Camper van Beethoven is an alt.rock band from Redlands/Santa Cruz, California, and were popular in the late 80s/early 90s. Their cover of Status Quo's Pictures of Matchstick Men was #1 on Billboard...
Camper van Beethoven is an alt.rock band from Redlands/Santa Cruz, California, and were popular in the late 80s/early 90s. Their cover of Status Quo's Pictures of Matchstick Men was #1 on Billboard's "Modern Rock" charts for 3 weeks from Oct. 21 - Nov. 4, 1989. ________________________________________ _ Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men, performing in Lexington, KY.
They reformed (after a brief hiatus during which time singer Dave Lowry formed Cracker) and toured during the mid-2000s, and may even still be touring when they want to.
Shot by Ehric Weiss & Opium Ed of Artifact Attic, with blessings from Jonathan Segel and David Lowry.
Incidentally, Jonathan Segel was especially interested in us editing a video of their performance of Pink Floyd's Interstellar Overdrive -- which I've been meaning to get back to editing but other things keep coming my way and it gets pushed to the back burner. (Plus, I need to edit & post some of CvB's own songs as well.)
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if you were to listen to the original record version of Camper van Beethoven, you would find it to be much heavier than the Status Quo orgiinal. It's hard to pick that up from a live version that is only recorded with audience mic's. And, by the way, CvB's cover record made it to #1 in the US alt-rock charts.
Thanks. I was sorta kiddin - really. This is good. I was 19 when Status Quo sang the original. (I was laid up in hospital for months and this and Sky Pilot were 2 songs I looked forward to every day. On AM radio - no MP3 players, internet or etc.) Thanks for all the info without ripping me to shreds. I get so sick of that here. I will definitely check these d00dz out cause this is a hoot. Cheers!!
Cool. I have been meaning to post their Pink Floyd cover, plus their own hit (Take the Skinheads Bowling) too (but got too many other things to finish for now)... What stations did you listen to on AM radio? In the states? Did you listen to WLS, WABC, CKLW, WOWO?
Stats yes. WLS - Chicago, WHB - Kansas City, KOMA - Oklahoma City, KAAY - Little Rock Arkansas. Some station from Omaha dunno call letters. KOMA played Beeker Street Theatre - FM style before FM took off. heh. Take care.
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he has the same fuckin guitar i have!!!
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What stations did you listen to on AM radio? In the states? Did you listen to WLS, WABC, CKLW, WOWO?
KOMA played Beeker Street Theatre - FM style before FM took off. heh. Take care.