Brett is killing!!

[musicalsimsy]

such an incredible thing to watch, its a brilliant performance, i would've loved to have seen the reaction of some of the posh guys in the audience! Animal Nitrate would only make my Suede Top 10, there are better songs imo, but this is arguably their best ever performance.

[monkeyrebirth]

I was 13 when I saw this on telly and it was one of those teenage moments when something switches in your brain. Brilliant.

[girlsaloudno1fan65]

Amazing stuff...can't belive I have to use my nearly teenage daughters id to comment on such a fantastic moment in music history. Suede at their best before any 'imploding' took place.

[Ci4nyde]

sexy Brett, but I miss Neil here

[groovyapple66]

thank lennon this video is up. always read about this epic suede moment but have never seen it till now. cheers!!!!!!!!!!!

[oh dear, brett and bernard!]

[Angiebrettanderson]

That's all i can say..That's is a fucking nice!!!!!

[binstig]

this must have been such an epic time to be a teenager.

[savemankind]

thanks~

[placebo150]

suede fucking rules,better than oasis better than blur

[jefcostello11]

Yes it's obvious if you put the music first.

[MissTaylorMercury]

SUEDE ROX

I loveeee Brett Anderson, he's so sexy

[aslongasitlasts]

What pure sex.

[bennyretro]

Thanks a trillion, I've waited for this to appear on youtube since time began.

You can tell the chummy rock and pop establishment are shitting it in the audience, and the NME's influence at the time (on the cusp of one of the biggest periods of music paper sales, the mid-'90s) was enough for their campaign to succeed, and they got Suede on the Brits.

Crap hair all round, though.

[nikav8]

cheers for posting

remember watching this at the time and it blew my teenage mind

great stuff