Jesus & Mary Chain Happy When it Rains on The Roxy, 1987 12 04

my favourite version of this song, way stronger than the album version. perfect.
some glitches towers the end.
Lyrics:
Step back and watch the sweet thing
breaking everything she sees
she can take my darkest feeling
tear it up till i'm on me knees
plug into her electric cool
where things bend and break
and shake to the rule
talking fast couldn't tell me something
i would shed my skin for you
talking fast on the edge of nothing
i would break my back for you
don't know why, don't know why
things vaporise and rise to the sky
and we tried so hard
and we looked so good
and we lived our lives in black
but something about you felt like pain
you were my sunny day rain
you were the clouds in the sky
you were the darkest sky
but your lips spoke gold and honey
that's why i'm happy when it rains
i'm happy when it pours
looking at me enjoying something
that feels like feels like pain
to my brain
and if i tell you something
you take me back to nothing
i'm on the edge of something
you take me back
and i'm happy when it rains

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[nogomet66]

Apparently, the Chain were banned from the Roxy after this performance cos the bloke who presented it thought they should've been more smiley and that Jim should've made more effort miming. The long-haired git. This is a clip I've wanted to see for years. Well done fella for posting it.

[hazirafel]

@nogomet66 happy to serve :)

[NB1972]

Hi. This performance is taken from a programme called "The Roxy", ITV's equivalent to the BBC's Top Of The Pops. The version they are miming to is the LP version.

[hazirafel]

@NB1972 thanks

[MickHaines]

Sorry but this isn't a live version: the band are obviously just miming to the song -the single version of happy when it rains, mixed with slightly louder guitars. The guy miming the drums is Dave Evans who was actually playing rythm guitar during the Darklands North American tour. Yeah, hard to believe but when the Mary Chain toured to promote Darklands, they were using a drum machine.

Please don't take this message the wrong way: this is still great footage -gotta love Jim's shortish haircut

[LuuFernanda]

hurts the end :/

[hazirafel]

@MickHaines

ha ha i already fixed the mistake, but thanks, and there's no reason for me to be mad :D

[IanSchultz13]

it's certainly not live, Jim is fucking with William's guitar and it sounds exactly the same

[hazirafel]

don't worry i have no reason to be mad, it doesn't make this mix else awesome :)

[hazirafel]

@MickHaines

all this is quit confusing :)

anyway, i love this version

[MickHaines]

@hazirafel

That clip of yours is still very rare. The Mary Chain were quite popular in continental Europe round 1987-88, there was a lot of press, etc, I used to be a diehard fan so that's why I know a lot about that era. Er... Also because I'm such a sad old bastard. But around the world, there are a lot of sad old bastards into the Mary Chainhanging roung Youtube and we're quite a nostalgic bunch, so you'll get a lot of views in the end!