Ride - 1994 Interview + Unplugged Performance

Mark Gardener and Andy Bell's interview + acoustic versions of How Does It Feel To Feel and I Don't Know Where It Comes From (both off Carnival Of Light), 30th July 1994

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• Ride
• Interview
• Live
• Mark
• Gardener
• Andy
• Bell
• 1994
• Carnival
• Of
• Light
• How
• Does
• It
• Feel
• Dont
• Know
• Where
• Comes
• From

[AndyNeill]

Very under-rated band! I get annoyed the way history has been rewritten to give the impression that before Oasis came along with their simplistic mainstream-fodder, British guitar music was a lifeless wilderness. The early 09s 'Indie' era was much better than the mid 90s 'Britpop' era! Even supposed Britpop bands like Blur, Suede and Pulp did much more interesting work earlier in the 90s.

[bugpowderdust27]

Can you imagine walking through that park and hearing Ride being played....??? That would totally freak you out big time.

[valenpaulucci]

of course ride rules! nice tee andy!

[pinheadsen]

Beacuse you got to make a living out of making music as well. This was never about being in the midtable obscurity making fantastic music no one caught the attention to. It's about being the best band! That was my point!Ride were good, yes. But lyrically? Bad! Had they anything to say? No! And the fact is that no new artists do any coverversions or name them in interviews. It's nostalgia all the way.

[HeavySabre70]

@pinheadsen The battle? It's an artistic, creative endeavour, not a football match. I hate that attitude where people make a competition out of music like the press have always done. What the fuck does does listening to and being taken to that magical place by my favourite bands have to do with a fucking battle or competition?

[pinheadsen]

Part of Carnival of Light are really really good but there are quite a few mediocre tracks- Magical Spring? Come on. And the childrens choir on I Don't Know Where It Comes From. Mistake! I still love Ride but Carnival of Light could never take up the battle against Parklife or Definitely Maybe AT THE TIME!

[jandean61]

REFORM RIDE! .......not The Stone Roses

[wng801]

Carnival of Light is so underrated.

As for seeing them in person, I remember years ago Mark was doing solo shows in the Knitting Factory in NYC. I was waiting outside the venue when Mark was hanging out on the sidewalk, chatting it up. I was so afraid to approach him and say hi!

[Quaseye]

Oasis's commercial success unfortunately overshadows the more creative bands of the era. Remember the whole Blur vs. Oasis fiasco? It's as if Oasis's platinum sales make them a superior band. It doesn't of course. Without Blur's Modern Life is Rubbish, Britpop might never have developed. The shoegazing era gets totally lost because of it. Ride and Lush especially. Ride's first album ranks as one of the best of the 90's. Too bad they fell off during the last two. Tarantula was a disaster.

[dfresh0114]

yes they did :)

[kinksbeatlesstones]

very true. you can add bands to that list like Comsat Angels, Catherine Wheel, Lush.